Most of my beds have edging but the areas I edge, I use the clumps of grass I dig up to fill in bare spots in my yard, literally just plug right into the holes and they grow.
I do that too! I have planted them once in a box and they filled in perfectly over a few months, than I was able to slice the right size of pieces and put them there, where the grass was missing 😊
Ric Forero I know what you mean, you have to be careful and know the different types of grasses, which I don’t but I can identify perennial rye & bluegrass so I use those plugs & throw the rest away. I am not a grass expert by any means. That’s why I have holes in my grass in the first place! 😅
Gotta be honest - I thought "a 9 minute video on edging"? But what great info!!!. I usually end up with stuff in my hair somehow... but I've got some pruners like yours that my Dad (long gone now) had. In fact I have a hole punch I need to get repaired somehow. I digress.... Yes, doing the edges is bar none the best thing you can do. Absolutely. Thanks - great info! 😁
Liked the video before I even started watching it lol. Just knew it was going to be filled with practical, relevant and sound advice. I get more satisfaction doing it manually.
Edging is my biggest challenge. Doesnt matter what I do bricks, stones or railroad ties I always get creeping Charlie moving in. And I dont want to spray harsh chemicals. Constant battle. Erin your great love the videos. Happy Mothers day💐🌿
I forgot to mention my video idea and that is an update on the plants you have in the little greenhouses you put up in an previous video. That would be helpful for people like me that need all the help I can get, lol.
I just did this same job on Saturday. All by hand with a spade. I was trying to widen my beds because my birds nest bushes have grown so wide. Great video I need that edger
I love all your videos! This 70 year old wants you to comment on keeping lawn mowing simple, meaning how do you avoid trimming with a weed whacker. We use both a ride-on lawnmower and a gas push mower but really want to avoid the third step with weed whacking! Hailing from West Coast Canada!
Yes! Please do one on this, my husband hates mowing and the only thing I could think of was edging everything with a brick or gravel mowstrip, but that could get expensive. How do you mow along the beds?
Thanks so much. I have watched tons of videos on edging...after watching yours, I finally get what I need to do Lol. Thanks again! Love your videos! And your pups!
Great video and explanation! I feel exactly the same about the satisfaction we get with newly edged beds, and it gives us time to meditate and think with our hands in the dirt! Love your videos! I’m so frustrated with our cold weather in Northwest Indiana! I just want to get out and be in the garden, so I’m doing it vicariously through your videos! 😊
It turned out great!! I love a fresh edged bed. 😍 I posted a video the other day on our channel, we use a Stihl multi-tool edger and I love it. I think the BEST part about edging and creating new beds is the mulch. 💕
Really enjoying your approach to gardening and your channel has been very helpful to me. I'm a midwest gardener zone 4b so short season. I have doing the same kind of edging last couple years but your tips on the tools have been really helpful. Please keep taking us on your gardening journey this year, I look forward to it!
Thanks for Erin for doing this video. The good news...manually I do it the same way. The bad news is now I’m going to spring for the edger attachment for my Honda Rototiller. I was hoping you had a better way but think it will be worth the investment in the long run. Love your down to earth..not perfect..real time style that coms across so genuine in your videos.
