Historical Examples. 1  But it had halted just beyond the niche, not coming out very far. 2  All the others had gone, and I was quite alone with her and the Holy Virgin in the niche. 3  The world, he found, made a niche for him as it did for every one. 4  The front is stuccoed, and in a niche there is a group of Virgin and Child.
Aerate when soil is moist, but not saturated. The tines of a lawn aerator penetrate moist soil more deeply; soil thatâs too wet clogs tines. To achieve the correct moisture balance, your lawn should absorb 1 inch of water â delivered through rainfall or irrigation â prior to aerating.
There is no real determination time for this question. The best way to find out if your lawn needs to be aerated is to do a small test of your soil. A very simple way to make that determination is to take a screwdriver and insert it into the soil. If insertion is fairly easy your soil should be just fine. If insertion is difficult, it is probably time to aerate.