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@@dabhob333 Thank you very much it really is easy and just try it that way I did and after a little bit you will do amazing. Its worth the effort and leaves such a nice edge. Thanks again
This is excellent. Been edging beds since I was 12 and work for a landscaping company. I've never seen this great side step technique. I just started edging my beds this weekend and from now on, this is how I am going to do it from now on. Thank you for the great info and video.
Tip: use the strips of sod to fill in bare areas. We edged our yard and the neighbors and had enough to fill in where swing set had been removed. Free!
Yes......I keep the cut off edges and use the “best bits” to fill in any bare spaces in my lawn, loosening the soil and making a deep enough indentation for the “strip” to fit in nicely. Sort of like a hair transplant technique....using grass - lol. It soon grows in beautifully.
@@charles-y2z6c honestly, with the right soil thats wet enough, a figure skate probably could get you a really quick and clean edge. now, if youre edging a dry tree bed, filled with roots....
Thanks for this video but I am curious. Once you have completed this, what happens the next season? Does that edge stay that way or are you constantly having to chop away at the grass and creating new edges each year?
You can edge once a year, even twice if you are anal about having the most crisp landscape in the neighborhood. The debri over the year, with the grass growth, and the land moving around adjusting with the elements, it's best to do it once a year before mulching, so sometime around spring. Typically early to mid spring.
The edge isn't permanent. It requires regular maintenance with a trimmer. Failure to do so will mean digging out the edge again. I normally re-edge in early spring.
I wouldn't call that shovel a spade shovel. That style was called a coal shovel or a straight shovel. A spade it shaped just like the card suite spades, it comes to a point. A tool like you showed with the crescent blade but a little more fancy, I believe called a bed edger or a whales tail works really well for this. It's not always the tool, but knowing what to do with it that makes the biggest difference.
Thanks for another great video! I love your channel. You do a great job of making each project look simple, easy, and low cost. You are great at filming, editing, and your voice narration it’s easy to listen to and follow. Thank you so much! Keep the videos coming!
I like how simple and straight forward this video is. My Grandpa used to explain things this way. Simple steps with practical explanation and can do attitude! Thanks!
My mom and I were recently doing yard work and she was showing me how that's one of the few good memories of her dad. Him showing her how to do an edge with only a shovel.
I always keep the BEST cut off edges and use these “best bits” to fill in any bare spaces in my lawn, loosening the soil and making a deep enough indentation for the “strip” to fit and press in nice and level - then water in well. Sort of like a hair transplant technique....using grass - lol. You can even use just small wedges of the cut offs for small bare areas. It soon grows in beautifully - and is the same grass type, in preference to the hassle of seeding patches - and waiting for them to grow. The grass seed may be a different type - and may show up as such when it grows, giving an un-uniform look.
I want to do that. We had new gas lines put down and they found large tree stumps so we have a ton of gaps in our yard. Do I just lay it down on the soil?
I tried this technique after I drank about 6 beers and I ended up with a line that looked like a " slippery when wet" sign. Ended up paying a landscape company $450.00 to fix my fuck up.
It seems like that would happen and I do it yearly. But really the edge kind of pushes into the bed so it really never ends up expanding. So in 10 years your bed won't be 2 feet further out.
Nice video. I like your technique. As for the half moon edger, it's a great tool that's been around forever, you just have to understand how to use it. You can cut fresh edges with it but that's not its main purpose. A spade is better for that. Before the days of string trimmers every landscaper used them to clean up the edges of beds by shaving back the grass and the dirt a little bit. The original edge re-definer but much neater. With a sharp edge you lean the edger back at a slight angle and use a fast back and forth motion like you would to chop ice from a sidewalk. It takes practice and a steady hand but produces beautiful results.
Stepping sideways on the shovel was the very best tip in this video! I edged around 3 trees in my yard and using this tip definitely saved me some time and effort! Thank you!
I gotta say, I still prefer the half moon for this type of edging. Particularly when adding mulch and creating channels and creating height for the soil, and consistent angle as I see you doing on 3:42. With the half moon, this can be achieved all in one shot, and you can create a deeper edge if you were to add a thick layer of mulch and organic material. To me, it doesn't look like your edge will be deep enough, if you were to add a thick layer of mulch as it is likely to spill over on the grass, where stolons will grow over. I've done it using a spade, but find the half moon does a much superior job in the end.
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB Video. Thank you SO much. I used your method all around my lawn. The job was finished in LESS than HALF the usual time. I thank you......so does my back, as it’s not aching for days after!!
I had been using the half moon and what a labor intensive job. Glad I stumbled onto ur video. Ur Technic on using the back edge entering the grass with stepping onto the shovel makes use less energy! Great video Silver!
Fantastic video, thank you. I'm ready to go once the Fiskar arrives and we get some rain. Question: approximately how deep do you edge? From the video, I'm eyeballing about 2-3 inches? Thanks again!
A very common & hard to treat injury is Plantar Fasciaitis from Gardeners using a shovel. Wear good footwear & DONT jump on a shovel. Can take many months to treat PF injuries to feet:
@@SilverCymbal People usually do this because the do not have sharpened tools or know the proper time to edge(like you mentioned, damp ground). There are also many people who do not have luxuriant 2 inch sod and instead have sod bound property, you will need a serious quality sharpened shovel for 6-8 inches of sod out in hay field country. Especially with some of the more aggressive grass roots, so do not always chuff at people 2 footing a shovel, it is sometimes necessary. Most of our property has 6-10 inch deep mats of sod. It is a whole other deal to break new ground by hand, even with tractors, even with sharp tools on a damp day.
