Ep 08: Scarify or Aerate? Which One Does Your Lawn Need

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Episode 08  ·  Scarify vs aerate

Scarify or Aerate? Which One Does Your Lawn Need

Two jobs that get confused constantly. One deals with thatch above the soil, the other with compaction below it. How to tell which problem you’ve got.

About this episode

Scarifying and aerating get used as if they were the same job, and they are not. Scarifying removes thatch and moss from the surface. Aerating relieves compaction in the soil beneath it. A lawn can need one, the other, both or neither, and this episode gives you the checks to tell which.

For lawns that need both, we explain why the two are done together in the same visit, aeration first, and why treating only one of the two problems means the other quietly undoes the work.

The voices on this podcast are AI-generated. The lawn advice is not. It comes from Ian Kenyon, who runs Shrekfeet Independent Lawn Professionals and sits on the UK Lawn Care Association committee.