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• Steps
• Method 1 of 4: Aerate your lawn
• Method 2 of 4: Prepare your lawn feed material
• Method 3 of 4: Top up
• Method 4 of 4: Repeat as needed
• What do you need

If you think your yard needs help and needs a better look, then you can find out how you can nourish your lawn. This simple process, which will help remove stains from root rot and drainage problems, is best done in the fall. It can also help get rid of problems with tunnel animals such as moles. Even if your lawn has no noticeable problems, you can still provide the soil with nutrients for healthy grass growth.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Aerate your lawn

1. 1 Assess if your lawn needs to be aerated. You should aerate your lawn every 2-3 years. This process removes small plugs of soil from the ground and allows new nutrients, soil, air, and water to reach the roots of existing plants. If your lawn is large, then you can break it up into smaller segments and aerate the lawn in portions each year.
2. 2 Choose an aerator. If you do not have an aerator, you can rent one.You can find manual models as well as models that can be pulled by the handle of the lawn mower. If you have a small lawn, then you might even consider aerators such as spikes on your shoes. You can simply walk on your lawn and make holes in it with the sole and aerators.
3. 3 Run the aerator on your lawn.

Method 2 of 4: Prepare your lawn feed material

1. 1 Determine what type of soil you have. The type of soil determines how much the lawn needs to be fed to balance. For example, heavy clay soil should have a lot of sand added to the lawn dressing to provide additional drainage.
2. 2 Mix the mulch in your wheelbarrow or other large container. The main mixture is 3 parts sand with 3 parts loam and 1 part peat. Adjusting these proportions will allow you to provide fertilization for your soil type. Work the mixture until it looks like lumps.
3. 3 Use homemade compost only if you know it does not contain weed seeds. Otherwise, you can simply plant new weeds in your yard.
4. 4 Make sure the sand is lime-free. Don't use sea sand.

Method 3 of 4: Top up

1. 1 Use a shovel or hands to spread the fertilizer over the lawn. Do not worry. Apply approximately 3 to 4 pounds of top dressing per square yard (1.36 to 1.8 kilograms per 0.85 square yard). It is a good rule of thumb not to have mulch thicker than 1 inch (2.5 cm) anywhere.
2. 2 Take the back of a rake or tool called "lute" and weed the mulch into the grass to ground level. There should not be any top dressing visible when you finish this step.
3. 3 Fill in the lowlands. Be sure to leave the tips of the grass out in the open. If you put in too much food, remove it.
4. 4 Sow new grass seeds in bare areas in your lawn after top dressing. Additional nutrients and fresh soil can help it germinate and take root quickly.

Method 4 of 4: Repeat as needed

1. 1 Let the top dressing take effect. Wait for a heavy rain or water your lawn to make it easier.
2. 2 Add a little more top dressing, if necessary, in low places. Be careful not to completely cover the grass.

What do you need

• Aerator
• Sand
• Loam
• Peat
• Wheelbarrow or other large container
• Shovel
• Rake or lute
• Grass seeds (optional)