First Time Learning How to Edge a Lawn with a String Trimmer and Edger

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4 жыл бұрын

I am working with a beginner to show how to edge a lawn with a string trimmer and edger. My wife has never used a weed eater or a stick edger. I show her my lawn edging techniques with both of these tools. Let's just say, it does take a little practice to get the hang of these skills. Be sure to wear protective gear. In my opinion, the stick edger is a little easier to learn. I think it is helpful to learn edging with both tools. Sometimes even if you use a stick edger for sidewalks and driveways, you may want to use a string trimmer to edge around trees or flower beds.
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@tomaitoe Жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! I am preparing to mow my lawn myself for the first time and had no idea what to do about the edges. Pray for me y'all 😂

@loveanimals8062 Ай бұрын

Thanks to you and your lovely wife for this video; I'm an 83 year old lady and am only 5-feet tall and skinny, and learned a lot about using my cheapy-but-relatively-light B&W corded trimmer. For some reason, I have trouble holding the lower handle when trimming or edging;, it's easier for me to hold onto the pole below the handle. The helpful male neighbors always correct me, but I just tell them that they're taller, younger, and stronger, haha. Another note: I find it better if I walk in the direction of the spinning (does that make sense?) so that most of the dust goes behind me. Thanks, y'all are the best.

@Thelawncarenut 4 жыл бұрын

"This grass grows really fast, so it should grow back pretty fast" ha ha had me rolling! And I think Mrs did a great job for her first time and she improved very quickly.

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

I thought she did a pretty good job for a first time ever to use a string trimmer. Thanks for watching the video. Good to hear from you

@PaulJamison 4 жыл бұрын

Jason is quite the comedian!

@Eli-9 4 жыл бұрын

😬 “it’ll grow back” That’s what my rookie barber 💈 said to me

@seanpuffer8436 4 жыл бұрын

The "please don't be mad" got me. Then the response of "it'll grow back" was the shedding of a few tears. But she did a really good job for her first time. She may feel confident to help you in the future.

@bobsimpson1965 3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

@aj8505 2 жыл бұрын

This is a timely video for me. I wish I had someone to teach me but you are the next best option. I appreciate the positive feedback you gave your wife. Thank you both.

@lawncarelife Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@alisongardner6841 Жыл бұрын

Recently divorced and first time taking care of my own lawn. Thank you for your video. I feel more confident and less intimidated by my lawn equipment. Going to tackle my fear today.

@masonaroundthehouse5230 4 жыл бұрын

Jason, I love that you include your wife! I'm so proud of her!! She's a natural!

@Krazyhaitian1 2 ай бұрын

I purchased a string trimmer the other day and this video has given me the confidence to use it.😌 This is the best video I have found on KZfaq for a true beginner. By the way, your wife did great!!

@arniesilverberg764 4 жыл бұрын

Props for your wife trying something new. Credit to you for your patience.

@rodneyvanputten70 4 жыл бұрын

You're a good teacher.

@supersayianlv1 3 жыл бұрын

My man... you are A BEAST at edging bro!!! I've been watching edging videos for about an hour now and BRO... you are a beast! I wish I could talk to you one on one about these things cause I'm certain you would have all the answers to my questions with great detail that I'm looking for. But that's besides the point. YOU'RE A BEAST WITH THE TRIMMER MAN.

@johnleonardo9923 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is, I just got Into landscaping & I’m trying my best to learn how to edge correctly. I’ve been bindge watching videos for hours now

@happilyretiredmark2964 4 жыл бұрын

She's tougher than I am because I can't stand trimming or lawn care in general with shorts on! Nice job by the student and the teacher!

@troy5292 4 жыл бұрын

Even tougher - you know she was thinking the night before, "I'm going to be immortalized on camera" and shaved her legs the night before, so I'm sure her legs were a bit more tender than normal. :0)

@memebucket486 3 жыл бұрын

I dont wear clothes when i trim

@sanderslawnservice6141 4 жыл бұрын

It's all about holding position! I seem to have conquered edging with a string trimmer myself. She did great on on the second round of edging with the string trimmer especially for a first timer👍🏾

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely showed some improvement on the second try

@kenlong5033 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best video I have seen from you. Teaching your wife how to edge with a stick edger and string trimmer.😎 Good thing you were demonstrating on your neighbors driveway. Thanks Jason.

@1960Murf 3 жыл бұрын

That worked out better than me trying to teach my wife something. She’s a control freak, and I’m a perfectionist. Usually ends up in an argument.

@diondredouglas7668 2 ай бұрын

Y'all still married?

