Muddy lawn and aerators

[longdogs]

Hi all

Our lawn has never been great for drainage but in the last couple of days, having had soooo much rain, there is now a layer of water over the whole surface. That combined with some major tree work being done has resulted in a complete bog of a garden. The soil is clay and every time I have to walk on it, I make it a little bit worse.

I understand that the best way to deal with it is to make holes in the grass and fill with sand or grit so I was considering buying or hiring a lawn aerator.

I have never used one before so I'm not really sure if it will do the job easily or whether it will just sink in the mud and be impossible to move.

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

 

[kbdiy]

Personally I would leave it until the spring. Walking over it again, even with an aerator will just compress the mud even more and you won't achieve anything.

 

[longdogs]

Thanks kbdiy, I was given the same advice by someone else today so that looks like the way to go

 

[D4N1EL]

I bought a cheap aerator from eBay in the summer, it was abit if a pain to use, you have to keep down-wards pressure on it while pushing it forwards. Anyway used it a few days then spread a few hand fulls on sand around the garden, the sand is suppose to stop the clay sticking back together improving the drainage, it was made a difference, water no longer pools (not yet anyway) but it still not as good as id hoped.