Buy the time that you are finished with these hints you will be ready to enjoy Spring, have your patio in tip-top condition and be the envy of all of your neighbors.

As you will see when you go through the list most of these things involve painting or general clean up and 3 or 4 of these can be accomplished at one time in only a few hours :

Paint the lawn furniture and fix the broken parts
Paint the wheelbarrow, lawnmower and handles on the garden tools
Give the garden tools a good coating of WD-40, this cleans them up and makes it easier for the dirt to fall right off
Paint all of the lawn ornaments, flower urns etc.
Get the camping gear ready, check the tent, fill everything that are dry goods, restock
Clean out dresser drawers
Get rid of all of the winter clothes that are too small
Clean the sump pump