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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 ...

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Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

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 ...