How Do You Aerate Your Yard

Aeration is a process that removes cores of soil from your lawn and allows oxygen, water and nutrients to flow freely into the root zone of your lawn. It improves the overall health of your lawn by improving the condition of it’s root syste... Read More »

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How wet should the yard be for best aeration results?

Dry ground reduces the depth of cores and aeration effectiveness. Wet, muddy soil allows deep aeration but at the expense of crusting the soil in the hole, reducing access to the roots and making cores left in the yard a muddy mess that doe... Read More »

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How do I know if a yard needs aeration?

Known clay soils, heavy traffic, more than 1/2″ of thatch, standing water after irrigation or rain, or lawns that brown easily in heat are all excellent candidates. In reality, any yard, healthy or not, can benefit from annual aeration. Read More »

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When Does Your Yard Need Lawn Aeration?

Lawn aeration begins with moving small plugs of soil from your lawn. You can purchase an aerator that works by hand, but most aeration is normally done with a machine that uses hollow spoons mounted on a drum or a disk. This tool is known a... Read More »

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When is a good time to aerate and lime my yard?

Here in Oregon, because of the high precipitation rate, nutrients can wash through our soils rather quickly. Therefore, liming should be applied at least once a year, if not twice, at any time of the year (although the optimum months for li... Read More »

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