There is no more hopeful mess than a freshly aerated lawn in April: a scatter of soil plugs across the whole yard, drying in the sun, softening in the next rain, gone into a thicker stand of grass by June. Ez Aeration is built around that operation, pulling cores from the packed clay under Centennial's turf so water and air can finally reach the roots. Mowing, edging, trimming and feeding round out the season, along with cleanups when the leaves come down. At this elevation, with irrigation doing most of the watering, compaction is the quiet thief of a good lawn. Opening the ground back up is the fix, and it shows within a month.