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The Best Ways To Organize Your Gardening Equipment

With so many different shapes and sizes, gardening tools can be a pain to store. These tips will help keep them organized.

Maintaining a beautiful garden requires a lot of tools and materials, which can undoubtedly become disorganized from time to time. Putting equipment away can certainly be tiresome, especially after a long day of gardening. If you find yourself propping up tools against the wall or leaving soil and watering cans on the floor of your shed, it might be a good idea to re-imagine the way you organize your equipment.

The good news is there are several easy and expensive ways to store your gardening equipment so you can stay as organized as possible. Here are some tips:

Hang Your Long Handles On The Wall
Don't prop your long-handled tools against the wall — hang them up instead. Find some hooks or nails that can effectively fit underneath the base or between the prongs of each long-handled tool. Then create a dedicated space for each shovel, rake, and hoe on the wall. With a dedicated space and an easy way to hang them, it'll be easier to put your tools away when you're done.
Install A Peg Board For Your Handheld Tools
If you have an abundance of handheld tools, a pegboard is widely considered to be handy and good-looking way to organize them. Hang the board on your garage wall or on the door of your tool shed. Then, simply add some hooks so you can hang your tools by the handle.
Place Open Soil Bags In Buckets
It doesn't take long for open bags of soil or fertilizer to become messy and stinky. Instead of stacking the bags, place them into their own dedicated buckets with lids. This will not only prevent any spills but also makes it easy to store them and prevents any foul odors from infiltrating your shed.
Buy A Small Shed
Maximize storage space in your garage or greenhouse by adding a small portable plastic shed. Small sheds can be found at most major hardware stores. They're small enough to fit inside a larger storage space but usually big enough to store a number of materials, including long-handled shovels and small power equipment.
Make Use Of Plastic Bins
Plastic bins are not only great at storing small tools, gloves, watering cans, and other items, but they're also incredibly easy to store. If you have a habit of leaving tools over the floor, plastic bins will make it easy to store your items on shelves in your garage or shed and keep them out of the way.
Create A Tool Tote
A tool tote is an easy and effective way for transporting your tools between your shed to your garden. You can make a tool tote out of anything — use an old basket or bucket, or you can even create your own with some wood. Then you'll have an easy to way to transport handheld tools, gloves, seeds, and sprays.

Not only is gardening a great hobby, but it's also a fantastic way to increase your curb appeal. Coming up with unique storage solutions for your garden equipment can be fun and can also keep your home looking good.

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