Have started cleaning out a back shed today. It's a job that's sat for way too long. The shed is in an awkward spot, so we don't use it. I want to relocate it just a little bit so that it will hopefully be more functional for us.
The contents weren't actually "ours" as such. It has things in it that belonged to the friend we bought the house from. We used some of what was in there with her permission, but sort of left the rest. Some of it we knew she wanted to collect, but mostly it was simply "out of sight, out of mind". Not helped by the assorted cartwheels our life has thrown in our direction. And she died a few years ago... so I guess what's left is now ours.
So finally starting to tackle it. Baby steps.
Pulled out a basket which turned out to be mainly propagating sand and rubbish. Rubbish gone, sand in a pot ready for me to use, rather nice basket set aside to clean down and do some small repairs.
Next, a square tray. Had a bag of fertiliser in it that I guess I'll just scatter around. Not something I'd usually use. I prefer manures. Another bag breaking into bits of seed raising mix. Totally dried out, so I picked out the plastic bag bits and tipped it into the worm bin. Once they've mixed it in to other stuff, it'll be fine on the garden. A few hose fittings, some chinaware oddments and jars. Some useful, others probably not. A bunch of seashells (nice... will keep those), and a fishing reel that seems to be totally seized up. If Hubby agrees that's the case, it goes in the bin.
There's some short bits of timber in there. If they're no use, they're firewood. Three bags of cement that, as well as being old, got soaked in flood water. A glass terrarium that might be worth bringing back into service, some tools and tool handles. And lots of little things that will be a mixture of "keep", "pass on" and "rubbish".
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