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



Unfortunately, I had a real nice cover crop of clover - the miserable stuff
that took over my garden last year. And grass. And leftover garden. I tilled
all of it under, and it will sit for the next couple months until the
weather warms up. My original post was how to plant spring stuff when it
rains every day, day after day, week after month. Non-stop rain from Jan 1
to end of May. Last year I didn't plant much spring stuff because it never
stopped raining. This year we had a 3 week dry spell, and I was able to turn
everything over and get some onions, potatoes, garlic, and peas in the
ground, and I'm trying to move my strawberries while I can. Now it's mud
again, but it's cleared and plowed