Ditch the heavy equipment and aerate your lawn with 4 common tools you probably already have in your garage. It's easy, ...

Lawn aeration is important for your lawn health. Learn how to aerate a lawn with the right tools and how often and what time of year is best to carry out this process in your yard.

These simple tools help keep your lawn in shape—but choosing the right one can be confusing. Our guide to the best lawn aerators can help.

These simple tools help keep your lawn in shape—but choosing the right one can be confusing. Our guide to the best lawn aerators can help.

There are walk-behind plug aerators and tow-behind aerator models that attach to lawn mowers, so they can easily treat an entire lawn.

Plug aerators remove small, cylindrical chunks of soil. They leave these strewn all over the lawn, so you’ll need to mow over them or manually remove them later, but this is much more effective.

Plug aerators remove small, cylindrical chunks of soil. They leave these strewn all over the lawn, so you’ll need to mow over them or manually remove them later, but this is much more effective.

Plug aerators remove small, cylindrical chunks of soil. They leave these strewn all over the lawn, so you’ll need to mow over them or manually remove them later, but this is much more effective.

Plug aerators remove small, cylindrical chunks of soil. They leave these strewn all over the lawn, so you’ll need to mow over them or manually remove them later, but this is much more effective.

Plug aerators remove small, cylindrical chunks of soil. They leave these strewn all over the lawn, so you’ll need to mow over them or manually remove them later, but this is much more effective.