How To Make a Professional Landscaping Edge 

You've earned a subscribe sir, God bless you. Im a 33 year old millennial who didn't have a father figure around to show me anything. I appreciate your talk at the end especially where I'm at in life right now.

I was looking up videos on garden edging because my husband is fighting pancreatic cancer, so I am going to have finish the garden myself. Cant afford to hire landscaper right now. It looks like God lead me to your sight for a reason. Thank you!

I wasn't expecting goosebumps from watching a professional landscaping edge video. Thank you for your words of wisdom.

Excellent video. I am a 61 woman and have the tools to tackle this. I just finished installing 200 feet of drip line irrigation with probably 50 emitters. Now I need a new project. Thank you for the very informative information.

I installed plastic edging 20yrs ago, and it's still in great shape and works great for me. Running my mower and my weedeater with my barrier is so quick and easy. I'm in North Texas with high heat and plenty of water via my sprinklers grass grows fast. With your method I would be fighting the grass creeping in. And with my weedeater I'd be tossing the mulch chips out. For model homes around here, I noticed they are doing the gardens like you. They look great when a team is visiting the beds weekly. I think I will always desire a plastic or metal or concrete barrier for easier maintenance in this area, but if I ever moved back to NY I might give your method a try! Great video!

Out of a dozen edging videos I wish I watched yours first. So helpful. Thank you. Also a word on stress. I worked in publishing and I would tell my co workers if we didn't have stress we wouldn't get anything done. Deadlines are stress! Thank you and all the best to you and you family.

Came here for edging ideas and left feeling inspired in more ways than landscaping! Thank you! 😊

Loved the Jocko reference. Guy is a legend. Love your energy to push through and embrace the obstacles. I'm about to head out pull a few hundred pavers and define my borders with a live edge. GOOD!

Beautiful. It looked better as soon as you removed that plastic mess. Thanks for the detailed instructions. Everything I needed to know!

As many of us move away from plastics,in our homes and gardens, this is very informative. Thank you for showing the more natural and beautiful way to edge our beds.

Yeah the live edge definitely looks the best. So natural and you never have to worry about material

The edging was good. The inspirational story was great!

Great video and advice to stay in the game even when things get tough. I have noticed that as kids when we are trying to master a new "thing" we generally don't get frustrated because we are having fun in the process....then we grow up and think we should be able to master things the first time we try it. Having fun while you are doing it (other friends, family, music etc.) and perseverance. I also notice that when I get too frustrated, I take a break and come back hours or days later depending on the situation and I in a better frame of mind, but also there is a muscle memory that developed during that time which seems to make it easier the second time around. My parents taught us to always leave things as good or better than we found them and that is something I try to carry throughout life whether with interactions with grass or people. Thanks for the positive vibes!

I am just starting to learn how to plant and do landscape since buying my first house. Was never taught how to do it so I'm learning through youtube. It's hard work! Thanks for the encouragement.

This video was recommended somehow to me, and for some reason I can’t explain I clicked to watched. You just don’t know how much I needed to hear your message on “Good”. Tysm! Instant new subscriber !

And here I thought I needed help with my landscaping! Thank you for your wise words & encouragement! God bless you 😊

I like the pep talk near the end. I am always running into obstacles whenever I do lawn work, like rocks and roots.

Oh man…we so much enjoyed your video. You almost made me cry talking about life. We look forward to many more videos from you. You are really inspiring!!!! Jody & Jerry 👍🪴🥰

Love your pep talk- so many people don’t have words of wisdom to keep GOING!!!!😊

Thank you for what you said about stressors! Currently going through it and I really like the “good” you shared! I needed that.

This video helped me in more than one way, thank you for pushing through & filming it. And for encouraging me to push through as well. I pray God continues to bless you.

My fav part of your video is the life advice at the end. Just what I needed! Thx!

Oh my the talk at end was better than the info in the video. Grow in the stressors don't let the enemy win. I love it. God speaks to me even when I would rather watch gardening on RU-vid. Thank you Jesus

Life’s a garden 🪴 love the message

Thanks for this video. The ending reflection was awesome. Many others would just edit and and not mention what you did and many viewers I’m sure will appreciate it

From a Retired Navy POV, I like the way you think during your ending comments.

