First, I took this pallet that my friend R got for me (for free, yay, thank you R!)

I made V-shaped cuts:

This is the result (I had to obviously do a few straight cuts too):

Ready made stakes on the edging strips!

In the spirit of using what I had on hand I painted them with some black acrylic paint thinned with water - we'll see how it holds up in the weather.

Then I hammered the stakes into the edge of the bed and pressed the soil back against them. What a difference it makes!

I also painted and dug in some strips around the kitchen garden bed to prevent the soil from spilling onto the path.

Here are a couple of before and after shots:
BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE & AFTER
