Edging flower beds with well-defined lines immediately improves the look of a backyard. But its benefits go beyond the aesthetics – edging is practical, too. Whether you're digging a simple ...

Terracotta pots are notorious for cracking or shattering as they age. Instead of throwing them away, use them to decorate and ...

Old vinyl records are a dime a dozen at the thrift stores. Avid gardeners can put them to use in their backyards with this ...

Experts recommend starting with safety gear and a clean surface before choosing tools suited to your lawn’s needs. Marking lines with string, paint, or hoses helps create neat edges, while careful ...

Drawing the lines on flower beds Edging: Many items — shells, tiles, bricks, old bottles, even bones — can mark the borders between flowers, the lawn and other garden components.

Another popular edging is the ‘natural’ border. It’s easy as 1, 2, 3, seriously! First, take a shovel or half-moon edger and push it about 6 inches in the ground. Move the shovel down creating your ...

Gardens need regular maintenance to look their best. We asked garden experts to share their thoughts on the most common ...

While depth of bed is a decision each person must make, bed edging materials are usually some 8-12 inches high and the media used typically comes up to within a couple of inches of the top of the ...

Looking for garden edging ideas? We've got a variety of landscape edging ideas that work in every type of garden from pound-in to formal stone edging styles.

Whether brick, stone or wood, borders and edging can make gardens look good. Hard borders define spaces and keep gravel, dirt and mulch where they're supposed to be.

A physical barrier such as landscape edging may help keep lawn grass from spreading into beds. Combining these methods during the planning and preparing of flower beds can help keep your beds weed ...