If like any reasonable person you despise the sound of machine-operated garden tools, then a manual lawn edger may bring you peace and serenity as you enjoy a backdrop of bird song while you cut a neat line at the perimeter of your turf.
Manual lawn edgers fall into two camps, having either serrated rotary blades which you wheel along or half-moon blades you step on to cut through turf. Of the latter, the easiest to operate have a flat lip to step on, making it more comfortable to use your body weight to sink the blade.
In honor of the looming lawn mowing season, we’ve rounded up 10 totally silent manual edgers:
Above: A Sneeboer Lawn Edger with a crescent-shaped cutter and a double handle made of untreated ash is €97 from Manufactum. Above: A Manual Lawn Edger with a half moon blade is $22.99 from Do It Best. Above: Another model from Sneeboer, a Stainless Steel Edging Knife has rubber grips; $95.74 from Garden Tool Company. Above: From Ace Hardware, a Dual Wheel Edger with an ash handle is $35.99. Above: A 2-Wheel Edger with a wood handle made of ash is $22.99 from Sears. Above: Made in England, Burgon and Ball’s Stainless Lawn Edger is £34.99 from Amazon UK. Above: A Fiskars Long Handle Lawn Edger is $19.99 from Farm and Fleet. Above: From Seymour, a single-wheel Rotary Lawn Edger is $27.99 from Do It Best. Above: A lip enables you to step onto a Manual Lawn Edger so you can use your body weight to sink the blade into turf. It is $21.99 from Yard Butler via Amazon. Above: A Dual Wheel Rotary Edger made by Ames has self-sharpening serrated blades; $28.97 from Home Depot. N.B.: There are of course other ways to deal with your turf grass. See:
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