To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil,loosen it and turn it over.

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The archaeologists may turn up other unexpected finds as they dig back through soil packed down over centuries.

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When weather is drier, the rats seem to love living under the soil, and can dig deeper than water can seep.

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In some places, you would have to dig down over 100 meters before you found soil again.

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