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Aeration is a crucial lawn care task this month – but this method will bag you better results

A neat, green lawn bordered by a pergola and flower beds.

I’ve noticed a fair few lawns flooding this month, an unfortunate side effect of 2025’s long, hot summer. Our lawns are more compacted than ever – and alongside this month's heavy rainfall, there’s never been a better time to aerate them.

Various September lawn care tasks can breathe life back into your grass at the end of a dry summer, but learning how to aerate your lawn is one of the most beneficial. There are two ways to do that, though: hollow tine aeration or spike aeration.

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