How to Use a Lawn Edger

Learn how to give your lawn a clean edge with a lawn edger from Blain’s Farm & Fleet.

Make your lawn and your garden beds look smooth and picture-perfect by using a lawn edger. Routine lawn edging also helps keep grass roots from invading your sidewalk or driveway.

Whether you’re using a gas-powered edger or a manual one, you can achieve straight, defined edges with your lawn and garden. Just follow these simple steps from Blain’s Farm & Fleet.

Step 1

Before you begin edging, you should mow your yard to get a manicured lawn. It should be at a good, short length.

Step 2

Choose an edger that will work best for you. Both manual edgers and power edgers have their own advantages.

Power edgers work best when you’re working with a straight line or a right angle. If you’re working with curved edged or edges that aren’t clearly defined, it’s best to use a manual edging tool.

However, if you’ll be using your edger on thicker brush like weeds or hedges, a powered one is the better choice. It will be able to cut through harder materials better than a manual one. But if you’re just going to be using it primarily on regular grass, a manual edger will work just fine.

There are also walk-behind edgers, which are great if you have an extra large yard.

Step 3

Before you bring out your edger, make sure you’re wearing protective clothing. It’s a good idea to wear long pants or tall boots to protect your legs.

You should also have on safety glasses to shield your eyes from any flying grass or debris. If you’re using an electric edger, you could also put on a pair of earmuffs or plugs to block out the loud noise.

Step 4

Place your lawn edger’s wheel on the pavement with the blade over the edge into the grass. Keep the edger blade about 1″ to 1-1/2″ deep into the soil to make a clean cut.

Step 5

Refine the edge you’ve made with a garden spade, deepening the cut to about four to six inches.

If you’re cutting a new bed, you also need to cut the turf on the inside of it with a spade.

Step 6

Use a string trimmer or weed whacker to remove any extra grass. This will help ensure that it doesn’t grow in the space left behind.

Step 7

Install lawn edging into the space you’ve created with the lawn edger and spade.

There are different colors and styles to choose from. So you can use lawn edging that will best compliment your landscaping and garden.

At Blain’s Farm & Fleet, we understand that your lawn and garden are you pride and joy. That’s we carry everything you need to fertilize, trim, plant, and more. We want to help you make your lawn and garden the prettiest on the block.

For more tips, visit our Lawn Care Blog.