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- a rusty garden - |
In my garden, a well-loved garden tool is a rusty tool.
While it may be wishful thinking I just felt that if I had somewhere to put all my gardening tools and gear away every fall that I could become an 'Organized Gardener' instead of a careless one. So, with this in mind, I had a little garden shed built.
Hallelujah, now all my gardening junk has a nice dry home for the winter.
In my wildest dreams, I am uber organized and neatly put all my tools away at the end of each and every gardening day but in reality I know this will probably never happen. At best, I hope that I can manage to get most, if not all, of my garden tools put away in the shed for the winter and not leave them buried somewhere in the garden.
- time will tell -
Either way, I love my new garden shed, it's not big but it's all mine! It's a mess right now because late last summer when it was finished being built I just threw everything in it for the winter.
Today, I will go and get it organized before I head out to the garden but before I do I want to share the DIY instructions for restoring your rusty tools.
Today, I will go and get it organized before I head out to the garden but before I do I want to share the DIY instructions for restoring your rusty tools.
Soak rusty tools in a weak vinegar solution.
- Remove them from the solution and wipe down with paper towel to dry them, then clean the rust off with steel wool.
- Heavily rusted blades may need a second soaking after the first layer of rust comes off.
'In the spring, at the end of the day,
you should smell like dirt.'
Margaret Atwood