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Keeping your lawn healthy and vibrant can feel like a full-time job. With all of the mowing, seeding, fertilizing, watering, and other grooming you need to do, few people truly have time to keep up with the demands. The same is true for one of the biggest maintenance procedures that needs to be done every year: aeration.

As your lawn gets used and sees foot traffic, the soil will become compacted, and air won’t be able to reach the roots of your grass. Aeration is a process that changes that, ensuring that your lawn remains healthy, vibrant, and strong all year round.

At Leafs-U-Green Landscape Services, we have not only the tools to get your aeration done, but the experience to do it right. Over our more than 50 years serving the community we’ve successfully completed more than 20,000 projects, including completing aerations on properties both large and small.

We take this otherwise labor-intensive project and make it easy for you, ensuring that the service you receive is outstanding, the results are top-notch, and your lawn is as healthy as can be throughout the year. There’s a reason why so many customers have chosen to trust their property to us: our professionalism and unwavering commitment to your satisfaction is unwavering.

Call Leafs-U-Green Landscape Services at (661) 220-7017 now to request your aeration service estimate!

What Is Aeration?

Aeration is the process of pulling super small “plugs” of grass and soil out of your lawn in order to expose the roots and ensure they receive a healthy amount of air and water. These “plugs” are then left on your lawn, where within a few days they break down and rejoin the soil in your lawn, supplying it with nutrients.

After a week or so, the holes disappear completely but your lawn becomes healthier and stronger because of the added benefit of looser soil. If you’ve ever been to a golf course, you may have seen the results of this process, especially in high-traffic areas like green and tee boxes.

Leafs-U-Green uses the highest-quality in professional machinery to ensure the job not only gets done right, but done quickly. This takes the hard work out of the aerating process by making your plugs as uniform and evenly spaced as possible for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

You should aerate your lawn if:

  • Your lawn gets frequent, heavy use, such as serving as a playground for young children
  • Your lawn is fairly young and was installed as part of a construction project
  • Your lawn was installed using sod, as soil layering may exist
  • Your lawn dries out easily and has a spongy feel to it (indicative of a thatch problem)

What Are the Benefits of Lawn Aeration?

There are several benefits of lawn aeration that can enhance the health and beauty of your lawn.

Some of the key benefits of aeration include:

  • Improved Soil Aeration: Lawn aeration helps to break up compacted soil, allowing air, water, and nutrients to reach the grassroots more easily. This promotes healthy root development and encourages deeper root growth, resulting in a stronger and more resilient lawn.
  • Enhanced Nutrient Absorption: Aeration allows nutrients to penetrate deeper into the soil, making them more accessible to the grassroots. This ensures that your lawn receives the necessary nutrients it needs for optimal growth and development.
  • Reduced Soil Erosion: Lawn aeration helps to improve soil structure, which can reduce soil erosion caused by heavy rains or irrigation. This helps to prevent soil runoff and retains more water in the soil, promoting healthy grass growth.
  • Enhanced Water Absorption: Aeration creates channels in the soil, allowing water to penetrate deeper into the grassroots. This reduces surface runoff and encourages water absorption, resulting in a more water-efficient lawn.
  • Reduced Thatch Buildup: Thatch is a layer of dead grass, roots, and other organic matter that accumulates on the surface of the soil. Over time, thatch can become compacted and inhibit the movement of air, water, and nutrients. Aeration helps to break up thatch and promote its decomposition, reducing thatch buildup and improving the overall health of your lawn.

Lawn aeration is an essential lawn care practice that can benefit your lawn in numerous ways. At Leafs-U-Green Landscape Services, we offer professional lawn aeration services in Santa Clarita to help you achieve a healthy and vibrant lawn. Our team of experienced lawn care professionals uses the latest techniques to ensure that your lawn receives the care it deserves.

Schedule your lawn aeration service for your Santa Clarita home by calling (661) 220-7017 or contacting Leafs-U-Green Landscape Services online!

When Should You Aerate Your Lawn?

The best time to aerate your lawn is when the lawn can heal after the aeration process. This means you should always aerate your lawn during a period of heavy growth, and that season depends on the type of grass you have planted.

In California, warm-weather grass is far more common because of our state’s typically mild and warm climate, which means peak growth season is during the warm weather months. That means the best time to aerate is either during mid to late spring and early fall, while the weather is still conducive to growth.

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