Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.

Audio Engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past.

It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location.

And since I'm a person and not a computer,

I sometimes sound just slightly different.

But the stories are always soothing and family-friendly,

and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams.

I have waiting for you a tried and true method for falling peacefully to sleep.

I'll tell you a bedtime story, in which nothing much happens.

You'll listen and let your mind rest on my words and voice.

And before we get much further, you'll be asleep.

I'll tell the story twice, and the second time through will be a little bit slower.

If you wake later in the night, you could listen again, or just think back through what you can remember of the story.

We're doing a bit of brain training with this ritual, helping to make a habit of calm focus

before bed.

So each time you do it, it will become more natural and even more relaxing.

Our story tonight is called Spring at the Allotment.

And it's a story about setting up a garden of herbs and vegetables with a friend. It's also about a picnic basket full of sandwiches, turning over the soil with your hands,

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