Related Clues:

• Turned up some dirt
• Pulled the ground from under one of those in plot for little director and editor
• Pulled the ground from under one of those in plot with small-scale director and editor
• Dug up dandelions, say
• Addressed a growing concern
• Used a harrow
• Turned, as soil
• Took out garden invaders
• Got involved in the plot and ousted the Scarlet Pimpernel, for example
• Tidied the garden
• Improved the garden?
• Prepared a bed, maybe
• Removed undesirables from garden — both of us tricked, some might say
• Removed crabgrass, maybe
• Worked in the garden seeing small early signs of Dutch elm disease