Keter Offers Proven Fall Yard and Garden Cleanup and Storage Tips

As outdoor gatherings wind down for the season, many homeowners and tenants have begun buttoning up their yards and landscapes. Gardeners are preparing their flower gardens or vegetable plots for the chillier months. Even in regions with warmer temperatures, residents recognize the need for better yard and landscape organization.

Leading consumer lifestyle solutions provider Keter offers useful cleanup and storage tips for variably sized outdoor spaces. The company’s sustainable sheds, raised garden boxes, and outdoor furniture can help streamline the process.

Three Yard Cleanup and Storage Tips

Before cold weather strikes, residents should organize and store their yard decor. Engine-powered lawn and garden tools should be winterized and stored for the winter. Finally, residents may be accustomed to storing their outdoor furniture under cover. However, durable resin-based furniture can stay outside in all weather conditions.

Gather and Store the Yard Decor

Yard clutter can make even a nicely landscaped space look disorganized. Items scattered around can present a trip hazard, and these obstacles also make it harder to mow the lawn. Fortunately, a roomy, well-constructed storage shed provides convenient storage while looking sharp.

Storing smaller items such as birdhouses, bird feeders, and lawn ornaments is simple. The shed should also accommodate planters (even larger ones), grilling accessories, and yard games, among other items.

Winterize (and Store) Motorized Lawn and Garden Tools

Motorized lawn and garden tools should have their engines winterized before the cold weather’s onset. These often-used tools include walk-behind mowers and lawn tractors, Rototillers, and weed eaters. After the winterization is complete, these items should be stored away from harsh winter weather conditions. Storing the tools inside a sturdy shed will prevent the items’ deterioration.

 

Keter’s Storage Sheds Fit Variably Sized Yards

All storage sheds are not created equal. Some “one size fits all” sheds are cheaply put together and can deteriorate over time. In contrast, Keter offers well-built small, medium, and large sheds that will fit into appropriately sized yards. Each polypropylene resin, steel-reinforced shed has an attractive wood look and texture. However, Keter’s low-maintenance sheds won’t fade, crack, or peel. These sturdy sheds are built to last for many years.

To Store ─ or Not to Store ─ the Outdoor Furniture?

As the outdoor season comes to an end, residents often find that their patio and lawn furniture has become much worse for wear. Wooden pieces may show fading color, peeling paint, and even damaging wood rot. Metal furniture can develop rust and/or ugly discoloration.

Some residents store the furniture under cover and vow to refurbish it next season. Others simply discard it and plan to purchase new pieces. However, residents might not realize there’s a third option. Durable resin-based outdoor furniture can handle outdoor weather conditions all year ‘round.

Leave Keter’s All-Season Furniture Outdoors

Fortunately, Keter’s top-tier outdoor furniture satisfies consumers’ style and durability requirements. This well-built line of resin-based furniture features clean, modern styling and is ideal for mix-and-match design schemes. Keter’s outdoor furniture is also sustainably built. Each Keter furniture piece has an increasingly higher percentage of recycled components. Keter’s outdoor furniture is also completely recyclable.

In another piece of the puzzle, Keter’s manufacturing plants are making substantial progress on their “zero waste” goals. Several facilities achieved their zero waste from production objectives in 2023. Keter Chief Executive Officer (or CEO) Alejandro Pena acknowledges this progress toward the company’s wide-ranging mission. Keter seeks to minimize virgin resources’ use in product manufacturing and to eliminate waste at every stage of the value chain.

Snapshot of Keter’s Outdoor Furniture

• 3-Piece Patio Set
• Outdoor Side Table
• Adirondack Chair (and Rocking Chair)
• Outdoor Storage Bench

3 Fall Garden Wrap-Up Recommendations

Preparing a flower or vegetable garden for colder weather takes some work. However, avid gardeners know putting in the effort helps the plants and soil to become ready for the next growing season. Keter offers three garden wrap-up tips along with guidance for avoiding injuries.

Banish Leftover Weeds

Managing weeds is one of the least-desirable gardening tasks. In the fall, residents should pull all stubborn leftover weeds so they don’t have a foothold for the next growing season. Spraying the weeds is discouraged, as the often-toxic chemicals can seep into the ground and contaminate water sources.

Keter’s Raised Garden Boxes Deter Weeds

Gardeners who want to minimize weeds, and benefit from improved drainage and warmer soil, should consider Keter’s raised garden boxes. These striking raised beds have a wood and rattan look and feel. However, these garden boxes won’t fade, rot, or warp like traditional wooden varieties.

The Keter garden boxes’ reinforced metal framework, and all-weather resin construction, mean they can stay outside without losing their sharp appearance. The garden boxes are available in three sizes and two finishes. The Keter collection also includes a tabletop garden bed.

Mulch Flower Garden Perennials

Mulching flower garden perennials will help prevent their tender roots from freezing in frigid temperatures. Shredded fallen leaves, along with uncontaminated yard debris, make an ideal mulch. A quality pre-made garden mulch is also a good choice.

Finally, cover the garden’s topsoil with an even mulch layer. However, ensure that air can still penetrate the mulch, as that’s key to mold prevention.

Boost the Backyard Compost Pile

Fallen leaves, along with other “clean” green waste and tree debris, can become key components of a compost pile. By regularly turning the compost during the colder months, the ingredients will turn into valuable “black gold” that contains nutrients plants love.

Healthy flower garden and/or vegetable plants, stems, leaves, and soil are ideal for the compost pile. Grass clippings, vegetable and fruit scraps, and coffee grounds are also highly desirable. However, residents should throw diseased or bug-infested plants directly into the trash.

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