“My mother was a gardener, and her mother was a gardener, so when my lawn looked terrible, you better believe I heard about it,” Margaret said with a laugh. “And for years, I just said it was their fault – they didn’t pass those green thumb genes to me!”
“But then my husband – also not a fan of big bare patches in the lawn – called the lawn care service here in Holbrook. They came out to do an inspection and see why our grass wouldn’t grow. It turns out we have heavily compacted soil – that’s the primary problem – and poor soil nutrition.”
2024 is the Year of Lawn Aeration
Heavily compacted soil is a common landscape issue in the Holbrook area. This is due to a number of factors, including the naturally occurring clay in the soil as well as historical patterns of vehicle traffic in recently built areas. When land has weight on it for some time, it can get pressed into very hard patches that are poor for grass growth.
The remedy for heavily compacted soil is lawn aeration. Aeration is the process of loosening compacted soil through the process of introducing thousands of tiny holes into the ground. Each hole is about the size of a pencil eraser. A large machine is used to do this, and the process is entirely chemical free. Lawn aeration is family and pet safe.
Lawn aeration makes it possible for grass to grow. In addition to loosening the soil, lawn aeration makes it much easier for oxygen, water, and nutrition to make it below the surface of the soil. This is essential for grass growth. Additionally, your Holbrook lawn service can jump start a new lawn for you by power seeding the freshly aerated area. Power seeding involves depositing grass seed below the surface of the lawn – optimum for grass growth.
