Arrangement of garden tools. How to store garden tools: ideas

Maintaining a garden requires a lot of equipment and tools. Rakes, shovels, choppers, garden shears. The list will take a long time. And all this must be stored somewhere, so that the inventory is at hand, remains dry and clean. We present you a selection of interesting storage ideas for garden tools.

The simplest option that does not require any effort or special cash costs is railing. You may be familiar with this item in the kitchen, where such a crossbar with holders is usually hung on an apron near the stove and sink. For garden tools, the railing should be larger, and you can hang it anywhere - in the garage, shed, just on the outer wall of the outbuilding.

Homemade holders for shovels, choppers and other tools with long handles. We already touched on this topic in the article on storing tools in the workshop, but there are so many ideas that the options can be expanded.

Garden hose. An important inventory that tends to roll on garden paths and get in the way. You can purchase a special hose reel, or you can fold it into such a compact box, which also has become an unusual high flower bed.

Hanging shelves and containers for small items. There are also plenty of small garden tools on the site, so he needs his own storage space. This option looks modern, convenient, everything is in its place, nearby.

Such homemade garden tool holders are only suitable if the shovels and rakes have an appropriate handle with a hole.

Purchased plastic stand for all tools that are used in the garden. It is convenient that the stand is light, in summer it can be installed somewhere under a canopy, not far from the beds themselves, and hidden in a barn or country house for the winter.

This option can be called a garden cabinet. You can build one yourself or use an outdated wardrobe that no longer has a place at home. All in one place, protected from bad weather and dampness.

A similar option, conveniently and compactly attached to the barn wall. The advantage of garden cabinets for inventory is the presence of a door that hides a not always attractive picture, as well as the ability to equip shelves to suit your needs.

Mobile wooden box on wheels. There is where to insert the handles of tall garden tools, hang and put smaller inventory. In addition, this repository can easily "travel" throughout the site, moving closer to the place of work.

A double cabinet that simultaneously protects the electric meter and shield from external influences and moisture, and also serves as storage for a hose and small garden tools.

If you have a lawn mower on the site, you can purchase or build a separate "garage" for it. It will have enough space for other garden tools, such as a hose for watering the lawn after mowing.

Old mailbox. Gloves, garden shears, small spatulas for digging up tubers and transplanting flowers can be conveniently folded. Can be installed directly at the garden bed, so as not to look for the necessary devices in the barn.

Finally, examples of how a properly organized storage system for garden tools in a shed or garage can look neat and beautiful in its own way. Shelving, railings, open shelves, small drawers - all this can be used to get rid of chaos and bring order to such a spacious enough storage.

Over the years, every gardener has accumulated a whole arsenal of all kinds of tools. And the question inevitably arises - how to store garden tools? And there are a lot of them - bayonet and shovel shovels, rakes, choppers, scythes, pitchforks, flat cutters ... And all this is often not in one copy. Yes, and small tools, such as secateurs, all kinds of rippers, spatulas, too, abound.

We want to bring to your attention a few ideas on how to organize the storage of all this inventory. The pictures clearly show how the storage devices are arranged, so there is no need for detailed explanations.

Conventionally, the approach to storing garden tools can be divided into two types - in a vertical position, or in a horizontal position. But here everyone chooses according to his taste.

Devices for storing garden tools in a horizontal form

So, let's start with options for storing tools in a horizontal form. The main structure resembles a Swedish wall.

Vertical bars with supports are attached to the wall, on which the tool is laid. The convenience of this design is obvious - everything is in sight, access to any inventory is very simple. Of the minuses is that, as a result, the entire wall is occupied, that is, a rather large area is left for storage.

as a horizontal option garden tool storage You can also offer this option (photo below).

Storage under the ceiling is convenient to save usable space.

Storing garden tools vertically

The device for vertical placement of garden tools looks somewhat simpler. You can also use the wall.

Lots of mounting options. From simple hanging to the use of tubes. The pros and cons here are the same as on the "Swedish wall" above. Everything is in plain sight, good access, but takes up a lot of wall space.