Love the look of edging and I’ve been edging for years usually all on the ground with only a hand edger and pair of scissors 🤪 but with my aging years approaching I need a good start like the edger you showed today👏 but I’ll have to admit getting on the ground with my hands in the soil is so relaxing and satisfying for me (it just distributes the neighbors seeing a older women crawling on the ground 🤣) Happy Mothers Day
Vicki Gade know how you fell. I’m one year from 70 . I insist on mowing the front grass every other week. Have a company for the week between as I can’t do all the edging. I still feel in control and enjoy it. Husband thinks I’m mad😂
Loved your edging...at 73 years of age and still very passionate about my “yard” I have a couple of tips that keeping a home that was built in 1900 that today fits into the typical “farm house” style was in the day just the most comfortable home in the southern states...high ceilings, big windows and wrap-around porch. A must for me, being that I am a small woman was to find tools that help me do my work and does not poop me out too quickly. Funny thing, the thing I do the most and had never given much thought to is weeds...I have lots of weeds and getting in there among the young seedlings and tender things that come up in the spring is important to deal with as later in the summer, its just almost impossible, as the heat and humidity severely limits the length one can work outside before heat strokes! I find having a kids plastic snow sled is absolutely essential for me...the one for 3 kids...it has a long rope to pull it by and is the perfect thing for having at your side as you pull grass and weeds...the shoulder is saved from upward movements and it can hold 3 times the amount of a bucket or wheel barrow. I keep it in my shed and load all the tools and fertilizer I will be using, pull to my work area and it usually gets piled high in about 3 hours time, then its ready for another round in the afternoon...then l load it up and take all the tools back when l am done. Its great for moving straw bales or bags of mulch, compost, etc. and lastly, if you don’t live in Florida, your grandkids can use if in the snow! I should give credit to the one that got me to thinking about the sled...a fella and his wife do a homested thing off the grid and talked about how to get a heavy piece if equipment from the driveway out to where it would be used...he rolled the heavy machine onto a sled and pulled it with his riding mower...works like a charm! 🤠👍 🌺 Thank you for the great videos! 🤗❤️👍🛷🛷🛷🛷
Thanks, I'm getting too old for shovels, thank you very much. I have hand edged my beds until last year when I got too ill to do it. This year they look awful! If I can ever get over this mess I've picked up this year, I will see about one of those clipper thingies you used. Once I've edged that will be so much better than the husband's current method which is plastic edging. It pops out and warps all the time. I can't use shovels of any kind because of neuropathy in my feet, so sitting down is always nice too. (Grin) Your demos are always welcome. Stay safe.
This year is our first year with beds that need to be edged. Thanks for all the tips. P.S. I miss the “boop” you used to give us at the end of your videos. 😊
I love edging too. But I always fill the V with mulch and wondering why you choose not to. I find it makes touching up the edge mid summer so much easier because the grass doesn’t take hold very well in the mulch. But I have Bermuda, maybe that makes a difference.
Such great information! We have extruded concrete edging (I hate it; it doesn't work...). I will be pulling the concrete edging and implementing this technique.
That’s amazing!! So glad you shared this... I was just asking on fb about this topic! Have fun in the garden - can’t wait to see all you do with it. Can’t wait to create our new garden when we move next month!
It looks great!...never had the bocce edge trimmer(sp?)...didn’t exist...lol...I had to use hand clippers and do it by hand...I was a teen at that time... Yes...buy or invest in those tools!
@@TheImpatientGardener yes it is. It’s really surprisingly effective. Takes a few minutes to figure out how to maximize it. It’s great for creating a nice edge and it cuts small roots easily. I’ve tested it to create a new edge but clearly if u have a bed that at some point had an edge it’s great. Still requires getting down and picking up displaced grass or adjusting the mulch but it is far faster than anything else I’ve tried it’s also useful to keep an edge through the year with just a few minutes work.
Such a crisp, finished look. Good advice and nice to see some tool recommendations. AND nice to see you in short sleeves - guessing you are having some good spring weather. By the way, that bed seems to be at the bottom of a slight slope and benefits from water coming downhill. A hardscape edge would prevent it from getting extra rainwater. Good choice to keep it naturally edged.
Sigh. I made the monumental mistake of moving into a house with an HOA that requires bermuda grass. I edge constantly and it looks messy again within a week. Literally the #1 reason I want to move. Beautiful job Erin, I am so jealous!
Very informative, thank you! I learned a lot about edging (that angle thing was totally new to me!) and the different tools you can use. I think I can do this and actually feel like I know what I'm doing now; time to buy tools! This is something I really need to tackle this year. We've got that terrible grass that relentlessly invades into everything... unfortunately it was here when we moved in. :/
I love your channel SOOO much!!! You have so many gorgeous gardens❤️🥰I only have one complaint, I’m from Mississippi and so many RUclipsrs are from farther north and most of beautiful plants you have have a hard time down here😭 do you know of any channels from closer to my area?!?!?!
You DID answer my questions on edging! Thanks Erin! I've been hankerin for one of them edgers... looks like Ryobi now makes a battery edger - but will it be strong enough? Hmmmmmmm I'm gonna check it out. I've been pretty impressed with the lithium battery systems - we have a battery chain saw that works pretty good. Thanks again Jennie
Sitting on the ground ,or on a mat,is how I edge, weed,plant,mulch pretty much everything due to a bad back. You get a real up close and personal relationship with your soil and plants that way 😎🇫🇷❤️
I sit on a short (+-14") stool I bought at Ikea many moons ago when my kids were small. It must have shrunk 😅 because this year I add a 3" kneeling pad on top to make it easier on the ole knees😮.
