As the arc of the edge grew broader and broader, it reached the edges of the trench Bobbi and Gardener had dug steadily wider - ripping at the earth with their smart-stupid tools like half-wits trying to perform a Cesarean section.

Gardeners dig to see how big their potatoes grew and wrap green tomatoes in newspaper so some will keep until Thanksgiving.

Gardeners dug gardens.

Gardeners began to know the wonders of this little iris, dug from the wild and now propagated for commercial sale, as far back as 1876.