Leftover, broken shards of concrete frequently are discarded and transported to landfills. Rather than creating solid waste in the environment, reuse such concrete sections for an appealing and simple-to-build flowerbed edge. Over the years, the concrete will likely erode slightly and take on the appearance of natural stone. You may set the concrete in a bed of sand or create a more enduring edge with concrete mortar between the sections. Set the concrete edge in the same level or only marginally higher than the surrounding grass to permit a lawnmower to pass above the edge easily, eliminating laborious weeding and cutting.
Put a garden hose across the flowerbed to represent the border’s edge. If you wish to prevent weeds and grassroots from infiltrating your flowerbed, then create a border that is at least 6 inches wide between the flowerbed and grass. Sprinkle flour together the garden hose to mark the edge edge’s place. Remove the garden hose.
Chop sod in the edge from manageable-size, 4-inch deep sections using a spade. Toss the sod sections to your compost, or transplant it from your yard. .
Dig a trench that is at least 4 inches deep across the flowerbed edge. A trench that thickness prevents grassroots from infiltrating a flowerbed.
Install vinyl lawn edging across the side of the edge trench that meets the lawn. Set the edging to ensure the top is about only one-half-inch above the soil. Hammer the yard edging’s spikes to the soil. Lay landscaping fabric on the trench’s soil. Overlap the edges of landscaping fabric pieces by 6 inches.
Fill the trench with a 2-inch deep layer of gravel. Gravel allows good drainage and provides a solid foundation for concrete sections.
Cover the gravel with sand. Use about a 1-inch deep layer of sand if you’ll fill joints between concrete sections with brick; the mortar will fill remaining gaps between the sections. Utilize a 2-inch deep layer of sand, but if you’ll fill joints between concrete sections with sand.
Put the concrete sections, piece by piece like jigsaw puzzle pieces, on the sand layer with at least a 1/8-inch gap between the sections. Harness each concrete section using a rubber mallet to press it into the sand layer.
Fill joints between the concrete sections using either dry or sand, fast-setting concrete mixture. If you use sand, then sprinkle some sand above the concrete sections, and brush the sand between their joints using a stiff broom. If you want mortar between the joints, then sprinkle dry, fast-setting concrete mixture above the concrete sections, and brush which powder between the joints using a stiff broom till the gaps are completely filledwith
Mist the concrete sections with water to saturate the sand or concrete mixture. Allow the material to dry. Add more sand or dry concrete mixture, and mist the concrete sections with water.