Edge Beds Like a Pro Using Only a Shovel - BEST Technique for GREAT results
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- Fastest and easiest method to learn how to edge your lawn and garden beds using a shovel. Easy to do using this simple to follow video. Flower and garden beds can look fantastic without power edging tools.
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You make it look easy as heck. Really like how you go into the ground with a point. Ordered my fiskars.
@@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
Can I use an electric edger in this situation
you are literally the only video that mentions the BEST time to edge is after a rain day. This is soooo important. Makes the job so much easier.
Practically the best time to do any lawn work other than mowing.
My dirty mind is showing in this vid 😅
I am a widow and now having to do this type of stuff myself so I really appreciate these helpful videos.
So glad it was helpful thank you and best wishes to you.
Sorry for your loss.
I’m a widow now too so I’m with you. This is a great video
I am too. My husband took care of our outside & I just have no idea what I'm doing. Glad I'm not alone 💕
So....you dating yet?
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.
This is so simple and thank you!! I was over analyzing the process but this video made it short, sweet, and simple.
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.
Straight to the point without a lot of unnecessary talking. Great tutorial and I will be giving it a try in my garden, thank you.
Exactly my thoughts! Short and to the point!
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!
That's beautiful. I don't have any bed edges like that but now I want some.
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!
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!
So glad it helped. Everything I share are things I use myself and like a nice yard with the least effort possible. This is a good one.
This technique worked for me and my lawn. Appreciate the video. No fluff, just the facts. Thank you so much
I have been doing it that way with that kind of shovel for over 20 years. It works great!
Dave - After you do this type of edge how long does it last?
Do you have to do this every year?
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 just bought this one. Using to change my sprinkler heads and to clean up my flower beds edge
It's one of the best deals for lawn tools, all welds too. Thanks as always!
Getting ready to do my mother’s beds as her MD gift!! My mulch was just delivered (conveniently) yesterday so I am getting started now!!
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.
Thank you! Extremely motivating tips, I'm looking forward to doing this. 👍
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Excellent presentation n easy to understand. Thank you n good gardening to you 🐞🐝
This was exactly what I was looking for & covered off everything I wanted to know - thank you for making this video!
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!
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'm glad I watched this,I'll be doing my Mother in laws flowerbed soon and I would have done it the hard way...Thanks for showing me the easier way 👍
Glad it helped
What a great technique. I love the look of those edges without having to put in edging, which I think is an outdated look now.
I really enjoy your videos. Not only are they informative, but very relaxing, and enjoyable to watch!
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?
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!!
So glad it helped I really appreciate the nice feedback, thank you
Thank you so much. I learned a lot and can't wait to edge my beds! It poured rain two days ago...
I have recommended your video in several Facebook gardening groups and to friends in-person. It's the best.
Thanks, that technique will come in handy!
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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.
Very kind of you to say, so glad they have been helpful
Hi! I'm new to silver cymbal and am learning so much from your videos, so thank you so much for that! I 67 years old and do own yard work on half an acre. The sprayer would be a great help on applying weed control and fertilizer. And a real time saver too.
Thank you so much for the nice comment and watching my videos. Glad to have you on the channel
I love it! No gimmicks and sales. Free tips that work. Give this man his own tv show.
Very kind of you, I have my phone ready in case someone calls :)
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!
Great info.
Thanks.
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.
You have a terrific way of teaching how to edge. Thanks so much for a super lesson!
Thank you for the nice comment I appreciate that.
Great video!! I've been wanting to do this for a while
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing this technique
My pleasure, glad you liked and thank you for watching.
Looks really neat
Excellent video. I have a few beds I need to edge and this video really helped. Thank you 😊
I am so glad I happened upon this video! I have a bed that needs this desperately! My edging tool can only do so much. Thanks for the tip!
Glad it was helpful!
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.
Thank you! This makes edging look so much easier. I'm anxious to work in my garden and tidy it up.
After doing my yard this year I really ended up back loving he shovel. You can go as slow or as fast you want when you adge and it gives a great edge without spending much money. Just get one of these fiskars shovels if you don't already have a good one. A sharp edge really helps.
Amazing video. Thank you so much for showing us how to properly edge.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm so Thankful I found this video. I was edging a hard way. I bought me a fiskar edging spade can't wait to use it. I always wondered how people's yards have a crisp clean look. Now I know. I'm going to pull up all my flowers next month just to start this edging technique. And plant All perninnals. Thanks very much
Thumbs up. Beauty to my gardens is key. I stumbled into this. Thankyou.
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!
So glad it helped. I was out there today doing my beds, of course this same way. Thanks for the nice comment.
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.
What a great video. Started my edging job with a typical edger.....ugh.....came in and listened to your advice. Headed back out to try the shovel!
Thanx so much for your well presented, clear and easy to understand edging tutorial! Luv it! 😉👍🌹
Thank you very much. Best wishes to you.
The half moon shovel is good for the finishing touches. It makes it look smoother and it looks evened out perfectly with no shovel marks.
Im a gardener at a horticultural College and this is and awful technique with a dreadful finish.
@@danno633 what would you do differently ?
You are a clown
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.
Great video and technique! A good alternative to using "store-bought" edging materials or vinyl, etc. No need to worry about getting a laser-straight or perfectly curved edge.
this guy makes his own shovels.
Thank you so much for all the tips,I will definitely try this method,looks easy and fun
Thank you for this video. It will be really helpful, just waiting on the rain. : )
You did a great job man. Very useful tips there.
