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

Lawns can be aerated as often as once a year but that is rarely necessary. Only high-use lawns such as pet runs and sports ...

Maintaining a healthy lawn is hard work, so it's understandable to look for easier, cheaper shortcuts when possible. But sometimes so-called "hacks" are way more trouble than they're worth. Lawn ...

Aerating a lawn is an important step in its care, but soil plugs from aerating are a pain to deal with. Learn how to use them ...

If your lawn feels more like a sidewalk than a soft patch of grass, it might be trying to send you a not-so-subtle message. Compacted soil blocks water, air, and nutrients from reaching the roots, ...

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

If your lawn is looking brown or patchy despite your best efforts to care for it, your soil might be compacted and need aerating. Manual lawn aerators make holes in the soil to allow air, water, and ...

"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 ...