"Zootal" wrote in message
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Well, once the rainy season is over, everything is just fine. It's just a
challenge sometimes to get spring veggies planted because of the rain/mud.
Summer here is awesome for gardening. It so happens that we had a 3 week
dry
spell, and i was able to till my entire garden (Woohoo!). Now it's raining
again but I got the onions, garlic, and potatoes in, and I'm going to try
to
poke some pea seeds into the mud this weekend.

My soil drains very well. Last year I planted in beds and tried to flood
the
beds to water, but the water drained down into the soil faster then I
could
apply it. Ended up setting up sprinklers to water with.

I missed the original post so am not sure whether this suggestion is useful
or not, however. It has been suggested in stuff I have read that planting a
cover crop in late winter/early spring will help dry out water logged soil
prior to spring sowing. The cover crop will soak up some of the rain and dry
the soil quicker. Once the weather improves the cover crop can be killed off
and mulched across the gardens or removed and composted ready to be put back
as a nutrients later in the growing season. Obviously kill the crop off
before it sets seed. Grass is a very simple suggestion or maybe clover which
will also help fix nitrogen. The cover crops can also help harvest existing
nutrients and 'store' them until needed thereby saving them being lost
through leaching.

rob