Curbs

It was a beautiful day to take a picture. We had finished this curb just a few days earlier. Before posting the photograph this  morning I went to my editing program to re-size  the picture. I have always thought the picture was awesome with the landscape, color and all. Take a closer look. Look at the left side of the cart path. It’s not finished. This photo serves as, what I call, a side by side photograph all in itself. Look at the way the grass finishes up so nicely on the curb side versus the uncurbed. Not only  is it neater and easier to maintain, the concrete edging masks the disintegrating edges of the asphalt . I run into this a lot when we do driveways. I guess the asphalt is installed  thin on the edges or the vegetation was not removed before laying the driveway. The 4×6 curb whether it’s colored or natural works very well in these situations. As you can see here it has a function and looks nice too boot.

 I wanted to add another photo as to follow up on last weeks blog. This is another example of the concrete edging complimenting the landscape. This homeowner has some beautiful beds, but was having problems with  the grass creeping in the bed and the mulch escaping. With beds this nice the homeowners did not want anything to stick out like a sore thumb. Well that fits right into my philosophy. The homeowner and I agreed 100%. Therefore I proposed the mower style edging in charcoal as you see here. It matched up real well with the existing flagstone and I always like to use charcoal for its neutrality. It is a beautiful yard and home.

We can work together. As you can see in the photo there are two types of curbing. One red and one charcoal. If done properly the curbing blends in with the rest of the landscape. That is my goal when I install it for you. It should not stand out. I want it to work for you as a function of your landscape. Here the charcoal edging lines the driveway keeping the stone out of the grass and makes everything real neat. In the bed on the left the edging is a little more fancy, but still does not stand out, because it fits in with the bed design. Of course the function for the curbing there is to keep the mulch out of the grass. Both edgings will also reduce the amount of weed whacking that is required. The curbing can be used to run your lawnmower wheel on. Please keep in mind that the curbing does not eliminate weed whacking altogether, but it can reduce the amount of weed whacking.

We had a tough day with this one. Everything is done by hand as usual, but the hill was so steep it did not allow us to use our equipment as we normally do. Not only would the curbing machine not run because of the steepness, but we could not push the wheelbarrows up the incline either. Only one thing left to do. Five gallon buckets. Temperatures near 100 and a lot of sweat and tired men. The owner is very satisfied with the job

Hill Side Job

This hill side job was around 200 feet of slant style curbing with tan or beige color. We scored the joints every 42 inches and used a tool to smooth them off. I knew this was going to be a tough job, but turned out much tougher than anticipated. We had more to pour up near the house, but by the time we finished this area it started raining. We will finish up tomorrow.

The curbing you see here is the slant style curb with the brick stamp finish. We also used a Belgian texture roller with charcoal release. Upon finishing we apply one coat of solvent based acrylic sealer. Please take notice: we install around existing landscaping without any disruption of the existing plantings. One thing I am always proud of is the way we leave the project. At the end of the video please observe the condition of the landscape with the new edging, spotless and neat.

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