How to prepare for aerating your lawn:

Your lawn suffers from a lot of foot traffic; backyard parties, kids running around, playing fetch with the dog, and just every day enjoying the weather outside. Grass shouldn’t feel hard under your feet, and if it does this is a great indicator that your lawn needs to be aerated!

The best time to aerate your lawn is when it’s at peak growth as well as in either early fall or early spring. We would recommend in early spring and early summer to break up everything that gets trapped in your lawn during the fall and after the winter months. Aerating your lawn at an improper time can cause stress so be sure that your lawn is in an active growth period, you will NEVER want to aerate a dormant lawn. If you’re noticing that you are wanting to plant seed on certain patches of lawn we recommend waiting to seed until after aerating. That way the seeds can be planted deeper into the soil, if you plant seed before aerating this can cause uneven grass growth as the newly planted grass may not have strong or deeply planted roots and come up easily.

After the aeration treatment on your lawn, this is a perfect opportunity to simple lawn repairs as well as even overseed your lawn and apply a layer of fertilizer. Since the aeration process involves creating tiny holes to break up the compaction in your lawn, doing simple lawn care tasks such as fertilizing your lawn is setting it up for the most success, due to the fact that the nutrients will be able to penetrate into your lawn faster. We know that the soil plugs left on the top of your lawn can be annoying to look at but leave them on top of the lawn. After two to three weeks they will make their way back into the soil by breaking down due to mowing and rain.