We did all our beds this way.. Looks great and so easy to maintain. Our yard man loves it too. I took extra dirt and filled in low spots in yard. I'd send a pic but don't know how. Best looking yard in our area.
For the naysayers our soil in florida crumbles cause of sand mixture and grass is almost all zoysia which has runners . We edge once a week doesn't everyone? I mean it takes our lawn guy 10 minutes. Even when we had landscape brick lining all our beds just like everyone else does I edged once a week. A nice yard is like everything else you have to maintain it or it looks mediocre. I've got pics if I knew how to post them.
There is no silver bullet and this might work if you have a certain soil type and grass type. So Check your soil type. If it crumbles and is loose this wont work. If you have soil that has a bit of clay this might work and will hold shape. As someone pointed out there are grass types or weeds that tend to propagate through long horizontal runners . Therefore this wont work with certain grass types .So check the type of grass beforehand.
I have sand. I got all excited until reality hit. I’m having to put in metal edging this year because that beautiful, sharp edge isn’t doable with my time available. But it is really pretty.
you're right about it not holding shape is some soils.. even on the same property sometimes.. this is often a very effective method of stopping a lot of grasses from getting into beds though
True regarding soil type. Disagree on horizontal runners from grass. The whole point is to create an environment that stops the runners. Basically air pruning with that extremely defined, deep edge. If someone were to fill in that edge with mulch, the grass could indeed come through into the bed.
I've just finished mine, I live in the uk and let me tell you, it was back breaking. The soil has quite alot of clay about 6 inch's deep or so, I did end up with a couple of roots running diagonally up through my edge causing a mini mud avalanche ffs. Other than that, it's held up so far without any edging. We shall see I suppose, if anything I'm considering using some old logs or something
Love this..we live a mile away from the FL line and no matter what you do the garden bed WILL sink. Now that I'm older and wiser I stop working against nature so much and just try to work with it, like what you did here 😊 💙
It might not me the best choice for low maintenance but I’m glad to know this works. I’m fine with work. It’s the money that I struggle with. After working on our acreage for 8 years I have learned that maintenance makes jobs easier with time and I like to keep some places border free structurally to look more natural
It's the homeowner junk they sell. Commercial companies would never use it for good reason, better tools exist. Don't be fooled, always look at what the pros use.
@ETC213 Well it will cut your shins so deep you will need someone on standby ready to dial 911. Hit 1 root with that thing and you are in trouble. Im not sure why people have never heard of a real stihl edger with edger blade, but that is what all the professionals use for good reasons. And it would edge a missile into your lawn if you wanted no problem. Not that blade junk though.
@@commoncentsamericanprobably because most homeowners can afford "professional" landscaping tools and can't afford to hire "professional" landscapers.
So many negative comments...I like this look much better than plastic borders. The transition was from start to one year later. It still looks good. It's to each their own and how dedicated they are to lawn management.
Negative comments for a good reason, he dug up all that dirt for no purpose, he used the wrong tools. And he said it took 1 YEAR to look that way. I could have literally done that same edge in a couple visits of grounds maintenance to the property with no digging....................
This is great. I just spent the past few month clearing out all the shrubs, bushes, trees that were in front of the windows in front and back. I believe they were probably plantrd in the 70's so it was.a huge under taking. Now I just want a clean space with a few pots for color. I wasnt sure how.tonget started and your clip has really.answered a lot of questions. Thank you
I understand what you saying. I am in a project of doing a jungle garden, what used to be. The owners don’t want to spend money in a good tools. So I am doing everything bit by bit bi hand and imagination. Last week I just cut trees that was a completely mess. I segregated bi size and cut it in pieces for the owners mum fire place. The rest will be taken to the dumpster. It’s sooooo much needed to be done in a cheap way to get to my standard🫣. Anyway love the challenges, this is just another one. As my son is fighting with cancer since last 12 years, I am grateful that I keep my mind occupied and I do enjoy being close to nature 🥰 Bless you all 💝
As a former landscaper, you still have to keep it up every week. It's like when these people buy those poodle bushes I try to explain you have to continue to prune them but they don't.
