There's not much you can do about plants and seeds that rotted in May's slogfest, but you can do a lot to head off future wet ...

Rain gardens are berm-surrounded, slightly depressed areas in which the soil is dug and improved with compost or similar well draining organic matter. That fosters deeper and faster drainage.

If worked too wet, heavy soils become hard and will not handle well for the entire season. If a handful of the soil can be pressed into a ball, work in the garden should be delayed. When moisture ...

Working in wet soil leads to the destruction of aggregates and causes compaction. Clods or chunks of soil are formed, which makes it difficult for roots to penetrate. Air spaces are eliminated ...

However, this year has been excessively wet with snow melt and rain and soil is still too soggy to work. Why is digging saturated soil a bad idea? According to Purdue University horticulture ...

Wet wilt symptoms are similar to wilt symptoms caused by low soil moisture. These include limp grass blades, leaf curling, and foot prints left in the grass after walking across it.