How to Make Clean Edges in Your Lawn
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- There is nothing that looks better than well taken care of natural edges in the lawn! In this video I show you how to make clean edges in your lawn with a flat shovel and a simple half-moon edger, you can pick up from your local hardware store or have it shipped to your door here: amzn.to/3lo8yC9
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Great tutorial. concise and good demonstration.Will have a go , that lawn looks great
I used a nylon string and spray painted straight over the string. Then I removed the string and cut it just like you did. You did a nice job.
That works just as well, maybe even better as the rope will sometimes move.
Love that lawn😊
Awesome. Thanks!
Your lawn looks jamming. Your making it happen captain! Proud of you!
Thanks Sam 😎
I love it.
Run a clean edge with a trimmer........Not possible in my world. lol
MAGA
By making a clean cut & making a trench/trough really defines the area between yard & mulch area
Echo lawn edger make your life a lot easier
Was wondering why my border looked so shabby, have been doing it wrong, thank you
Good tip on the rope!
Gonna have to try that out
My lines are straight as a circle lol
Thanks George. I actually was going to show how to do circles around a tree but felt like tge video was too long as it was.
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For a circle around a tree I use marking paint. I spray a dot as I circle around the tree. Then I connect the dots with the spray paint and remove the turf.
I have also, made a loop at the tree trunk and secure the string to the paint can and spray as the can is tethered to the string.
@@mattdegooyer5870 I do the loop method with paint.
I do it exactly the same way. I’m a 73 yr old woman still maintaining my yard 👌
You go girl, you're an inspiration!
Wow - I never realized I was using my edger BACKWARDS. Super video: short, sweet, descriptions, examples. I just subscribed. Thank you, Nate!
I eyeball the edging because my gardens are mostly all curving lines, nothing straight like your border garden. I've never actually used the proper edging spade/tool, I only use the straight edge shovel. Since I do have an edging spade though, I'll give it a try using both tools and see if it is any easier or quicker or a better result. Thanks for the video, your edging looks 👍
Extra crispy just the way I like my edges 😋. I gotta get my edging in shape I haven’t touched it this year.
I've been slacking myself. Finally got to it. I still have the trees to do also.
I have a long curved perimeter in my back yard. Rather than shovel, wonder if a bladed edger would work for the cutting, then shovel out the debris? I have a string trimmer I usually use, but to make that depth, thinking an edger might work.
I’m all about the clean and crisp natural edge. Normally I do this exact same process every spring when the ground forms up enough to work with (PNW spring rains make things squishy in some spots). I didn’t do it this year. This video reminds me that I need to redefine everything and do a fresh layer of mulch in the beds.
I usually do it in the late spring too Mike but with all the other work going on ot didn't seem practical at the time.
Greetings from Western Washington! Same way I've done it for years. Tried and true. Beautiful yard. 💛🖤💛
Love the look of a natural edge! And, it’s free! Lol
The free part is the best thing about it 😂
This is great...please come to my house!
Your edging looks great! I have always admired yards that do this and wondered how it was done. As a female at 77, I rely on power tools in our hard southern clay. I have been just doing edging by taking the Sawsall and cutting straight down. May look into going back with an angle for the type of edging I want.. I thank you very much.
I do it the exact same way. Bought my edger on Amazon I’m a 73 yr old woman
Love this. Love that it's very detailed
We just bought one! We are excited to use it. Hopefully it will help on having to weeed whack so much. Question can you do this along a pathway to avoid tons of weed wacking?
Excellent work
Great job Nate. No marking paint or hoses. Just the old stakes and rope trick does the trick :)
Works pretty well and no overspray to look at 😁👊🏼
I use marking paint and the overspray is definitely a drawback and a huge reason to do it with string. Thanks for the Pro Tip.
If you remove the guard from the strimmer, you can see perfectly what you are doing (I have two heads, with and without a guard, saves a bunch of time). Use lower revs and eye protection, of course.
Looks amazing man solid live edge work 😎💪🔥🔥🔥
Thank you Master AY YN. 🙇♂️ It'll never live up to your edges but I can try. 😂👊🏼
@@PacificNorthwestLawns 😂😂 idk brother your yard looks beautiful and those live edges definitely put it over the top.. 🙏🙏💪
Someday I’ll have that live edge look. Great job and explanation Buddy. Yards booming as well👊😎🌴
Thanks bud 1👊🏼
What do you do with the grass pieces? Flip them over in the bed and leave them there and cover with mulch?
