Lawn edging?

[paperfist]

I have to do about 200' of lawn edging. I tried using some pressure treated to build boxes for the trees and plants, but it looks like hell a few years later.

Would love to use stone, but that will get pricey.

Thinking about just cutting the edge of the grass away and filling the rest with mulch or small stones.

Can you guys recommend anything?

 

[herm0016]

I use metal with the stakes, not the wire staple things. Have about 100 feet of it in the back and is holding up great and staying in place for year 2.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/COL-MET-8-ft-Brown-Steel-Landscape-Edging-814B/100137006?N=5yc1vZbx74

Used an edger/trencher to cut a trench, then staked the edging into it.

 

[highland145]

I wanted the curved concrete edging but the landscaper said it wouldn't go with the house. Whatever.

So pine straw in the beds and around the trees. Use an edger (which just crapped out) and the blower to keep a few inch gap of dirt between the straw and grass. It looks "neat". You do need to stay after it. Some how the straw creeps back into the gap. I edge about every month.

Like this.

 

[cabri]

Plastic edging from Home Depot/Lowes/Ace will work fine. $20-30 per 40 ft length
Mower can cut over it without blade damage, but it keeps the grass from expanding into the protected area

 

[Ban Bot]

We are planning out our lawn and have the same question.

We have red brick patios which look very nice. I was thinking of using red concrete bricks for the ~ 150' of lawn edging we need in the front yard between the grass and flower beds. They are $0.29 each so it would come to about $130.

We tore out the old brown terrace board--it was beat up, broken, not level, etc. It doesn't provide much of a boarder and I am not a fan of the look. And to put it back in will cost $80.

Would prefer to pay $50 more for a more permanent solution.

The question is are those red concrete bricks durable enough? Sitting in the ground/mud/water year round.

 

[paperfist]

I use metal with the stakes, not the wire staple things. Have about 100 feet of it in the back and is holding up great and staying in place for year 2.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/COL-MET-8-ft-Brown-Steel-Landscape-Edging-814B/100137006?N=5yc1vZbx74

Used an edger/trencher to cut a trench, then staked the edging into it.

You sink that below or flush with the grass line?

 

[paperfist]

I wanted the curved concrete edging but the landscaper said it wouldn't go with the house. Whatever.

So pine straw in the beds and around the trees. Use an edger (which just crapped out) and the blower to keep a few inch gap of dirt between the straw and grass. It looks "neat". You do need to stay after it. Some how the straw creeps back into the gap. I edge about every month.

Like this.

I wanted to use that stuff too from Lowes/Home Depot, but it looks like the colors on them fade.

 

[paperfist]

We are planning out our lawn and have the same question.

We have red brick patios which look very nice. I was thinking of using red concrete bricks for the ~ 150' of lawn edging we need in the front yard between the grass and flower beds. They are $0.29 each so it would come to about $130.

We tore out the old brown terrace board--it was beat up, broken, not level, etc. It doesn't provide much of a boarder and I am not a fan of the look. And to put it back in will cost $80.

Would prefer to pay $50 more for a more permanent solution.

The question is are those red concrete bricks durable enough? Sitting in the ground/mud/water year round.

I'd scrape the brick with something to see if the color is all the way through. If it is I couldn't see why it wouldn't be durable. But if you want to make rounded beds it's going to be tough with those.

I put some expensive paves in for the area leading up to my front stairs. They were 3 different colors. They are now starting to fade showing the core color and I'm not too happy.

 

[herm0016]

the bricks will be hard to keep in place without mortar and a few rows below grade and a solid sand and tamped down foundation. i have sandstone in the front that is just set on grade and its all falling over, pushed around and there are weeds growing through it.

the metal i have is the brown color and has faded a touch, but its really not big deal/all looks the same still. I set it between and inch and 2 inches above grade, so i can put a wheel of the mower over the edge and just mow around it and avoid using the string trimmer. It was a bit hard to install in the less level area of my yard, but it makes nice curves and is staying in place much better than the plastic stuff or the thin metal, or the sandstone in the front yard.

 

[highland145]

I wanted to use that stuff too from Lowes/Home Depot, but it looks like the colors on them fade.

Like this.

 

[MongGrel]

I just slap some timbers on the ground, but maybe I'm lazy

Buy some more wood maybe ? But you are in a different temperate zone.

I guess you want to do something different it sounds.

But we got rid of the front yard more or less anyways, I suppose.

The wife is going out to pick some Plumeria's from the front yard for the kitchen as we speak, there a few odd ball plants out there, too

 

[paperfist]

Like this.

Oh that's hot! Not what I was thinking from HD/Lowes.

It's basically a poured concrete 'curb', right?

 

[paperfist]

I just slap some timbers on the ground, but maybe I'm lazy

Buy some more wood maybe ? But you are in a different temperate zone.

I guess you want to do something different it sounds.

But we got rid of the front yard more or less anyways, I suppose.

The wife is going out to pick some Plumeria's from the front yard for the kitchen as we speak, there a few odd ball plants out there, too

Yeah really wanted something fancy. Wood doesn't last around here especially after you beat it up with the weed whacker.

The cut sod/grass line is really growing on me. I see it at commercial buildings all the time.

 

[3chordcharlie]

If you like the look of a 'maintained' edge, do an image search for "aluminum garden edging'.

Many of the images will be of silver colored but it also comes in brown and black.

I've done installations of this that still look great after 5-7 years. I've never taken any of it out.

 

[highland145]

Oh that's hot! Not what I was thinking from HD/Lowes.

It's basically a poured concrete 'curb', right?

Yep.

 

[lupi]

Plastic edging from Home Depot/Lowes/Ace will work fine. $20-30 per 40 ft length
Mower can cut over it without blade damage, but it keeps the grass from expanding into the protected area

I have the soft plastic pvc type stuff that has a circle at the type that acts as the divider and then a ridge blade below to allow to be placed easily into the soil.

After several years of cutting/trimming up to it, has gone without any sign of damage/wear so I'd say it was a good buy.