How To Make a Professional Landscaping Edge
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024
- If You Want to Have Professional Looking Edges Around Your Flower, Tree, or Garden Beds, Then this is the Process...
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0:33 - Tools
03:11 - #1 Flat Tip Transfer Shovel
06:35 - #2 D-Handle Garden Spade
07:46 - #3 Ice Chopper
08:29 - #4 Half Moon Turf Edger
09:56 - GOOD
12:10 - #5 Powered Edger
12:40 - Soil Sifter
13:38 - Finish It Up
14:04 - Before and After
I recommend the D-Handle Garden Spade and the Half Moon Edging Tool. You will create the best professional looking live edges.
Here are the tools covered in the video:
Transfer Shovel:
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D-Handle Garden Spade:
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Ice Scraper/Chopper:
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Half Moon Edging Tool:
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Ryobi 40V Carbon Shaft Trimmer:
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You've earned a subscribe sir, God bless you. Im a 33 year old millennial who didn't have a father figure around to show me anything. I appreciate your talk at the end especially where I'm at in life right now.
My same exact thoughts!
I was looking up videos on garden edging because my husband is fighting pancreatic cancer, so I am going to have finish the garden myself. Cant afford to hire landscaper right now. It looks like God lead me to your sight for a reason. Thank you!
You are very welcome, Christine. God does have His ways. And they are always the right ways. I’ll be praying for Mr. Tooker. 🙏🏼
Excellent video. I am a 61 woman and have the tools to tackle this. I just finished installing 200 feet of drip line irrigation with probably 50 emitters. Now I need a new project. Thank you for the very informative information.
You are very welcome, Anne. Get after it!
@@TheBitsonEffect wwq
Anne, after reading your comment, it was the swift kick in the pants I needed. I’m 59 and have been slacking off. Not today…have a great day.
Awesome! I installed drip lines at home on a half acre and also did our summer condo flowerbeds this year. You go girl! I’m 69 so I’m working on getting it all done so I can enjoy it when I’m too old to do it!😊
@@lzh3131Amen
I wasn't expecting goosebumps from watching a professional landscaping edge video. Thank you for your words of wisdom.
You're welcome, Christina!
I installed plastic edging 20yrs ago, and it's still in great shape and works great for me. Running my mower and my weedeater with my barrier is so quick and easy. I'm in North Texas with high heat and plenty of water via my sprinklers grass grows fast. With your method I would be fighting the grass creeping in. And with my weedeater I'd be tossing the mulch chips out. For model homes around here, I noticed they are doing the gardens like you. They look great when a team is visiting the beds weekly. I think I will always desire a plastic or metal or concrete barrier for easier maintenance in this area, but if I ever moved back to NY I might give your method a try! Great video!
That’s a bit of change-NY to Texas! Thank you for the view and comment support.
@@sislertx I love my St Augustine. Finally has crept 70% of my front yard, eliminating the Bermuda. Oddly, the reason I love it so much is the bugs hate it.
Ha ha I thought the same! I’m in Austin and limestone is underneath my topsoil.
Your channel is great!
Anyone try this who have dogs? I’m curious if the mulch stays in the landscaped area better or worse than if you have a barrier?
I have 2 dogs, and it works good.
I am just starting to learn how to plant and do landscape since buying my first house. Was never taught how to do it so I'm learning through youtube. It's hard work! Thanks for the encouragement.
As many of us move away from plastics,in our homes and gardens, this is very informative. Thank you for showing the more natural and beautiful way to edge our beds.
You’re welcome Debra!
The edging was good. The inspirational story was great!
Your message about the use of the word GOOD when there are obstacles in your life was precious. Thank you for that. Every problem is an opportunity to learn & grow into a better self. You’re a wise & generous person to give us gardening & life tips. You rock!!!
Thank you for the wonderful comment. I appreciate it.
That is the way Jacko handles it.@@TheBitsonEffect
Came here for edging ideas and left feeling inspired in more ways than landscaping! Thank you! 😊
You are very welcome! Time to get your hustle on! 😁
Amen
Out of a dozen edging videos I wish I watched yours first. So helpful. Thank you.