Started doing mulching work with zero preparation, just a few indications here and there. The most tedious and excruciating part is laying the fabric on beds with plenty of plants. My back, my knees, and my hands hurt badly after 10 hours working under pressure and really understaffed to complete 10 beds in 2 days with one helper. It turns incredibly frustrating when I find even more obstacles, like old fabric that's difficult to get rid of, when we're not given the right tools (a pitchfork is a game changer to collect mulch in a wheelbarrow), or I find roots and rocks under the bed and putting the pins through the fabric becomes painful! But your words of encouragement helped so much with this job. I'm a hard-working person, but sometimes it's too much. I will remember your words and say, "Good" every time I encounter these challenges. Thank you so much for the video. Using a trash bin with wheels to carry every bag full of old mulch will help make the disposal way less heavy. I'm grateful. 🙏

May God bless your lovely family happy and have peace.

Great video and your landscaping process is well defined. I just caught the last half of your video and man excellent philosophy. Each of those obstacles is called "the change of assumptions."

I’m so elated that I found this video. You are so real and that’s good. Don’t change your attitude you seam to be a good person. Not cocky errand lol!! We are listening and observing!!💕😍😇👋🤩

Great inspirational words along with the lesson👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😎 thank you Sir!

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready... The teacher will Disappear.

I was just trying to see some edging, ended up with a life lesson 😂.

Last year I removed a TON of old, rusty, expensive metal edging. THIS is the next step so thank you for this video!!

Great video! I love the way you made the edging!! Thanks to you, I’m going to get mine in shape…no matter what it takes!

Your message about the use of the word GOOD when there are obstacles in your life was precious. Thank you for that. Every problem is an opportunity to learn & grow into a better self. You’re a wise & generous person to give us gardening & life tips. You rock!!!

Just started my own Christian lawn care and landscaping company. Good to see I’ve got some brothers out there doing great work

I definitely like the way it was, clean and neat separation. Also it is easier to mow and keep up.

This looks great! And though I don’t want to put my gardener out of work, I’d like to take over my garden as my hobby, and I always wondered how he got that edge so nice and clean!

For a moment I though it was vin diesel 😂good video

Thanks for that message before #5! I thought of another one! Saying good, make it a good/positive thought as to why you should do the activity!

I like how your before picture looks exactly like the job I just got paid for yesterday. 😂

You got me at the JOCKO reference. Thank you for the energy and good hard work.

I love the clean cut edge. In my area it’s a very common practice to circle trees and line beds with rock. It looks so unnatural and most times is poorly done. Another big point I’d add is to make the lines mower friendly. My master gardener friend suggests creating lines that mimic dolphins and not camels.

Love the good. Ty for that! ❤

That's a lot of tools for edging! I use a regular shovel and it works great however I do want to try that half-moon looking one and see how it works! Thank you for your video!

This helped me more than you can imagine!

9:58 Didn't expect things to get so deep on a lawn edging video.

President Jocko's philosophies can be applied to all aspects of life. GOOD.

Everyone say “GOOD”. Awesome advice! Awesome work 🤛

As a professional I like the before, as edging with a weed eater leaves no grass clippings in the bedding. Also pretty much stops the grass spreading into the bedding. Also protects to limiting fertilizer being spreading into bedding. I had both, now use brick or stone blocks to replace that plastic edging.

The tools really make a difference good examples I learned some tool names👏🏽💯💪🏽

that looks amazing I will try your idea

This looks amazing. I always thought it was best to have curbing but this looks so good!

I love these edges and it’s the only edge I will ever have! Love your attitude and philosophy. Keep at it and don’t listen to the haters! There are no problems just opportunities!! 😎🙌🕊

Have to say I like the before. Looks more contained. Also doesn't look like a hole in the lawn.

You sort of turned into the David Goggins of gardening near the end!

ur intro is really epic i especially like the part about serving the lord

Man, first time watching your video, not only like your work but also like your speech. Awesome, brilliant, wise, man, I have to follow you.

Great info. Loved the inspirational message, too!

Me gathering all of my garden tools from now on: this bad boi right here 😂

Didn't know I was in Sunday school.

Wow appreciate the experience and honesty. You can't buy that. God Bless you. 💪🏻✨

I wish things were that easy in south texas... we have horrible dirt... super hard and full of clay. I dont know if this method would be the best... but its definitely something i hadnt thought about.

Awesome video thanks, that answers a lot of my questions. I don't really want to spend hundreds on the garden bed I built last month, it's cost over $1000 already between soil, mulch, and plants. I bought a nice half moon edging tool (came with a lifetime warranty, oooh😅) I'll have to look for one of those square shovels. Looks like Walmart has them less than $20

I thaught you were making a mess, because it looked too wide, now I saw the final results, good Job, I will apply this on my work, thank you.

