Concrete edging around mulch beds?

[Tactically Fat]

My wife and I have just about had it with the lack of definition/edging on our myriad mulch beds and are thinking about poured concrete edging.

Anyone have this? Pleased with it? Worth the money? Company recommendations in the Indy area?

 

[femurphy77]

It'll probably look good the first year or two but I'd be concerned about frost heave.

 

[hoosierdoc]

The best results i’ve Seen are digging an edge gutter and having deep mulch on top. Looks sharp

 

[Tactically Fat]

It'll probably look good the first year or two but I'd be concerned about frost heave.

Definitely understood. But at least in a few years it'd match my driveway!

The best results i’ve Seen are digging an edge gutter and having deep mulch on top. Looks sharp

'Splain, please?

 

[WebSnyper]

I have it. Have had ours for probably 8 or 9 years so far. Had it resealed once a couple of years ago. No issues.

Had it at the house before as well, with no issues/no movement.

The company I used this time no longer does it, but you might check Border Magic.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

My previous house had it when I moved in and I tore it out. Mine didn't age well so I went with the "natural edge."

 

[Tactically Fat]

It'll probably look good the first year or two but I'd be concerned about frost heave.

My previous house had it when I moved in and I tore it out. Mine didn't age well so I went with the "natural edge."

We have natural edges now... Zero definition. Sucks.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

We have natural edges now... Zero definition. Sucks.

Not mine but similar.

I used a shovel like this that I bought at Home Depot for around $30.

The trick I found after the first rain is to have a nice deep edge or the mulch ends up out of the bed. Yeah, I was the tard with a broom sweeping my mulch back into the beds.

 

[WebSnyper]

Here's the site for border magic

Border Magic

 

[Tactically Fat]

It'd probably take me an entire summer to do our yard manually. We have many many man linear feet of edging.

 

[femurphy77]

It'd probably take me an entire summer to do our yard manually. We have many many man linear feet of edging.

Well you could put off that Caribbean vacation and that trip to the redneck Riviera. . . . . .

 

[Tactically Fat]

Well you could put off that Caribbean vacation and that trip to the redneck Riviera. . . . . .

I've looked at a few different Florida vacations. With airfare, nice hotel, rental car, + meal costs - it'll cost about the same as a trip to Punta Cana. HOWEVER - I didn't look in the Destin area very hard at all.

 

[SMiller]

Not mine but similar.

I used a shovel like this that I bought at Home Depot for around $30.

The trick I found after the first rain is to have a nice deep edge or the mulch ends up out of the bed. Yeah, I was the tard with a broom sweeping my mulch back into the beds.

I did commercial lawn/landscape for 18 years, THIS is the way to go, we use a edging machine but the same results can be done with a flat shovel and a skilled hand, matter of fact no one even uses the edging machines now as they have their labor dig the edge by hand, touch it up each spring when you remulch, free free free...


Concrete edging companies come and go, the freeze each winter kills them and they loose money and warranty work, it would work with a quality install in a more stable climate but not Indiana.

 

[aclark]

I’ve rented a bed edger numerous times to do different beds at different houses. Always looks the best and easy to upkeep with a string trimmer turned upside down. Can’t stand the look of river rock, bricks, or concrete, unless it’s a raised block bed.

 

[Mounty09]

We are looking into it at work. Came out to be $12 a Foot. Dont know who quoted it.

 

[PGRChaplain]

+1 for the Bed edger, Best Look!

 

[gmcttr]

I installed a plastic roll edging 25 years ago and it looks like it will still be doing it's job another 25 years from now. The top edge is close to flush with the lawn so the mower deck can overlap it (no trimming).

It is has a similar profile to this but came in 20' rolls....https://www.menards.com/main/buildi...52-c-5783.htm?tid=-8811298829120376466&ipos=2