"Carol Russell" wrote in
:

Others will tell you how to drain etc, but there is another way, how
about
a
Bog Garden. Use your apparent problem as an advantage.
Lots of interesting plants like boggy ground.
--
Bob

I was going to say the same. If the situation is not otherwise
unfavourable, work with nature not against it, this is an opportunity
to grow plants different to the rest of the garden.

Problem is that an area that's boggy in the winter may well be bone dry,
cracked and hard, in the summer. My last garden was all like that :-(
(Mind you, it grew fantastic rhubarb: I think rhubarb must like a winter
soak.)

As Missionman is new to gardening and has just moved in, I suggest he keeps
an eye on how things change next season before getting in the bog plants.

A good page if he does opt to drain the area is he
http://www.pavingexpert.com/drain08.html