The correct way to dig in sandpiles is the latest course given ... Once in a while the prospective ditch-diggers go farther afield for their exploits than their little piles of sand.

Chain gangs were groups of convicts forced to labor at tasks such as road construction, ditch digging, or farming while chained together. Some chain gangs toiled at work sites near the prison ...

THOMASVILLE — An anonymous caller told a Thomas County Sheriff’s Office investigator a large piece of ditch-digging equipment had been stolen from a Thomas County site where a well was being dug.

Dig out trenches to a spade's depth, known as a 'spit', and about 30cm (12in) wide. Place the soil from the first trench on the ground in front and work backwards along the plot, turning the soil ...