Jake wrote in
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Is it really that bad? I hope not. ISTR you laid a lot of cardboard
down and covered it. Has it rotted or is it still there acting as a
barrier to drainage? There's cardboard and cardboard of course. Thin
stuff would disappear quickly but if you spread the thick stuff that
is supposed to (but doesn't) protect something the size of a patio
table from the ravages of transit it may be there still and the roots
of your plants may be protected a bit if you planted through it.

The year before she died, my mum's veg patch was flooded around this
time of year and again at the end of May, thanks to a blocked drain up
the hill and round the bend sort of thing, but she had a bumper crop
of everything. When I sold the house a year later, the estate agent
made much of the established raspberries, rhubarb and other stuff
waiting to be harvested so the flood didn't do that much damage.


Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the
dry end of Swansea Bay.


Jake, it is not just my garden. When I say local I mean post code local.
All the area is at least soggy, and some areas are under water. The roads
are full of water, not yet flooded, but by tomorrow might be if it keeps on
raining.

My respect to your mother.

Cheers
Baz