During winter, frost can take a toll on your outdoor landscape. Avoiding this damage in the spring can cause further issues with grass growth, gardening, and more.
In this blog, you will leave how you can correct frost heaves to make for a healthier and more visually appealing lawn.
What is a Frost Heave?
Over cold weather months, your lawn goes through seasonal changes. Frost heaves are a result of the periods of time your lawn experiences freezing, thawing, and refreezing. The layers of liquid on and within the soil freeze and thaw, ultimately creating uneven ground.
Frost heaves, if left unresolved, can cause damage to your sidewalks, driveways, fences, and lawn hardscapes.
What Tools You Should Use for Frost Heaves
There are tools made to ease the correction of frost heaves. Minor frost heaves can be corrected with lawn rakes and hand tools to gently smooth over thawed soil. When the frost heaves are larger or deeper and have heavily impacted your lawn, it is best to utilize larger tools.
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Lawn Rollers: Lawn Rollers can help you reduce damage to your lawn by compressing the heaves once soil thaws.
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Box Scrapers: Box Scrapers like Brinly’s 42” Box Scraper can help you with moving dirt, backfilling, grading, and evening unlevel spots in your lawn.
How to Correct a Frost Heave in Your Lawn
Choosing the best way to fix frost heaves in your lawn depends on the intensity of the frost heaves. For moderate to small frost heaves, a lawn roller like Brinly’s 28 Gallon Push or Tow Poly Roller or 54 Gallon Tow-Behind Poly Roller are the perfect tool. Brinly also offers a complete range of lawn rollers based on size and weight.
Once filled with water, lawn rollers smooth over your newly thawed yard and compresses soil, correcting frost heaves. A lawn roller can also be used after using a Brinly box scraper to compress loose soil.
After compressing the soil with your Brinly lawn roller, use a spike or plug aerator to poke holes in the ground, allowing water, air, and other nutrients to penetrate the soil. This sets up your lawn for healthier roots and a healthier spring.
Conclusion
While they are a natural part of winter, addressing frost heaves early will set your lawn up for a healthier spring. Whether you’re smoothing minor bumps or correcting major upheaval, using tools like lawn rollers, box scrapers, and aerators will make the job easier.
If frost heaves have disrupted your lawn this winter, a little spring maintenance can make all the difference. Brinly has the tools you need to prepare for spring. Do you have questions about Brinly’s products? Contact our customer service today.
Sources:
Sponzilli.com, Frost Heave Explained
Goterrafirma.com, Everything You Should Know About Frost Heaves
DHGate.com, Effective Strategies to Smooth a Bumpy Yard and Achieve a Lush, Even Lawn