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People often ask “what do you do in the winter”? Well, although it is true that our outdoor work is seasonal, we actually stay quite busy, even when it is cold and snowy outside. In fact, the time away from outside planting gives us just the time we need for organizing internal business, attending trade shows, cleaning seed, starting plants in the greenhouse, repairing equipment, training our staff, selling new projects and many other activities. The winter months go by almost too fast.  Our main task, though, is to get better at what we do. As I have said before, the business of restoration is in its infancy and there is much for everyone to learn. If we are going to be successful, we must continue to find the answers, materials, techniques, and tools to become better at what we do. This will undoubtedly be a long gradual process that needs to be pushed along and PRI will do its part to be one of the pushers. And so that is what we actually do in the winter. We rest a little, but mostly we push ahead.
It will be great to see many of you at an upcoming show or conference. We hope this will be, or was (depending on when you read this), a fantastic holiday season and that 2010 will be a year of happiness and peace.
Remember to feed the birds and dream of your favorite wild plants. Spring will be here soon.
Ron Bowen
President
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