the cover of the new 2010 edition of Edible Landscaping

…which first came out in 1982, and was pretty much the only published resource out there on the topic when I first started the Edible Estates project in 2005, is so important to me that when I saw on my caller ID that Ros was actually calling me out of the blue in 2006 I started to jump up and down, requiring an explanation to my confused guests at the time about exactly who Rosalind Creasy is (the godmother/queen of edible landscaping, that’s all) and of course when I put together my own book it just had to be blessed with an opening story from her, which she was gracious enough to write (an engaging account of her own personal first-hand gardening and social experiences with the front yard edible landscape that replaced her original Bay Area lawn in 1985) – ANYWAY, the much anticipated new edition is finally out today from Siera Club books!