We had our beds edged by our landscapers and my husband hates it because it's uneven when he tries to mow and he doesn't want to weed whack or do trimming by hand.
Erin, I have the Bacho Edging Shears which I use for a finishing edge. You might want to try a San-Kaku hoe from Lee Valley Tools on line. It does a great job with making the trench after you have cut the edge. San=Kaku in Japanese means triangle. The head is stainless steel and is replaceable.
Love your videos Erin! Wondering if you have any suggestions, or can point me to a site, on organic eradication of fire ants. Several years ago, before I planted vegetables, I had the garden sprayed with harsh chemicals that did reduce the numbers of ants significantly. I now garden in Big Bag Beds and raised planters and pots so as not to have direct contact with that soil, but the ants have found their way into my Big Bag Beds. I do not want to have the harsh chemicals sprayed again, if it can be helped. The ants don't seem to harm the garden, but they do harm the gardener and take the enjoyment out of living in that space.
Carol Pelton They invade my beds also. I know so as I have got bitten by them when cutting my lavender with flip flops on . Always wear closed shoes when gardening😂
Just what I was looking for Question, I have a strip of gravel that is the result of having a French Drain installed a few years ago. I find it very difficult to try and edge it to keep the grass, weeds, etc. out of the gravel, any tips on how to keep the green stuff out of my gravel? The gravel runs along a sidewalk so it is one side that needs "beautifying". I've tried my own ideas but they don't work, ever. Thank you
Thanks for the video, helps a lot. I did have a question. I am trying to edge my flower bed but I have irrigation lines going into it. Not sure how to do it safely so i do not damage any of those lines? Thanks for the reply.
Ah, the very unglamorous side of gardening, lol. Hey, look at it this way: you completed a labor-intensive task and you got paid to do it. RUclips's good for somethin' after all. 👍
It makes a pretty horrific noise (metal on stone) and that's about it. There is a guard on the back so if anything were kicked up it would land there, rather than on you, but it is something that I'd recommend pants and, of course, closed toed shoes with just because soil does go flying about a bit, much like when you use a string trimmer.
You ask for video suggestions, so here is one. I realize yours' is a gardening channel, but I would love a quick aside on your beautiful Newfies. I grew up with St. Bernards, which is another unconventional breed choice. I'd love to know what got you into the breed, why two, where you got them, their individual temperaments, how you keep them cool in the summer and anything else you'd love to fill us in on!
Edging does finish things off so nicely! I am wondering about your stacked stone edging. You asked for future ideas. So, I'm submitting one for instruction on how to do that on a slope, and get it level.
Totally agree, love getting my garden edging done, and yes my beds have grown in size. The next thing is to educate my hubby to mow the grass edges away from the flower beds. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Omg I am so doing this! My husband has been upset with me because the mulch is going under the grass in the yard and I didnt know what to do about it. Thanks for the tip. Is seems common sense but I wouldnt have thought of this without this video
Great video Erin! I need to get out there and edge my garden bed too. Initially I was a bit overwhelmed since I've never done it but your video and tips definitely inspired me.
Last year was the first time I’d heard about leaving an air space between lawn and mulch to root prune the grass to keep it out of the bed. 🤦🏻♀️ Game changer! I’ve been using a half-moon edger for about 15 years and love it. Turf stacking sounds interesting.
This is a very helpful video. I’ve been edging wrong this whole time. Btw, I only live like 45 minutes up north from you. So wonderful to see a local gardener on youtube. Keep making these awesome videos.
I’m 70, and I still get down and edge my beds with an old serrated knife I’ve had for over 20+ years. Makes the best edge ever!
Thanks for the tip!🌸
Edging makes a garden look polished for sure
I agree edging is awesome and thanks for the tip on pruner :)
I watched your wonderful garden tour today and am super excited to come across this video about edging🙋🏻♀️thank you 🪴❤️
Fantastic video. I love how you broke it down using several techniques. After 30 years in the yard, I feel validated about the need to edge.
Most of my beds have edging but the areas I edge, I use the clumps of grass I dig up to fill in bare spots in my yard, literally just plug right into the holes and they grow.
M Wolfe, I do that as well. Over the years, I've managed to do a whole back lawn area with 'clumps of dug up grass'.
