We cannot all have lawns like bowling greens, but we can go a long way towards the goal by careful preparations beforehand and regular maintenance afterwards. After mowing, probably the next most important part of caring for a lawn, but one which gets neglected, is maintaining the aeration of the soil.
In a lawn it is inevitable that the soil gradually becomes more and more closely integrated because of constant mowing and general traffic, particular if there are children and animals using it. The pore spaces in the soil disappear, the particles of soil get closer and closer together and gradually the air is driven completely out of the soil.
