@TinyHouse4Life that really sucks with the flower beds. Are they raised or ground level?

yeah we started seeing an uptick in rain last week (maybe the week prior), but starting Monday afternoon we've been getting a pretty steady fall with a few breaks in between. I am guessing when I say an inch a day based on very crude measurements (guessing the depth of a tray that is out in the rain), but it seems like it's at least that much. For the first few days we absorbed everything. Yesterday I started to notice the sponge effect when walking around in the chicken area. There is a good bit of their pen that gets moved in and out of use (moving the fencing around), but the coop is stationary so the front, back, and sides are piled up with bedding and straw regularly.

So far my plants seem happy. My raspberries are getting a little tired of the extra weight and have started to slouch a little bit, but they seem ok. I might need to add a little more support to them to keep the berries up off the ground. Birds are catching on that they can reach them without flying :ablobweary:

I don't know at what point things will start to be negatively impacted. I'm hoping drainage is sufficient that my plants do alright. The potatoes are in a raised bed and I think they'll drain fine. Most of my food is either in a container or a straw bale (raised) which should drain without issue.

One thing I am a little bit concerned about is the sweet potatoes I planted last weekend. I used a galvanized water trough for some of the plants and I'm concerned that water might not find it's way to the drain. I didn't drill any extra holes, but I left some more aerated material in the bottom and it's got more than enough depth for the potatoes that even if it does build up a little bit it won't matter, but it's hard to know. According to what I found the sweet potato wants about 10 inches below the soil and I've got them planted into more than 2ft of soil. I left the drain plug open so any standing water at the bottom can escape.

I have some direct sown grasses and stuff at ground level for the birds, but other than that and my various bushes and trees, the only ground level area I have planted this year is in the front of the house, and it's slightly elevated from the spaces around it so it can run off excess thankfully. I don't think the sunflowers want to go for a swim.