Also a word on stress. I worked in publishing and I would tell my co workers if we didn't have stress we wouldn't get anything done. Deadlines are stress! Thank you and all the best to you and you family.
Thank you, Dean! Nobody grows staying in the comfort zone. You have to apply stress/pressure to make it happen.
Stress sounds like a bad word to me I was a manager in a produce department, and I would tell my guys it's important to have a "Sense of urgency" I completely understand what you guys are talking about. However, if i had a deadline for anything I would not think me stressing would help one bit, but I would benefit from a sense of urgency and doing my best under pressure. If that makes sense. I'll be stressed when I have a life changing event happen, not at work or in the garden.
I like the pep talk near the end. I am always running into obstacles whenever I do lawn work, like rocks and roots.
Thank you, ALM. Lawn and landscaping work-like life, is never going to go perfect. It’s your decisions in those moments that determine the outcome.
When I lived in Nevada it was rocks. I’m in Texas now and it’s roots. I used to make boulder towers with what I dug out. Now I use a handheld mini chainsaw to cut through roots. There could be a tree 50’ away and it sends 3-4” diameter roots right up to the house foundation.
Those are some aggressive tree roots!
Love your pep talk- so many people don’t have words of wisdom to keep GOING!!!!😊
Will do, Gregory! Thank you for the support.
Yeah the live edge definitely looks the best. So natural and you never have to worry about material
Agree 100%!
Loved the Jocko reference. Guy is a legend. Love your energy to push through and embrace the obstacles. I'm about to head out pull a few hundred pavers and define my borders with a live edge.
GOOD!
Check. Get after it!
Great video and advice to stay in the game even when things get tough. I have noticed that as kids when we are trying to master a new "thing" we generally don't get frustrated because we are having fun in the process....then we grow up and think we should be able to master things the first time we try it. Having fun while you are doing it (other friends, family, music etc.) and perseverance. I also notice that when I get too frustrated, I take a break and come back hours or days later depending on the situation and I in a better frame of mind, but also there is a muscle memory that developed during that time which seems to make it easier the second time around. My parents taught us to always leave things as good or better than we found them and that is something I try to carry throughout life whether with interactions with grass or people. Thanks for the positive vibes!
Beautiful. It looked better as soon as you removed that plastic mess. Thanks for the detailed instructions. Everything I needed to know!
You're very welcome, Karen. Glad I could help!
Oh my the talk at end was better than the info in the video. Grow in the stressors don't let the enemy win. I love it. God speaks to me even when I would rather watch gardening on RUclips. Thank you Jesus
Well said!
This video was recommended somehow to me, and for some reason I can’t explain I clicked to watched. You just don’t know how much I needed to hear your message on “Good”. Tysm! Instant new subscriber !
Well, you are very welcome, Britt'ny. Put on your seatbelt because I have been told I am kinda crazy and we like to have fun on this channel. Hope you stay for a bit and I can give some more GOOD messages. I appreciate the support.
Just started my own Christian lawn care and landscaping company. Good to see I’ve got some brothers out there doing great work
This video helped me in more than one way, thank you for pushing through & filming it. And for encouraging me to push through as well. I pray God continues to bless you.
You are very welcome, Heather. Thank you for the prayers. Never give up. God is GOOD!
Oh man…we so much enjoyed your video. You almost made me cry talking about life. We look forward to many more videos from you. You are really inspiring!!!! Jody & Jerry 👍🪴🥰
Life’s a garden 🪴 love the message
Thank you, Collin.
Started doing mulching work with zero preparation, just a few indications here and there. The most tedious and excruciating part is laying the fabric on beds with plenty of plants. My back, my knees, and my hands hurt badly after 10 hours working under pressure and really understaffed to complete 10 beds in 2 days with one helper.
It turns incredibly frustrating when I find even more obstacles, like old fabric that's difficult to get rid of, when we're not given the right tools (a pitchfork is a game changer to collect mulch in a wheelbarrow), or I find roots and rocks under the bed and putting the pins through the fabric becomes painful!