I do that too! I have planted them once in a box and they filled in perfectly over a few months, than I was able to slice the right size of pieces and put them there, where the grass was missing 😊
M Wolfe That has usually worked great for me too. Sometimes, unknowingly, I've gotten fooled & transplanted deep green crabgrass into my lawn!
Ric Forero I know what you mean, you have to be careful and know the different types of grasses, which I don’t but I can identify perennial rye & bluegrass so I use those plugs & throw the rest away. I am not a grass expert by any means. That’s why I have holes in my grass in the first place! 😅
This is genius!
Very good explanation! Thanks!💞
Thank u so much. I have always wanted to know how to edge gardens so they look groomed. Never really knew how.
You must have been reading my mind. I just planted a new garden and this is great instruction on how to edge. Thanks
THE BEST EDGING TOOL IS THE ONE ERIN SHOWED...BY FISKERS...THE FLAT HALF MOON SHAPED SHOVEL! I love it and use it because it makes clean edges!
Best edging vid out there - Thanks Erin! You just explain things in a way that makes perfect sense. Appreciate you boo!
Edging is the cleanest looking part of a garden. I like you technique the best so far. Thanks for the variety of choices.
There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a freshly edged beautiful bed!
Gotta be honest - I thought "a 9 minute video on edging"? But what great info!!!. I usually end up with stuff in my hair somehow... but I've got some pruners like yours that my Dad (long gone now) had. In fact I have a hole punch I need to get repaired somehow. I digress.... Yes, doing the edges is bar none the best thing you can do. Absolutely. Thanks - great info! 😁
Liked the video before I even started watching it lol. Just knew it was going to be filled with practical, relevant and sound advice. I get more satisfaction doing it manually.
I only garden on ... cement, unfortunately, but edging does look satisfying and yes, it really makes a huge difference!!
Have a wonderful Sunday!! ☺️
Edging is my biggest challenge. Doesnt matter what I do bricks, stones or railroad ties I always get creeping Charlie moving in. And I dont want to spray harsh chemicals. Constant battle. Erin your great love the videos. Happy Mothers day💐🌿
YES! Every time I'm in the backyard and look at the grass I wonder "how does Erin edge her grass?" Thank you so much!
First time home owner and YOU are the ONLY one that gave me what I needed to start my Yardadise Finally !!New Sub. Thanks,
What a difference it makes when you edge, very satisfying. The different tools that you used in this video I need to get.
I’ve come back to this video many times! Thanks for sharing.🌿✨
Edging a garden bed is SO satisfying! Great to see all the ways it can be done.
I forgot to mention my video idea and that is an update on the plants you have in the little greenhouses you put up in an previous video. That would be helpful for people like me that need all the help I can get, lol.
This was definitely helpful! Now I know how to fix the aesthetics of my beds. Thank you ❤️
I just did this same job on Saturday. All by hand with a spade. I was trying to widen my beds because my birds nest bushes have grown so wide. Great video I need that edger
Finally someone showed me how to actually do this
I love all your videos! This 70 year old wants you to comment on keeping lawn mowing simple, meaning how do you avoid trimming with a weed whacker. We use both a ride-on lawnmower and a gas push mower but really want to avoid the third step with weed whacking! Hailing from West Coast Canada!
Yes! Please do one on this, my husband hates mowing and the only thing I could think of was edging everything with a brick or gravel mowstrip, but that could get expensive. How do you mow along the beds?
Perfect timing to watch this video..Thanks for the tips!!
I agree edging makes your garden look fantastic😋
Thanks so much. I have watched tons of videos on edging...after watching yours, I finally get what I need to do Lol. Thanks again! Love your videos! And your pups!
I love to edge my yard, it's like giving the yard a manicure!!
Wow, that sure did make a difference! Looks great!
this was an awesome video...not what I expected...thank you very informative.
Thanks Erin, I find it very satisfying ending the gardens
Thank you so much. This is confirming my way of edging job without using any plastic or steel edging tool! Really enjoyed the video!
As always you have inspired me to garden, that edging you did looks so nice when it is done right, thankyou, a perfectly timed video for Spring!
Thanks for the video, now I know how to do it properly!!!!
Gardening goals. My front and back yard are a disaster.
