Gardening Storage Solutions
If you’re a gardener, you know it’s difficult to not become an enthusiast. Gardening is a cherished hobby and past-time for a large number of homeowners, because it’s the gift that keeps on giving. When you’ve become a gardener, you require many of tools and equipment to garden efficiently.
It’s surprising how many Americans actually find gardening to be important. There are a large majority of Americans, up to 75% that find it necessary to spend some time either landscaping their yard or tending the garden. Nearly 100% believe that it’s important to maintain their lawn. These statistics and more can be found in the National Association of Landscape Professionals.
Some of the highlights: “For the majority of the respondents (42 percent), pride in their home was the reason given for maintaining or improving their yard or landscape. Other reasons given included to create a relaxing outdoor space (16 percent), to protect property value (15 percent), to have a safe place for kids to play (8 percent), and to connect with nature (7 percent). When asked what they use their yard or landscape for the most, the clear choice was for relaxing (26 percent), followed by planting flowers or vegetables (17 percent); spending time with family (14 percent); playing with pets (11 percent); kids play areas, dining or BBQ, and entertaining (at 7 percent each), and sports and recreation (1 percent).”
Given these reasonings and statistics, it’s safe to say that the lawn and upkeep, gardening and maintenance are an American staple. That’s also the reason why there are so many lawn equipment stores. Rakes, shovels, pots, fertilizer, etc. The equipment can really pile up. So how do you store it? The garage can really get disorganized with all that lawn equipment, here we have some simple storage solutions for your gardening equipment.
Garage Walls are Your Friend!
If you attach some paneling to the interior of your garage walls you can increase your storage capabilities by a lot. Floor space is the most obvious choice, but if you have a panel system with shelves and or hooks you can keep equipment off of your floors. Here or more reasons why you should consider wall storage:
- Your garden tools should be easy to locate so you can quickly get to work on your prize garden!
- Depending on the installation, your hooks can support a lot of weight, including wheelbarrows
- This will increase the longevity of your tools and equipment
- You can improve the look of your garage and create a pleasant environment to be in
- Your garden will improve because your organizational skills will carry over to your planting
Garage Cabinets Make A Huge Difference
For more wall storage and organization, you can install professional cabinetry in order to give your garage a more homey feel. With all the seeds, fertilizers and articles required for gardening the cabinet can be a clean place to keep a lot of your supplies. If you have pots you aren’t using or sapling trays the garage cabinet can tuck them out of the way and keep them free of dirt and grime.
Things like baskets, leaf blowers, gloves, and more are suited to be tucked away in case you need them for a specific instance. A cabinet can help you keep your spare equipment tidy and clean.
Garden Hose Reel for the Garage
The garden hose is frequently used by gardeners, as the gardening can is tedious. If you have a garage from us that’s far from your gardening plot, you’ve probably already extended your gardening hose. You should definitely pick up a hose reel in order to make your life a lot easier. Gardening hose reels can take care of a large clutter item quickly, and some have mechanical rolls so you just have to press a button!
Tool Storage for Safety
When you have a clutter of tools on your garage floor you can encounter situations that can put you in danger. A trip over a loose garden hose or rake can be a hard fall onto your concrete garage foundation. Also, the looney toons joke about stepping on a rake and it slaps you on the head can actually happen. We neither can confirm or deny that it has happened to us. Okay, it happened to us. All jokes aside, you can actually get hurt due to the clutter in your garage. With organization, you nearly eliminate those accidents. Things can always happen, but you never encounter a missing tool that can end up leaving you hurt when you know exactly where it’s stored. Pesticides can be dangerous as well, and if you leave it out the fumes can get in the air when it isn’t properly stored. Make sure you take at least some steps to keep your garage clean and clutter free. Call now for a free consultation on your garage if you haven’t purchased on already!