But your words of encouragement helped so much with this job. I'm a hard-working person, but sometimes it's too much.
I will remember your words and say, "Good" every time I encounter these challenges.
Thank you so much for the video. Using a trash bin with wheels to carry every bag full of old mulch will help make the disposal way less heavy.
I'm grateful. 🙏
You're welcome, Gisel. I appreciate the support. Comments like yours is what helps keep me going to do these videos.
And here I thought I needed help with my landscaping! Thank you for your wise words & encouragement! God bless you 😊
Thanks for this video. The ending reflection was awesome. Many others would just edit and and not mention what you did and many viewers I’m sure will appreciate it
From a Retired Navy POV, I like the way you think during your ending comments.
My fav part of your video is the life advice at the end. Just what I needed! Thx!
You’re welcome, SC.
Thank you for what you said about stressors! Currently going through it and I really like the “good” you shared! I needed that.
GOOD! Thank you, for the comment and glad it helped in some way. I debated back and forth weather to leave the GOOD part in the video. A lot of people have said very similar to you. I’m glad I did!
I’m so elated that I found this video. You are so real and that’s good. Don’t change your attitude you seam to be a good person. Not cocky errand lol!! We are listening and observing!!💕😍😇👋🤩
Thank you, Celestine. All the different people I talk to with about trying to grow my channel all say the same thing (let your true self come out and don't be fake). It's quite funny, the original edit of this video was very different-I was debating about the GOOD part at the end. Some said don't put it in and some said I should. Well, you know the result. Gotta go with being real.
I definitely like the way it was, clean and neat separation. Also it is easier to mow and keep up.
Thank you for the view and comment, F117. It is contrary to what the majority of professionals say though. A live edge is the clean, neat, AND MUCH easier to mow around and maintain.
I thaught you were making a mess, because it looked too wide, now I saw the final results, good Job, I will apply this on my work, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Last year I removed a TON of old, rusty, expensive metal edging. THIS is the next step so thank you for this video!!
Glad I could help! Stay tuned, I have a few more edging videos in the works.
Amen brother to welcoming obstacles & not letting enemy win. Thanks for breaking down this process bc I did think it would b more tricky than it is. Also appreciate that u r a little bit of goof to keep it interesting, thanks
Looks real nice....and yes roots can be a major headache when renovating existing yard.
Thanks for that message before #5! I thought of another one! Saying good, make it a good/positive thought as to why you should do the activity!
I like it! Thank you, Tretre.
Man, first time watching your video, not only like your work but also like your speech. Awesome, brilliant, wise, man, I have to follow you.
I appreciate the support, Gang!
May God bless your lovely family happy and have peace.
That's a lot of tools for edging! I use a regular shovel and it works great however I do want to try that half-moon looking one and see how it works! Thank you for your video!
I love the clean cut edge. In my area it’s a very common practice to circle trees and line beds with rock. It looks so unnatural and most times is poorly done. Another big point I’d add is to make the lines mower friendly. My master gardener friend suggests creating lines that mimic dolphins and not camels.
Thanks for sharing, Heather! I'll keep the dolphin shape in mind.
@Heather Derganc
I’m confused by the Dolphin vs Camel analogy.. is this re: the lawn or the edge of landscaping? Thanks in adv.
@@smnch5445 it refers to the line of the bed. The 🐬 is a sweeping shape whereas the 🐫 like a 3 shape making it hard to mow. Kind of hard to explain though!
President Jocko's philosophies can be applied to all aspects of life. GOOD.
A fellow trooper! Good evening, Echo. 👊🏼
As a professional I like the before, as edging with a weed eater leaves no grass clippings in the bedding. Also pretty much stops the grass spreading into the bedding. Also protects to limiting fertilizer being spreading into bedding. I had both, now use brick or stone blocks to replace that plastic edging.