Great video and explanation! I feel exactly the same about the satisfaction we get with newly edged beds, and it gives us time to meditate and think with our hands in the dirt! Love your videos! I’m so frustrated with our cold weather in Northwest Indiana! I just want to get out and be in the garden, so I’m doing it vicariously through your videos! 😊
So satisfying! Motivates me. Thanks!
It turned out great!! I love a fresh edged bed. 😍 I posted a video the other day on our channel, we use a Stihl multi-tool edger and I love it. I think the BEST part about edging and creating new beds is the mulch. 💕
I have to edge my garden beds! I expanded them again this year. That means I have to clean them up lol
Really enjoying your approach to gardening and your channel has been very helpful to me. I'm a midwest gardener zone 4b so short season. I have doing the same kind of edging last couple years but your tips on the tools have been really helpful. Please keep taking us on your gardening journey this year, I look forward to it!
Love the look of a good edge!! Mine never look that good!!
Totally agree edging makes the yard look great! Great tools and tips
This was seriously helpful, thanks!
Our lawn service just uses a weed eater vertically every week and our garden edges always look great...so much easier.
I completely forgot to mention that, thank you! A weed whacker used vertically is a great way to maintain an edge throughout the season.
Thank you so much. I never really new how to do it properly.
Thanks for Erin for doing this video. The good news...manually I do it the same way. The bad news is now I’m going to spring for the edger attachment for my Honda Rototiller. I was hoping you had a better way but think it will be worth the investment in the long run. Love your down to earth..not perfect..real time style that coms across so genuine in your videos.
Love the look of fresh cut edging!!! 🥰
Love the look of edging and I’ve been edging for years usually all on the ground with only a hand edger and pair of scissors 🤪 but with my aging years approaching I need a good start like the edger you showed today👏 but I’ll have to admit getting on the ground with my hands in the soil is so relaxing and satisfying for me (it just distributes the neighbors seeing a older women crawling on the ground 🤣) Happy Mothers Day
Vicki Gade know how you fell.
I’m one year from 70 . I insist on mowing the front grass every other week. Have a company for the week between as I can’t do all the edging. I still feel in control and enjoy it. Husband thinks I’m mad😂
@@ruthtorphy2204 Ruth I'm so proud of you. I'm 63 and was wondering if I would still have the passion in coming years that I have for mowing my lawn.
Loved your edging...at 73 years of age and still very passionate about my “yard” I have a couple of tips that keeping a home that was built in 1900 that today fits into the typical “farm house” style was in the day just the most comfortable home in the southern states...high ceilings, big windows and wrap-around porch. A must for me, being that I am a small woman was to find tools that help me do my work and does not poop me out too quickly. Funny thing, the thing I do the most and had never given much thought to is weeds...I have lots of weeds and getting in there among the young seedlings and tender things that come up in the spring is important to deal with as later in the summer, its just almost impossible, as the heat and humidity severely limits the length one can work outside before heat strokes! I find having a kids plastic snow sled is absolutely essential for me...the one for 3 kids...it has a long rope to pull it by and is the perfect thing for having at your side as you pull grass and weeds...the shoulder is saved from upward movements and it can hold 3 times the amount of a bucket or wheel barrow. I keep it in my shed and load all the tools and fertilizer I will be using, pull to my work area and it usually gets piled high in about 3 hours time, then its ready for another round in the afternoon...then l load it up and take all the tools back when l am done. Its great for moving straw bales or bags of mulch, compost, etc. and lastly, if you don’t live in Florida, your grandkids can use if in the snow!
I should give credit to the one that got me to thinking about the sled...a fella and his wife do a homested thing off the grid and talked about how to get a heavy piece if equipment from the driveway out to where it would be used...he rolled the heavy machine onto a sled and pulled it with his riding mower...works like a charm! 🤠👍 🌺
Thank you for the great videos! 🤗❤️👍🛷🛷🛷🛷
I love a clean edge!
I love, love, Love your videos!!! Thank you!
Thanks, I'm getting too old for shovels, thank you very much. I have hand edged my beds until last year when I got too ill to do it. This year they look awful! If I can ever get over this mess I've picked up this year, I will see about one of those clipper thingies you used. Once I've edged that will be so much better than the husband's current method which is plastic edging. It pops out and warps all the time. I can't use shovels of any kind because of neuropathy in my feet, so sitting down is always nice too. (Grin) Your demos are always welcome. Stay safe.
Very helpful tips, thank you.
