One of the final touches to this season's garden projects is the addition of some long needed concrete curbing around the borders to the flower beds. We had some of this curbing installed by a company specializing in it about 4-5 years ago when we came upon their booth at the county fair out in Lynden. We managed to edge the entire border of the then existing garden except for right around the deck area. Since then much new bedding has been added, the Secret Garden and the remade south berm this summer alone. We found our original company had gone out of business and weren't sure how we were going to get the job done. Recently we came across Capstone Hardscape and Curbed Edges in the phone book and had them come by. They gave us a great bid for the job and
The concrete is shoveled into the top of the machine which extrudes the concrete in the desired shape. In this case
they created a mower edge which allows me to place the inside tires of my riding mower on the curb that makes a clean cut as I mow.
The finished product is a smooth elegant curve which gives the beds a professional looking finish, makes weeding, edging and mowing a snap cutting down immensely on the time it takes to manage the garden. In a space as big as mine this is a real advantage. In a couple of days I will be able to backfill the beds with soil or mulch or both and resume watering.
The line of the new curb is laid out with a flexible pipe, then a spray painted line is applied.
Mike Ellis and his team from Capstone Hardscape and Curbed Edges, LLC came by and added the final touches t
o the edging of the garden. His team arrived at 9:00 am, were very professional, cleaned up after themselves and were done by 5.
o the edging of the garden. His team arrived at 9:00 am, were very professional, cleaned up after themselves and were done by 5. All that remains is for me to shovel in some cedar mulch and our garden projects will be about done for the year.
A sod cutter is run along the spray painted line to create the trough the concrete edging will run along.
The concrete is shoveled into the top of the machine which extrudes the concrete in the desired shape. In this case
they created a mower edge which allows me to place the inside tires of my riding mower on the curb that makes a clean cut as I mow.
The finished product is a smooth elegant curve which gives the beds a professional looking finish, makes weeding, edging and mowing a snap cutting down immensely on the time it takes to manage the garden. In a space as big as mine this is a real advantage. In a couple of days I will be able to backfill the beds with soil or mulch or both and resume watering.**************************************************
On a different note, we have been looking for a decorative concrete bench to go in the Secret Garden; a place
to sit and watch the garden grow, to sit with a friend, eat or chat away from the rest of the garden. Our search had taken us to shops specializing in fountains and statuary. Everywhere we've looked the benches were well over a hundred dollars. That seemed a bit steep considering it is just concrete poured into a mold. I found Bode's Precast out in the county near Lynden. We were headed to the fair in Lynden anyway so we stopped by and to our surprise they had exactly what we were looking for and it was only $60. So on the way home from the fair we stopped back by and bought one. It weighs a ton! But it is now in place and adds a lot to that space.
to sit and watch the garden grow, to sit with a friend, eat or chat away from the rest of the garden. Our search had taken us to shops specializing in fountains and statuary. Everywhere we've looked the benches were well over a hundred dollars. That seemed a bit steep considering it is just concrete poured into a mold. I found Bode's Precast out in the county near Lynden. We were headed to the fair in Lynden anyway so we stopped by and to our surprise they had exactly what we were looking for and it was only $60. So on the way home from the fair we stopped back by and bought one. It weighs a ton! But it is now in place and adds a lot to that space.
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