In message , Anne Marshall
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"DaveDay34" wrote in message
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I am having a problem with the above - any ideas?
Lots of ideas, but maybe you could give us a better idea of your
particular
problem.
Dave.

Hi, My garden has never been cultivated as it was previously a garage.
The ground is extremely wet - most of bulbs planted last Autumn have
rotted. I dug in quite a lot of horse manure in the Autumn and added
some topsoil. The garden is small 30' x 20'. I have a lawn with a
border varying from 2' wide to 4' wide.

What sort of soil? If it's clay (it sounds as if it might be if it's
extremely wet as you say), then you need sharp sand dug in to help
drainage. Clay is the worst soil for drainage.

The garden slopes very slight
away from a patio.

The dreaded patio! All that area draining the rainfall into your garden
:-)

I'm a great believer in French drains. Much less effort than a
soak-away. Better, a French drain "distributes" the drainage. Dig a
spade-width around the area and fill with river gravel. 6" deep is OK, a
spade deep is better. Even just 3" deep helps.

Raising the beds with some (non-clay) topsoil will help too.
--
Tony Morgan