Sacha wrote:
Instead of re-planting the flower beds round the house, I'm beginning to
wonder if we shouldn't emulate the MP and have a (smaller and narrower)
moat instead. We can't even begin to think about planting when it's as
saturated as this and as soon as we think it's drying out a bit, back
comes the rain and the cycle starts all over again! What a depressing
start to winter this has been.

My experience of such weather is that the cycle doesn't want to start at
all - leastways, not until I've put the plug in the oven for a bit.

--
Rusty