Your Garden Shed And Spring: Gutting Your Shed
Garden sheds don't take long to get cluttered. The word cluttered is probably too kind of a word since most garden sheds get far messier than and full of unused and overlooked stuff than homeowners like to admit. Throw in a garden hose, stack a few shovels and rakes in a corner, toss in scrap lumber and a few tomato cages, and by next spring it's time to gut the whole mess and start over again. Cleaning out garden sheds in the spring takes a plan. The last thing you want to do on a Saturday afternoon is to spend hours unloading the whole affair only to stack the pile right back in the shed. Here are a few things to consider. Sort your garden shed's stash of tools and unsorted junk into two piles: one to keep and the other to throw away. If you haven't used something in a couple of years, pitch it. Chances are slim of your finding a use for it. Make needed repairs when the shed is empty. Look for interior damage and water leaks. Patch up exterior holes where bees found a crevice last summer to make a hive or siding has come loose in a storm. Metal garden sheds might need touch-up with a rust inhibitor paint. Now's the time to tinker with repairs. Consider hanging tools and hoses on the interior walls of the garden shed with large plastic-coated hooks.
Organizing a small shed doesn't sound like a tough project but it's amazing how exciting it will be later on to find what you're looking for without having to rummage around. Rakes, garden tools, and all sorts of stored outdoor sporting equipment, can easily find a home on the wall. Older garden sheds made of wood would benefit from being fumigated overnight in the springtime to get rid of overwintering boring insects and to discourage their moving in during the warming weather. A single can of fogger does wonders to clear the little vandals out of their hidden lairs and preserve the wood in your shed. If a wood garden shed needs a once-over paint job to bring its appearance up to snuff, do it now. Once you put the assortment of tools and other items back in the shed you've already decided that interior painting is going to be put off until next spring, if not indefinitely.
The exterior of the shed can be painted any time but isn't it best to just get this job done before the grass starts needing to be mowed and other time-consuming summer tasks claim your time? Garden sheds do take some maintenance and spring is the time to do it. Gutting garden sheds and giving them a thorough spring cleaning not only moves you out of the clutter but reminds you of where you've stored all of those springtime necessities. Give your garden shed the attention it deserves. You'll be a lot happier homeowner if you do.
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