When Coleen Johnston moved to a home in the country, she was ambivalent about restoring its quack-infested gardens. But she quickly fell under the gardens' spell and began a journey of mistakes, failures, and hard labor that taught her universal lessons about nature and control. Johnston's engaging tale, told in clear, crisp writing, is a gardener's delight, the perfect accompaniment to sipping a cup of tea while contemplating your own garden, or lack thereof." ~Catherine Friend, author of Hit by a Farm