@worrierclaimer6598 4 жыл бұрын

Great teaching, I learn these methods and show my husband your videos. thanks

@georgemyers6518 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Mrs Creel did great for her first time. She was really getting ahold of edging with the string the more she went. Please keep the videos coming

@Jess-bv2ih Жыл бұрын

So happy I came across your video!! I’m a first time homeowner and I am heading to home depot today to buy the Ryobi trimmer/edger. I feel confident that I will do a decent job now :)

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power 4 жыл бұрын

She's a warrior. Skill comes with practice and comfort, but she has a certain confidence running both machines right out of the gate....and she actually did improve on both on the second runs; I am very impressed. She's _hired._ 😂 She even did better tapping out line the second time around.

@silverdollar7594 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video bro, your wife did an excellent job to be her first time

@liciaspencer9955 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate your teaching videos. I am improving using my string trimmer, I can't even start my edger.

@5thg5 4 жыл бұрын

She did AWESOME!!!! Great INFORMATIVE VIDEO

@Michael-qx8bz 4 жыл бұрын

I love the videos as always and like how you are very supportive of your wife as she learns. It makes me cringe though every time the weedeater head gets bumped in the grass and scalps a section though lol. Keep up the great content

@Fencearmor 4 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic idea! She did a great job.

@kayself1891 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! This cracked me up! I gouge my grass like this and chip all my bush rocks with my petrol Tanaka trimmer (whipper snipper in Australia). So only used it 6 times and going to sell for a battery cordless. Suits my 74 yo personality! lol Love this video!

@keystonekuts302 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely appreciate all your videos. I'm new to lawn care and these videos have been instrumental in me getting results I can be proud of. Thank you.

@ME-cm2jc 3 жыл бұрын

Informative & humorous too, thank you! Had to giggle when you said, "Oh it'll grow back" 🤭💛

@cmbooks2000 3 жыл бұрын

"The good thing is, it'll grow back." Lol. You meanie! Hahaha. "This may not be your career path." Thanks, Hon. Lol. Love your videos. I just got an edger and trimmer. I hate the gas so I got electric for our small yard. Thank you for all you do!

@mr.thiccums8077 11 ай бұрын

She's a natural! She's a great edger, its all about how you hold it and sometimes you need to stop and take a break.

@eliotreviews 11 ай бұрын

20:32 "This grass grows really fast." You're super patient! I think I would freak out about the divot. That would be my immediate reaction. However, this a good learning moment.

@melissad6780 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciated this video I’ve been trying to edge for years and it’s really hard for me. I don’t have access to a kind patient teacher this was helpful!

@joefro9473 2 жыл бұрын

Good job with the teaching, she'll be able to make it look a lot better in no time!!!

@deemaldonadoFN 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos. I’m just learning how to take care of my yard 😀at my age!

@lawncarelife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@marx819 Жыл бұрын

Starting a job at the cemetery thank you for your videos.

@diydiva6316 2 жыл бұрын

An expert explaining the how-to and beginner demonstrating it for the other beginner (me) who is watching the video! Great idea! I watch a lot of instructional videos and it looks so easy when the pro demos the technique. Then I try it and it doesn't go so well. Now, I'll know what to look out for and when problems no doubt happen anyway that first time I try it, I won't be as likely to give up. Didn't take your wife long at all to get the hang of it. Great job to you both and thanks!

@dalenichols9211 11 ай бұрын

A very helpful lesson! A great idea to have a novice learn how to do it!

@shawnmendrek3544 Жыл бұрын

Your wife is a natural. You are a great teacher and instill confidence and have patience. It might be possible her sunglasses effect her sight? I know it does when I run a string trimmer. So I default to saftey glasses.

@colinsmith16 4 жыл бұрын

Good video on how to edge the lawn . In the uk we use curved string trimmers just for edging grass , they are shorter & lighter & easier to handle on grass edges

@Ivan-Torres-1979 Жыл бұрын

Nice and very patient guy,I wish I was like him. Lucky wife👍👍👍

@keithienmason4643 Жыл бұрын

I have the same string trimmer it's a Stihl fs56 RC string trimmer

@HBFREEWORLD 2 ай бұрын

Great learning video . Hope i can master this one day and come back and comment again . Thank you

@truhaboutme 3 жыл бұрын

I love the look of your safety glasses. They make you look very 'cool. I would love to have a pair like that.

@sandraoconnor5700 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful for me a newbie!!

@bwflo4 4 жыл бұрын

Been watching you for a couple of weeks now Mr Jason thank you for the content and advice its definitely helped me start my lawncare business

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@gradyconnell1449 4 жыл бұрын

Mrs creel the lawn care lady sound to me like you might be getting a new boss in your lawn business she learns to easy I see you have most the equipment time to teamwork would like to see your lawn just to see the change yes she did very good............ great vid Jason. 👍👍💯🙏🙂 I really enjoy your vids.