This year is our first year with beds that need to be edged. Thanks for all the tips. P.S. I miss the “boop” you used to give us at the end of your videos. 😊
Ack, I’ve forgotten it the last few times! I must remedy that!
That was a very good tutorial. I feel the same way about edging, does it for me. I need to get myself one of those clippers🌾🌾
Good one. Appreciate it. Thanks from Indianapolis.
Thanks that was very helpful!
I enjoy edging, and yes, so satisfying.
So super helpful thank you
I love edging too. But I always fill the V with mulch and wondering why you choose not to. I find it makes touching up the edge mid summer so much easier because the grass doesn’t take hold very well in the mulch. But I have Bermuda, maybe that makes a difference.
Such great information! We have extruded concrete edging (I hate it; it doesn't work...). I will be pulling the concrete edging and implementing this technique.
Big difference, sharp and clean edges. I'm happy for any garden task that includes sitting on my butt.
That’s amazing!! So glad you shared this... I was just asking on fb about this topic! Have fun in the garden - can’t wait to see all you do with it. Can’t wait to create our new garden when we move next month!
It looks great!...never had the bocce edge trimmer(sp?)...didn’t exist...lol...I had to use hand clippers and do it by hand...I was a teen at that time...
Yes...buy or invest in those tools!
I use an old hand saw :) but I think your method is better
Nice edging. Once you have already edged with a flat shovel I’d recommend people try a Kwik Edge. It’s all I use now.
Is that the tool that is kind of V-shaped in you sort of drag it in the trench? I'm wondered how those work for people.
@@TheImpatientGardener yes it is. It’s really surprisingly effective. Takes a few minutes to figure out how to maximize it. It’s great for creating a nice edge and it cuts small roots easily. I’ve tested it to create a new edge but clearly if u have a bed that at some point had an edge it’s great. Still requires getting down and picking up displaced grass or adjusting the mulch but it is far faster than anything else I’ve tried it’s also useful to keep an edge through the year with just a few minutes work.
@@marky3131 Thank you for sharing that! I'll have to check it out.
Such a crisp, finished look. Good advice and nice to see some tool recommendations. AND nice to see you in short sleeves - guessing you are having some good spring weather. By the way, that bed seems to be at the bottom of a slight slope and benefits from water coming downhill. A hardscape edge would prevent it from getting extra rainwater. Good choice to keep it naturally edged.
I have been practicing edging, mine looks like a ditch between the bed and grass. I will keep trying. Thanks Erin.
Same!!! 😬😬😬
Sigh. I made the monumental mistake of moving into a house with an HOA that requires bermuda grass. I edge constantly and it looks messy again within a week. Literally the #1 reason I want to move. Beautiful job Erin, I am so jealous!
Very informative, thank you! I learned a lot about edging (that angle thing was totally new to me!) and the different tools you can use. I think I can do this and actually feel like I know what I'm doing now; time to buy tools! This is something I really need to tackle this year. We've got that terrible grass that relentlessly invades into everything... unfortunately it was here when we moved in. :/
I love your channel SOOO much!!! You have so many gorgeous gardens❤️🥰I only have one complaint, I’m from Mississippi and so many RUclipsrs are from farther north and most of beautiful plants you have have a hard time down here😭 do you know of any channels from closer to my area?!?!?!
Nice edges. Follow up and maintain the edge with Kwik Edge so the labor intense process does not have to be repeated.
You DID answer my questions on edging! Thanks Erin! I've been hankerin for one of them edgers... looks like Ryobi now makes a battery edger - but will it be strong enough? Hmmmmmmm I'm gonna check it out. I've been pretty impressed with the lithium battery systems - we have a battery chain saw that works pretty good.
Thanks again
Jennie
It sure is one of the most satisfying jobs. It makes such a difference, not like getting a haircut.
Sitting on the ground ,or on a mat,is how I edge, weed,plant,mulch pretty much everything due to a bad back. You get a real up close and personal relationship with your soil and plants that way 😎🇫🇷❤️
I do likewise for the same reason
I sit on a short (+-14") stool I bought at Ikea many moons ago when my kids were small. It must have shrunk 😅 because this year I add a 3" kneeling pad on top to make it easier on the ole knees😮.
We had our beds edged by our landscapers and my husband hates it because it's uneven when he tries to mow and he doesn't want to weed whack or do trimming by hand.
