This month At the Edge of the Orchard is published in the US and UK. It's always both exhilarating and bizarre when a book is published. After working on it mostly in private for three years, I'm sending it out into the world, like a child walking to school for the first time on his own. Is he ok? Did he get lost? How come I haven't heard from him?

But of course he's fine. And I have to let my book go - to you. Hope you like it. As a publication gift, I give you this photo of a bowl of Golden Pippins (aka Pitmaston Pineapples). Once you've read the book you'll want to see them, and some day eat one!