You can actually sink the bendable steel edging behind the new edge and backfill the low portion behind it with some gravel covered with scape fab and cover/fill back over with your mulch aswell.
Dig it all out add metal edging and tamp the first few inches of soil before you rebuild the bed. Only way to not have to do it in the forseeable future
Great video. Lovely finish to the garden. Would love to know where I could buy these tools from, especially that first edger tool you used. I'm in the UK.
But I'm talking about elymus repens not normal grass. It have rhizomes than can pierce a potato and landscape fabric with ease, and every bit of rhizome left in soil will grow into new plant. Besides I don't have time for maintaining this. I have about 280 sq m of vegetable garden to maintain, chickens and rabbits in next year. And of course two kids.
If you don't have an edger, you can do the maintenance with a sideways weed whip too. Worked landscape for 6 years, have still never used an edger somehow.
If you worked landscape for 6 years and never used a edger I would never hire you. Idk what kind of logic you think you have, but a proper stihl edger is the boss of edges. Quick, straight and deep.
@@commoncentsamerican worked at a giant landscaper that did 1M+ landscapes, usually on massive private estates, and always with a very natural look. We’d place boulders the size of VW beetles for water features and plant trees 18 feet tall. And when we’d order sod, myrtle, and ferns, we’d order a full semi of each. We did not mow lawns or trim bushes into cubes and spheres. So, just a different style of landscaping.
Rest in peace the sharp edge on those rotary clippers. I always just use a string trimmer for this, and use the rotary scissors for getting around trees and concrete.
I would love to do that but fear the massive rainstorms we get here in Midwest. When I see the video playing, the only thing I can think of is a mudslide party for the animals.
Except they are easily circumvented by growth, if not displaced by pets. And they aren’t cheap if you need more than a dozen feet. Overpriced plastic crap. I should say more plastic crap.
I mean, it depends. I'm not that lazy to do a few minutes of work a season. And yes the tools are cheap, you buy them once for your entire life if you put a bit of effort to learn how to care for them. Fk plastic.
I'm a retired gardener but I worked on an estate with such lawn edges. After 5 years the lawn edge still becomes lumpy with constant lawn growth and edge cutting. Only edge I ever saw that kept its shape was one with a long 6inch steel band edging. lumpy
@@joshdeller548 Yeah, about that, did that for 15 years and the yard wide boarder ended up one and a half yards wide. 15 years of trimming and streightenig takes it’s toll. Like I said the only edge I ever seen that kept its shape was one with a long 6inch steel band edging.
This only works with very stable soil. Otherwise the edge deteriorates very quickly. Rain, wind, erosion and lawnmower wheels just waiting to ruin your sharp edge.
The end result is really dependent on what type of grass species you have. If the grass type has thick stolons, they will appear even inside the border or at random places; if your grass like Kikuyu has runners, then good luck having to do that every time.
Oh thank you so much! Nobody ever gives the names of the kinds of tools I need to get! Yay! I’m off to the thrift shop and then Lowe’s hardware! Unless anyone has a better recommendation?
@@giseliapereira5914 Whoa! Guess you've never dealt with bermuda or centipede grass. All it takes is a tiny sprig w/o roots and water. Bermuda every leaf on a twig will sprout roots in days. That stuff is wicked.
@ETC213 😄😄😄😄 good luck with grass with runners. Most mulched areas would benefit from putting down black material before adding mulch. Garden centers, Lowes, Home Depot, Amazon should have it. Water goes thru it while it hinders weeds, grass.
