Amateur Gardening

Tool tidies and racks

WHEN I worked in an office full-time, I always knew where everything was (and I do mean everything), because it was on my desk. However, I could never find anything quickly amid the piles of stuff. The same applies to gardening tools. Chuck them all in the shed higgledy-piggledy, shut the door and when you want to use them again the ones you want will always be at the bottom of the pile.

Tool tidies and racks transform the gardening experience, with hoes, spades, forks, shears and the like all having their allotted space, being easy to reach and easy to replace. Suddenly you can immediately find the

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