There are some questions that keep popping up over and over when it comes to lawn care, and one of them is the question of how often a lawn should be edged.  Edging a lawn makes it look far more superior and smarter to a lawn that isn’t taken care of in this way.  But once you have done the initial edging job, how often should you go back to keep it in good shape?

People differ in their opinion of how often this job should be done.  It is a good job to do once you have mowed the lawn in question, although it doesn’t necessarily have to be done all the time.  Some people will trim it up every single time they get the mower out, but if the grass hasn’t grown too long in between trims this may not be necessary.

It should certainly be done once a fortnight to keep it looking its very best though.  If you leave it any longer than this you will start to notice the edges are looking tatty and messy.  Keeping up appearances is important to a lot of garden owners, so you need to bear this in mind.

For example one important point concerns the question of whether regular edging is effective with regard to time.  Let’s suppose you plan to edge your lawn once a month and no more often than that.  You might find that doing this means you spend an hour doing the edging (assuming you have a reasonable size lawn to edge).

But what would happen time wise if you decided to cut this down to once a fortnight?  You might find that it only takes twenty minutes a time, since the grass hasn’t had as much time to grow.  This would save you a full twenty minutes in all, so while you are edging the lawn twice as often you are actually taking less time because the job is made easier.

You can see that time is just as worth considering as the results you get from doing it.  One thing you must be careful of is that you don’t overdo it when edging.  If you do you can start to go into the lawn itself, rather than simply trimming it.  Over time this will result in your edges encroaching on your lawn, and this won’t be good.

How frequently you edge will depend on the time of year as well.  For example during the summer the grass will grow more readily so you might find you want to start the edging process once a week rather than once a fortnight.  But during the winter you may not do much at all, since the grass won’t grow as much.  Always pay attention to the conditions around you so you can make the right choice for you.

Take a fresh look at your lawn now and see whether the edges are in good condition.  If they are looking straggly, you know it’s time to take care of them.

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