Knowing how to aerate your lawn is essential if you want your grass to be as healthy as it deserves to be. While the best electric lawn mowers can help you create a healthier lawn, aeration is another ...

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While you can’t bring the dead back to life, you can help your lawn recover and grow quickly. Dying or nearly dead grass can be easy to save if you can identify the problem. You can help your lawn ...

Practicing the right way to cut a lawn before winter involves knowing when and how to mow in the fall. Learn both in this ...

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This straightforward task can make a big difference in your lawn's health. Aerating your lawn helps it breathe and grow stronger by opening the soil so water and nutrients reach the roots. The best ...

These tell-tale signs mean your lawn would benefit from aeration. Aerate lawn with a thatch layer thicker than 1 inch to let water and nutrients pass through. Lawns compacted from heavy foot traffic ...

Your lawn needs water and other nutrients to keep it looking lush. Unfortunately, when soil becomes compacted, water and air cannot reach the lower layers of the soil. In that situation, any nutrient ...