EDGES OF THE LAWN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

EDGES OF THE LAWN.

IRREGULARITY SHOWS NEGLECT. A lawn loses a lot of its appearance if the edges are allowed to become irregular and trodden down. Every spring the edges should be trimmed up and brought into alignment. This can, of course, be done by stretching a line tightly along the edge and cutting the edge with a sharp spado or a hedging knife. It often happens, however, that the edge lias been broken away and to bring it into place the line must be cut back or the edge built up. Tli.e best way to effect this is to thrust a spade in about a foot behind the hollow and force the turf forward, filling in the cavity with fresh soil. This will keep a continuous grass edge, with a bare space behind which can have a few seeds sown on it and will soon green over. If the bad place is too large for this method the best way is to lift enough turves to returf it and sow down the place where the turf was taken from. There is no better time than at the present for this work. The ground and weather are moist, and if done now any patching will be covered over in a week or so. To lead a line around a curve put in small stakes at fairly close intervals, these intervals depending upon the size of the curve. With circular beds a stick in the centre and a string looped over it will soon give the line of a circle.