Yes, I have the same issue and don’t know what to do.
Erin, I have the Bacho Edging Shears which I use for a finishing edge. You might want to try a San-Kaku hoe from Lee Valley Tools on line. It does a great job with making the trench after you have cut the edge. San=Kaku in Japanese means triangle. The head is stainless steel and is replaceable.
Thank you! I will check it out.
Love your videos Erin! Wondering if you have any suggestions, or can point me to a site, on organic eradication of fire ants. Several years ago, before I planted vegetables, I had the garden sprayed with harsh chemicals that did reduce the numbers of ants significantly. I now garden in Big Bag Beds and raised planters and pots so as not to have direct contact with that soil, but the ants have found their way into my Big Bag Beds. I do not want to have the harsh chemicals sprayed again, if it can be helped. The ants don't seem to harm the garden, but they do harm the gardener and take the enjoyment out of living in that space.
Carol Pelton They invade my beds also. I know so as I have got bitten by them when cutting my lavender with flip flops on . Always wear closed shoes when gardening😂
RUclips brought your vid to me.
Just what I was looking for Question, I have a strip of gravel that is the result of having a French Drain installed a few years ago. I find it very difficult to try and edge it to keep the grass, weeds, etc. out of the gravel, any tips on how to keep the green stuff out of my gravel? The gravel runs along a sidewalk so it is one side that needs "beautifying". I've tried my own ideas but they don't work, ever. Thank you
I would love to get your flat trowel you use in this video and don't see in the links
Thanks for the video, helps a lot. I did have a question. I am trying to edge my flower bed but I have irrigation lines going into it. Not sure how to do it safely so i do not damage any of those lines?
Thanks for the reply.
I think you just have to mark the lines and then hand edge in that area.
@@TheImpatientGardener thanks for the reply. Rookie question again. How do I find out where the lines are? The wire hanger method ?
What was the name of the long pruning shears that you use to trim the grass?
penny livingston it is Bahco grass shears.
Where can you purchase the garden trowel?
Ah, the very unglamorous side of gardening, lol. Hey, look at it this way: you completed a labor-intensive task and you got paid to do it. RUclips's good for somethin' after all. 👍
Great video ,… but …EYE PROTECTION WHEN USING THE POWER EDGER !!!!!!!!!
What happens when you hit a rock with that gas powered edger?
It makes a pretty horrific noise (metal on stone) and that's about it. There is a guard on the back so if anything were kicked up it would land there, rather than on you, but it is something that I'd recommend pants and, of course, closed toed shoes with just because soil does go flying about a bit, much like when you use a string trimmer.
Very satisfying! Love your trowel!
These are not the edges I was looking for
You ask for video suggestions, so here is one. I realize yours' is a gardening channel, but I would love a quick aside on your beautiful Newfies. I grew up with St. Bernards, which is another unconventional breed choice. I'd love to know what got you into the breed, why two, where you got them, their individual temperaments, how you keep them cool in the summer and anything else you'd love to fill us in on!
Edging does finish things off so nicely! I am wondering about your stacked stone edging. You asked for future ideas. So, I'm submitting one for instruction on how to do that on a slope, and get it level.
Thank you for using your hands to show the angle of the edging! I finally see what I should aim for!
Totally agree, love getting my garden edging done, and yes my beds have grown in size. The next thing is to educate my hubby to mow the grass edges away from the flower beds. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Carmen Bailey oh I so relate to this comment, if only he did the weeding he wouldn’t do it ! 😎🇫🇷
Omg I am so doing this! My husband has been upset with me because the mulch is going under the grass in the yard and I didnt know what to do about it. Thanks for the tip. Is seems common sense but I wouldnt have thought of this without this video
Great video Erin! I need to get out there and edge my garden bed too. Initially I was a bit overwhelmed since I've never done it but your video and tips definitely inspired me.
Last year was the first time I’d heard about leaving an air space between lawn and mulch to root prune the grass to keep it out of the bed. 🤦🏻♀️ Game changer! I’ve been using a half-moon edger for about 15 years and love it. Turf stacking sounds interesting.
That does seem like a great idea, especially with the type of grass we have. It is relentless at infiltrating everything that is "not grass!"
This is a very helpful video. I’ve been edging wrong this whole time. Btw, I only live like 45 minutes up north from you. So wonderful to see a local gardener on youtube. Keep making these awesome videos.