Thank you for the kind moment and for watching. Best wishes to you.
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!!
Thank you
Nice technique, I have the same style shovel and it works great. When it gets a little dull I hit it with a grinder to sharpen the edge.
Great tips really useful. Thanks
Great video, sugestion, should of used a line to make a nice straight edge. Thanks!
Excellent post ! You made it look easy.. I'm gonna go edge my border now. Thanks !🙌🏼
Thank you for the great demonstration and excellent tool recommendations!
Thank you very much
Hey great video. thanks for getting to the point quick and not waffling .. very helpful.
Thank you I really appreciate that
This was magic 🪄! As a single gal, your videos are so helpful.
This was an excellent video and very timely has I need to edge my lawn but have been afraid of cutting into my irrigation system. I am a single older woman who can't pay someone to do everything for me. So this walking shovel method will be very, very helpful. Thank you so much.
You’re right this method is best! I don’t have that shovel. I used a metal spatula to make my cut. I just hit it down with a Mallet. lol hey I used what I had. But now I’m going to purchase that shovel. No more MacGyver yard work! 🤣
Wow. Great clear voice, video footage, and tips! Nice job!
Such a nice comment, I really appreciate it.
Great tips, especially about pushing the spade at an angle and walking it along the edge. Thank you
Good video. I’m going to try your technique on my beds. Thanks
Really a big help for me and a smart way to do your edging.
I have a few Fiskars products (including their half moon edger). Been very happy with all of them. Nice finished product 👍🏼
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.
Looks nice. We use a rounded edger and tilt it to an angle to make the cut. It helps support the mower tire , keeps grass from rolling over into bed , and stops the edge from getting crushed so often
Would you please share a link or pic of the rounded edger you're speaking of? Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this technique.
Work smarter not harder!
Nicely done! Thanks
Love this video so easy and inexpensive,love the way you present everything very organized and no tacky music!
Thanks so much! 😊
Just the information I'm looking for. Thanks
Wow! This is sooo helpful. I used plastic edging in a flower bed and I hate it. This is a really nice way to do it instead. Thanks!
Edgeing a bed like this makes me jealous of northern gardeners. My zone 7 bermuda us chuckling out there, saying yeah good luck with that.
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.
Florida's St. Augustine grass laughs at this technique. Jealous of that northern "soft" grass.
Exactly
@@cathyblasco4497 Yep... it's not as simple as he portrays if you have bad grass and clay based soil. No shovel will work period.
@@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.
Can’t wait to try this. I have asked yard men to do this to my flower beds. They keep telling me that’s not the way to edge the beds. So aggravating!!
If you are paying them they need to understand it IS the right way.
Great video. It’s raining this weekend where I live. Iam definitely going to take advantage and edge as the soil will be easier to maneuver. Tx for the tip. 👍👍
Glad it helped. Good luck with your project. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic shovel technique
The best thing I've learned today.
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All of the various angles really helped, thanks!
Glad it helped!
Lol, I watching this, video 1yr,1day after being posted. Yet another great video! Thanks for all the tips!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you, I’m going to buy one of those shovels and get this job done 😊
Helpful. I am so amateur at landscaping and gardening and this helped a lot.
Glad it was helpful
Great tips...I use the left over chunks of grass to fill in dead spots especially along fence lines.
Thank you, and your tip is a great one too. Thanks
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.
I use the straight edge of a flattened cardboard box, just moving it along as I go.
"Ejj ya' beds." Whay ya frum? Great stuff. This technique is trickier in my part of the country because we have the nastiest, rockiest clay soil. Our topsoil is usually not any thicker than the sod itself, so edging of some kind after cutting is much more practical and long lasting even though it's usually a pain to install. Or just covering the whole lawn in concrete works too to keep a super clean, weed free space. Thanks for the insight!
Thanks for the tips . I've done a lot of flower beds , curbed, brick border , Plastic lining etc. I'm doing my mom's house this week and wanted something cheap that looks good. I know how to do them just came for some pointers and tips. Wish you showed a raised flower bed with this edging. Thanks
The half moon works fantastic followed by a string trimmer weekly to keep it sharp. I do like your technique tho, looks effective
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.
Cool technique. Still prefer the controlled depth of the 1/2 moon edger--also an acquired technique but both work. Thanks for uploading!
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@@spookysog Lol. I get that a lot.
Thank you!! Will try
Your edges look great! Your technique made so much sense!
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.
Hmm a straight edge shovel like he's using I've heard called a spade shovel, who knew?
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.
That all sounds very good and you shared some great tips. Thank you very much
I’m a solo parent and taking care of my elderly moms house. Thank you for your help
Nice job! Well done! I can't wait to implement this technique. Thank you.
You can also Mark your line with marking paint and run through it with a fresh edger blade and then come through with the flat shovel at the angle and cut out the rest of the grass. If you do it with an Edger first it usually comes out in one big slab when you put the shovel in there to pour the remaining grass out
I place a garden hose as a guide when edging established beds as well as creating new ones. It keeps everything on "the straight and narrow."
That's a really good idea. I do that when I create a new bed but I didn't think to use that when edging existing ones. Great tip!
Kate DIY...great idea.
Job coming up...this definitely will help.
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.
downbntout...okay thanks.
I'll pass this information on.
Cheers.
Thank you for this! It's raining here now; I hope to try this later today!
How had your lawn turned out? Did you use this technique?