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How to Edge Beds using Wooden
Logs
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Rustic Edging idea -
Preparing the trench
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Garden landscaping - Garden tools - Old logs - Lawn
edging - Pathway - Metal edging - Plastic edging |
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Preamble |
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Steps For Installing
Horizontal Wooden log Edging |
Do you want to create edges for your flower beds
or garden pathways?
There are several types of garden edging
available on the market, but if you want to give
a rustic look to your landscaping, wooden log
edging installed horizontally will meet your
needs.
This guide presents the installation steps for
wooden log garden borders around flower beds and
to define pathways.
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Edging with logs |
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presents commented photos to help you to identify your edging
needs according to your garden project (step 1 before installing
wooden edging). There are various ways of edging a flowerbed
garden bed or pathway. Here, we present one type: horizontal
wooden log edging. |
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Digging a trench to prepare base for logs |
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Wooden Log Edging
Determining the
overall shape of the flowerbed |
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Digging a trench to
delimit contour
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Whatever type of edging
you choose, you'll need to dig a trench to
define your flowerbed. A round shovel is used to
do the job. Remove turf and soil. I suggest
digging to a depth of at least 8 inches or 20
cm. The goal is to create an edge at a 90-degree
angle.
If you wish, you don't need to add a border. In
fact, with a trench like this, which you
maintain once a year, you can keep the grass
from invading your flowerbed. Go for what's
practical and aesthetically pleasing!
Of course, I strongly don't recommend using the
black plastic edging sold in hardware stores or
garden centers. They tend to move with seasonal
freezing and thawing. Go for a durable solution!
For a country or rustic look, I suggest using
horizontal logs.
Some people use vertically aligned logs. This
type of edging have the disadvantage of allowing weeds to grow
between them, as stringing them side by side
creates multiple gaps between them. |
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Outline of a curved garden bed |
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Determining the
overall shape
The outline of a
flowerbed |
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Digging a trench to
delimit contour
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Once the trench is dug,
it can stay like that or edging with a type of
garden edge.
For this project, wooden logs with a minimum
diameter of 10 inches or will be aligned
to form a wooden flower bed border. |
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Garden bed ready for rustic edging |
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Whit or without Edge?
Log borders a natural
way for edging |
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Digging a trench to
delimit contour
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This photo shows
the look of a flowerbed whose edges are
defined by a simple trench.
Although satisfactory, I decided to install a
wooden border around all my flowerbeds and paths.
Rustic landscaping look come true! |
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