Feb 20 2009
Garden Tip: Aerate Soil For A Healthy Green Lawn
Air is vital to root health for any living plant, that includes your lawn. Soil compaction, caused by constantly walking on your lawn and/or grass clippings not being removed smoothers your lawn. Aerating your soil will provide oxygen to grass roots so you can have a healthy green lawn.
One of the easiest ways to aerate your lawn is to wear golf shoes every time you walk on it. The spikes on the bottom of the golf shoes will poke holes into the soil and aerate it.
Rake your lawn to remove the thatch build-up while wearing golf shoes to promote the growth of a healthy green lawn.
For a small lawn, you can use a slim object with a pointy end like a screwdriver to aerate your soil. Probe the pointy end into your lawn at various locations throughout your lawn, creating openings in soil so oxygen can reach the grass roots.
