This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Rubbermaid®. The opinions and text are all mine.
We recently made the move back to house life. One of the best parts about that is, having our own backyard. A grassy oasis where our kids can play baseball and dogs can run free. But all that comes with new responsibilities to keep that lawn as an inviting space.
If you are trading in apartment life for a house of your own, you will likely need a few essentials for your new yard. Although it might seem pretty evident what you are going to need, it helps if you have a checklist in case the home improvement aisle gets a little intimidating. Once you have your essentials, we are going to show you how to organize them!
Here’s what you will need for your new yard if you plan on doing your own yard work:
- Lawn mower – Unless you plan on employing a professional service or, at the very least, an entrepreneurial neighborhood teenager, this will be your biggest expenditure. What type of mower you will need will vary depending on the size of your yard. Obviously, a manual push mower isn’t practical if you have several acres and a riding tractor isn’t needed if you only have a small patch to keep cut.
- Weed eater – If you have tree lines or fences, this is a necessity. Even a small electric weed eater will work for most yards.
- Edger – a simple line between the sidewalk and lawn makes a world of difference to give your new lawn a professionally manicured look.
- Leaf blower – I never realized how useful one of these was until I finally had one.
- Shovel – If you have large dogs, you should probably even have two with one of them dedicated to clearing the “minefields” when you want to fully enjoy your new backyard.
- Rake – Even if you don’t live in a place where autumn is a thing, you might still find yourself in need of one.
- Flat broom – You may be tempted to use the blower in every situation, like sweeping out the garage. This is a bad idea.
- Gas tank – You’re going to need fuel for all your new lawn tools. Surprisingly, a lot of folks forget about this at first.
- Trimming shears – Although you might have to leave the major trimming to pros, you are going to be responsible for the basic upkeep of your own shrubbery and small trees.
Once you have the essentials, you will probably need a way to keep them organized in your garage or shed. That’s why we have a Rubbermaid® FastTrack® Rail™ Garage System to keep everything from being piled into a corner of our garage.
We purchase the Rubbermaid FastTrack Rail system from Lowe’s and it was quick and easy to install. It can be configured to, however, you need to accommodate your tools and equipment. Thanks to adjustable hooks, you can attach and move them anywhere along the rails.
Locking grippers on accessory hooks provide reinforced security when attaching hooks to the rail.
The hooks are available in a variety of sizes and shapes so you can hang everything from shovels and rakes to entire ladders.
Each hook holds up to 50 pounds and each steel rail can hold up to 1750 pounds. It took me about fifteen minutes to get it installed, and it is a welcome addition to our garage! Now, we can truly get organized!
You can find it in the garage organization section at your local Lowe’s Home Improvement store or online!
We knew that we would use the hooks to organize all our garage essentials listed above. We needed a place to store brooms since they are usually hiding in the kitchen or end up falling in a pantry. Now everything has a place to stand upright!
Perhaps the best part of this new addition to our garage is how everything is off the floor and can be kept “clean.” No longer will dirty brooms, mops, or shovels be on the ground. Everything has its place.
How do you organize your garage?
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Perfect timing because my hubby and the boys are planning on cleaning/organizing ours this coming weekend. Ours is currently a MESS.
How perfect is this? We are planning to organize the garage this weekend, and BOOM! You have the PERFECT solution! I’m checking out this FastTrack organizer tomorrow – it looks like exactly what I need! Thank you so much!
This is absolutely the perfect time for this. With winter coming yardwork will not be as much and I would like to put everything away so it is not messy.
I need to get a few of these for my husband! He would love it. He’s always complaining about how messy our garage is.
I was just out standing in my garage wondering what to do with the mess. Perfect timing. I love this system.
We just moved into our new house 2 weeks ago and we desperately need to organize the garage! I’ll have to check out the Rubbermaid Fasttrack System. Sounds like it could be helpful for us!
We moved last year and just a few months ago finally got our garage all cleared out and organized! We really need to get a Fast Track to get it even cleaner and make it easier to get to some of our yard tools!
We use the Rubbermaid FastTrack system in our garage and I LOVE it. It’s so easy to install and I love the way you can customize it for whatever you need. It’s awesome!
My husband really liked installing our’s in the garage. We actually need another rail system-maybe 2 more?
This is a great idea. I need to get a couple of these for our garages. We have two garages, and we could really use this.
I need to get my husband to get this for our garage. I like how organized it all looks.
I need one or two of these for my garage. We have everything leaning against the walls right now and it’s so messy to me.
I definitely needed to read your tips about organizing the garage. We have a mess going on and keep buying things we already have because we keep forgetting we own one already!
My garage could definitely use a facelift when it comes to organization. I need to tackle it and use some of these tips.
That is such an awesome way to get all of your lawn tools organized. We don’t have a garage but we have a shed where this would work.
These are awesome! I would love to get one for my garage! Such a great way to get organized.
I wish we had a garage to use this in! This would be a great gift for my dad!
Organizing and cleaning the garage is such an incredible idea. Thank you for sharing that material and the detailed steps on how to install that.
This is awesome! You have inspired me to tackle our garage, everything is currently in piles! Thanks for the great ideas!