More economical in terms of space occupied is the option of storing garden tools in a special device that resembles a box, divided from the inside into departments. The design is different, it can be clearly seen in the photographs below.

Of the minuses of this design is difficult access to tools that are in the center. You will have to pull out from a lot of neighboring ones, which may not always be convenient and fraught with injuries.

Storage of small garden tools

So far, we have been talking about organizing the storage of large garden tools, such as shovels, pitchforks, rakes, etc.

But there are also small shovels, secateurs and other “little things”. You can make small shelves for them, holders (photo below).

For longer storage, it is recommended to use a container filled with sand with a small addition of vegetable oil. It is better not to use machine oil, since there is a risk of bringing it into the soil, but we do not need this. It is better to use linseed oil.

With the onset of heat, gardeners and gardeners take out tools and a variety of household equipment from sheds and pantries. In the midst of spring work, everything that a summer resident needs should be at his fingertips. There is a constant need for shovels, rakes, shovels, pitchforks and secateurs. On the one hand, they need to be as close as possible to the place of work. On the other hand, I don’t want the neat view of the site to be disturbed by objects scattered around! There is only one way out: you need to determine and equip a place for summer storage of tools. Yes, and in winter they also have to be put somewhere in order to fully meet the new summer season.

The aesthetics of open space will not be violated if you use one of the proposed ideas for convenient storage of tools. Everything you need will be at your fingertips, but not in front of your eyes.

Space under a terrace or porch

If at the stage of designing a house you provide for even a slightly raised or, consider that you have already determined the place for shovels and rakes. It is enough that the structure is at least half a meter from the surface of the earth. The greater the distance from the ground and the length of the same terrace, the wider your options.

The free space under the terrace is well organized. Even the steps of the stairs are converted into drawers that can store a wide variety of little things.

You can simply close the space by providing it with an aesthetic door. You will get an original barn, which, by the way, will additionally strengthen the terrace. If there is not too much space under the porch, it is better to limit yourself to drawers, turning the side of the porch into a kind of chest of drawers. In this case, the design should be chosen according to your own taste, it is only important that it matches the general style of the buildings.

Another option for creating a utility room under the terrace of the house. It can accommodate not only garden tools, but also a bicycle, for example, or a small boat

A garden bench would work too.

As a rule, no one is particularly interested in the space under the garden benches. And we will fix it and will not let it be empty. Let instead of the usual bench we will have a box in which we will put the tools.

At the same time, the general aesthetics of the site will not suffer in any way, but the space under the bench, where it is so difficult to mow the grass, will be put into action. Secateurs, shovels and hoses can be stored directly next to where they will be used.

This bench does not look like a storage for tools, but it is used that way. Outwardly similar to a fashionable sofa, it is multifunctional

We build a special box

Now let's do it differently. First, we will calculate the box with what parameters we need so that all the inventory can easily fit there, and then we will think about what other functions it could perform on our site.

Such a wooden box will definitely find some other useful application in the household. For example, you can grow seedlings on it or use it in the gazebo as a dining table.

Let's say we make a container with sliding shelves or with a hinged lid, or even a combined structure in which the boxes are located below, and the space for shovels, rakes and choppers is on top. It turns out a rather voluminous structure, which can be used as a table for growing seedlings, a lounger or a place for children's games.

Original design in the form of an obelisk

A decorative detail on the exterior of your home can be a very useful structure at the same time. It would never occur to anyone that brooms and shovels are located right here, this design looks so neat and natural.

Who would have thought that in such a neat and inconspicuous hiding place the owner hides shovels, shovels and rods? Yes, there is also an air conditioner hidden in the lower part of the obelisk.

The lower part of the container can be occupied, for example, by an air conditioner, and tools with long handles will be placed on top. You can also put fishing tackle here, which also needs storage space.

For the essentials

However, not all garden tools are large. Sometimes we need little things like secateurs, skeins of twine, gloves, shovels and pegs. Where to put all this, so as not to look for a long time? For them, a birdhouse should be built on a stand corresponding to the growth of the gardener.

This is a real illustration of the expression "everything is at hand." The board is intended for information that the gardener must not forget. For example, dates of vaccinations can be marked here.

