i cant tell you how many times i had to do something like that ... because my whimsical design didnt work with the lawn mower ... lol ... go to all that work.. just to create a spot i have to clip or weedwhip ...

sooner or later.. i learned to design that actual line.. with the lawnmower .. duh ... lol

ken

ps: that soil looks incredible.. will you trade me for 5 acres of sand??? ... or is that new soil from bags???

Hey ken_, this expansion has nothing to do with making it easier to cut the grass as our lawn is (now) is extra puny and so trivial to cut or weed eat, regardless of the edge.

Thanks but the soil you are seeing looks better than it probably is...what you see is what was directly under the established lawn (now removed).

Now ken_ I do take some credit for the soil in the existing adjacent garden seen in the picture. It was originally composed of homemade compost, bags and bags of leaves and (alpaca and sheep) manure.

will you trade me for 5 acres of sand???

I would be on cloud 9 just to have half an acre.

What are your plans for that extra space?

☝ I want to know too!

So now that you have an extra inch what are you going to do with all of it ?

Oh, umm, there might be some sarcasm in the point of such a small extension. I would have taken at least a foot...and that would be my minimum to go to the effort.

31" of more space at the widest point with the obvious narrowing at each end because of a fence gate at one end and a deck at the other..

When you have a small property as we do any extra space for more garden is welcome.

At first thought I am thinking of annuals and bulbs.

It looks so tiny..but I guess 31 inches allows at least one more row of perennials (lol). Several of tiny annuals or bulbs...

the last two summers because of creeping age and debilitating heat i've told myself i should reduce the garden. and then this week looking out i thought "gee, it wouldn't take much space to put in a little swamp to grow giant cannas-and it really wouldn't take much care-ho, ho, ho.

...and then this week looking out i thought "gee, it wouldn't take much space....

You sound so like how I think re garden expansion.

Several of tiny annuals or bulbs...

I am sure I can fit in "regular" sized annuals ;) It never bothers me if a plant extends beyond the edging :) . (And a swathe of bulbs will look good in this new section.)

Rouge, I can see happening to you what “happened” to me: one day the remaining bit of lawn was just... gone. Yeeehaaaawwww!

^^^That would make me happy^^^^ I think. Well, it would make me happy for Rouge's lawn to disappear. I'm not sure I'd like mine to be full of things needing weeding :)

Good stuff rouge! I know you will have fun filling the extra space.

Dbarron: now you have a lawn needing mowing, weeding and edging... ;-). Then you can even sell your lawn mower and trimmer $$$!

That is true...but my nazi's (aka code enforcement officers) would be writing me citations every week for weeds in the lawn (I know..even if immaculate).

I know a friend who did a total lawn replacement and she's been harassed many times. It's sad.