Quality lawn top dressing will contain small amounts of nutrients, all that is needed to prepare the lawn for the winter and up to the following spring. To maintain your lawn fresh and green, you have to follow some basic steps.

First, you have to mow the lawn, but not too short. Next, lightly scarify the lawn with a tine rake to remove any build up of debris and thatch. Then it is time to aerate the lawn. At the end, spread lawn top dressing over the entire lawn, about Cm deep and brush this into the lawn, filling the holes made by the forking.

Sometime people face many problems related to their lawns such as insufficient fertilization, insect problems or even diseases. One of the most efficient solutions of all problems is to aerate your yard using a lawn aerator. There are some basic groups of aerators – mechanical, manual, and tow-behind.

Manual aerators have few tine spaced along a straight bar that is attached to a holder. You have to push the aerator into the earth forcing it with your foot along the bar and your hands at the top of the holder. Then you have to pull it out and let the dirt to fall off.

For large lawns, most people prefer to use mechanical aerators. They will produce deeper holes and are much quicker to use. Mechanical aerators works when you move them along the your lawn, the hollow tines rotate into and out of the soil.

Tow-behind aerators have to be attached to the back of a tractor or lawn mower. Their hollow tined wheels are rotating in and out to the ground. Some models also have option to make them heavier. This can help you to improve the depth of the holes in seriously compacted ground.