It can be an independent storage or an original addition to a large utility room. In any case, in such a "house" every little thing will lie in its place. And just write down the necessary information with chalk on the board on the inside of the door.

We use suspended structures

Various supports are often used for climbing flowering plants, cucumbers and grapes. On their vertical surfaces, it is easy to make some kind of hook-type fasteners. With their help, it will be possible to hang all the equipment that is unnecessary at the moment. In fact, it is at the same time in plain sight, but it is either not noticeable, or it will look neat enough.

Take a good look at the pillars, because the inventory placed on them is actually almost invisible

If the climate in your area is dry, this method of temporary storage is very useful. If it often rains, then you can stuff hooks on the wall of any outbuilding, which is reliably protected by an overhanging roof. However, you can transform the entire outer surface of the wall into a kind of organizer. We will talk about its construction below.

Aesthetic cylindrical posts

If during the construction process you still have scraps of metal or polypropylene pipes, do not rush to part with them. Having fixed them in a quiet corner somewhere behind the house or behind the gazebo, you can store all the tools with handles in them. Each item has its own place, which makes it easier to access it later.

The only thing that is alarming in this way of storing inventory is the forks, the sharp teeth of which are directed upwards. It remains only to hope that this design will be located in compliance with safety regulations.

We make a shelf with our own hands

There are a lot of ways to make a simple do-it-yourself tool shelf. We bring to your attention one of them. For the base of the shelf, we need one board over 1 meter long and 40 mm thick. In addition, we will prepare the remains of boards, planks, as well as identical triangular plywood trimmings.

We take plywood triangles and on each of them we cut out a groove with an electric jigsaw corresponding to the board that we prepared for the base of the shelf. We fasten the trimming strips to the triangles with self-tapping screws, cut off their edges. Now each triangle is a console.

This shelf is easy to make: it makes no sense to buy new materials to create it, you can use those left over from previous construction work

Using self-tapping screws, we fix each console on the base board so that shovels, rakes and other tools can be hung up with the working part up. Between the consoles should be inserted trimming boards or chipboard. This will give the overall structure the necessary rigidity.

I must say that the finished design is quite heavy. To fix such a shelf to the wall, you need an assistant who will support it. If the master works alone, then it is easier for him to initially fix the base board, and only then screw the consoles and elements that provide rigidity to it.

The only difficulty is the weight of the shelf itself, which will be a problem if you have to fix it to the wall alone, but in this case there is a way out

Another option involves fixing the finished structure with one large nail, and then the final installation with self-tapping screws. In their locations, through holes can be made in advance. The resulting simple shelf collects the entire basic inventory.

Garden organizer made easy

For a simple garden organizer, we do not need extra effort and significant financial costs. Everything is pretty simple!

We will need four edged boards 25 mm thick. They need to be prepared for work - trimmed. The figure shows where the holes will be placed on the two boards. Let's mark them. Using a feather drill, we will make holes according to a preliminary basting and, then, with an electric jigsaw or a simple hacksaw, cut out the side cuts.

There is nothing complicated in assembling such an organizer. The message of the simple process is reflected in sufficient detail in these figures.

We connect the boards in pairs with self-tapping screws to get two L-shaped structures. Now we have two vertical posts. We choose the wall on which our organizer will be placed. Let it be, for example, the outer wall of any outbuilding. Racks need to be screwed to it parallel to each other at a smaller distance than the length of the shovel handle.

Why not brag about such a worthy result of work? It's always nice when the tools are kept in order. With a clean inventory and work will be more fun

The work is over. It remains only to place all the inventory in the organizer and be glad that it will always be in order.

When the summer season is over

When the cold comes and the work in the country is curtailed, it's time to conserve the tools that served us faithfully and send it to storage. If we follow all the rules, in the spring we will not have to spend money on buying a new one. Spring costs are already high.

We send gardening equipment for storage

All shovels, choppers, rakes and other gardening tools should be mothballed. We will carry out their initial inspection and repair everything that has managed to break down during the working season. Dirt and rust must be removed. Cleaning is best done with a wire brush or spatula. Lubricate the cutting edge and metal surfaces with oil.

