Installing some form of edging is very important to ensure that your yard’s lawn does not expand beyond the set boundaries of your yard. For any gardener that is nothing worse than having to maintain an area where grass and other plants have run amok and are firmly intermixed with each other. Such arrangements can make the yard as whole look unkempt and is generally frowned upon by many homeowners associations that have strict guideline regarding how a yard should be maintained. There are several options that can be chosen depending on your spending budget and personal taste.
In quite a few suburban homes, thing sheets of plastic or metal are usually partially buried in the ground in order act as dividers and prevent the lawn from expanding further. This style of landscape edging is called strip edging. Plastic is cheaper than metal, and is flexible enough to bend and give when the soil expands or heaves in cold climates due to frost in the winter. Metals such as a thin and lightweight aluminum are generally more expensive than plastic but is less likely to deteriorate after long periods of exposure to the elements and overall have a longer lifespan. Regardless of the material type, strip edging is relatively easy to install as it involves digging a shallow trench around the perimeter of the area, laying down the metal or plastic strips, and then burying it.
Another effective landscaping edging method that has a very similar installation process as strip edging is spade-cut edging. Arguably the cheapest bare bones lawn edging solution spade cut edging is simply a very shallow and narrow trench around your lawn or flower bed to prevent them from expanding beyond. Spade-cut edging does require a little maintenance re-cutting a few times a year to keep the lines looking fresh and sharp.
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