Call (360) 389-2557 Email us
Mon–Fri · 9am–5pm
Feeding a Bellingham lawn

Lawn aeration & dethatching in Bellingham

Open up
the soil.

Northwest clay compacts. Compacted soil sheds water instead of drinking it, and roots stop going anywhere.

(360) 389-2557

If your lawn is thin in the same places every year, greens up late, or puddles after a normal rain, the problem is usually under it rather than on it.

Aeration pulls cores out of the ground and leaves channels behind. Water, air and fertilizer get down to the root zone instead of sitting on a sealed surface and running off into the street.

Where the soil is heavy clay, some of our lawns get a sand top dressing every year. Sand, not topsoil, because sand helps break up the clay.

A Cascade Lawn Care crew member core-aerating a lawn, with the finished lawn behind him covered in plugs
What that means on site

The detail
is the service.

Core aerationPlugs pulled and left to break down on the surface. The channels stay open long enough for the root zone to recover.
DethatchingThatch is the dead layer between the green and the soil. Past about half an inch it starts acting like a roof over your lawn.
Best in spring and fallTimed to when the grass is actively growing so it can take advantage of the openings and fill back in.
Pairs with overseedingSeed dropped straight after aeration lands in the holes, which is exactly where it germinates best.
Especially worth it on clayWhich describes a great deal of the ground around Bellingham.
One visit, whole season of differenceThis is the highest-return thing you can do for a tired lawn.
A striped waterfront lawn above the bay at golden hour
Open up the soil.
By the numbers

Straight answers,
no surprises.

Spring and fallThe right windows
Half an inchThatch worth removing
ClayCommon soil around here
One visitA season of difference
While we are there

Often booked
together.

Lawn looking tired?

Aeration is often the simplest fix. We will tell you honestly if it is not what you need.

Tools laid out on the tailgate of the Cascade Lawn Care truck
Call now