Adding A Garden Shed

When designing a new backyard garden, either from scratch or as a redesign project, the inclination is to focus on the garden beds and the plants that you will use to fill them. It’s only natural, right? But there is another very important item that should be considered when working on all of the various layouts for inclusion. Make sure you have left room for an outdoor garden shed.

The garden shed is an essential addition to any garden as the prime storage place for your garden tools, fertilizers, potting mix, pots, lawnmower, you name it. If you use it in the garden the most convenient place to store it will be in your garden shed. As a guy, too, this is the place where you’re going to be sent when you’re “in the doghouse”, but perhaps I’m just projecting, here.

There are any number of garden sheds that can be bought cheaply in kit form that will only take an afternoon to assemble. Then, when you’ve finished the assembly process you’ll be able to use it immediately by packing all your tools away into it.

Make sure that you get a garden shed that can be both anchored down securely and the door can be locked properly. Because it’s not going to be as burglar-proof as other parts of the house, it would be advisable to keep any major power tools stored elsewhere. But for the garden fork, spade, axe, rake and other odds and ends, your outdoor storage shed is a must.