Advice I was given (and also saw on an ask this old house episode), was
to dethatch in the spring and aerate in the fall. Not sure on the
reasoning behind the timing of the dethatching; however, you aerate in
the fall as opposed to the spring to prevent driving the weed seeds
into the soil.

-rw
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