Things You'll Need:
- Two 25-foot-long rolls of 16 gauge wire per section of landscape edging desired
- 70 1/2-inch-thick by 4-inch-wide by 12-inch-tall cedar shakes
- Chalk line
- Circular saw set to cut a 1/8-inch groove
- Belt sander
- Coarse, medium and fine sandpaper
- Needle-nose pliers
- Clear acrylic wood treatment
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Step 1
Snap a chalk line two inches from each end of every cedar shake. Cut a 1/8-inch deep groove along the chalk line, across both sides of each cedar shake, two inches from each end, using a circular saw.
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Step 2
Sand each shake using coarse, medium and fine sandpaper. Apply several coats of clear acrylic wood treatment to each cedar shake. Allow the shakes to dry for 24 hours between each coat.
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Step 3
Unroll one roll of 16-gauge wire and lay it on a table or bench. Begin two inches from the end, and alternate laying a cedar shake under and on top of the wire, with the wire laying in the grooves made in Step 1.
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Step 4
Weave the second wire over and under the cedar shakes so that each shake has wire on both sides, crossing and twisting the wires tight before and after each one. Twist the wires together at the ends.
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Step 5
Use your wooden landscape edging to outline flowerbeds, surround trees and shrubs, and to create curved borders for paths. Dig a trench 2 inches wide and 4 inches deep around the area to be edged. Create a raised bed using gravel, mulch and topsoil. Place the edging flush against the outside edges of the raised bed. Cover the outside of the wooden landscape edging with 4 inches deep of gravel and topsoil. Compact soil on the outside of the wooden landscape edging and set fist-sized river rocks against it, all the way around the flowerbed.
