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Most people may think the only way to make a lawn lovely is to mow it and water it. While those are key factors to keeping a lawn trim and looking awesome, there is a little more to it to keep a lawn healthy and thriving. Fertilizing your lawn every year will give it the nutrient-rich food it needs to be healthy. Reapplying seeds to bare sections will give new life to struggling patches in your lawn. But as you walk and play in your yard with your children, you are packing the soil down tightly and this can prevent the lawn from getting the water, room, and food it needs. Through lawn aeration, you can sidestep this issue and get your lawn back to looking beautiful.

What is lawn aeration?

Lawn aeration involves getting oxygen down to the roots by loosening up the compacted earth. There are different kinds of aerators depending on the type of soil. To aerate clay or compacted soil effectively, a small plug of soil is pulled out of the ground, leaving a hole that will allow plenty of air, fertilizer, and water to quickly go down to the roots. Using a handheld aerator on a small patch of lawn will not take too much time. But to aerate your whole yard, especially a lawn of a good size, you may look into renting an aerator from your local hardware store or hiring a lawn care service to aerate your lawn. A professional lawn care company will use a pull-behind aerator to quickly and effectively aerate your entire yard.

Why is lawn aeration necessary?

Aerating a lawn sets your yard up for a greener, healthier growing season because the roots are able to grow deeper as well as have enough room to thrive. After winter, whether snow or downpouring rain fell on your lawn, the soil was pressed down. If your yard is a favorite spot for you and your family, every time you step on your lawn, that soil continues to compact. Just like when you use potting soil with tiny pieces of styrofoam to keep the plant roots loose and airy, turf roots also need loose, surrounding soil in order to grow healthily.

Other benefits of hiring a professional

By hiring a professional lawn care company to aerate your yard, you can also reap the benefits of getting a full detail done on your lawn. They will aerate, fertilize, and oversee your grass, to bring your yard back to a thick, lush green lawn. Other services that can really make a difference in your yard are:

• Weed control
• Tree and shrub care
• Rodent control
• Snail control
• Soil acidification
• Water penetration improvement

If you are a Fresno resident in need of a lawn make-over and want to see lawn aeration at work, call the best lawn care professionals at The Experienced Gardener today!