The raised garden edge does look funny lol. What I do is similar to this. I still use the plastic edging but I dig the trench deep enough so that the height of the plastic is flush with the desired grass height or just above soil level. This way it’s not visible unless you’re really up close and looking for it. It also allows me to keep a clean edge especially with the st Augustine.

Thanks soldier, great job, im inspired, now all I need is some motivation😂

This popped up at the right time. We’re redoing an outer edge, in a corner and didn’t know what to with it. Now we do and got to see what it’ll look like. Thanks, this will be good.

This is an excellent video! My dad passed away last November. He had very big flower beds. Now we are trying to clean them up and make them look nice. He had the landscape paper everywhere. The weeds werr growing like crazy. We cleared the beds of the weeds.We just bought an edger tool. I failed to get the flat shovel though. I hope to be able to do this myself but im a bit concerned i will mess it up. I will hahe to watch your video a few times. Any tips for a very large area with weed paper and white rocks? The weeds are out of control and grow right through thr paper and rocks. Thanks again!

Subscribed! I love gardening. It is very satisfying to see the hard work and basically garden art 😊 Great video, excellent job and really great advice. I had to have several surgeries so this is the first year in a few years that I am finally getting to garden again. Your ‘after’ of the edging looks so good! I have never been a fan of edge plastic or whatever unnatural material. I have many different flower beds and most have live edging and we’re working on cleaning them up. A few have natural stones but I debate on only using the stones along our walkway. Great job! Great tips! 😊

Nice vid. Thank you. And I would add, plant positive seeds, always put out good vibes and keep an attitude of gratitude. I try to do this everyday, though I don’t always succeed. I just try harder. If you fall down, get up! Good! ❤

I have done this exact way and it is so hard to mow the edge, and trying to trim. I found the plastic edging to work best for mowing and keeping the mulch inside the bed

Amen brother to welcoming obstacles & not letting enemy win. Thanks for breaking down this process bc I did think it would b more tricky than it is. Also appreciate that u r a little bit of goof to keep it interesting, thanks

Loved your words about stressors and growth. So true. Keep up the great work!

Definetly the best way too do it! Those plastic edges looks like a dollar store landscape job! All the people saying ohh but the maintenence.. ya it's a garden bed there never maintenence free but takes afew mins too clean up! Awesome work man

Deep, but good. We need to hear that once in awhile. 👍

Area beautification specialist right there boys

Great video thanks for the help. Please keep up the good work

I did the edging myself and I'm 😮 no gardener...lol😂 our flowerbed looks awesome. Thank you sir for this wonderful tutorial ❤

Great tips, man. Nice work as well. 😀😀

I LIKE that bridge in our Intro!!!!😎

Beautiful... well done thank you.

Nice edging

Very helpful, thank you brother! You did well! Thank you for the encouragement as well 🙏

Jocko Wilink “good” speech is life changing

Great video, i appreciate you sharing this, I hope you’re having a great month.

I want to see someone do this so easily in the hard dry summer clay in Texas.

I do the professional beds, but then I use the plastic borders down inside the crease. It looks exactly the same as a professional does it, but it needs less upkeep. It stays that way. Looks totally fine. You almost can’t see the border.

It looks good but depends where you live and type of grass. Bluegrass needs a solid edge to kerp it in even then it can get where you do not want it. The only thing to keep bluegrass out of rocks & mulch is landscape blocks. My daughter is in Missouri with fescue & they do not use any type of edging as fescue does not leach like bluegrass. You have to use that edging tool to make the grass straight every now & then.

Thank you very much for the show & instruction, the 2nd one is much better for the natural looking than the plastic one !

This is exactly what I want my edging to look like. I still wonder how to keep Bermuda grass from growing into the bed?

This really helped me learn how to do it properly.

One of the best edging videos I’ve seen! Great job brother! I appreciate all the details you go into. Project looks great!

Glad I watched this. I have a half moon edger and was using it wrong. Thanks for the tip and I agree your way looks so much better.

Great video! How do you prevent trench by flooding during heavy rain? Water pools and the mulch spills over to the grass.

Great improvement! From a design perspective I’d increase the size of this bed to incorporate the mechanics, adding plants to screen it.

Great video… the message in the middle was the best part. ❤

If jocko never joined the seals and instead was a landscaper

Looks GOOD