Nia was in one of those moods when being dirty wasn only going to be a good thing. No girly-girl 'can't get muddy' or 'I've broken my nail' here. She plopped herself down by her patch of dirt, and started to pick through it.

Hmm. Seemed the creepy crawlies liked it here. Especially under the large rock she'd just uncovered. Good job she wasn't sqeamish, really. She put the rock aside, and let the bugs scatter around to outside her plot. No use disturbing them more than necessary. And anyway, worms were good for the soil, right?

Now to pick out the stones. She considered dropping them out of the way over her shoulder, but thought better of it on account of the fact there was someone working there. They might not be too pleased if more stones appeared.