I tossed them in my yard debris bin after shaking off the loose soil.
Thanks for showing me that...I am on it ...From Northern Canada...
And that edge even lines up with the stripes in the lawn, like a true pro, Great job Nate! also i feel like a bum, i need to get my edges set already!
Thanks Caleb. 👊🏼
I like to use a hose. I have a couple of beds with a free-form shape.
Well done my guy!
Do you recommend doing this to the side closer to the sidewalk as well?
Such a clean look! Looks great!
Thanks Dino 👊🏼
Exact same technique I use...can't be beaten!
beautiful job!
1. How fo you keep your beds weed free?
2. How do you keep your lawn so green & nice looking?
3. Suggestion: power wash your concrete. It will turm white after being power washed.
Cheers.
I use a grass trimmer with a edge cutter easy. 😊🇬🇧
I would love to get rid of all the rocks and bricks I have and do the edging like you have. Its gorgeous
Thank you! I had the same thing at one point. I just got rid of it all.
I’m doing this now so thank you for the tips! Guess I won’t add edging stone!! 😊
looks good my man
I use the string to establish the line, than I use marking spray paint to mark it. For curves I free hand with spray paint and look at from a few different angles. If I modify it, I just use a different color. For the final step I use my edger in lieu of the string trimmer. The look is the same, I just prefer the edger. A new blade works best since it’s longer and reaches down to the bottom of the V. I’m a big fan of the natural edge.
One other thing I like to do is spray 2x the rate of PGR on the edges so there is very little work that the edge needs.
If I had a blade edger I would definitely use it. I'm not opposed to the paint thing either. I've done it both ways
Lawn is looking nice 👍🏽 great job. Can’t wait for my lawn to look that nice. One day at a time.
Thanks 😁 Keep plugging away at it, you'll get there before you know it. 😉
Always a natural edge for me at the house. At the baseball field I like to add in a piece of trex decking to my edge in my foul ground and out of play area. Helps keep an easy to edge line for me all year around. Great video. Keep them coming! Yard looks great.
Thanks Michael 👊🏼
I use garden hose for the curves.
Very chill dude. Like your garage rock musical theme and your eye for detail, espec about containing the mulch. Thank you, sir!
Great video but a tip here is to do this after it rains so the digging is much easier. 😊
Your lawn is beautiful. My lawn is horrible Florida lawn.😊
What method will you use to mow the edge of the grass along that raised lip? Keep the videos coming - you’ve helped me tremendously with my PNW lawn!
I just use the string trimmer like any other edge. I try to keep the mower from getting too close to the live edge or it drops in.
The lawn renovation has sure come along way from the last time I have seen it looks beautiful nice work Nate
Thanks Marshall. It's still recovering from the damage caused by the Dollar Spot but it's almost 100%. I'll try and do a full update video soon.
Great video, thanks Nate! I’ve been looking for an efficient way to do our edges and this looks like the ticket. Keep em coming!
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Nice job Nate !! Love crisp, natural edges. Makes everything pop !
Thanks Scott. 👊🏼
Looks beautiful. The string technique looks simple and effective. Would a 2x4 as a straight edge work as well using the half moon tool?
Gorgeous lawn by the way
That looks great😮 I just put some plastic edges in and less then a month later they look like trash. Gonna do this instead
It seems those plastic things never stay perfectly straight
Good stuff. Thks
Looks great!
Great job ...very beautiful
very nice!
Awesome video
Did you make any type of fix on the Echo spreader to help with the throw of Fert.at the end of product.Thanks.
Just seeing your neat job with the trimming my question for you is: how to trim the grass edging the pavement.
Great video, never thought would be so simple. Does this help protect flower beds from grass growing into it? That is one of our main issues and trying to decide if a plastic edging like terrace board would be helpful as well
I guess you mow as close as you can and then come back to level it down with an edger? Also I have mulch in my bed, would you add mulch all the way down the grass line?
My Stihl edger works great
I am thinking about getting one- do you have the battery option? I own a ton of Stihl products but need something easy. I am almost 70.
