The best time to aerate is when your grass is actively growing—spring or fall in cool areas, and late spring in warm ones.

If you time it right, the one-two punch of aerating and overseeding will transform a thin, weak lawn into a lush carpet.

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 ...

Even healthy lawns can fall prey to the occasional weed. But if it looks like you’re raising weeds instead of grass, that’s a sign of a more serious problem. In this case, it may be better to kill off ...