The best time to aerate is when your grass is actively growing—spring or fall in cool areas, and late spring in warm ones.

Q: I recently moved down south from the Northeast and want to keep my new lawn healthy. When is the best time to aerate the lawn? A: Punching holes into the soil with a lawn aerator, a tool that has ...

"Aeration is the process of removing small plugs of soil or making holes in the soil to relieve compaction," says Louise Senior, master gardener and horticulturalist at Morven Museum & Garden in ...

Discover why lawn aeration is crucial for a healthy yard. Learn how to identify if your lawn needs aeration, the benefits it ...

If you have a lawn, you need to aerate it so it can grow lush and strong. Aerating helps break up compacted soil, allowing air, water and essential nutrients to reach the roots. This, in turn, helps ...

Checking outdoor tasks off your list before flakes start to fly? Regardless of climate, aeration might just be the best late-season task you can do to set it up for success. It's great for many ...

If you time it right, the one-two punch of aerating and overseeding will transform a thin, weak lawn into a lush carpet.

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