@keithienmason4643 Жыл бұрын

Stihl makes a auto speed feed trimmer head made by Stihl it's on my Stihl fs56 RC string trimmer when I bought from Big blue store in Kinston North Carolina

@philnolan7193 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of great comments for your wife, but I have to say that you are awesome with the weed-eater and so fast. I got a lawn edger about six months ago and after you have "cut the edge" a few times it becomes much easier to follow the edge and I would not go back to the weed-eater.

@glennevitt5250 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Thanks Jason for the Information And Great Video 😎🤙

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@jeanettedriggers646 Жыл бұрын

He says, this grass grows really fast. He's a keeper lol. Great tutorial.

@619MMH 4 ай бұрын

Had to watch this I’ll be edging for the first time this season and I live off a main road that’s pretty busy didn’t want to look to lost lol

@robinsmith1028 3 жыл бұрын

She did a good job for a women I will be treaming just like her 2morrow up against the cement and away from grass and not out in grass learnef alot thank u kudos! Women power

@graceortiz9494 4 жыл бұрын

Very daring of you to have a beginning with a string trimmer without a guard. You: this grass grows fast. Mrs. Jason you did really well it does take practice

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and for the feedback

@andymorton6153 4 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s impressive for the first time! My wife weed eated some for the first time yesterday. Proud of them!

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

She was a good sport to participate in the video

@jackdeborahgibson3184 4 жыл бұрын

Great job, for the first time.

@user-jf3zq9pv2f Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I appreciate you showing you use it upside down and explained not all trimmers will work upside down. I'll try that next time. I noticed when you bump for line you did this on the lawn vs the drive or walk and that cuts the lawn a little too short. Do you do this because it doesn't eat the bump head up as quickly as if you did on the drive?

@kasonswofford6306 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you helped me a lot with my lawn care

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Thanks for watching

@kasonswofford6306 4 жыл бұрын

No prob

@misslondon3081 4 жыл бұрын

She done well practice makes perfect

@kennethcamp8730 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didnt tell her to tap the weedeater on the pavement! Don't wanna make a bald spot on your lawn! Great video.

@Lonnie343 4 жыл бұрын

good work guys..

@markhuff5249 3 жыл бұрын

She is doing a good job

@jeffreyprezalar220 3 жыл бұрын

I have done landscaping for over 35 years on and off and the stupidist thing you can do is not wear good eye protection and long pants no matter how hot it is all it takes is that one time u find a small rock or piece of whatever and it flings into your eye or gets embedded in your leg.

@jasweb147 4 жыл бұрын

Jason, love you and love your videos! Subscribed!!

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Thank you also for subscribing

@jasweb147 4 жыл бұрын

@@lawncarelife Hey - what type of ear protection do you use? Thanks.

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

I just buy foam earplugs

@lsuman38 4 жыл бұрын

She will be a good addition to your crew!

@chrisrobinson6486 2 жыл бұрын

Great video..

@localcreep1337 21 күн бұрын

I'm edging to this video

@bookooc5605 4 жыл бұрын

You are a brave man filming your wife using a string trimmer lol! You better buy her a nice dinner. She did great though. They are much easier to use the taller you are for sure. You certainly are a pro though, and make it look easy, though it certainly is not.

@needblinds2592 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a Buch fantastic

@beowolf19751 4 жыл бұрын

Triming takes time and lots of practice to get it looking right but she really did a decent job!

@TJ-hd5ym 9 ай бұрын

I can't edge with my fs250R sthil maybe it's to heavy I suck , so I just bought the m18 milwaukee edger and weed Wacker combo .lol. Great video

@tootalljones77 24 күн бұрын

Dude you're hilarious you said oh it'll grow fast this might not be your career path, LOL

@murph7784 3 жыл бұрын

Demonstrates how tools are not designed for women. We need the ability to shorten the shaft to be able to work at a comfortable angle .

@Munch1289 Жыл бұрын

😭😭😭😭😭☠️

@erikacaruthers1441 Жыл бұрын

@@Munch1289 WW11❤❤¹I

@jonathanking9834 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀😂😂😂💀💀💀

@audrey-experience 9 ай бұрын

Pain in my shoulder from holding it up😢

@love-lq3yw Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jameslovitt994 Жыл бұрын

My dumb ass had to google it. I was helping my sister by mowing her lawn, she had mentioned flipping her trimmer to "edge" the sidewalk and driveway. At 49 years old, living in the country all my life, I had never "edged" a lawn, at least not like that. Turned out good considering I was using her Mickey Mouse, battery powered "weedeater".

@mista_jamaican 2 ай бұрын

Your wife is struggling with the string trimmer because she isn't tall enough to hold the head perpendicular to the edge. She may find it much easier to trim edges with the gear head rotated 90 degrees on the shaft. Perhaps do a follow up video demonstrating this setup?