Do not leave tools dirty and unlubricated for the winter. All the same, in the spring you yourself will have to do the same work. And in the spring, as you yourself know, there are a lot of things to do without it

It is necessary to sharpen the blades of the lopper and pruner. To remove notches on the blade of a lopper or garden saw, use a file. A pruner for the same purpose is better suited to a grindstone. You also need to take care of the wooden handles. They are also thoroughly cleaned, after which they are generously lubricated with ordinary sunflower or linseed oil. Soaked in this way, the handles will not dry out and will last a long time.

Particular attention should be paid to the fertilizer sprayer. It is cleaned, thoroughly washed and dried. All levers and fixtures of the device are thoroughly lubricated with machine oil. Release the hoses from the remnants of water, roll into a ring and hang on the wall. They should only be kept indoors.

Rules for storing electrical equipment

A well-equipped suburban area cannot do without electromechanical equipment. In preparing it for winter, the following steps are necessary:

• draining all excess fuel;
• engine oil change;
• checking the presence of fasteners (brackets, plugs, screws) and making up for the actual shortage.

Require mandatory check and power cords. If the integrity is broken, it is better to change them for new ones. The trimmer head is cleaned, washed and dried. Mower knives are sharpened and lubricated. Both the electric shears and the grass chopper need cleaning. All knives, metal parts and movable swivel joints of various units must be cleaned and lubricated.

Any electromechanical devices need careful maintenance. But the life of a gardener and gardener is greatly facilitated if he has them and is in good condition.

In no case should the tool be left where it can get wet with rain or snow. Even moisture from fog negatively affects its operational properties. The ideal place for storage would be a special utility room. If there is no such room, a workshop or even a pantry in the house will do. Carefully conserved garden tools will successfully survive the period of lack of demand and will not let their owners down in the spring.

The dacha is an outlet for many urban residents who are tired of routine work and a noisy metropolis. But here, as in a city apartment, it is important to properly organize storage systems. We have prepared 10 practical and stylish ideas that will help you keep your garden tools in order.

1. Old fence

At the cottage, old things get a second life. Like, for example, this well-served fragment of the fence. It can no longer be used as a fence, but it can turn into an organizer for storing garden tools. At the same time, it will successfully complement the exterior.

2. Roof rails

The traditional place for using roof rails is in the kitchen. It turns out that they can serve as holders of small garden tools in the country. They are good because they can be mounted on the door in the utility room or shed, in the closet or even on the fence.

3. Pallets

Wooden pallets are renowned for their versatility. They make coffee tables, beds, tables, headboards, decorate the interior with them. They can also be used in the country, especially for overall tools. One has only to put the pallet upright and put shovels, hoes and rakes into it. To prevent such a storage system from tipping over, it is best to fix it with nails to the wall.

4. Organizer board

The so-called pegboard has already taken its place in home offices, kitchens and garages. It is convenient because it has many holes, and it is easy to attach small garden tools to it. The board does not take up much space, it is easy to repaint it in any color, and it is also mobile and weighs little - just remove it from the wall and move it to another place, if necessary.

5. Hooks

Hooks are perhaps the easiest and fastest option that does not require much cost or effort. It is enough to install the required number of hooks on the wall and place inventory on them. When purchasing hooks from a hardware store, look out for special double holders for gardening tools. So, rakes, pruners, shovels and other tools will always be at hand and in order.

6. Door

If garden tools are used very often, then you can take a place for him right on the street. For these purposes, it is convenient to use a fence or a door that is not in use. At the top, equip one or more shelves for flower pots and every little thing. At the middle level, organize the storage of small garden tools (pruners, scissors, scoops). In order to secure them, it is enough to drive in a few nails instead of hooks. Here you can hang a few overall shovels or lower them to a lower level.

7. Small bags

In the design of apartments, special textile or polyethylene organizers are often used to store small items. They are usually hung on doors or in closets. This handy device will come in handy in the country. It will fit gloves, scissors, pruners, scoops - everything you need to care for flowers.

