Poor Mrs. Noah

Is anyone else sick of rain? It has been hot humid windy and wet for so long I think I could grow mold on my sunny side. I got a 1/2 wine barrel to make a water feature but with the dismal days I have not been able to work on it. I emptied it out 2 days ago and turned it over to dry out a bit, what did I find underneath ? Mold. Yuck. My mini forest can't get planted as the ground is too heavy for me to dig. But on the good side the trees and shrubs that are still in pots are not drying out. My garden has a couple small ponds in it; the curse of too much clay. Next year we will add more organic material to the soil and more zeolite and more triple mix ( Clarence's new favourite gardening additive) . He feels we will need one bag per square and as much peatmoss ( 4 large bales ) as we added this year. I do find that the zeolite does not let the clay form a crust and therefore provides better air circulation and drainage. However I had to add a lot to get that result. For those who don't know: zeolite is like a very coarse sand. If you added regular sand to all this clay you would likely make bricks as it would bind.......I am hoping that this rain will bring some good. My neighbour decided to heed my advice and round up his quack grass that is plaguing him. However he did it in such a way as to kill my two currant bushes and damage some of my garden plants. If there is any hope for them; I wonder if rain will help.....??? Sigh. I guess I can't complain though, I am not stuck in the ark with all my relatives and alot of stinky animals.........how did she not go crazy? I applaud you, Mrs. Noah.