Garden Tool Storage
For garden enthusiasts, garden tool storage is very exciting. Whether an enthusiast or not, keeping your garden tool storage neat and organized allows you to more easily get the curb appeal you want. Your yard and garden areas are a great asset to the overall look of your home. Even apartment dwellers can grow a flower garden or vegetable garden by planting a window box or patio box.
As an organizing expert, I was recently invited back by KSL TV to help their viewers understand how to organize their garden tools by introducing my garden tool storage formula and favorite garden tool storage containers. I used my 4M organizing formula to move viewers through the process of organizing their garden tool storage spaces and products. A brief synopsis of that formula is listed here:
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Minimize by deleting your broken tools and those you no longer need or use.
Measure (take stock of) what tools you have & decide on an area to store your gardening tools.
Maximize the storage space by defining tool categories, then contain tools in garden tool storage products.
Maintain your garden tool storage space by labeling and retaining.
I promised the KSL TV viewers a few lists and links. Click on the green links below to find the garden tool storage information you want:
Vicki’s Garden Tool Storage Categories List
Vicki’s Garden Tool Stroage Check-out List
Vicki’s Favorite Garden Tool Storage Products and Buying Links
Once you have organized your tools and garden tool storage spaces you are ready for this years planting season. Organizing your garden tool storage so your tools are ready when you need them is worth your while. Prepare your tools and garden tool storage areas now and enjoy the “fruits” of your labors for seasons to come. Organizing your home spaces saves you time and money. Now that’s something to plant, cultivate and nurture!
To view our family’s favorite garden tools, click here.
To listen to my online talk show Organize your Spring Yard Care (show #34) click here.
Because I have years of experience organizing home spaces of all varieties I know that organizing your garden tool storage and other home spaces saves you valuable time and money. I offer you a FREE 20 minute phone analysis for you to decide if I might help you. Contact me by clicking here.
Thanks to a donation by LOWES (a $50 gift card) AND Tools Away (a $30 wall organizing system), a random drawing took place on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 3:45 p.m. and the following names were drawn out of a hat. Nikki & Sheila won. Congratulations you two! Check back often for more great chances to win.
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April 12th, 2010 at 11:19 am
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April 13th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Thank you for showing us those organization tips. Of my gardening things, I think the thing I use most is my gloves. I don’t know if that’s considered more of a tool or an accessory, but I’m excited to try the paint bucket idea. I think I’ll keep my gloves inside. Right now the hyacinth blooms are my favorite.
April 19th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Ok, this is probably a little lame, but I LOVE Kohlrabi! Maybe I’m just excited, because it’s the one veggie that grows like crazy for me! 🙂 I also get a kick out of it when my kids are telling other kids about them, and they’re met with blank stares. Maybe we’re the only ones in Utah that eat them?? Whatever the case may be, we LOVE ’em!
April 19th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I like my Fiskars hand clippers. I tend to tear or break (damage) plants, and when I use the clippers, it turns our much better. As for my favorite garden plant or flower, I am a huge fan of iceplant (it’s a groundcover) – in all varieties. It spreads like cracy and it is so vibrant when it blooms. Thank you for all the wonderful tips.
April 20th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Once again, you have helped us with simple, yet powerful, organizing steps – thank you! Now I’m eager for Spring gardening rather than dreading it! I love my hand spade. It’s great for weeding, planting, and tilling…one versatile little tool.
April 20th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
These are great ideas – now if I can only find where I left my spade last year . . .
April 21st, 2010 at 7:56 am
I like my “lady” size shovel– its just a little smaller and its easy to handle.
April 21st, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Thanks for all the tips – your previous organizing ideas have been helping. I’m excited to get my yard/ garage under control. I love my large leaf rake and tulips.
