Elaine, I did find that first book you mentioned (Edible Landscape) at the library and have requested a copy. Hopefully it'll be at the Dunedin library in a few days and I can pick it up. I'll go back now and see if that have that Survival Guide. It does seem so counter-intuitive gardening in the winter rather than the summer, but I got to thinking last night that the Farmer's Markets all close down in the summer and only run from sometime in the fall until May or so. well, ... DUH! Should have put 2 and 2 together. Sometimes we just can't see the forest for the trees.
Happy gardening this fall ... can't wait!