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    Best edging tools

    Hi, I need to edge my beds. Have used a piece of string and an edging tool. Thing is it still looks as straight as a donkeys hind leg.
    Is there a tool out there to make it easier? If I keep going like this I will have no path left.
    Thanks
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    Flower borders, or veg beds? Does it really matter? You could fasten a plank along the area, on its edge, back-fill the gaps with soil, tap it down, then rake and seed it. There are a number of things you could put in place to do the job, but a big old plank is probably simplest.
    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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    • #3
      I'm with G4 on the plank. String bends, planks don't.

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      • #4
        I use string and a plank

        String gives me a straight line that is right across the garden ... I then put the plank against the string, stand on it (so it won't move - I'm carry a fair bit of weight you see ) and then use my half-moon spade to cut a new edge along the edge of the plank.
        K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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        • #5
          Of course use a wooden plank. How simple
          Funny thing was I picked up a plank and moved it to start the edging.
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          • #6
            Well, I sometimes feel like a plank. Not that I'm easily bored you understand. I use a standard garden line along with a board and a couple of garden forks and my trusty old edging iron. I lay the plank along the line, stick the forks into the ground at each end to prevent movement and then edge the lawn, moving the board and repeating as often as necessary. On curved sections, I generally rely on my eye but have been known to lay out a garden hose to get the profile before starting. Gardening for a living makes it easy. Practice makes perfect, well, most of the time at least
            Last edited by Aberdeenplotter; 20-03-2014, 08:14 AM. Reason: added an n to the to make then

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            • #7
              Mine have turned out fine just by using a technique i use at work for other things...make sure your string is nice and tight and after each cut you make when your tool is coming up...turn your took slightly to catch the string and lift it a few inches with the tool and then let the string ping down again. this will let the string find its original position instead of getting misplaced by it catching on grass of stones or whatever. works for me?!.

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