lawn edge envey

[bellweather]

I have a long gravel driveway, which I maintain with a rake and it looks ok, but the edge that meets the lawn is kind of ragged. I noticed some of the long gravel driveways in my area have a sharp, well-defined edge that looks very clean. How do they do that? I suppose I could ask the owners, but thought I would tap into the TBN brain trust first. Thanks.

[Soundguy]

I guess they could have dug it in a bit.. or have edged it with a plastic edge barrier.. or edge paver stones?

Soundguy

[keeney]

There is a power tool for doing it.

It has a small, vertical, rotary blade that cuts into the ground a little bit and slices off any grass/weeds that creep out past the line of cut.

Here is one from Sears:


Sears Edger

[Jagmandave]

When I had 250' of gravel driveway to lay in, I called a friend with a Bobcat and had him dig it down 6", thinking that would give me that nice straight edge and keep the gravel where it belongs. I had 6" of driveway mix spread and now, 3 years later, the edges have grass growing in them, water has carried some of the gravel to the sides and so on. I think the only real good way would be to edge it using concrete or pavers or something..........

[Gatorboy]

An edger works great on concrete driveways, sidewalks, etc. On a gravel driveway, I think you would see your fair share of rocks flying as you walked it down the edge -- not to mention the not so smooth surface to run the edger on would not make such a perfect edge.

[Holzster]

Just a thought here how about using a Subsoiler set just barley below ground level to ame a straight edge.
If nothing else you will get more seat ti me!!

[Dargo]

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[Tim_in_IA]

they probably use a rear blade with angle adjustment. You can turn these so the angle is pretty extreme and make a nice edge and ditch at the same time.

[bellweather]

that's interesting....although it might be tricky to watch the edge of the blade and the roadway in front of you at the same time... I often have this problem when using the rake on my curvy driveway. maybe a rearview mirror?

[EddieWalker]

I prefer the natural look grass creates when it grows right up to the part kept clear by the cars driving back and forth. And to make it even better, I like it when grass fills in the middle part also. It looks more peaceful and natural to me.

Eddie