A wide range of practical equipment makes gardening easier. If you don't feel like spending time searching for a hoe, spade and hammer, you can hang your garden tools neatly and clearly. These tips reveal how you can easily make the right device holder yourself.
How can I hang my garden tools neatly?
Garden tools can be hung easily and clearly by using hook railings, holders for handle tools, Euro pallets or bicycle baskets. Homemade solutions require materials such as wood, screws and glue. Regular care extends the life of the devices.
Build your own hook railing – This is how it works
A variety of small and large hand tools for gardening are equipped with a hanging strap. A sturdy bar with hooks is a must in any tool shed. You can buy the useful device ready-made at the hardware store or simply build it yourself. The material you need is 1 round piece of wood, 2 wooden blocks, screws, wood glue and double hooks. This is how it works:
- Bevel the edges of both wooden blocks and sand them smooth
- Drill a blind hole on the inside with the diameter of the round wood
- Glue the round wood with the glue
- Screw the strip into the wall
Finally, hang the double hooks on the log to hang your garden tools on.
Make your own holder for garden tools with a handle – step-by-step instructions
Anyone who has ever accidentally stepped on a rake and had a painful collision with the erupting handle will appreciate a tool holder for handle tools. The garden tool is stored here with the working head facing upwards. In terms of material, you need 2 boards, 2 strips of the same length, HT pipes or comparable plastic pipes, glue and screws. This is how you proceed professionally:
- Drill holes for the HT pipes with a diameter of 40 mm at 25 cm intervals in the top board
- Make corresponding troughs in the base board using a Forstner bit
- Glue strips to the boards
First screw the base board to the wall. The correct distance of the upper support board determines the length of the plastic pipes. Once you have attached both boards of the tool holder, insert the tubes to insert the handles of your garden tools.
Europalette – The quick device holder
Creative gardeners have discovered wooden Euro pallets to build flower boxes or cold frames. When placed upright, the wooden pallet transforms into a practical tool holder for garden tools with a handle.
Store small garden tools cleverly – this is how it works in the old bicycle basket
You can attach individual hanging devices to the wall for small garden tools such as hand shovels, grass shears, hose heads or screwdrivers. It's easier and cheaper to use a used bicycle basket. The two openings on the back are perfect for hanging with screws and nails or self-adhesive hooks.
If you don't have enough space in your tool shed, simply hang your new collection station for garden tools on the inside of the door. Incidentally, whetstones, gloves and safety glasses are also in good hands here and are quickly at hand if you want to sharpen a dull blade in between.
Tip
The most ingenious tool holder is a waste of effort if dirty garden tools dangle from it. Remains of soil, plant sap and resin stick together your valuable garden tools and cause them to rust within a short period of time. If you treat your spade, scissors, lawn mower etc. to a short care program after work, you will enjoy the smooth operation for a long time.