@@drycleanernick7603you can still achieve this without having to buy all the tools he used in the video 😂.. My mom and family were refugees from Cambodia and they didn't have tools like this after coming to America but kept their yard nice. My grandma would Asian squat walk edging the grass with scissors 😂😂 it looked clean AF. Obviously there's easier ways to do it. I'm just saying you don't need to buy "speciality one time tools".. I don't have what the dude is using but my yard is the best looking and everyone compliments it. (I live in a nice neighborhood too. It's such great compliment to receive from everyone that walks /drives by)
Just as long as you never go near it during rainy days or tend to it after every rainy day you so happen to have to go outside , cause theres no support for that grass to stay up . Good thought tho
Sure it works as long as you do your weekly maintenance. With weekly maintenance pretty much any garden can look great.
Yup so do the maintenance
Absolutely, no different from anyone else who wants a manicured yard.
Yeah, as long as you keep on top of it it’s fine whatever the edge is
100%. Squirrels always ruin mine.
Better off getting metal landscaping edgers to keep the grass out.
We did all our beds this way..
Looks great and so easy to maintain. Our yard man loves it too. I took extra dirt and filled in low spots in yard. I'd send a pic but don't know how. Best looking yard in our area.
For the naysayers our soil in florida crumbles cause of sand mixture and grass is almost all zoysia which has runners . We edge once a week doesn't everyone? I mean it takes our lawn guy 10 minutes. Even when we had landscape brick lining all our beds just like everyone else does I edged once a week. A nice yard is like everything else you have to maintain it or it looks mediocre. I've got pics if I knew how to post them.
There is no silver bullet and this might work if you have a certain soil type and grass type.
So Check your soil type. If it crumbles and is loose this wont work. If you have soil that has a bit of clay this might work and will hold shape. As someone pointed out there are grass types or weeds that tend to propagate through long horizontal runners . Therefore this wont work with certain grass types .So check the type of grass beforehand.
I have sand. I got all excited until reality hit. I’m having to put in metal edging this year because that beautiful, sharp edge isn’t doable with my time available. But it is really pretty.
you're right about it not holding shape is some soils.. even on the same property sometimes..
this is often a very effective method of stopping a lot of grasses from getting into beds though
You can use a line trimmer each week to create a good line, regardless of the soil type. The roots hold the soil back.
True regarding soil type. Disagree on horizontal runners from grass. The whole point is to create an environment that stops the runners. Basically air pruning with that extremely defined, deep edge. If someone were to fill in that edge with mulch, the grass could indeed come through into the bed.
I've just finished mine, I live in the uk and let me tell you, it was back breaking. The soil has quite alot of clay about 6 inch's deep or so, I did end up with a couple of roots running diagonally up through my edge causing a mini mud avalanche ffs. Other than that, it's held up so far without any edging. We shall see I suppose, if anything I'm considering using some old logs or something
Definitely need the information on that edger. That's a game changer
It’s called rotary scissors
KFC crispy edger
They are not for edging though. In 2 mins those knives are dull.
@@farmall51 sounds like your mothers box
They look amazing but just the attachment runs around $300
Love this..we live a mile away from the FL line and no matter what you do the garden bed WILL sink. Now that I'm older and wiser I stop working against nature so much and just try to work with it, like what you did here 😊 💙
It might not me the best choice for low maintenance but I’m glad to know this works. I’m fine with work. It’s the money that I struggle with. After working on our acreage for 8 years I have learned that maintenance makes jobs easier with time and I like to keep some places border free structurally to look more natural
I could have so much fun with that edger gadget!😊
It's the homeowner junk they sell. Commercial companies would never use it for good reason, better tools exist. Don't be fooled, always look at what the pros use.
@ETC213 Well it will cut your shins so deep you will need someone on standby ready to dial 911. Hit 1 root with that thing and you are in trouble. Im not sure why people have never heard of a real stihl edger with edger blade, but that is what all the professionals use for good reasons. And it would edge a missile into your lawn if you wanted no problem. Not that blade junk though.
@@commoncentsamericanprobably because most homeowners can afford "professional" landscaping tools and can't afford to hire "professional" landscapers.
@@melissatuel862 I bought a used stihl edger offline for $80. Anyone can 100% afford it if they wanted to.
So many negative comments...I like this look much better than plastic borders. The transition was from start to one year later. It still looks good. It's to each their own and how dedicated they are to lawn management.
