Aerate Our Lawn

About Aerate Our Lawn

Mount Sunflower, the roof of Kansas at a little over 4,000 feet, rises so gently out of the Wallace County grassland that a driver could pass it without noticing, and the same hard, wind-packed ground runs right into the yards of Sharon Springs. Aerate Our Lawn works in this far-western town, opening up compacted lawns so water and air can reach the roots again. Out here, where rain is precious and soil sets up like brick in a dry spell, aeration can be the difference between a lawn that struggles and one that drinks. Spring is when it shows: the soft, rhythmic thump of the aerator working across the yard, then, with a little rain, the grass filling in thicker in the weeks after. It is practical, down-to-earth work that gives a yard on the plains a fighting chance.