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| It was time to spruce up the place. I installed new border and painted a new mailbox, among other things. |
 this was the smaller of two loads |
 The edgers are pretty easy to work with. I just removed the sod with a spade, packed down the clay, and leveled the trench with sand when necessary. |
 The edgers are trapezoidal to make straight lines or curves. The minimum radius is about 16”, which is kind of short to mow around. |
 Each brick weighs about 5 lbs (that's why I made two trips.) |
 I started out marking where I wanted to go, but the lines looked too mechanical. I kind of followed them, but I really just winged it. |
 Hey, this is hard work! |
 Trying to get this curve just right, and my friend is here to help. |
 The 306th brick, where I met up with the existing border. Menards’ has these edgers in red or tan on sale for 47¢ each, which works out to about $1.05 per foot plus tax. Normally they are 55¢ each, or $1.23/ft + tax. I guess you can get cheaper border, but these will last about forever. |
 I’m happy with how it turned out. |
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 Some wide angle shots. |
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 You can't see the border from here, but ... |
 I painted it myself. I was going for a rustic look. |
 I'm done for now. I just need to get more rock, paint the front door and trim, and seal the deck, and ... |
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