Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legs with lawn aerator shoes standing on a lawn - Nadja Abele/Shutterstock Maintaining a healthy lawn is hard work, so it's ...

If your yard is made of heavy, clay-like soil that’s easily compacted, you could benefit from a lawn aerator. These tools remove small cores of soil, or create tiny holes in your lawn, to allow oxygen ...

Lawn aerating involves perforating your lawn with many small holes, breaking up heavily compacted soil so water, nutrients and oxygen can better reach the roots. This lawn care process improves ...

If your lawn is looking brown or patchy despite your best efforts to care for it, your soil might be compacted and need aerating. Manual lawn aerators make holes in the soil to allow air, water, and ...