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The first step of laying out a garden edge is to design it on a piece of paper, so that
it looks really nice. The second step is to get a standard garden hose, and then temporarily
lay out the bordered edge. If the edge isn't quite right yet, just shuffle it round until
you get it to the way you like it. The third step in your garden edging is to use a line
marking paint.
Remember, where you spray is where it's going to lay. For the purposes of this demonstration,
I'm going to start here and work my way around to there, in one smooth, flowing line. It's
not imperative to actually hit the hose, but it's imperative to get a nice smooth line
that follows the hose. The next step in your garden edging is to use a spade, and dig out
a trench which is 100 millimeters wide, and about 50 millimeters deep, along the actual
sprayed edge.
Here we have an existing garden border. We're going to use this garden border to lay out
our new garden edge. What you've got to do is, pre-tap nails into your garden stakes.
This will help when you're actually attaching them to the actual garden edge themselves.
The trick is to evenly space your pegs along the garden edge. The best nails to use on
this job are galvanized flathead nails. They don't rust outside. The next step is to lay
the garden edge out really tight. I've got Tracey here to give me a hand with that, so
she can actually pull on the other side as we're going into the garden. Here we go, Trace.
A tip is to backfill some soil behind the garden edge to help keep it vertical. So,
there you have it. One completed garden edge. If you have any questions, come and see the
team at Bunnings.