7 great products to aerate your lawn, from tools to sprays

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Spring is here and those first blades of green grass are beginning to shoot up. But how can you take your lawn to the next level, so it’s healthy, lush and even?

Experts recommend aerating, either by hand or by mechanical means. Aeration is the process of “coring” holes into the soil throughout the lawn. And spring is the best time to do it, before grass begins to get green.

But what exactly does aerating do? “It does help to de-compact the soil after winter or a lot of walking across it. It helps with that process,” says Len Chambers, a horticulturalist with the University of Alberta Botanical Gardens.

In addition, it helps to get more oxygen down at root level, Chambers says, adding that it helps soil hold water, and protect from runoff whenever you water the lawn. Aerating is also useful if you’re adding soil, seed or nutrients into the ground, so they penetrate properly.

If you want to use this technique to get your lawn looking lush and healthy this spring, there are some great tools and products to try.