Getting Organized

Well, I haven't yet built my raised bed(s). I'm excited about getting started, though, so I took advantage of some great weather this weekend to get organized. A few days ago, I purchased some essential gardening tools at Sears. I had some rusted out tools already, but wanted to replace them with ones that I swear to take better care of! I also had a Sears gift card, so I managed to pick up:

• digging shovel
• gardening spade for making nice edges
• trowel
• hedge shear w/ extendable handles

all for about $5 out of pocket. I still need some pruners and a fork.

Once I got my shiny new tools, I realized that I was going to need to get my shed up-to-snuff. My shed is in horrible shape. I don't have $$ to buy a new one, so I tried to patch it a bit by re-nailing some things that had gotten loose. My shed would have none of it -- parts of it are so rotten that the hammer simply bashed holes through the wood.

I soon realized that I would have to just make do, so I put down my hammer and organized the shed. I removed all the stuff I never use, all the stuff that was rusted, and cleaned off everything else. I then re-organized the shed so that I can easily get to everything I need when I'm gardening this spring. I am essentially a very lazy person, so anything I can do to ease getting to my tools increases the likelihood that I will actually use them :)

Some of the "stuff I never use" was old cans of paint. I took it out of the shed and added kitty litter to it to dry it out. Assuming that works, I'll be able to take it to the landfill).