How to Use a Half Moon Edger for your lawn.

Looking for that clean, sharp edge on your lawn. This is how to use a manual lawn edger to give your lawn a professional look.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Look for a half moon edger with somewhat of a sharp edge. A dull, thick edge will never cut easily, but the edge doesn’t HAVE to be razor sharp to work well.
   
   The handle should be sturdy and the blade should be attached firmly to the handle. No wiggling or rocking.

2. Find the garden edge where you want your grass to end and the garden bed or the sidewalk to begin.
   
   Stand on the lawn, facing the bed or walkway. Position the edge of the blade and the tool perfectly perpendicular, holding it straight up and down with the blade 90 degrees to your body.

3. Step down firmly on the edge of the "moon" and rock the blade to the left and to the right to get the fullest cut.

4. Keep the blade in the cut; pull the blade towards you, just like you were scooping back on a shovel. This will help dislodge the strip of grass away from the rest of the lawn.

Tips & Warnings

• Keeping a sharper edge on the blade will make your work easier.
• After removing the cut away strips of lawn from the bed, use a hula hoe to cut away any renegade lawn roots that try to stray into your garden.

Resources

• Hula Hoe

[Vanillatte]

on 9/19/2008 Great idea! Have never used one of these. It looks easy enough.

[Cherst1031]

on 9/19/2008 Good idea, I will need to edge my perennial border soon.

[MIghtyDreamer]

on 9/19/2008 thanks for the reminder tips

[Susanh]

on 9/19/2008 A nice straight edge on a lawn looks clean and polished.

[purrfect1969]

on 9/19/2008 Thanks for the tips.