What do you mean by negative?
I've not seen any
Negative comments for a good reason, he dug up all that dirt for no purpose, he used the wrong tools. And he said it took 1 YEAR to look that way. I could have literally done that same edge in a couple visits of grounds maintenance to the property with no digging....................
This is great. I just spent the past few month clearing out all the shrubs, bushes, trees that were in front of the windows in front and back. I believe they were probably plantrd in the 70's so it was.a huge under taking. Now I just want a clean space with a few pots for color. I wasnt sure how.tonget started and your clip has really.answered a lot of questions. Thank you
Skip all the digging it is pointless. Just get a strong gas power edger and it will edge it out in 10 mins.
Actually you did not give credit where credit was due. You posted ' I ' when we know that men most likely did all the work.
@@Drumwolf62oh brother 🙄
@Drumwolf62 😂😂😂😂
I understand what you saying.
I am in a project of doing a jungle garden, what used to be.
The owners don’t want to spend money in a good tools.
So I am doing everything bit by bit bi hand and imagination.
Last week I just cut trees that was a completely mess.
I segregated bi size and cut it in pieces for the owners mum fire place.
The rest will be taken to the dumpster.
It’s sooooo much needed to be done in a cheap way to get to my standard🫣.
Anyway love the challenges, this is just another one.
As my son is fighting with cancer since last 12 years, I am grateful that I keep my mind occupied and I do enjoy being close to nature 🥰
Bless you all 💝
As a former landscaper, you still have to keep it up every week. It's like when these people buy those poodle bushes I try to explain you have to continue to prune them but they don't.
A beautiful yard and garden brings out the house gives people attention believe that.
Need information on the edger. I need that tool really, which works nice!! Thanks
Stihl rotary scissors
@@sparkyfister get ready to have your mind blown with the cost
@@mndovrkdrkmtr9951 oh it was blown when I looked it up. You could get at least 2 professional quality tools for that price!
Thanks. Just going around my pool Circumference next week. Perfect time for seeing this.
Wow, that's some true clay dirt! 💪
🤦🏻♂️
You can actually sink the bendable steel edging behind the new edge and backfill the low portion behind it with some gravel covered with scape fab and cover/fill back over with your mulch aswell.
Obv not the cheapest like your point being to spend less, but if durability is what you want that is.
Best time to do the manual bit is after it rains or you water the yard. Ground wll be softer.
Excellent just the video I was hoping to find 😂 I’ll try this today
Dig it all out add metal edging and tamp the first few inches of soil before you rebuild the bed. Only way to not have to do it in the forseeable future
Great video. Lovely finish to the garden.
Would love to know where I could buy these tools from, especially that first edger tool you used. I'm in the UK.
Yeah, it works as good as telling my couch grass that it cannot invade my beds.
If you dig deep enough like he did the grass has to work harder to take root, and when it does it is easily removed with this method
100% I treat that trench with grass killed every few weeks, and it never gets into my beds. Looks so good and zero cost on edges
But I'm talking about elymus repens not normal grass. It have rhizomes than can pierce a potato and landscape fabric with ease, and every bit of rhizome left in soil will grow into new plant.
Besides I don't have time for maintaining this. I have about 280 sq m of vegetable garden to maintain, chickens and rabbits in next year. And of course two kids.
Impressive, looks beautiful.
That's insanely nice.
If you don't have an edger, you can do the maintenance with a sideways weed whip too. Worked landscape for 6 years, have still never used an edger somehow.
If you worked landscape for 6 years and never used a edger I would never hire you. Idk what kind of logic you think you have, but a proper stihl edger is the boss of edges. Quick, straight and deep.
@@commoncentsamerican worked at a giant landscaper that did 1M+ landscapes, usually on massive private estates, and always with a very natural look. We’d place boulders the size of VW beetles for water features and plant trees 18 feet tall. And when we’d order sod, myrtle, and ferns, we’d order a full semi of each.