@@maggiesgarden2234 yes all my stihl equipment is battery
My Echo edger also works great
I love my Stihl mini chain saw. I have the Milwaukee fuel system for everything else including stringtrimmer. My cousin is going to take the string off and put a hard plastic blade on so I can edge that way. At 77. I definitely need to use power tools at hard clay soil..
use a garden hose for curves
So when you lay down the mulch how close to the v do you get and do you thin the mulches you get close to the v
It's gonna depend on preference. I personally left the mulch just out of the V as water would stand in it when it rains here. I didn't want it getting spread all over.
Excellent look!! Perfect straight line!!! Well Done!!!
what tips do you have for the border between the lawn and the concrete/asphalt
What I do.is just weed eat like he did along the edge he cut.
Your ground level of your mulch bed is lower than the ground level of your lawn. It seems to me that your a. Plan doesn't work if both are the same level. Did you dig it out?
It's worked flawlessly for nearly 2 years. 🤷♂️
It's not significantly lower, look at 3:06 . The lower part along the edge is maintained by this edging work.
And if your bed is higher, yes, you can scrape off some so there's a slope down to where it's under the level of the lawn.
This is so awesome! Thanks! 😁☀️
well done dude. looks crisp and clean.
looks good
Incredible, congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Incredible, congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉
What do you do with the grass pieces? Flip it over in the bed?
Nice video, but you should be putting some kind of edge to support your soil. Watering, mowing and walking on that edge will slowly sink that nice edge down.
It's been almost 2 years since I've done this project. It rains quite a bit here in the Pacific Northwest. I have yet to have any issues with it. There's zero need for it.
@@PacificNorthwestLawns It'll happen, just give it time.
Pretty sure after 2 years I don't have much too worry about. 😉 Plus it's really easy to straighten up
Most edging barriers like that don't do anything, assuming you edge your lawn yearly as shown here.
There is no real support in those edging barriers, just a physical barrier to roots (and mulch or gravel), so yes, if you don't edge yearly then the edging barrier helps to prolong the amount of time before the lawn edge looks messy again.
IMHO, most edging is just for show in a new garden, and experienced gardeners rip it out sooner or later as it gets in the way, harbours slugs, and ends up looking crap after some years.
I have seen many commercial properties and homes with this and no ill effects. Unless borders are stone, etc. Edging looks cheap, is not biodegradable, and can shift or heave.
Do u cut the grass before or after edges?
Doesn't really matter
How often do you do this to keep it tidy ?
I like the clean look of this! But I’m looking for low maintenance and long term solution. I’ve used concrete edging slabs in the past.
Nice clean edge!
Thanks Brian 👊🏼
Nice job
Looks great!
I'm curious about doing this around trees also....
🔥🔥🔥 so satisfying!
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My edges need doing. Now, I know how!
How do you keep the grass from getting into the beds when you mow?
Your edge is legit perfect
I can say what I do. Keep the chute pointed away from the beds. I shoot the grass into the center of the yard. Takes a bit longer to do a lap and come back around with the chute on the proper side, but it’s worth it
I want the grass on my beds - free mulch & feed! I start in the centre of the lawn and go in rings outwards to the edges, so by the time I am mowing the edges, the clippings there have been through the mower like five times & are well shredded by the time they land on the beds.
Great tips!
Awesome, love the yard!!!
Looks great
Thanks 😎
Looks great! a tip for the curve section is to drive your stake at centerpoint inside the bed then tie rope to it. Pinch rope at desired point and go from edge to edge in an arc, like a pencil/compass, you can mark with paint if desired then cut away paint. Your lawn is gorgeous!
Beautiful!
Great tips, thanks!!!
Why not install a edge board to save all the never ending edging work.
Awesome job!
Gorgeous Lawn
Your grass and edges look great! Very well done!
Thanks Kyle! 👊🏼
I wish I would have bought that at Lowe's today when I was there. Grrrr. I picked it up but wasn't sure how to do it on the side walk.
That just gives ya a reason to go back... 😁
Great tips. Lawn looks really nice. How often are you watering with the heat and lack of rain we have been having?
Half an inch of water twice a week. Occasionally hand water a few dry spots.
Is it necessary?
Straight lines are boring….make a curved border…..much more attractive..
he does a curve and straight line. the horror!
Nicely done