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Roundup: 10 DIY Garden Tool Totes and Benches

by on May 28, 2013

One of the most irritating things about gardening can be getting all your gardening tools to the spot where they’re needed. It’s cumbersome, and it oftentimes involves multiple trips to the garage or garden shed because you’ve forgotten something. By the time all your equipment is assembled, you just might be too tired to actually garden! And then, when you’re finished, you have to haul all that stuff back to said garage or garden shed. Oye. No wonder some people turn a blind eye to their weeds. Of course, one way to make things a bit easier on yourself is to get all those tools to the garden efficiently and in one trip. Here are 10 fabulous DIYable garden tool totes and benches that are sure to help.

We’ll start with projects for the sewers first.

Makezine turns oil cloth into a sweet tote for smaller jobs.Garden bag sits on a brightly lit wood deck.Makezine

Sew Mama Sew goes all out with this tote that has a ‘spot’ for everything.

A straw hat and a cloth handbag sitting on the grass outside.Sew, Mama, Sew!

Beautifully Contained shows us how to make a 5-gallon bucket tool organizers. (I have a store-bought version and love it for smaller gardening jobs.)

A round tote bag used for holding tools.Beautifully Contained

Now for the woodworkers….

Today’s Homeowner tells us how to make this durable and MOVEable potting bench. Nice.

A tool car made from plywood.Today’s Homeowner

Brad made his garden cart out of a frame from a discarded BBQ, an old bed frame and a couple of wheels off an old bike. No how-to for this one I’m afraid, but it is very inspirational.

Homemade wooden wheel barrow outside on the grass.Woodworking for Mere Mortals

Speaking of recycling… these portable carts are bits of genius.

Two-wheel hand cart + 30 gallon barrel = garden cart.

Garden tools sitting in a round white container that is strapped to a lift.Lee Valley

Derek drilled holes in the lid of a rolling 32-gallon plastic garbage can to store his garden tools and to easily port them to the yard/garden. Click here to read more.

Holes cut into the lid of a garbage can to store brooms, mops, etc.American Profile

A $4.50 thrift store golf bag made a perfect garden tote for the Savvy Housekeeper. 

Antique gold bag with golf clubs in it.Savvy Housekeeping

The golf bag started me thinking about old coolers. Rolling ones, like the one pictured below, sometime spring leaks. Instead of pitching them, how about turning them into a rolling garden cart? Nice place to take a seat while you’re working too.

Large blue cooler with black wheels and a white lid sitting on the ground with its white handle sticking up.Farm & Fleet

This old gurney set the owner back $295. Now it’s her perfect potting bench. It’s not the cheapest upcycle option, but it is one of the most weird and wonderful ones we’ve seen in a long time.

A cart with a silver top has a couple of wire mesh and wooden crates on top of it.Danger Garden

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