soil too wet for planting? -Reply

If I waited for the ground to dry out to plant in
the Pacific Northwest, I'd be planting
everything mid-July.  I tromp around and plant
out there starting in March/April, depending on
the year.  I actually start tromping around in
Jan./Feb, cleaning, mulching, etc.  I read once
the best time to prune trees is when you have
the time (which is better than not at all).  I
would say the same goes for planting plants,
relatively speaking, as long as you're not
expecting freezes or heat waves!  Most of us
work full time besides garden, and we can't
always do things optimally.  My garden is lush
and full, so apparently I haven't stunted
anything's growth by just "making hay while
the sun shines."  

>>> Sharon Guzik
<sguzik@lynx.dac.neu.edu> 05/06/98 05:35am
>>>
I have a number of perennials waiting to get
into the ground.  I'm a
relatively novice gardner and have done A LOT
of reding about
gardening.  Something from one of the books
stuck in my mind about not
digging the soil when its wet because it
compresses it too much.  Well,
its spring and it seems to keep raining and is
only sunny for short
periods not long enough for the soil to stop
looking wet. My yard isn't
holding water - it seems to be draining fine - its
just wet. My question
- am I worrying too much?  Should I just go
ahead and plant or should I
wait until the soil's not so wet?  The other
problem is that some of the
things I'm planning on planting would require
stepping onto the bed
which had been double dug a number of weeks
ago (before the rain
started) and even though I use a board to
distribute my weight I keep
thinking I'll just pack the soil down by doing
this. 

Thanks for your replies in advance!
sharon
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