If you're doing a long edge line or really trying to create a new edge the half moon will be more of a detriment. A good sharp full steel spade is all you need especially if the ground is a bit hard.
Some great tips here. Thanks for the video. But if I may, I noticed that your edge was a little crooked in one or two places. I suggest that you use string between two small stakes for straight sections or a garden hose for curved sections to mark out where you want to cut your edge.
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Thank you for this video. I am a senior who is trying to redo front yard. Having the ground wet is the way I have always work the dirt, BUT using the corner of the spade will be of great help. So easy, not sure why I didn't think of it, LOL!
I had lent my square edged shovel to a friend. I used this technique with a hoe. I also used it this technique to take out a 5x5 piece of lawn. Brilliant.
oh god, I would kill to have soil like that. Here in the Colorado Rockies (8,500'), our soil is full of decomposed granite and rocks (thus the name The Rockies!) . I am impressed with your one foot shuffle shovel technique.
I know! We have 6-10 inch deep sod bound soil on top a scuff of soil and then natural gravel. Sometimes even under ideal damp conditions with a sharp shovel, two feet are necessary to start. Post hole digging, a serious ordeal by hand or by pto auger
Great concept. Been landscaping for 15 years and haven't seen it done quite like that yet. Next edge cut will be done this way. Workin smarter not harder brotha Thanks!!
I just planted my first flower bed this past weekend. I've been watching this guy's videos for 2 weeks. My flower garden looks absolutely fantastic. My next task is my grass. I will follow this guy's videos on treating my grass as well.
Nice method. After you do this Preen the hell out of those beds. Especially the areas you ran the rake through. Anytime you disturb the soil you expose thousands of weed seeds.
Jim White I was thinking the same thing. I battle Bermuda grass most of the year here in Arizona. The Bermuda roots go too far down for this to be effective. During pool excavations they can find viable Bermuda grass roots as far down as eight feet from ground level.
@@newheaven5146 Florida is mostly sand. The northern grasses like rye or bluegrass just can't stand the heat down here. I'm from Virginia and I know how soft his grass is.
As a landscaper of many years, I've been telling people this since day one. These little shovels are the best to use. You can also fine tune that look with a weedeater but it isn't necessary most times. It's the little simple things that can make a yard stand out. Once you plant more and mulch, this bed will be completely different.
Exactly. This is how I do it. shovel me edge around the bed and instead of going back around with the shovel a quick hit with the trimmer to really make it even and pop & I'm done, until mulch or stone.
This is what i use a flat or rounded shovel. I have 12 beds to edge out. It is labor intensive but works best. Circle beds i use the rounded one. He is right best after a rain.
I love this video. It is simple, and yet using the tilt of the spade and the one foot walk is gonna be great! Now is the time for this, I am working hard at improving my flower beds, and have access to some nice clean mulch from the city that is a finer mulch than they used to have. It will be a great way to dress my beds. Oh, I love my grizzly spade. It is a bit heavier than typical spades at garden centers, but the weight helps me to not have to work as hard! Tilting it is gonna make the job a breeze! GREAT VIDEO The nice edge with the little set back will let me use my mower and not have to do as much trimming!
Stumbled on this technique by accident while trenching for irrigation. You can roll the half-moon from one side to the other, but this flat shovel looks like it would work better at cutting through turf.
The square shovel can act as a protean tool: To edge, as in this video; also as a vertical or horizontal chopper. This will get rid of even bigger weeds, in addition to moving the soil better in all climates and toughness. I believe that a stirrup hoe is good for finessing but not for the big stuff.
Exactly. I've been doing this on an area about 20 feet long for 4+ hours so far. Have another 30 feet to go. Filled with rocks, bricks, roots, plastic, etc. I saw this video and thought it would be easy. Builders just bury all their trash.
Wooden railroad ties set half deep into the ground, did I get that right? They will rot in short order unless you're in the Sahara. And they continually release a strong carcinogen, creosote.
So smart to use the corner of the shovel to dig in. I’m going to try this. My muscle weakness means I can’t use a shovel like I used to but I think I could do this.
What isn't mentioned is why the spade goes in so easily. The reason it cuts so effortlessly is that tilting the spade yields more initial PSI than holding the spade level.
You would think that but remember as you mow on the edge it presses back into the bed. So your bed wont end up being 2 feet wider each year. You can see my beds today a year plus later with new tips: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--v8eZhee4Yc.html
Thanks for the video it is helpful. My only feedback is that when you came back the second time to cut the grass, you should have tossed the grass pieces onto the grass, thus avoiding potential grass growing in the bed soil. You make extra work for yourself by doing it this way. It was also directly in front of you to throw the grass forward, instead of doing the final cut and then scooping it and turning backwards to toss it onto the bed. Great video, I will use this method in the spring. Cheers.
I have heard that can be very difficult. For that you might want to watch my best shovel video, that shovel will go through anything. The fiskars is incredible but the other is like a hatchet.
Great video!! I do the exact same thing with the same kind of shovel. It's so easy and quick. If you're expecting to have an exact straight line, then I will use two cement nails placed at each beginning and end of the run, and tie a string low to the ground, and cut right along that string. If I want exact curves (don't use a garden hose), I will use a can of marking paint and determine the exact curves I want to see, then cut out right on the line. And it looks so fluid, and picture perfect.
Thanks for posting. This reminds me of a few videos I watched years ago, an old english guy. I have never used edging and my beds are always decent because you dig a nice deep edge, allowing the air to dry out any migratory roots when they hit that cliff.
