1.   As the population expanded, the forest was increasingly depleted, and its thin soils were worked to exhaustion.

2.   They worked the soil with hoes and forks.

3.   For years, the farmers who worked its soil watched helplessly as their land was overrun with military advisers and Contra soldiers.

4.   I work the soil because I want to.

5.   Q. Many of the seeds I want to plant have instructions that say they should be planted as soon as the soil can be worked.

6.   The blues were born in the Mississippi Delta, an outgrowth of gospel music played by African Americans working the soil for a living.

7.   The soil must be worked deeply every week for three weeks to bring ground water to the surface to help the young potatoes start growing.

8.   Three of his four daughters are farmers still, the seventh generation of Haits to work the soil.

9.   When you can work the soil next spring, prepare a well-drained spot in full sun.

10.   Work the soil carefully between major roots, and add organically enriched soil or compost.