Organise your tools and equipment

“Before winter sets in, give your gardening tools a clean and sharpen, I usually then either wipe them over with a cloth soaked in some oil, or a quick and easy way to protect cutting tools is to spray all the cutting surfaces with WD40, then store them somewhere dry. 

 

“Always remember to give your lawnmower a quick clean after the last cut of the summer. Remember not to put it away with any grass in the grass collection box, if you leave this in you will end up rotting the fabric of the grass box. Consider getting your lawnmower serviced in the Autumn or Winter, if you wait to do this until Spring you will be caught in a long queue at the lawnmower shop and may lose your machine for weeks as you grass grows longer and longer. 

 

“A thoughtfully laid-out shed or workshop makes it easy to keep tools accessible and rust-free. Sometimes a great winter job is to look at how your shed is organised. The addition of shelving and storage hooks make it so much easier to find things when you want them. If you think you could ever be this organised, the wonderful shadow board is an aspirational item! Each tool has its hook to go on and you draw round the tool on the board, so it goes back into its very own place after you have used it.”