Option 4: Go with the flow and turn the wet area into a “rain garden,” a bermed garden that’s deeply dug, improved heavily with compost or similar organic matter, left in a slight depression ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.