While just about every homeowner knows their lawn needs watering, mowing, and fertilizing to look its best, many people don't know that aerating a lawn is also part of basic yard care. The job can be ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

View post: Winter Storm Warning Announced for up to 60 Inches of Snow This Weekend Lawn aeration is a common lawn care practice that consists of poking holes in the ground and removing unhealthy ...

Is your lawn looking patchy? Soil compaction is one common reason for patches of dead grass or bald spots on a lawn. For example, if your yard gets a lot of foot traffic, this presses the soil down ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

If you time it right, the one-two punch of aerating and overseeding will transform a thin, weak lawn into a lush carpet. The days at the end of the growing season seem to fly by as the weather changes ...

Welcome to Super Secrets, a GOLF.com series in which we pick the brains of the game’s leading superintendents. By illuminating how course maintenance crews ply their trades, we’re hopeful we can not ...

Aerating a lawn is one of the many tasks that can improve the health of your grass. Spring and fall are ideal times to aerate your lawn so that oxygen, water, and fertilizer can penetrate deeply into ...

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 ...