Thank you for your opinion, Opinion counts-even though it's wrong! 😂 Just kiddin' around. You are correct on limiting fertilizer, you have to be careful. I appreciate the view and comment support.
Agreed. Some grasses are aggressive, and a plastic border is sometimes better at containing the grass. Also, some home owners would see this as too much work.
I can respect those points.
Yep do this with a KBG yard and the bed would be KBG within 2 growing seasons. I always though brick or stone looked the most professional.
@@silverwrx03 Umm...this is Kentucky Bluegrass. No issues at all. This is done all over the country and in other countries, with many different grass types. Search live edge on any search engine and you will see it in many different forms.
Brick does look good, but is also expensive. Not a big fan of stone for landscaping, only because I like clean lines.
Thank you for the view and comment. I appreciate the support.
Great inspirational words along with the lesson👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😎 thank you Sir!
I love these edges and it’s the only edge I will ever have! Love your attitude and philosophy. Keep at it and don’t listen to the haters! There are no problems just opportunities!! 😎🙌🕊
Amen, Lisa. Thank you!
Thank you very much for the show & instruction, the 2nd one is much better for the natural looking than the plastic one !
Thank you very much, Anna!
Have to say I like the before. Looks more contained. Also doesn't look like a hole in the lawn.
Looks can be deceiving! That is one of the things I hate about those plastic boarders, the mulch always seems to spill out into the lawn. And when you are reel mowing, that causes a big issue.
The live edge keeps everything contained and actually trim less because you can mow right to the edge.
I understand It may not be for everyone though. I appreciate your view and the comment.
Nice vid. Thank you. And I would add, plant positive seeds, always put out good vibes and keep an attitude of gratitude. I try to do this everyday, though I don’t always succeed. I just try harder. If you fall down, get up!
Good! ❤
Well said, Joy. It doesn't matter what side you are on regarding anything in life, (i.e., faith, politics, or ethnicity) treat another human being with respect - if you do that, you are probably going to have a pretty GOOD life. Thank you for the view and support.
Wow appreciate the experience and honesty. You can't buy that. God Bless you. 💪🏻✨
This looks amazing. I always thought it was best to have curbing but this looks so good!
This looks great! And though I don’t want to put my gardener out of work, I’d like to take over my garden as my hobby, and I always wondered how he got that edge so nice and clean!
Thank you!
Definetly the best way too do it! Those plastic edges looks like a dollar store landscape job! All the people saying ohh but the maintenence.. ya it's a garden bed there never maintenence free but takes afew mins too clean up! Awesome work man
Sorry for the late reply, was taking care of an overgrown lawn yesterday that took 10 hours.
Correct, there is NO maintenance free anything in lawn care and landscaping. If you want a nice lawn and garden, you gotta WORK for it. Thank you for the support, KG.
Great video and your landscaping process is well defined. I just caught the last half of your video and man excellent philosophy. Each of those obstacles is called "the change of assumptions."
Thanks, Luis. I appreciate the view and comment. Whatever "it" is, you have to be able to change and overcome or else you will always be stuck.
You got me at the JOCKO reference. Thank you for the energy and good hard work.
Great improvement! From a design perspective I’d increase the size of this bed to incorporate the mechanics, adding plants to screen it.
Add MORE plants! Those are the words my wife loves to hear. 😂
Glad I watched this. I have a half moon edger and was using it wrong. Thanks for the tip and I agree your way looks so much better.
Thank you, Michael. Always good to help out a fellow, Michael. 😉
I do the professional beds, but then I use the plastic borders down inside the crease. It looks exactly the same as a professional does it, but it needs less upkeep. It stays that way. Looks totally fine. You almost can’t see the border.
Deep, but good. We need to hear that once in awhile. 👍
The raised garden edge does look funny lol. What I do is similar to this. I still use the plastic edging but I dig the trench deep enough so that the height of the plastic is flush with the desired grass height or just above soil level. This way it’s not visible unless you’re really up close and looking for it. It also allows me to keep a clean edge especially with the st Augustine.