We did not mow lawns or trim bushes into cubes and spheres. So, just a different style of landscaping.
Try that with bermuda grass, you’ll be maintaining it twice a week
Could tell he is a pro just from those shoes
What does that mean
@@MrJmhess77 That rotary saw would slice through them in a second. A pro wouldn't take that risk if he's got a family to feed.
On some weed eaters you can put a blade and use it sideways for your edger
There are rolling (with wheel), cordless edgers that are affordable here in the US. Not a strain on your back.
Looks fantastic
You can also buy edging shears for small gardens, much less likely to f the edge up too.
Or use a line trimmer with a steady pace.
shears might be a bit dangerous for edging, but to each their own I guess.
Id recommend once in spring for first cleanup and once in fall at final. But once a year works as well.
Literally confirmed what I want/need to do. Looks good my friend, thank you! 👌🏼
Rest in peace the sharp edge on those rotary clippers. I always just use a string trimmer for this, and use the rotary scissors for getting around trees and concrete.
Looks like cut felt ❤
What type of edger is that? Brand/model? Thanks!
Stihl rotary scissors RG-KM
So if i wanna do this for my garden beds out the front of my house i guess just grow a lawn first then clear the part you want the edge?
finally someone with a yard like mine lol. I'm tired of seeing these beautiful black soil yards
We have that tool and absolutely love it!
How much does these garden tools cost and can they be bought in Northern Ireland?
When you water the planters, is there an issue with all the water wanting to go to that edge?
oh, I'm gonna go get me a KFC crispy edger😂
fr tho, that's awesome ND inspiring me to get out and make some nice lines in my yard!❤
The real key is having the new balance that all dads wear. It gives you landscaping super powers
It really does 💪🏻
I would love to do that but fear the massive rainstorms we get here in Midwest. When I see the video playing, the only thing I can think of is a mudslide party for the animals.
Nice job, well done! Looks really beautiful!
Amazing! Well done!
Where can I get that edger from that You used at the end of the video?!
I’ve heard that what I should do but we have crab grass we can’t get rid of. Do you think this will help?
Top work. Looks great
Yeah! The plastic edging is cheaper than all these tools. And I won’t ever have to clean up the edges.
A deep trenched edge will always look better than that plastic edging
@@wisemoney45that’s subjective, but I agree with you.
“I won’t ever have to clean up the edges”
-🧢
Except they are easily circumvented by growth, if not displaced by pets. And they aren’t cheap if you need more than a dozen feet. Overpriced plastic crap. I should say more plastic crap.
I mean, it depends. I'm not that lazy to do a few minutes of work a season. And yes the tools are cheap, you buy them once for your entire life if you put a bit of effort to learn how to care for them. Fk plastic.
Looks great.
I'm a retired gardener but I worked on an estate with such lawn edges. After 5 years the lawn edge still becomes lumpy with constant lawn growth and edge cutting. Only edge I ever saw that kept its shape was one with a long 6inch steel band edging.
lumpy
I mean that's why once a year atleast you run the edging spade along it again to get it back straight.
@@joshdeller548 Yeah, about that, did that for 15 years and the yard wide boarder ended up one and a half yards wide. 15 years of trimming and streightenig takes it’s toll. Like I said the only edge I ever seen that kept its shape was one with a long 6inch steel band edging.
This only works with very stable soil. Otherwise the edge deteriorates very quickly. Rain, wind, erosion and lawnmower wheels just waiting to ruin your sharp edge.
What good is mulch if through all that dirt up in there
Or just verticle whip it every time you mow like a normal person.
Amazing.. thanks for this video..😊
My husband is a retired Landscape Architect. This is how he edges beds.
Does he edge in bed tho!?
No thanks, I'll use my Echo bed edge redefiner and be in bed by the time you're done playing in the dirt 😂
Damn yard looks like a golf course. Wish my yard looked a quarter as good. Should I turn in my dad card?
Where can I get the edger?? An the name of it please
What’s the name of that edger you’re using?
