Keeping all those tools close by for garden work with a vintage tote.
I’m not going to lie, I can’t locate my favorite clippers!
How do you keep those tools handy?
What A Tool
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Currently, all my garden tools are cloistered in a very lame file box that they were packed in when we moved from the lake and then again from the condo. Finally! I get to dust them off. I’ve always wanted a peg board though, with little outlines of stuff hanging…very old school 😀
Soon, so very soon! You will be digging in very soon!
I have a habit of using a tool, such as pruners, and then just laying it down wherever I happen to be. I always carry a bucket around with me when I garden to tote water for fresh plantings, sprigs to plant, etc. I finally decided the best thing to do was to carry all my necessary tools in the bucket, do what I have to do, then put the tools back in. They get taken in and out en masse as I work, but it keeps everything together at the end of the day.
Buckets are so great too! I keep a bucket and my dandelion digger nearby!
I have an ugly, cracked blue plastic tote. Something vintage with character would be so inspiring.
Keep your eyes open, sometimes the perfect tote idea can be found other places then a garden center.
Poke around some antique shops for old wood tool boxes. They look great in the garden and so handy!
I think my husband needs one of these. He is continually misplacing items while working on our basement. Mostly, I am able to find them.
Makes me laugh Audrey….with home remodel under way around here…”where is the tape measure?’, ” I just had my utility knife!”, etc!!! I either know where it is or have to run around looking!
Found this cute tote in Wisconsin while driving practically across the entire state to get to OshKosh.
I use a two gallon bucket that used to hold laundry detergent. Whatever works.
I love buckets! Have stacks of them here too!
I have mine on nails hanging just inside the garage door. If someone borrows anything and doesn’t hang it back up, there is hell to pay! 😉
Yep, nobody ‘borrow’ my tools! 🙂
My mother in law bought me a garden trolley from Lee Valley – my husband calls it my stroller for my veggie babies – it is awesome!! Here is the link – I have NEVER been more organized. And no, they do not sponsor me 🙂 http://www.leevalley.com/en/Garden/page.aspx?p=70656&cat=2,44639,33270&ap=1
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing. Love the water bottle holder!!! Seriously I need a water bottle holder!
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Or a wine bottle holder for some evening stress release gardening 🙂
I have an old tackle box.
Oh, love old tackle boxes! I keep one in my greenhouse with all the little do dads! That’s a technical term.
I wish I had my grandpa’s old tackle box. I think that’s why I like them, it was like hunting in a treasure box when I was a kid.
My grandpa’s was so much fun to poke through! Magical do dads for sure.