How I'm fixing the annoying raised edges around my lawn
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- So glad to get this done prior to my lawn renovation!
This video will give you all the info you need to get this done and ensure the lawn grows back. If you've got any other questions post them in the comments!!
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Same issue here in Canada. Once you start lowering the lawn to match the sidewalk or driveway elevation, you may have to continue far back, to achieve a uniform slope for the lawn. I've learned that the hard way. All the best to you!
Yup, he's just moved the edge back 18". Agree he needs to extend the slope further.
Yeah that's it mate never going to get it perfect but it'll be better than it was. To do the best possible job I'd scrape back to the other side of the lawn area but that's not too realistic haha
@@lawnsingoodnick4834 I have a few areas that my mower scrapes too. You video helped me think about the fix-it ain’t gonna be easy. May need to just cut those areas with my string trimmer.
Good luck!
Duuuude, you should have seen my back entry where my neighbour's trees have raised the ground level about 200mm. It took me a week with crowbar and axe to remove a trailer load of roots before I could get it level to use my gates again. Now reseeded and finally growing grass, with paver steps and new posts and timbers on the gates, now I have to drive slowly every time I pass. ( While mentioning to my family , "Geeees that is a good looking gateway". Insert wifely groan of encouragement.) Worth every drop of sweat, of which there were a few, but , you know, too few to mention.
Hahaha super rewarding project mate I love it!!
Same issue here in California. Excited to watch your solution.
Thanks mate!
It's gonna look amazing!! I'm excited to watch this transformation!! Thanks for doing what you're doing and sharing!!
Thanks for the nice comment!!
Same problem here in Traralgon! Thanks for the tips mate, will give your solution a go 👌
Good luck with it!
make rectangular cuts from the edge. slide underneath from the edge of the grass to where you want and roll the grass, remove soil and put the grass back in its place.
Yes that can definitely be done
That's what I do, spade only, turf doesn't need to be removed, surprisingly easy, quick final result.
If it's a large volume of soil, maybe not.
I would have cut the turf off the top, inspected the soil underneath and then removed the excess soil making sure that it was not just rock or clay underneath then relay the turf. My opinion as a landscaper
Soooo many ways to do this yeah
Same problem here in Bendigo- I’ll give your solution a go- thanks
All the best!
Looking forward to seeing the final result
It's progressing nicely!
I have a hump near my gutter which makes it a pain to mow with the cylinder mower. I am planning on hiring a corer and borrowing a wacka packa and go over several time removing cores and levelling out with the wacka and finally coring and filling them with sand to hopefully reduce the hump. Fingers crossed it’s successful.
You need a sod cutter, it's super easy to go through and cut high spots right off. Shovel it up and move it elsewhere.
Sounds like your method will work! May be easier to dig out a slab then remove soil below but I assume you'll be coring your whole lawn anyway so need that machine
I have the same problem mate, build went up next door and the wind sent half the sand from the Saraha desert and raised the lawn.
That bloody Sahara!
I had perfectly smooth transitions between sidewalk edge and the dirt and over the course of 5 years worm castings have built up again creating a transition. This is what causes it. It's not b/c I graded it wrong.
Makes sense mate!
Didn’t realise that’s how turf farms worked, my tiftuf arrived near end of winter with a ton of thatch in it.
Feel free to give it a reno this season!
This is a problem when people attempt to improve the soil of an existing lawn. By adding new soil and sand, it increases the height and creates this issue. I might have to remove everything, dig 10cm down, add the right soil and lay over that.
Yeah you might have to mate! Mine was like this when we moved in but previous owners didn't take too much care of it
What's a good top soil to use other than washed sand? Cheers lads
Something with compost and no big chunks of anything in it
Buddy, you flip the shovel push it in, then flip it again, shovel normality and you will remove a shovel full of dirt but leave the top two inches of grass. Essentially removing the dirt but leaving the grass.
I don't understand your explanation but no doubt there's plenty of ways to do this champ :)
Doesn't the water run off with the slope created?
There was already a slope
flip your wipper snipper on edge and make a trench say 10ml wide from the paver to lawn would be easier fix then repeat each lawn cut
That could work!
It also could be an ankle waiting to be twisted.
Go 10mm below level, material always builds back up over time
Agree!
My neighbor are in their 90's....like their grandson owns a lawn service and simply mows. Like dude, "WHY would ya?!" Edges are almost 2's" with a tiny walkway from their front door....I so seriously don't wanna see them "DIP" from Grass.....they mind their own, I think I would insult the dude if brought to his attention and piss the birds off as well...any suggestions
Take a shovel and some biscuits around one day maybe? haha
Why? Why would you do that? Beautiful lawn torn up not worth it, change your mowing technique. I have raised edge and never had that problem. You just made more work for yourself
Sorry for making you sad, I hope you're ok
geez you need a hobby mate--- worrying about that minor thing, now youll scalp the grass mowing due to the ridge youve mde
ok