I bought this little garden shed off of Craigslist a couple of years ago for $50. Surprisingly it has never tipped over in any of the storms even though I did not secure it in any way. It has withstood below zero weather, mountains of snow, and has proved itself handy in the garden. But I just couldn’t seem to get the hang of how to organize it.
I expanded the garden and needed to move the shed which I did. I keep a bench in the garden just to sit on and contemplate things and that is when I figured out how to reorganize this little shed to be much more functional than just holding a few hoes and shovels. Here is the overview…
How fantastic! I now have storage for my garden gloves, seed packets, balls of twine and rope, plant markers and even several I haven’t filled yet, with room to add more!
So then I added some screws to hang stuff on. I’m using the star headed decking screws as they are weather resistant and I love the star heads – less likely to strip out.
The middle buckets are handy to hold rolls of anything, fertilizer, whatever. The bonus was that my post driver fit between them. So then I drilled several holes to hold scissors, wire cutters, knifes, etc. I did these with paddle bits. Very handy.
A couple of hooks came with the shed and some tools just lend themselves to this type of hanging.
When I was done, I even had space for my little kneeler/sitter seat. Once I had gathered my tools, it took less than one hour to totally reorganized this shed into a much more functional area.
Another big advantage? If I decide that I want to clean it all I have to do is take out the tools, etc. and hose it down! All the pots will drain automatically.
Fiddlesticks…you put us to shame :-( But, your organization skills are apparent :-) Let’s not discuss MrWE2’s man-cave garage :-( Garden shed…it’s full of other stuff (propane tanks, wire shelves, sawhorses that we use for yard sales…you name it, but now you’ve given Wifey here some ideas :-) Even though ours is considerably larger, I’m betting we can benefit from this post, and…we have lots of square buckets left over from watering our garden (before we put in the drip system)!
Wonderful! Would love info on your drip system! :)
Just a regular drip system on a timer :-) (not a soaker!)
Don’t forget that you can use the roof as well. A couple of bungee ropes keep the bamboo canes out of the way during the winter, and it’s a great place to get lightweight but bulky things out of the way, such as the netting for my brassica cages.
I’ve got a set of shelving in my shed, plus an old bookcase where plant pots are stored, but it’s not particularly well organised, so you’ve inspired me to sort it out. I particularly like the fact that you make use of the doors for extra storage.
Thank you Ecomum! I never even considered the roof. :)