Beautiful!
Edging should be done along with mowing weekly during mowing season.
Please let us know what edger you are using!!!
The end result is really dependent on what type of grass species you have. If the grass type has thick stolons, they will appear even inside the border or at random places; if your grass like Kikuyu has runners, then good luck having to do that every time.
Hang it up with Bermuda. I like the look though
Anyone else hungry for red velvet cake after watching the beginning of this video? No? Just me then?
What kind of soil is that???🤔
Where can I buy those tools
So, edge it every week? Thx 🤦🏼♂️
Oh thank you so much! Nobody ever gives the names of the kinds of tools I need to get! Yay! I’m off to the thrift shop and then Lowe’s hardware! Unless anyone has a better recommendation?
Is anyone knows the name of that edging cutter ..?
Please.!!🙏
Why is your soil red? What is its composition?
It is found along the southern part of the east coast of the US. It has a high concentration of iron oxide.
Clay
As long as the land doesn't slope toward your house. Foundation washing out or flooding.
Crispy!
Wouldn’t this hold water close to the foundation?
How do you keep the grass from growing in this bed when you cut the grass clippings back into the mulch?
Grass doesn’t grow from grass clippings, it grows from seed or roots. I know you knew that.
Mow in a direction that disburses the grass away from beds.
Next mower get one with a bag.
@@giseliapereira5914
Whoa! Guess you've never dealt with bermuda or centipede grass. All it takes is a tiny sprig w/o roots and water. Bermuda every leaf on a twig will sprout roots in days. That stuff is wicked.
@ETC213
😄😄😄😄 good luck with grass with runners. Most mulched areas would benefit from putting down black material before adding mulch. Garden centers, Lowes, Home Depot, Amazon should have it. Water goes thru it while it hinders weeds, grass.
What’s the circular tool?? I need that!
What do you call that tool you use at the end, with the circular blade?
Rotary scissors. These are the Stihl RG-KM model
Was that some biochar?
That has gotta be somewhere in Georgia?
What equipment does the KFC crispy?
How do you keep grass clippings out
Bag mowers
Wow that’s some red red dirt. 😉
And why y’all always gotta make it look so easy🤷♂️
That is some fine red clay
Looks great but requires too many speciality one time use tools
Thanks for the advice!
@@drycleanernick7603you can still achieve this without having to buy all the tools he used in the video 😂.. My mom and family were refugees from Cambodia and they didn't have tools like this after coming to America but kept their yard nice. My grandma would Asian squat walk edging the grass with scissors 😂😂 it looked clean AF. Obviously there's easier ways to do it. I'm just saying you don't need to buy "speciality one time tools".. I don't have what the dude is using but my yard is the best looking and everyone compliments it. (I live in a nice neighborhood too. It's such great compliment to receive from everyone that walks /drives by)
A lot of iron in that soil?
My asian girlfriend keeps her garden well groomed, never seen a blade of grass too long or out of place.
What kind of soil is that! Are you edging Mars?
It is found along the southern part of the east coast of the US.
What is this edger called? I am a girl 😊 it looks like a tool I can handle ….maybe.
I do this with my weedeater
Are you in GA? That red dirt.
You should try for a straight edge next time!
By the looks of the lawn.. doesnt have to worry about irrigation lines.
Not sure how I feel about this one.
I think a simple edge with a string trimmer would do the trick just fine
Is that Bermuda grass?
My dad did this his whole life. Would have been 91 this year. Always worked as long as maintain it occasionally.
He edged his whole life!?
OMG @@Oramgejuice
My Lawn people always flatten the edges when I am trying something like that.
You could get some metal profiling instead of all those expensive tools and it would be permanent
I edged to this
Same
Ha ha very funny 😴😴😴
We all did
Who has time or energy to maintain that?
Let me know when you need an ankle brace
No weed fabric?
Just as long as you never go near it during rainy days or tend to it after every rainy day you so happen to have to go outside , cause theres no support for that grass to stay up . Good thought tho