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Tue, May 24, 11 at 9:12
| I laid sod 2 years ago and put wood mulch down for the flower beds and all landscaped areas. I did not put down a border, I left it natural which I have been using a flat shovel to keep the border edged and looking good. Only thing is I have to do this a few times a year and I'm looking for an alternative way to keep this border looking good. I have about 400 ft. of boarder and was thinking of using a gas stick edger but I am not sure if this will work. Any ideas? Stihl makes a nice gas powered stick edger but would this work? |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, May 24, 11 at 10:16
| Most of the mow and blow guys use something very similar - it's fast and easy, if not the ideal solution. I prefer hand edging myself....:-) |
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| I have a Stihl gas powered edger and it does work well but I find it works best when it can roll on a solid base such as my concrete walk and driveway. When I tried using it along the grass/mulch area I had to work a little harder in keeping the blade the same depth along the full run. We hired a gardener last year to do weeds and edging only and they use their weed eater turned on edge. I used to do the same in the grass/mulch areas and once you learn the correct angle and direction to work from, you can get a nice straight cut with it. |
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- Posted by cearbhaill Zone 6b Eastern KY (My Page) on Fri, May 27, 11 at 16:28
| Gas trimmers work, but they do so by beating the grass to death- you are left with raggedy ends on each blade that will never have that nice, crisp, healthy look that hand edged borders will have. |
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