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.
Both Cellura and Keyes say the best time to aerate a lawn is in the fall or spring, when there is plenty of moisture in the soil. Cellura adds that new lawns can benefit from aeration twice a year â once in the fall and again in the spring. âIt reduces your thatch, which is a layer between the soil and the grass of dead roots,â Cellura says. âWhen someone has a newer lawn, they usually have thatch [buildup] from the sod.