This is more likely to occur on bare soil, with low infiltration capacity.

Tiny shoots sprang up from what had been bare soil.

The ground had been cleared, scraped to the bare soil.

There was also a lot of bare soil that had just been put in place and hadn't been planted.

Make sure you water directly by the plant's stem and not the whole of the bare soil, to keep weeds in check.

She stamped on the bare soil, turned and called out.

He had to pick his way among the soldiers who were lying on the bare soil outside, uncovered to the sky.

The pale blue flowers stand out like jewels against dark, bare soil.

The benefits from using plastic mulch come at a higher cost than planting in bare soil.

And finally, a dense stand of plants simply looks prettier than bare soil.