| Dug |
| Tilled |
| Weeded |
| Gardened. |
| Cultivated |
| Broke clods |
| Turned soil |
| Broke ground |
| Busted clods |
| Dug up weeds |
| Hacked weeds |
| Broke up soil |
| Did weed work |
| Removed weeds |
| Cleared weeds |
| Did farm work |
| Tackled weeds |
| Did a yard job |
| Freed of weeds |
| Got ground up? |
| Used a scuffle |
| Was anti-weed? |
| Worked in rows |
| Broke up clods |
| Did groundwork? |
| Worked in a bed |
| Worked on weeds |
| Worked on clods |
| Made some beds? |
| Worked on a bed |
| Worked a garden |
| Worked the soil |
| Did garden work |
| Did a farm chore |
| Did farming work |
| Had at the weeds |
| Rowed the garden |
| Turned the earth |
| Used a straddler |
| Broke new ground |
| Did a garden job |
| Weeded, in a way |
| Did some weeding |
| Did garden chores |
| Dug up some dirt? |
| Helped make a bed |
| Prepared a garden |
| Whacked the weeds |
| Tackled the weeds |
| Weeded the garden |
| Broke some ground |
| Worked the garden |
| Broke up the plot |
| Readied some beds |
| Gardened, in a way |
| Like many a garden |
| Took care of weeds |
| Cleared weeds, say |
| Used a garden tool |
| Did a garden chore |
| Did some gardening |
| Broke up some clods |
| Cultivated (ground) |
| Did a gardening job |
| Prepared some beds? |
| Tended to the weeds |
| Did some dirty work |
| Chopped garden clods |
| Cleared, as a garden |
| Did a gardener's job |
| Cultivated, in a way |
| Readied for planting |
| Did some garden work |
| Worked in the garden |
| Broke ground, perhaps |
| Prepared for planting |
| Went after some weeds |
| Dug out weeds, perhaps |
| What Markham's man did |
| Broke ground, in a way |
| Worked to remove weeds |
| Broke soil for planting |
| Cleared weeds from soil |
| Broke ground in a garden |
| Did groundbreaking work? |
| Made a row in the garden |
| Made a row on the ground |
| Worked the soil, in a way |
| Prepared soil for planting |
| Chopped weeds in the garden |
| Dug out dandelions, perhaps |
| Having a plot hole, perhaps |
| Ready for planting, perhaps |
| Used a straddler or scuffle |
| Prepared ground for planting |
| Tore up some ground, in a way |
| Prepared farmland for planting |
| Worked in the garden, in a way |
| Started a growing season, maybe |
| Used a long-handled tool in a garden |
| Discovered some underground rock, perhaps |