Jane shows us how to avoid compacting your soil, how to tell when it is, and what you can do to fix it. Ideally soil has air pockets to allow moisture, worms, roots and microbes to pass through. When ...

If your lawn struggles with compacted soil, patchy grass, or poor drainage, lawn care experts also point to aeration as the best solution. While traditional core aeration involves removing plugs of ...

When soils are dry in late summer and early fall, this is an ideal time to perform deep tillage on fields with suspected or verified soil compaction. Remember to look for the compaction zone and set ...

When is the best time to renovate dead patches in lawns? Late summer through early autumn (mid-August to mid-September) is the best time to renovate lawns in Wisconsin. According to Dr. John Stier ...

A LAWN care fan has shared an affordable buy that helps break down compacted soil. They explained that it works just as well as more expensive chemical looseners and saves them money. Please provide a ...

Redditor RI-Lawn-Guy shared the gardening tip in a viral post. After depending on chemical looseners for years, the effectiveness of the alternative was a pleasant surprise. "I've used expensive soil ...