Healthier Lawns
From Core Aeration
Healthier Lawns
From Core Aeration
Dave’s Lawn Aeration Service provides professional lawn aeration and core aeration for homeowners in Ludlow, Wilbraham, Hampden, and East Longmeadow, MA. We specialize in residential lawn aeration to relieve compacted soil, improve water and nutrient absorption, and promote thicker, healthier grass. Our lawn aeration service is ideal for fall and spring, helping you aerate your lawn at the best time for strong root growth. If you’re searching for a local lawn aeration company that shows up on schedule, with good pricing and reliable results, trust our family owned business to improve and restore your yard.
Aeration and overseeding helps lawns recover from summer and winter stress by relieving soil compaction. Core aeration plugs holes into the soil allowing more air, water and nutrients to reach the root zone. We use the most updated core aeration machines allowing us to pull quality plugs consistently across your entire lawn. These hollow tines penetrate through the thatch layer and eject cores onto the turf surface where they can be utilized as a protective layer for new grass seed to germinate.
Overseeding is highly recommended with all core aerations. New advances in grass seed cultivators are much stronger, improving disease resistance as well as heat and drought stress.
Core aeration is one of the most important lawn services in New England, especially in areas with compacted, heavy clay soil. Most lawns benefit from core aeration at least once per year.
We are passionate in helping homeowners improve soil health so family and friends can enjoy thicker, greener grass. Give us a call with any questions you have and a lawn aeration professional will be happy to answer them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lawn aeration is the process of removing small soil plugs to relieve compaction and improve airflow, water absorption, and nutrient uptake. Many lawns have compacted soil due to clay content, seasonal freeze and thaw cycles, and traffic from heavy mowing equipment, making aeration essential for healthy grass growth.
The best time to aerate lawns in Massachusetts is early fall between September and October or spring time between April and May. These seasons allow cool-season grass to recover quickly and develop deeper root systems.
Most residential lawns should be aerated once per year. Lawns with heavy foot traffic, compacted soil, or thinning grass may benefit from annual fall aeration and overseeding for the best results.
Yes. Overseeding immediately after aeration is highly recommended. The aerator machine pulls plugs allowing grass seed to make direct contact with the soil, leading to thicker turf and better germination, especially in the fall.
No. Lawn aeration will not damage your lawn. While the lawn may look rough for a short time, the soil plugs break down naturally within a couple of weeks and improve soil health. We recommend flagging sprinkler heads before scheduled service.
Dave's Lawn Aeration Service provides professional core aeration in Hampden County to Ludlow, Wilbraham, Hampden, East Longmeadow, and surrounding neighborhoods. The map below highlights our primary service areas.