Aerating Your Lawn

Aeration is the process of creating small holes in the soil. Aerating your lawn will promote deep root growth, help remove some of the thatch, or layer of dead material, increase soil nutrients, and reduce runoff in your lawn. Fall is the best time to aerate your lawn and it is best to fertilize afterwards. If you do fertilize, make sure to use a winter specific fertilizer.

Mechanical aerators can be several hundred dollars, but hand aerators like the picture below can be as low as $20.