8. Plastic and metal containers

In the country, plastic and metal containers will not be superfluous. It is most convenient to fix them on the wall or hide under the table. They can neatly distribute tools and household items of medium size.

9. Flower pots

There is one convenient device that allows you not to lose small inventory in the garden (and then not waste time looking for it). This is a flower pot with sand or gravel. One has only to fix scoops or secateurs in it, and they will always be in sight.

10. Rake

If you have a rake that is no longer used for its intended purpose and just lying around in the barn, you can make a hanger for small garden tools from them. For convenience, it is necessary to fix it at the level of the elbows, so as not to bend over the inventory too low or not to reach for it.

The summer season is in full swing - it's time to explore ingenious gardening solutions in our special review, where we have collected.

As soon as warm days come, gardeners, summer residents begin to actively take out their tools for giving and gardening, as well as other inventory from hiding places. After all, in the midst of work, especially in spring, all the necessary tools must be at hand at the summer resident. We constantly need rakes and shovels, pitchforks and much more! On the other hand, not only do you not want the garden tool for giving to be scattered throughout the site, because it will be difficult to find it that way, but it spoils the general appearance of the exterior of the site! Therefore, without fail, every responsible summer resident should have one place where to store tools so that everything is safe and sound. In addition, the season comes and goes, winter comes, and at this time the instrument needs to be put somewhere ...

For spring, summer, autumn

We can offer you several convenient options for storing inventory, you only need to choose from!

Under the porch, or maybe a terrace ...

If you notice at least a little space in this gap, a place to store inventory is provided. If only it was so that the structure is at least half a meter raised from the surface of the earth.

Accordingly, the greater this distance, the more opportunities you have to store the tool in the country.

Suitable for a garden bench

Usually they do not use the space under the benches in any way. But you can equip a very useful box with inventory. In this case, the aesthetics will be preserved, and the space under the bench will not just be empty.

DIY garden tool box

First you need to make a miscalculation of the dimensions of the box so that everything you need fits into it. After that, you can think about its other functions.

So, the box can be made quite roomy by equipping it with retractable shelves and a large folding lid. You can also make a combined version, where drawers will be located below, and on top you will store your shovels, forks, choppers, rakes and more. Such a volumetric structure can be used in various ways. For example, on top there can be a sunbed for a comfortable stay, or maybe even a table on which seedlings will be grown.

Obelisk

This option will look very original, and your guests will not even be able to think that it contains garden tools and equipment! For example, even an air conditioner can be located in the lower part of the container, but the upper part will be occupied by long objects. Fisherman's gear can also be stored here.

Storage of little things

Right on the counter, make a birdhouse in the form of a house with your own hands, in which small inventory will be stored, such as the same secateurs and other things.

The use of suspended structures

For climbing plants, special supports should be provided to which small hooks can be attached. It will always be possible to hang inventory on these elements that is not needed “right now”.

Cylindrical racks look quite aesthetically pleasing!

Do you have any leftovers, cuttings of pipes made of plastic or metal? Don't throw them away! After all, they can be fixed in any part of your personal plot and store all the tools that are equipped with handles on them.

Take a board whose length is from a meter and a thickness of at least 4 cm; you will also need some remnants of boards and all kinds of planks, plywood trimmings in the shape of a triangle, of the same size.

In each triangle, make grooves the same size as the largest board. Connect the triangles to the slats with self-tapping screws. The edges need to be cut. And as a result, you will get each of the triangles, the console.

Further, all consoles should be individually attached to a large board using self-tapping screws. In the process of this, see that the inventory can be hung up with the working part. In between the consoles, insert boards. This is important for stiffness.

As a result of the work done, you will get a fairly heavy shelf, which cannot be attached to the wall surface of the room without an assistant.

In fact, there are a lot of options for how to store tools in the country. And no one forbids you to fantasize and create your own developments. A very interesting option for storing inventory is the organization of a garden organizer.

And so that you do not have to run for new garden tools at the beginning of each season, be vigilant and observe the correct storage conditions for your tools. Carefully consider their storage system so that they are reliably protected not only in the season, but also during frosts.