Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36174708)

It may not have rained for 4 days but it rained pretty constantly last winter and for much of the spring. Our own back garden is also soft to the point of squelching and the front had standing water on it after a storm early last week, however it was not like that during the first winter we were here (2022-23).

You may have poorly draining land but this past winter has brought out the worst in it.