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Any suggestions on what I can use to place against a newly edged lawn to maintain the edge

Wilson73Wilson73 Posts: 136
edited July 2020 in Problem solving
I have just cleared a flower bed that runs along my lawn it's 11'.I'm wating until the lawn gets wet before I edge my lawn with a half moon,has anyone got any advice on what I could use to put against that new edge,as I have quite crumbly soil and I know the edge will dissolve,I know you can get metal edging etc but I'm looking for the cheapest alternative,as I have a very small budget as I'm a full time carer

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  • Joy*Joy* Posts: 571
    You can get rolls of plastic edging but when I tried this on a loose edge on a newish lawn it was useless and in addition made mowing difficult as if it poked above the grass the mower hit it. Perhaps your best bet is to wait and then cut the edge into the grass where it is solid and matted together. If you don't mind making the border a bit wider and the grass a bit less, you could do it now. 
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    I suppose plastic... is your lawn rectangular? Maybe pieces of timber?  How many metres/feet in total? How nice does it need to look?!
    There are some ideas, some of them profoundly silly :)

    https://homesthetics.net/17-simple-cheap-garden-edging-ideas-garden/
  • Wilson73Wilson73 Posts: 136
    Joy* said:
    You can get rolls of plastic edging but when I tried this on a loose edge on a newish lawn it was useless and in addition made mowing difficult as if it poked above the grass the mower hit it. Perhaps your best bet is to wait and then cut the edge into the grass where it is solid and matted together. If you don't mind making the border a bit wider and the grass a bit less, you could do it now. 

    Hi I have measured it up last night,and I will be losing about 5" of the grass so that will help,although it is quite sandy soil so I'm worried that even then it may crumble when it dries.
    I can't wait to do it,I removed 2 ugly huge woody shrubs that had been there for decades and my drive is covered in debris,when I get that straight edge done and get my plants and some barks chips on the bed it will look great,its just pulling the job together.It had been an eyesore for years.
  • Wilson73Wilson73 Posts: 136
    edited July 2020
    REMF33 said:
    I suppose plastic... is your lawn rectangular? Maybe pieces of timber?  How many metres/feet in total? How nice does it need to look?!
    There are some ideas, some of them profoundly silly :)

    https://homesthetics.net/17-simple-cheap-garden-edging-ideas-garden/
    https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Treated-Sawn-Timber---19mm-x-100mm-x-2-4m/p/9000036473
    Hi I might get a couple of these,they wont be sitting above the grass just flush with the height of grass,I just hope they stay in place with earth raked against them to hold them in place against the grass edge
    In time they will rot,but I just want that bed to look tidy for the moment when I present it fully planted
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    I use planks of feather edge boards. We have a saw mill near us where we can buy as many or few as you want. It also has a 'free bin' where you can help yourself. There are often off cuts in there that I cut up for pot feet or to use as 'posts' for the feather edge as my garden slopes.
    West Yorkshire
  • Wilson73Wilson73 Posts: 136
    Pauline 7 said:
    I use planks of feather edge boards. We have a saw mill near us where we can buy as many or few as you want. It also has a 'free bin' where you can help yourself. There are often off cuts in there that I cut up for pot feet or to use as 'posts' for the feather edge as my garden slopes.

    That's handy to have that nearby,I'm just hoping what I buy sits nice and tidy on the bed and sits nice and hard against the new grass edge
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I have sandy soil that crumbles easily too. I put in lawn edging of block pavers set in sand & cement. Probably more expensive than treated timber, but much easier for my curved/circular lawns.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Wilson73Wilson73 Posts: 136
    edited July 2020
    JennyJ said:
    I have sandy soil that crumbles easily too. I put in lawn edging of block pavers set in sand & cement. Probably more expensive than treated timber, but much easier for my curved/circular lawns.


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