For a more permanent edging, bricks are laid on a concrete base and fitted together with mortar. This type of edging does a better job of preventing grass encroachment from the lawn into landscape beds.
- Step1
Using the sharp-shooter shovel, dig a 6-inch trench around the outer edge of the landscape bed. Make the trench as wide as the bottom edge of the sharp-shooter.
- Step2
Pour a sack of concrete premix into a large wheelbarrow. Read the label on the sack and add the recommended amount of water. This is usually about 5 gallons. Mix the water and concrete mix with a hoe or shovel, making sure that no material is left dry. The finished mix should not be watery nor should it have a dry appearance.
- Step3
Shovel the concrete into the trench, filling it to the surface level of the landscape bed. Using a trowel, smooth the top of the concrete band. Allow two to three days for the concrete to cure and spray it with water twice daily during the curing period.
- Step4
After the concrete has cured, pour mortar mix in the wheelbarrow and add water. Thoroughly mix the mortar to a consistency that will spread well.
- Step5
Spread a layer of mortar, 1- to 2-inches thick, on top of the freshly cured concrete curb. Take a brick and put approximately the same amount mortar on one end. Mash the brick against the concrete and remove the excess mortar with a trowel. With the next brick, coat both ends with mortar. Mash it against the end of the previously laid brick as well as the concrete curb. Again, remove the excess mortar. Repeat this process until the edging is finished.
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