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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Edgy, or groovin' in the grass is a gas baby can you dig it?

I mowed the lawn today. Then I began the tedious task of edging the front lawn. This is not a normal task for me. I bought Tess a manual edger for Christmas (she said she wanted an edger...how was I supposed to know she wanted an electric one...I didn't even know they made electric edgers...but I digress). I am not an edger kind of person. Edgy, maybe, but I have never to the best of my knowledge edged a lawn before.

So suffice it to say it was out of character for me to finish mowing the lawn and then decide to edge the puppy. It didn't take me long to realize why I had never edged a lawn before and it didn't take me much longer to understand why Tess had wanted an electric lawn edger. Edging a lawn is not easy. But it looks pretty cool once you have done it...well in an OCD kind of way.

I edged both sides of the driveway and the front area where my lawn meets the sidewalk. I had to quit when the rain began. The tricky part will be edging the parts near the flower beds. I mean, the sidewalk and driveway give you a line to follow. The flower beds are more freeform and there is nothing to guide the edger. I mean, how can you edge without an edge?

Note to self: Potential title of book, "Zen and the art of edging or how can you edge without an edge."

Maybe not.

Anyway, I kept looking out the window all day looking at my newly edged lawn. It looks so finished. But then it occurred to me that it won't last long. Just as the friggin' grass grows out in a week or so, the edge is going to creep back over the line and I'll have to redo it, over and over and over.

This has me on edge. What if it snows next week like it snowed last week? I won't be able to mow and manage the edge. Even now, I can hear the grass growing and the edge creeping.

I think I'm going over the edge here. Just don't get me started on beauty bark.

6 comments:

Pernicious Panda said...

Edging the law is truly one of the most onerous chores in the yardwork kingdom. I wish I could find someone to do it for me. Let me know if you find a good price on electric ones.

Time said...

Kristy,
Why do feel like singing, "I fought the lawn, but the lawn won?"

Karen said...

Edgy Tim? You're starting to scare me...nothing bad will happen if it grows back...honest.

Time said...

Gypsy,
Tell that to Gary Busey. :)

Hayden said...

OCD is the only excuse for bothering to edge a lawn.

Time said...

Hayden,
It's the clown that annoys you isn't it? But you have to admit the nice clean lines of a newly edged lawn are what its all about.