Scalloped Brick Edging

I know this is not the normal time of year to be doing landscaping or yard work. But you can do a few things to prepare your flower beds or vegetable garden for spring. I was not planning to do this project– but when free landscape bricks came my way via Craigslist a few days ago, I jumped at the chance.

BEFORE

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Several years ago, I had created this corner flower bed at the corner of our yard. I have marigolds and irises there; sometimes I have petunias. I had used cedar edging, but with mowing and weed-eating it was not staying in place. Enter a Craigslist post for free scalloped brick edging!

I had to drive only an extra half hour from a place where I already had an appointment. A stranger offered to help load the bricks into the back of the truck. See the heavy duty plastic Craftsman toolbox? That was a free find, also! Have I said how much I love free?!

My family helped me unload them. I figured I may as well put them in the general areas where I thought I would be using them. I pulled them to various areas of the yard in my heavy duty wagon (free from a neighbor!) After the end of this post, you might begin to wonder if I buy anything : ).

I ended up using the straight/ rectangle shaped landscape edger and not the curved one. It digs into the dirt more easily. I had bought the curved one before I got the rectangle one–yes, you guessed it– free. [So it turns out the curved one is a “turf edger” and the rectangle one is a “root cutter.”] I pulled out the wooden edging and laid the brick/ concrete edging where the wooden edging had been.

Then I got to work moving the dirt with my root cutter shovel.

The concrete/ brick edging fit very nicely in the little ditch canal I had dug.

I’m very pleased with the results! This should be much easier to mow and weed-eat near when Spring comes. I’m sure that the people who pass by on the sidewalk will appreciate it, also.

AFTER!!