I have the half moon because I inherited it from my grandmother. Lol. I think the half moon is just more popular.

You rock the half moon and go straight down with the straight edge. Probably preference.

 

Straight edge is a edger, i.e. sidewalk, where crawl may cover over a hard surface.

1/2 Moon is a bed definer-re-definer. It cuts a much deeper trench and expels the soil from the cut.

 

I use a flat shovel to cut new edges and string trimmer and stick edger for maintenance. Here's new edges from a flat shovel

 

I use a bed redefiner every 6-8 weeks, and an edger every 1-2 weeks to keep the bed edges clean.

 

I use a bed redefiner every 6-8 weeks, and an edger every 1-2 weeks to keep the bed edges clean.

What redefiner do you have? I oogle them, but can't swing the price...

 

I use a bed redefiner every 6-8 weeks, and an edger every 1-2 weeks to keep the bed edges clean.

What redefiner do you have? I oogle them, but can't swing the price...

I have a Stihl kombi head with their redefiner. They are for sure pricy. The Echo is supposed to be a bit better than the Stihl redefiner, but I already had the power head.

 

I'm tempted to try one of the redefiner blades on my edger.

 

:mrgreen:
https://thelawnforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26968

 

I use a bed redefiner every 6-8 weeks, and an edger every 1-2 weeks to keep the bed edges clean.

What redefiner do you have? I oogle them, but can't swing the price...

Home Depot rents the Echo units.

 

Can't beat an old school Power Trim gas edger.

 

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

 

I use a bed redefiner every 6-8 weeks, and an edger every 1-2 weeks to keep the bed edges clean.

What redefiner do you have? I oogle them, but can't swing the price...

Home Depot rents the Echo units.

Unfortunately, my local one does not. I checked.

 

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

 

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

A reel mower with a full front and rear roller solves that problem.

 

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

A reel mower with a full front and rear roller solves that problem.

That's true too! I have metal edging around most of my beds to avoid that problem altogether

 

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

A reel mower with a full front and rear roller solves that problem.

+2 this ^^

 

If any of you guys have an instagram account there is a landscaper named Paul Camara you need to follow for edging photos and videos. He manages some incredible properties and restores old half moon edgers. Paul_Camara_ is what you'll search.

 

Has anyone used a bed redefiner similar to the one they rent at, say, Home Depot?

 

If any of you guys have an instagram account there is a landscaper named Paul Camara you need to follow for edging photos and videos. He manages some incredible properties and restores old half moon edgers. Paul_Camara_ is what you'll search.

I just followed him, that guy is awesome

 

I knew there wasn't an easy explanation !

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

 

If any of you guys have an instagram account there is a landscaper named Paul Camara you need to follow for edging photos and videos. He manages some incredible properties and restores old half moon edgers. Paul_Camara_ is what you'll search.

I just followed him, that guy is awesome

Yeah he's one of my favorites to follow. He's definitely living the dream.

 

I knew there wasn't an easy explanation !

Those edges look great but the first question that comes to mind is how do you mow all the way to that edge without the mower wheel falling off into the bed?

You don't. You do the landscaping blade or string trimmer first, and then mow with the wheels on the edge. The art is weed whacking and mowing at the same height.

The explanation is easy. It's doing it that's the hard part. The challenge I have, is I could cut at a matching height with the landscaping blade for my greensmower, but now its matching the height with a rotary now that I'm back on rotary. But I hope to remedy that reasonably soon

 

I found this on Amazon, it's shipping from England,, From the research I've done the British take their edging and very serious.

 

I found this on Amazon, it's shipping from England,, From the research I've done the British take their edging and very serious.

You have a link by chance? I wasn't able to find.

 

Bulldog 5680083210 Premier Edging Knife https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NT73RC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_WBCA3XYCQP2WEP4GQKSY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Here is the link