Every sowing season brings something new—new observations, insights, and revelations. In fall, summer seed is sown, feathered lightly over germination mix with gentle and even swaths. I never count the chickens before the eggs hatch; make promises of life I cannot keep. At the end of the day, the decision is up to the seed. So, our nursery team asks, politely, in the right balance of temperature and water, for them to wake up.

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One of my personal heroes is the late, great Edward O. Wilson. In addition to being the father of the field of conservation biology, Wilson was also a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and professor/mentor to a legion of noteworthy biologists who quite literally shaped conservation practice.