This episode of totally healthy and appropriate fawning over Monty Don is brought to you by the phrase “Monty Don shares”.
Disappointed as we were to discover that Monty is not called Mo’ Dough, nor Monty Donty, or even just George at home, and underwhelming as the “news” that hazel trees live for over 34 years may be, we were ecstatic to read that it’s mont-fficially time to aerate your lawn.
Monty shares the kind of lawn maintenance wisdom that demonstates why he is a world famous garden show presenter:
“The answer is to work on [the lawn] at least once a year by sticking a fork in the ground [and wiggling it] and repeating the process every six inches or so.”
Mon Dontagu, Britain’s Handsomest Gardener
The Don has spoken.
For more detail on the task, Garden Lawncare Guy covers the basics of using a fork, an aerator tool, or a typical home garden aerator machine.
We’ve skipped the intro for you: