garden edging
Does anyone know or have made garden edgings.
I know I can go and buy them at Bunnings (which for me is quite far without transport), but if there is a way I would like to be creative and do my own. Our local Kmart only has those cut down logs stuck together at the back with black plastic material. Any ideas anyone? Thank you Katherine |
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"jones" wrote in message
Does anyone know or have made garden edgings. I know I can go and buy them at Bunnings (which for me is quite far without transport), but if there is a way I would like to be creative and do my own. Our local Kmart only has those cut down logs stuck together at the back with black plastic material. A friend of mine made her own. She wanted the concrete ones that were 2 levels so she had a garden edge and a mowing strip. She figured that mixing concrete was just like making a cake and eventually did her whole garden using masonite strips which she held in place with metal spikes while the concrete set. She said that she had a whole stack of men who, while they walked their dogs, would stick their heads over her front fence, check out her progress and give her tips on how to do the job properly. Dunno that this will be a lot of help to you htough if you don'thave transport. Bags of concrete are heavy. |
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Thank you for that tip.
I can order the concrete bags and have them home delivered from the Sand and Cement place. Probably cheaper than Bunnings. Katherine A friend of mine made her own. She wanted the concrete ones that were 2 levels so she had a garden edge and a mowing strip. She figured that mixing concrete was just like making a cake and eventually did her whole garden using masonite strips which she held in place with metal spikes while the concrete set. She said that she had a whole stack of men who, while they walked their dogs, would stick their heads over her front fence, check out her progress and give her tips on how to do the job properly. Dunno that this will be a lot of help to you htough if you don'thave transport. Bags of concrete are heavy. |
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"jones" wrote in message
... Does anyone know or have made garden edgings. i've been making them out of rocks, but i'm not sure if that's what you meant! what are they for? kylie I know I can go and buy them at Bunnings (which for me is quite far without transport), but if there is a way I would like to be creative and do my own. Our local Kmart only has those cut down logs stuck together at the back with black plastic material. Any ideas anyone? Thank you Katherine |
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Mostly for the small front yard where the soil is spilling over onto the
paving/stencil area. Katherine i've been making them out of rocks, but i'm not sure if that's what you meant! what are they for? kylie |
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"jones" wrote in message
... Mostly for the small front yard where the soil is spilling over onto the paving/stencil area. hm, well you could use rocks if you have them! i reckon sleepers look very nice too. mainly, i think the more "natural" edgings look nicer but perhaps that is just me. things like that look better built up a bit into a low wall rather than flat. old bricks can also look great. old pavers, even. do you have a large sort of "general garden hardware" type of place which delivers? or perhaps a 2nd-hand building materials place? (i love those!!) hopefully places like that would have a variety of bricks, wood & whatnot that you could check their site & get some ideas. if you wanted to go wild, perhaps you could find interesting 2nd hand tiles & make a feature of it. kylie Katherine i've been making them out of rocks, but i'm not sure if that's what you meant! what are they for? kylie |
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--- In the UK i edged my garden with a steel edging product. the company who make it are called everedge and the web site is www.everedge.co.uk I don't know whether it is sold in Oz but it might be worth a look, just for the idea |
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Thank you I will have a look.
Katherine In the UK i edged my garden with a steel edging product. the company who make it are called everedge and the web site is www.everedge.co.uk I don't know whether it is sold in Oz but it might be worth a look, just for the idea -- pd001 |
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"pd001" wrote in message jones;772697
Wrote: Does anyone know or have made garden edgings. I know I can go and buy them at Bunnings (which for me is quite far without transport), but if there is a way I would like to be creative and do my own. Our local Kmart only has those cut down logs stuck together at the back with black plastic material. Any ideas anyone? Thank you Katherine --- In the UK Wow! A UK poster! Welcome! I know a few of us post to URG, but I don't think that we've ever had the reverse happen. Even if they are asking about Australian plants the URG crowd don't bother asking here which always amazes me. And I've seen some dodgy advice given there about Aussie plants, like giving Australian natives phosphorus for Pete's sake!!!!! Rant mode off. Once again, Welcome to the group. |
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Checked the website and sent an email to the New Zealand agent to see if it
is available in Australia. Looks a neat product. Thanks again. Katherine |
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