Best way to trim my lawn edges.

London_Town

Forgive me if this sounds a bit daft, but I'm still quite new to gardening. I have small lawns at the front, side and rear of the house.

Having mown the lawns, I'm left with the sort of horizontal blades of grass that spill into the bed - if that makes sense! I've been pulling these off by hand but there must be a better way.

I can't justify anything that's powered as the gardens are so small. However, shears seem too clumsy and little pruning clippers seem ineffective for grass. Is there a tool or piece of equipment I can get that will do this this job for me please?

Thanks for any advice.

wallbash

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7305083.htm


I installed a mowing strip . but its a bit of work , I had the pavers .

mysk_girl

I use a half moon edger to do the job. Lovely and neat, I think it cost me about £5?

London_Town

Sorry Wallbash - what's a mowing strip? Do you mean like a brick edging feature?

Thanks mysk-girl - I could get one of these, but don't you run the risk of making the lawn smaller each time you use it? A bit like coastal erosion! Or are you saying it's effective enough to just trim the stray blades of grass rather than taking a little chunk of earth too?

Thanks

DaveSmith73

I always use one of these half-moon tools, such hard work though! My gardens quite large with paths around all of the lawn (previous owners design), not sure how long that is going to last!

tulip12

I use Long handled edging shears and they work really well for this, and leave the edges really nice and neat. I really do not think there is a better tool for the job in my opinion, and if you only have small lawns to edge, it will not take you any time at all. Hth.

DaveSmith73

tulip12 wrote: »

I use Long handled edging shears and they work really well for this, and leave the edges really nice and neat. I really do not think there is a better tool for the job in my opinion, and if you only have small lawns to edge, it will not take you any time at all. Hth.

I've used those in the past they're great

dodiegee

I use ordinary scissors. I find that they're much easier to control than shears. I also use the edging tool about once a year just to define the beds but I have to agree with your coastal erosion theory !

TallGirl

I use these they are very light and I have a small garden so no problem really http://eng-uk.fiskars.com/Products/Lawn-Care/Grass-Shears/113680-Servo-Single-Handed-Shears think I paid about £15 in home base

wallbash

Sorry Wallbash - what's a mowing strip? Do you mean like a brick edging feature?

yes


Scissors / Long handled edging shears all work ....... but as a male . I need a gadget that has a plug......... POWER

Half moon , redefines a lawn edge and is used 'once' a year?? not to cut grass .

London_Town

Thank you to everyone who posted on my thread, there's some really useful stuff for me to consider here.

tulip12 - I suppose on reflection, my problem with the shears is that I feel it would be nicer to find a tool that I can use one handed. I also have a short run of hedge to trim and that has to have the shears on it, but it always makes my hands sore afterwards.

dodiegee - ordinary scissors - why didn't I think of that!! I've got some good John Lewis kitchen scissors with a padded grip that I can try out.

Tallgirl - that's the sort of product I hoped existed, thank you. I have a local homebase so i'll take a look.

Thank you all.