@guardianofthesacredflame1649 3 жыл бұрын

I would LOVE a video that explains why my weed whacker uses a whole spool of trim before I am done in the front yard....

@josephjdesouza 3 жыл бұрын

The important thing while learning to edge is to try and manage the height and depth of you blade/string line from the sidewalk. It takes a good amount of eye-hand coordination. Imagine you are "drawing a line" down the edge of the sidewalk and try not to concentrate too far ahead of where you're walking.

@johnenriquez7044 3 жыл бұрын

I really admire all of your videos and the level of professionalism in every video. May I ask for advise. In your opinion what is the best brand for lawn equipment. Echo, Stihl or Husqvarna? And what models do you recommend. I’ve started to move yard in my neighborhood. I don’t do very many maybe 10 max. What brand and models do you recommend. Blower, string trimmer, edger and lawnmower. Thanks in advance.

@kevinmundis1281 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. How deep do you want the string to go in comparison to the sidewalk?

@kyleoglee 4 жыл бұрын

2 stroke engines will run upside down no problem. Because the oil is a component of the fuel mix, it gets delivered to the crank and head the same no matter what orientation it's held. 4 stroke engines have the oil in a sump and must be run so gravity keeps the oil there. You likely know this Jason, but for others who don't. Mrs. Creel did good.😉

@lawncarelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info

@TheRealWillM 3 ай бұрын

Her edge trimming result using the string trimmer looks exactly like mine, a bit wonky. Mind you, like her, I never used one of these things in my life...until now

@bobbysnider4265 4 жыл бұрын

Great How To video Jason. Can you give me your professional opinion on why I seem to be going through a spool of string faster than I think I should be? Thank you.

@froggiman1 9 ай бұрын

If you are edging with a trimmer you will go through a lot of string.

@sirjustis 4 жыл бұрын

She had that thing wide open!!!! Lol . When my son does that i ask him “you cutting down a tree?”

@kathycoleman5995 4 жыл бұрын

She needs one that is lightweight and easier to handle, but for the most part, she did a good job.

@bradh6185 3 жыл бұрын

I have taken chunks of concrete out of my curb with my old push behind edger(Came with the house. Looks like it's from the 1960's). Are these stick edgers potentially just as bad about that?

@devinfitz7076 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video! Don’t think that was the best technique to teach a beginner though. Edging backwards is much more efficient in my learning . (For beginners especially).

@alicegarrett452 25 күн бұрын

it'll grow back... reminds me of my mum cutting my hair lol 😅

@tonycritcher3419 4 жыл бұрын

Your wife may cut up more of the turf but uses less string than you do, nothing wrong with a womans' touch! Great video! Brave too, not to have a practice off camera before filming! Live and as it happens!

@sirjustis 4 жыл бұрын

Lolol I’m cracking up!!!

@stephaniestewart9396 4 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing the first time I used the edger. I gave up and decided to let my husband do it. 😁

@christopherwhyte2360 19 күн бұрын

I would think an edger would be much easier to use with better results for infrequent use for most homeowners.

@yaesu101ee Жыл бұрын

I can hear you weep just a little every time she strays into he lawn. Gotta learn somewhere. good job.

@tinamarieba3898 Жыл бұрын

Can you show your wife what is the proper height/ position for a woman? I’m 5’3” and after I trim, arms and back hurt a lot. I think I’m not setting it up correctly.

@md.jahidulhaque6537 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. But, why a lawn mower can not act as an edger? It seems to confusing. Thanks for the answer.

@pppaaa5399 6 ай бұрын

"It's not your career path", haha, funny guy.

@elbrianromo1585 3 ай бұрын

LAWN PEOPLE RULE...🎉😂

@aminatadavis4183 Жыл бұрын

Is there anyway to get the strings out without having to tap it on The grass while it is running please? I just got the battery operating on Amazon called Soyus . Thank you Thank you,

@masonaroundthehouse5230 4 жыл бұрын

I just adore HER!

@crewmax4240 3 жыл бұрын

O.K., Now you have to do the ironing! 😁

@crewmax4240 3 жыл бұрын

I have a curved shaft trimmer and what I noticed when your wife trimmed is that she was having the same challenge as me in controlling the drift into the yard as I walk. When Jason trims, the head control is spot on. For the weekender, the control is a little elusive. But, I want a straight shaft machine!

@khalillevarity8663 4 жыл бұрын

Your doing great..lol 19:38

@UnionJack9377 4 жыл бұрын

Any recommendations for string trimmer line, good multi purpose for weeding edging? Shape, brand, etc.?

@oldpeepsareboring 4 жыл бұрын

London Eaves echo cross fire. here we have used it for a few years and it has outdone any other string we have tried ,including other echo types, it’s a cross type shape and has 8 cutting edges.