I agree. Whoever originally installed the landscaping boarders at my property didn’t know what they were doing. Your way would have made it look a bit better. Thanks for the view and comment, Lance.
Great video… the message in the middle was the best part. ❤
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ur intro is really epic i especially like the part about serving the lord
This popped up at the right time. We’re redoing an outer edge, in a corner and didn’t know what to with it. Now we do and got to see what it’ll look like. Thanks, this will be good.
Creepy how google does that isn't it??
This really helped me learn how to do it properly.
Glad it helped, Elle. I appreciate the comment and support.
*Thanks nice work and hard work. I want live edge borders around my trees. **11:19** very therapeutic work also I appreciate you. Great advice*
Everyone say “GOOD”. Awesome advice! Awesome work 🤛
Thank you, Bruna! I appreciate the support!
This helped me more than you can imagine!
Good positive words concerning adversity! Thank you sir!
You are very welcome, Terry!
Great video! I love the way you made the edging!!
Thanks to you, I’m going to get mine in shape…no matter what it takes!
That's awesome, Ed (my dads first name). Glad I could help out. Get after it!
Me too!!!!
I did the edging myself and I'm 😮 no gardener...lol😂 our flowerbed looks awesome. Thank you sir for this wonderful tutorial ❤
Great! Glad it was helpful.
I'm in exactly the same point where you started the video! Ugh...I have to dig a new border where the old one has blended completely into the grass and is flat with no actual edge. You explained exactly what I have been looking for which is how to ANGLE the edge when I re-dig it, not looking to do this twice lol! Great video thank you!
Glad the video could help. I have a few more in the works coming out soon.
I did what you did to make a tree circle. I noticed that grass tries to weasel its way back into the mulched area. The bordering material helps with 2 things. Helps keeps the weeds out, and gives a clean edge to weedeat against. Interlocking borders from Lowe's come in 3ft lengths. I would probably need 4 to match my tree circle diameter. I may have to do 5 to clear any roots, otherwise I would have to use a hole saw in a drill & do arches to go over a couple of roots near the ground level. It may be best to leave it alone and stay with your route. Plastic can get brittle just like siding and looks like hell once a hole's in it. 🐀🐾
Anytime you can get rid of the plastic boarder, I'm all for it!
One of the best edging videos I’ve seen! Great job brother! I appreciate all the details you go into. Project looks great!
I appreciate that! I had someone make a comment a few days ago that I talked to much.
@@TheBitsonEffect i wouldn’t agree with that. Everything you said was educational and inspiring. I get upset too easily! I look at problems differently now thanks to you. Have a blessed day!
Awesome video thanks, that answers a lot of my questions. I don't really want to spend hundreds on the garden bed I built last month, it's cost over $1000 already between soil, mulch, and plants. I bought a nice half moon edging tool (came with a lifetime warranty, oooh😅) I'll have to look for one of those square shovels. Looks like Walmart has them less than $20
Loved your words about stressors and growth. So true. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, Anthony.
Love your channel and I love you too. Your thoughts about life are as good as your how to instructions. Wonderful job on your video and garden. You are what I’m looking for.
Thank you very much, Peggy!
I just got rid of my grass and planted native ground covers, much better looking, and I'm helping the environment. Thanks for the tool info, though - more things to add to my wish list
Lots of yard tools are a good thing to have!
Thanks soldier, great job, im inspired, now all I need is some motivation😂
Great video, i appreciate you sharing this, I hope you’re having a great month.
Thank you. I'm getting burned out-need some time away.
I LIKE that bridge in our Intro!!!!😎
I wish things were that easy in south texas... we have horrible dirt... super hard and full of clay. I dont know if this method would be the best... but its definitely something i hadnt thought about.
Great video man. I love how philosophical things got about 3/4 of the way through. It’s true though! When life throws you weeds and roots, get to edging and say “good”!
Thanks, Jim. 👍🏼 Life isn't always easy, but you can make it GOOD.
Really liked your message about being positive
Thank you, Robert.
Area beautification specialist right there boys
👊🏼 Thank you, Anthony!
