Is Edging Necessary?
Many people have debated the whether you even need
edging. There are a few things you have to consider
when you think about edging:

  • How big of beds am I planning?
  • How many beds do I have?
  • What am I covering my beds with?
I would recommend edging to people in the following
cases:

  • Landscaping around the house
  • anything around your house should look
    neat and finished, other wise it makes your
    house look sloppy
  • You're using rock as your bed covering
  • if you catch a piece of bark in the
    lawnmower when you're mowing it's not a
    big deal, but shooting rocks out of the
    lawnmower is dangerous and hard on the
    mower
Here's a bed under construction that has edging
I would not recommend edging in the following cases:

  • You have very large beds
  • Edging may be simple looking, but can be
    expensive if you have to buy many rolls
  • You beds are located far from the house in the
    yard
  • Beds in the yard can be a little more rough
    around the edges, and without edging you
    can mow slightly into the bark when you
    trim around the bed. This will save you a
    little weed whacking.
  • You have many beds
  • If you have many beds, installing edging on
    each and every one would be time
    consuming and expensive
Here's a bed without edging