He suggested a landowner will usually dig a ditch up to the very edge of his own property (but not on his neighbour's land) and throw the soil backwards.

He'd basically got us round to dig a ditch.

The people then dig a ditch by hand almost two miles long to divert water from a creek to irrigate the crops.

A long list of local people joined in the effort to dig a ditch.

On the outside, the soldiers dug a ditch.