April 21st, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Loved your tips Vicki on garden tool storage, especially the paint bucket idea. It seems I am always looking for a place to sit while working in my yard, and an extra bonus of having all your tools close. Thanks for all the good ideas. My favorite tool has to be my leather rose gloves. Saves my hands from the thorns, and so of couse, my favorite plants are rose bushes. Blooms all summer long and into the fall.
April 21st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
What a great tip. Rose gloves. Thanks for sharing with my website visitors Sharlyn!
April 21st, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Thanks for all your wonderful tips, Vicki. My favorite garden tool is my shuffle hoe for removing weeds quickly w/o having to get down on my hands and knees. I also have to agree that I must have some good garden gloves, and I go through them fast!!
My favorite flowers are roses, daisies and begonias. In climates where they grow well, I like rhododendrons and azaleas.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:56 pm
My favorite tool is the lawn mower
April 21st, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I absolutely love tulips. They make me happy. Thank you for the tips.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:37 pm
My favorite flower is jasmine. I like it so much that I named my daughter Jasmine!
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:36 am
My favorite garden tool is gardeninng gloves, they keep the spiders off my fingers. Yuck! My favorite flowers are gerber daisies.
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:17 am
I love to garden, and I love many of my tools. But one of the tools I really like is the garden rake. I love it because it cleans up everything. I can rake the leaves off the grass, around the flowers and bushes and rake the pile of weeds from my garden. After a good rake, everything looks clean. In memory of my niece I plant daises, which was her favorite flower. I love daisies.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:22 am
Oh dear, my favorite tool is a toss up between hand pruners and a sturdy hand cultivator. Whenever I go out into the garden those are the two I use most often.
My favorite yard plant would probably be a tomato. I know, it’s usually a garden plant and not a yard plant, but I love edible landscaping, and either treated like a bush or trailing up a lattice it seems to fit right in.
May 19th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Oh dear, my favorite tool is a toss up between hand pruners and a sturdy hand cultivator. Whenever I go out into the garden those are the two I use most often.
My favorite yard plant would probably be a tomato. I know, it’s usually a garden plant and not a yard plant, but I love edible landscaping, and either treated like a bush or trailing up a lattice it seems to fit right in.
May 20th, 2010 at 7:06 am
I thought your information here was so important, I posted a link to this article on my website. Thanks for the great info.
May 31st, 2010 at 8:21 pm
This post was listed in the blog My Garden Plants.
Thanks for getting the word out.
June 1st, 2010 at 11:59 am
Elroy, I carry a few of the lightweight bags in my purse pocket. Thanks for getting the word out. Green is more than garden plants!
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July 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Thank you so very much for your personal suggestions.I am going to give it a attempt.
August 4th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
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August 12th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Lida,
I appreciate that you feel I am an expert in this field. I have organized many a garage space. Good luck with your film. Vicki
August 20th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
While we’re in the Professional organizer zone, if you can choose something that looks good and matches your décor and surroundings, your friends and family will love visiting you and relaxing in your new outdoor garden furniture.
August 24th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
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August 30th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
After reading this I feel like my gardening has improved already!
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Never underestimate the power of passion. Thanks for showing your passion for order.
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September 17th, 2010 at 10:55 am
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September 29th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
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October 15th, 2010 at 7:27 am
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October 15th, 2010 at 11:36 am
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November 9th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Thank you for putting up this information. It helped me with my organizing project.
November 14th, 2010 at 10:51 am
you should always keep your garden tools in low humidity area to prevent them from getting rusty.
December 7th, 2010 at 6:42 am
It takes a thief to catch a thief so be sure you have a sign out sheet. Thanks.
December 8th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Indeed, get rid of items which are no longer useful as they will just add to the clutter.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Yesterday I came across my first ever fishing rod that I had forgotten about for years. I guess I got overly detoured as the years went by to take the time to organize my garage and remember the items that were stored there. Thanks for the reminder posted here.
April 1st, 2011 at 10:31 pm
I fully support all efforts to conserve, reuse and recycle – and it should be something that the whole nation should be doing – NOW!