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

Q. What can I do to make my grass look better? My lawn has some brown spots and areas where there’s more weeds than grass. After a few weeks of 100-plus temperatures, most lawns are not going to look ...

Thatch is a layer of organic material that builds up between the soil and grass in your lawn. A thin layer of thatch is beneficial to the grass, providing nutrients, preserving moisture in the soil, ...