Advice and tips on using a lawn aerator
The one piece of gardening equipment you should consider to keep
in your garden shed is a lawn aerator, by using a lawn aerator you
will keep your lawn looking vibrant and healthy.
It is important for the health of...
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Advice and tips on using a lawn aerator
The one piece of gardening equipment you should consider to keep
in your garden shed is a lawn aerator, by using a lawn aerator you
will keep your lawn looking vibrant and healthy.
It is important for the health of your lawn that you aerate it
once or twice a year, with the amount of traffic you can get
walking on the grass over a period of time the soil underneath can
compact.
This stops the air and water getting through to the root system
which is vital to provide healthy looking grass, this is when you
need a lawn aerator to relieve the compaction so that air and
water will get to the root base.
There are two ways you can tell if your lawn is over compacted,
the first one is if your lawn is looking a bit thread bare and
generally unhealthy then this could be the cause of compaction in
the soil.
The second way is to take a spade and cut a small slice of the end
of your lawn about a spades depth, then check to see if the roots
of the grass i
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