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  Peter Davis August 19, 2010 at 8:45pm

  Blimey I wouldn't fancy using my Stihl - even with safety gear on. I know a guy that had a stone embedded in his arm bone. Even the Stihl edger with a guard throws up stones & even raking back still leaves some stones.
  
  Yep levels are the same because they couldn't be arsed to do the job properly & he is an architect for the Council !
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  Peter Davis August 20, 2010 at 7:42am

  After over 20 years in the business including many Council verge contracts, yes I know how to control the revs on a strimmer. I have also seen stones fly a considerable distance.
  
  Ace Garden Services - John said:

  There is no car parking in the adjacent area , and after years of strimming in this area, no one has had any problems. perhaps we rake proficiently ? - or maybe we know how to control our power tools and their revs'.
  Do you ???
  
  Peter Davis said:

  Blimey I wouldn't fancy using my Stihl - even with safety gear on. I know a guy that had a stone embedded in his arm bone. Even the Stihl edger with a guard throws up stones & even raking back still leaves some stones.
  
  Yep levels are the same because they couldn't be arsed to do the job properly & he is an architect for the Council !
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  Peter Davis August 20, 2010 at 7:49am

  What do you spray with to avoid creep into the lawn ?. My concern, with a fussy client, is that they won't like an edge of dead grass. Might be easier to ditch the client - I have had two moans in the last year & both have come from this lot.
  
  Isn't it odd that after all our so called progress we haven't come up with a decent substitute to edging shears ?.
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I maintain a large residential site were the paths to each property are made of 10mm flint chips, what I do is twice a year I lay a scaffold plank down as a barrier and spray the first 2" of grass along the edge of the paths as a tidy mowing line.
  
  This looks ok and is a farr safer bet than strimming or mowing the very edge particularly as behind the houses is car parking, with a very high risk of damaging vehicles if the stomes fly up.
  
  My advice is to talk to the client ref the hazards caused by the gravel and come up with a compromise.
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  Sean Busby August 20, 2010 at 9:16am

  How long a length are we talking about here? Is it curved or straight? Maybe you could suggest installing an edging of some description to keep the two areas apart.
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  Sean Busby August 20, 2010 at 11:53am

  My forts entirely Jez.
  
  Jez @ Hedges and Lawns said:

  Suggest to the client to dig the edge out and install a wooden edging strip ideally a minimum of 25mm x 125mm secured with 50x50mm pegs. Solves the problem once and for all, looks good and should last 10-15 years. A nice job to save for the winter months.
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  Dan Frazer Gardening August 20, 2010 at 7:03pm

  If it's safe to do so you could blow the gravel off the grass by directing the blower at close range and low revs, this would clear 99% of the gravel out and also clear a little gap if you like where you can cut into. Might be worth getting some cheap plastic edging slotted in there.
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  gary maidment August 20, 2010 at 8:14pm

  i would try blowing the gravel off the grass then spray a line with gallop 360 wait 10 days then strim close to the line as i can
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  David Cox August 20, 2010 at 9:10pm

  Not sure if its kosher - but two doors down from a cust there is the most awful concrete garden with a Gnome city scene and mini railway station and everything else you could imagine. Oh and the grass area is edged with faded plastic wavy edging!
  
  Gary C said:

  What's wrong with cheap plastic edgings Colin ?
  
  Not your straight stuff but the classy, wavy green stuff !
  
  Don't you just love those gardens with plastic gnomes, plastic butterflies, plastic plant pots, plastic everything ?
  
  No ? Well you're just a plastic snob, that's what I say :-)
  
  Only kidding
  
  colin said:

  nooooooo plastic edgings
  
  Dan Frazer Gardening said:

  If it's safe to do so you could blow the gravel off the grass by directing the blower at close range and low revs, this would clear 99% of the gravel out and also clear a little gap if you like where you can cut into. Might be worth getting some cheap plastic edging slotted in there.
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  Cesare Harradine August 20, 2010 at 10:10pm

  Agree with you whole heartedly with that!
  
  Peter Davis said:

  Blimey I wouldn't fancy using my Stihl - even with safety gear on. I know a guy that had a stone embedded in his arm bone. Even the Stihl edger with a guard throws up stones & even raking back still leaves some stones.
  
  Yep levels are the same because they couldn't be arsed to do the job properly & he is an architect for the Council !
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  Dan Frazer Gardening August 20, 2010 at 10:18pm

  Plastic edging should sit right down at 20mm or so such that it is barely visible but keeps a good distinction between grass and chips. The black stuff especially is not obtrusive or tacky. Don't knock it!