Opens up compacted clay soil before overseeding or winter.
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Most of the Treasure Valley sits on a layer of dense clay a few inches down, and a summer of foot traffic and heat compacts it further. Core aeration pulls real plugs out of the lawn rather than just poking holes, which is the difference between a service that actually loosens the soil and one that just looks like it did.
Fall is the right window for it here β the lawn is still growing enough to recover quickly, water and fertilizer reach the root zone directly through the open holes, and it sets up whatever overseeding follows to actually take root instead of sitting on top of compacted ground.
If your lawn feels hard as concrete by August, that's compacted clay, not a watering problem.
One visit, timed to the fall window when the lawn can actually use it.
A core aerator pulls real soil plugs across the entire lawn, spaced closely enough to genuinely relieve compaction, not just a token pass.
Plugs stay on the lawn to break down naturally over 1-2 weeks β that's the fertilizer and organic matter going back into the soil, not litter.
The open holes are the single best seed-to-soil contact you'll get all year, which is why we recommend overseeding in the same visit whenever the lawn has thin spots.
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