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Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids and organisms that together support life. It has four important functions: a medium for plant growth; a means of water storage, supply and purification; a modifier of Earth’s atmosphere and it is a habitat for organisms. All of these functions modify the soil.

Healthy soil means a healthy lawn

Keeping the earth under a lawn healthy is the most important part of caring for your lawn. Preventing compaction, keeping it topped up with nutrients and allowing water and gasses to penetrate is extremely important.

Find out more about how to achieve a healthy base to your lawn in these lawn care articles.

How does aeration relieve a compacted lawn?

In the third part of my series of posts on lawn aeration, I will explain how the process of aerating relieves a compacted lawn. As explained in my previous post, compaction is the squashing together of the soil particles in the top surface of a lawn. This prevents gas exchange and moisture from getting to the roots and… Read More »

What is lawn compaction?

This is the first part in a series of posts I’ll be publishing about lawn aeration. I’ll try to detail what aeration is and why you need to aerate your lawn. When you should aerate, how you should do it and the benefits that aeration treatments bring to your grass. Aeration is the treatment to relieve a compacted… Read More »