Shelves for the Home
Making Space for Garden Tool Storage
Keen gardeners, and even the not so keen, can spend a lot of money on gardening tools and equipment. It is therefore important that they are well maintained, kept clean and stored well when not in use. Rusty and blunt gardening implements are not as useful as clean tools that are kept sharp when necessary.
When it comes to garden tool storage, there are a few things that you need to take into account:
1. Your tools need to be well organized so that you can get at them when needed, not have to hunt for them every time you need to use one of them. Even the larger things like garden spades and forks can disappear under a pile of junk in a large yard shed. In the worst cases, that can spoil the fun of gardening, especially if you are pushed for time. Keeping them well stored but easily accessible is key to making your gardening season a real pleasure with as few irritations as possible!
2. Safety can be an issue to watch for, with children and adults. It is not unheard of for someone to tread on the working end of a rake, resulting in the long handle coming up and giving them a clout. More dangerous, though, is a heavy tool, such as a spade or gardening fork, falling from its wall storage place after a slight nudge from an inquisitive toddle
3. Think about when you need particular tools. If you are short of space, you may have to store them in different places depending on the season and their usage. There is no reason why winter storage should not be differently organized to the other main gardening seasons. However, if you can afford to, make sure every tool has a permanent storage space. A small vertical shed just for your garden things can often be justified.
Your long and large gardening tools such as hoes, spades and rakes can often be hung on a rack on the wall of a garden shed, or garage if space allows. In the event that your are reconsidering your garage storage system altogether, it might be as well to see if you can accommodate some garden tools and machinery as well.
Lawn rakes, because of their shape, can be a bit awkward, so take extra care of those and all garden tools with any sharpness at all. Shears, either short or long, need to be securely stored, away from the reach of children if possible. Smaller items, such as trowels, secateurs and other pruners, can be kept together, for example in a cabinet set aside just for that purpose.
All in all, though, your main considerations are safety, convenience of accessibility, and ensuring the tools are kept away from the elements as much as possible. That way you can have an enjoyable spring, summer and winter of gardening pleasure.
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