“I would like my lawn to look better this year. Should I start the growing season off by both power raking and core aerating?” I recommend using core aeration as an annual practice for lawns instead ...

Core aeration is an important maintenance task for maintaining a lawn and I prefer it over power raking. A power rake is a machine with rotating tines that mechanically lift and remove thatch, which ...

Core aerating is an important part of regular lawn maintenance, especially for renovation and maintenance of cool-season fescue lawns. Core aerating penetrates the soil and pulling a portion of soil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legs with lawn aerator shoes standing on a lawn - Nadja Abele/Shutterstock Maintaining a healthy lawn is hard work, so it's ...

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, ...

The last time I wore golf shoes with spikes was as a teen and I wasn’t even on the golf course. I was traipsing around the front lawn of my boyhood home wearing my dad’s golf spikes thinking they ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If your yard is made of heavy, clay-like soil that’s easily compacted, you could benefit from a lawn ...

If your lawn struggles with compacted soil, patchy grass, or poor drainage, lawn care experts also point to aeration as the best solution. While traditional core aeration involves removing plugs of ...

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Q: I had some work done in my yard in September. Knowing it was too late to plant centipede seed, I broadcast wheat straw. I’ll wait until May, go over the yard very well with a borrowed spike aerator ...