Edging is important when you want your lawn to have a professional, well-groomed appearance. Edging gives your lawn a crisp dividing line between the grass and hardscape features. If you hire a lawn care company to mow your lawn, they'll edge it to create a clear line between the grass and the curb. This keeps the grass from growing over the curb and making your property look sloppy. If you want to edge your lawn yourself, you'll need the proper tools. Here are some tips for lawn edging.

Buy An Edging Tool

There are a variety of edging tools you can buy. You might buy one that's operated manually or that is powered by gas, electricity, or a battery. The edger might use string or a blade to cut into the soil to create a crisp line. Some weed trimmers double as edgers.

Consider how much edging you need to do on your property and the thickness of the weeds and grass you have to deal with. You may find it best to invest in a quality edger that's capable of making deep cuts and clean lines with the least effort when you have a large yard.

Put In Lawn Edging

While you want to use the edger around your driveway and curb, your lawn will be even more attractive if you also edge around other elements in your yard, such as walkways, flower beds, or your foundation border. To do that, you'll need to put in some sort of lawn edging when there is no curb, driveway, or sidewalk present. This can be simple plastic edging you drive in the ground, or you may want to use concrete pavers or rocks.

Edging can be nearly invisible, or it can be a decorative accent for your yard. Lawn edging serves two purposes. It makes it possible to use a trimmer and edger near your flower garden without harming plants growing in the beds, and it helps keep mulch and grass separate so your yard has a tidy appearance.

Flexible plastic edging allows you to create a curved flower garden or foundation border for an interesting display around your house. Some types of plastic edging don't even require digging, so they're easy to install. Even simple edging makes a difference in the appearance of your lawn.

Start by creating borders where you want them in your yard, and then use an edger to make the crisp lines that divide your lawn from the borders, curb, and driveway. Then your yard will have a crisp, modern, and tidy appearance with no grass or weeds growing out of place.

To learn more about lawn edging, contact a landscaper.