Got a guy here now reseeding my back lawn and just chatted with him. He just mentioned bricks possibly won't be a good idea on the front because of soil the other side and weeds getting between the blocks and recommended the everedge
Hmmm going round in circles on what I what. If I go for something like everedge or better, what's the general thoughts if people prefer flush with lawn or raised edge?
Also need to check if my roses will be happy with gravel instead of bark.
If any metal, or narrow, edging is flush with the lawn, you then have the difficulty of getting the mower right to the edge of the grass . If you have the lawn slightly higher, you have the problem of keeping the mower level to avoid scalping the edges, because the edging hasn't enough width to accommodate the wheels. Less of a problem with a hover mower. It comes down to choice.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Makes sense but then as I want to put gravel on the other side, not sure if it's a good idea to run the mower over the edge and pick up the gravel.
That's the problem I have now with scalping, some of the plastic I have is lower than the lawn but running the mower over it doesn't seem to work well. Some are higher so I get as close as I can and then strim which is why I was thinking slightly higher, almost like my neighbour has done. Just personal preference obviously
As others have pointed out, whatever you use you will still end up strimming or hand trimming to keep it neat. I laid my core-edge (same as everedge) at soil level for curved beds, as recommended, but my rough grass grows under and over it and the mower wheels get caught on it. I find myself on my knees a lot trying to keep it in order. It’s much easier to strim against the raised bed edging I have elsewhere. Of course you could just get rid of the lawn 😆
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As others have pointed out, whatever you use you will still end up strimming or hand trimming to keep it neat. I laid my core-edge (same as everedge) at soil level for curved beds, as recommended, but my rough grass grows under and over it and the mower wheels get caught on it. I find myself on my knees a lot trying to keep it in order. It’s much easier to strim against the raised bed edging I have elsewhere. Of course you could just get rid of the lawn 😆
Yep I think raised is probably better. Gotta watch the knees in my old age
@Dave Humby Did try to find the name of the petunia but no luck. One other thought Libertia Peregrinans. I grow it in a warm south west facing garden it is very slow but has now survived at least five winters. Perhaps you could take along a sample of your cor-ten to the GC like a paint chart !
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Also need to check if my roses will be happy with gravel instead of bark.
If you have the lawn slightly higher, you have the problem of keeping the mower level to avoid scalping the edges, because the edging hasn't enough width to accommodate the wheels. Less of a problem with a hover mower.
It comes down to choice.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's the problem I have now with scalping, some of the plastic I have is lower than the lawn but running the mower over it doesn't seem to work well. Some are higher so I get as close as I can and then strim which is why I was thinking slightly higher, almost like my neighbour has done. Just personal preference obviously