Grit and bear it, dry weather's on the way

Peter Dowdall says invest wisely in plants that will help repel the effects of poor drainage and mildew

If ever there was a year to look at the soil in our gardens, then this is it. We have had an untold amount of rain over the first few months of 2018 and as a result many of the plants are suffering. It’s not the rainfall per se that is causing the damage, but insufficient drainage that is keeping the water around the root zone of plants and creating soggy ground.