Keep a bucket by the back door to use whenever you have a spare 10 minutes. This is enough time to do some spot weeding or to tie in new shoots.
The bucket should contain a handfork, a kneeling pad and garden gloves for weeding, plus string and a knife for tying in.
From: Back to the Garden by Ursula Buchan (Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-7112-3017-0)