Field Note #001: Have you ever stood in a shop somewhere abroad, holding a packet of seeds, and you're not sure if you're allowed to bring them back, wondering: do I declare these, or not? Me being a flower farmer and florist, growing my own flowers and foliage, I think about this all the time. That question set me on a research process this year — and it ended with a permit, two envelopes, a friendly conversation with postal workers in Belgium, and a phone call from a USDA o
