If your lawn is looking a little lacklustre, then it’s time for some maintenance. With summer on its way, garden parties will be back too – but a brown, patchy lawn can spoil the fun.
Luckily, there’s a simple way to up your game and you don’t need to buy fancy new tools for it. Aerating your lawn is one of the best ways to ensure new grass grows through lusciously. When you aerate your lawn by creating small holes in the ground, it not only breaks up compacted soil but allows grass to take root better and lets air, water and nutrients in easier.
If you’re looking to fix a small garden, or just a few patchy areas, then housedigest.com says the best tool to use is one you already have.
Rather than investing in expensive specialist tools, just grab your drill and get to work.
To use a drill to aerate, the first thing you need to do is check that compacted earth is your problem. Grab a screwdriver or something similar and poke it into the ground – if it doesn’t go in easily, your earth is compacted.
From here, grab your handheld drill and drill straight down into the bald patch of grass. Drill down two to four inches and then continue to make additional holes around three to six inches apart to ensure the water and nutrients can get to it.
When you’ve drilled all of your aeration holes, you should overseed the patchy areas right away, in addition to fertilizing and watering your lawn.
These seeds will germinate faster thanks to the aerated soil – just make sure you keep them watered and cared for as they germinate and grow.
Make sure you keep pets and people off the grass for the first few months to make sure it doesn’t get trampled.
