How to Aerate a Small Lawn
Know when to do it., Get a garden fork and start poking your lawn., Make sure the ground is wet., Starting in one corner, make your way across pushing the fork down into the garden every six inches (150mm) Then move backwards and forwards across...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Know when to do it.
This task just needs to be completed twice a year and it is best done in early Spring and early Autumn. -
Step 2: Get a garden fork and start poking your lawn.
All you need is a simple garden fork and with that you are going to make a set of holes by pushing down through the lawn and into the soil below. , This is best done after a shower of rain as this makes the ground much softer and easier to push through. ,, Some people prefer to purchase and use what are called garden aerator shoes.
These are simply shoes with a set of spikes that attach to your own shoes and you simply walk backwards and forwards across your garden until the task is completed.
This is a much faster way of doing the aeration. , However when you have a larger garden this would be very time consuming.
In these cases there are different machines available that will help make the task much easier to do. -
Step 3: Make sure the ground is wet.
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Step 4: Starting in one corner
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Step 5: make your way across pushing the fork down into the garden every six inches (150mm) Then move backwards and forwards across your garden until the task has been completed.
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Step 6: Learn about alternatives.
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Step 7: Both of the methods described above are a good way of doing small gardens.
Detailed Guide
This task just needs to be completed twice a year and it is best done in early Spring and early Autumn.
All you need is a simple garden fork and with that you are going to make a set of holes by pushing down through the lawn and into the soil below. , This is best done after a shower of rain as this makes the ground much softer and easier to push through. ,, Some people prefer to purchase and use what are called garden aerator shoes.
These are simply shoes with a set of spikes that attach to your own shoes and you simply walk backwards and forwards across your garden until the task is completed.
This is a much faster way of doing the aeration. , However when you have a larger garden this would be very time consuming.
In these cases there are different machines available that will help make the task much easier to do.
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