The place where you sit can be as important as the things you plant.

A garden is a place to be, not only a display to maintain. It is easy to spend every hour there working and never once sit down, so the space becomes a list of jobs with no reward attached. Where you sit decides whether you ever stop, what you notice, and how the whole thing feels at the end of a day. A bench earns its keep as much as a border does.

Find the spot that catches the late sun and put a chair in it this week. Then use it, before the weeding is finished.