Subscribed! I love gardening. It is very satisfying to see the hard work and basically garden art
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Great video, excellent job and really great advice. I had to have several surgeries so this is the first year in a few years that I am finally getting to garden again. Your ‘after’ of the edging looks so good! I have never been a fan of edge plastic or whatever unnatural material. I have many different flower beds and most have live edging and we’re working on cleaning them up. A few have natural stones but I debate on only using the stones along our walkway.
Great job! Great tips! 😊
The problem with recessed beds like this is they get dirty very fast. I've done a lot of properties in many ways. Grass always ends up in them because if you hang your mower deck over them they can leak into them. Also, with wind it will more easily blow leaves and grass clippings in. On a separate note. Landscaping is a feature of your yard. Like a statue Infront of a building to show off it's main features your defining garden beds to make your house look better. Features should always be elevated from ground level to make them contrast better from the land and easier to see from the street. In excessive rainfall a raised bed will also push water away from and growth in the bed instead of holding the water stagnant in the bed drowning everything. Everyone has their own way though. If it works for you do it. This is just what I have learned through research and personal trial and error.
I agree on some points. It may not be for everyone though. In our area (West Michigan) the majority of commercial properties with any kind of bed (e.g., tree, flower, shrub) is done this way.
I agree. If you wanna weed your life away. Do this. I do agree it looks much better. But at what cost
Then why do commercial lawn care companies prefer this over anything else? 🤔 Because it’s easier to maintain!
@@TheBitsonEffect easier to maintain, looks nicer, and saves their mower blades from having to be sharpened as often from hitting mulch/dirt!
@@TheBitsonEffect this statement is not true at all. My friends business in W Michigan doesn't do this. Is this just businesses that you know of? Because that wouldn't be every business.
Amen!!! (To your words of DIVINE wisdom)
Loved the vid !!! The pep talk was awesome 👏 exactly what I needed to perform the job !!! 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great Instructional video and I seriously love your attitude and advice when facing things, we don't want to deal with. Your absolutely correct. Thank You.
Thanks, Chauncey! Glad the video could help in multiple ways.
How to video turned into motivational video.. Good! Love it!! Thanks for the vid brother
My pleasure, Sean. Thank you for the support.
Beautiful man! Glad to have found you ❤
For a moment I though it was vin diesel 😂good video
Great info. Loved the inspirational message, too!
Thank you, Dana! I will have a few more of these videos coming out soon.
This was a great explanation and I will do this in front this summer! You are awesome 😎
Awesome! Thank you, Michelle. Glad it helped you out.
Your personality was mad cool and funny and I learned some things so I subscribe
Thank you, Eleanor! I appreciate the support.
It looks good but depends where you live and type of grass. Bluegrass needs a solid edge to kerp it in even then it can get where you do not want it. The only thing to keep bluegrass out of rocks & mulch is landscape blocks. My daughter is in Missouri with fescue & they do not use any type of edging as fescue does not leach like bluegrass. You have to use that edging tool to make the grass straight every now & then.
9:58 Didn't expect things to get so deep on a lawn edging video.
You never know where a video is going to take you 😁. Thank you for the view and comment, L A.
Very helpful, thank you brother! You did well! Thank you for the encouragement as well 🙏
The tools really make a difference good examples I learned some tool names👏🏽💯💪🏽
Thank you. That’s my goal-help others understand the sometimes complicated world of making their yard beautiful.
Nice job in yesterday’s video. Looks like the Cub Cadet handled the wet overgrown lawns pretty good. My father-in-law is a big Cub Cadet fan. He has a 60” zero turn with the steering wheel.
I totally agree, tools and technique make ALL the difference. My mother would always say, " There's always more than one way to get things done".
@@tonawhitaker3416 Absolutely💯👍🏾
I was just trying to see some edging, ended up with a life lesson 😂.
Hopefully it was a good one. 👍🏼
@ 1:20 got you another thumbs up! "You can also use this badboy right heer!"😃😃
Great video thanks for the help. Please keep up the good work
Roger that!