I use a flat spade. You can also use a half-moon edging tool. I also use the string trimmer. With a little practice, and the arc of the string turned perpendicular to the ground, you can get a pretty good edge.

They sell a manual rotary edger. They seem to be geared toward edging along a driveway or along the curb. I have wondered how well these would work for flower bed edges. Has anybody tried one? This would is the closest thing that I know of to a "pizza slicer on a stick". I searched around and a few other edging products turned up, including an interesting one named Step-N-Edge.

This year I tried out a high tech edging tool...a $4 knife from Target. It actually worked pretty well and I was able to touch up about 100' of edging in less than an hour. I do admit to feeling a little silly on my hands and knees taking a knife to my garden.

- Brent

I knew someone who used to use an axe to edge her beds. Nobody would have dared suggest she looked silly. Do what works.

Nell