Can you trench around the edges of your garden and drain to the low spot?

Oh, no fun. We had rain here clear into the end of June last year. Some things suffered but most made it through. I never know from year to year what the bumper crop will be. My green bean seedlings were attacked viciously at the two leaf stage and cut to the ground over and over by rain-loving critters (slugs.) I sure had some great lettuce though. And lots of it!

I have two 3x8 raised beds; no room (or permission from the landlord) for anything else, so no room for trenches either.

Yes, my lettuce seems to be loving it! :). At least I'll get some good salad out of the deal if nothing else. Cucumbers are liking it, too, but as you said so are the slugs. I've been slug hunting every night by flashlight and it seems to be helping a bit. Hopefully we'll have a bit of a dry spell soon. :)

If you have raised beds, you shouldn't need trenches or more drainage.

Have you tried Sluggo?

I am right there with you, we have had a coupe of days of no rain, but still damp and cloudy, peppers are not loving it. My ground squishes in places. I have not had pest problems though.

What's rain???? We are dry from about April til October! Nancy

My beds do drain well, but don't get much if a chance to dry out any. Also, I couldn't find Sluggo, but I got some Natria slug and snail bait (iron phosphate pellets) which I think is similar? It's working like a charm so far!

I thank Heaven every time it rains, which has be quite often (over 7 inches in May so far). After two years of horrible drought and gardening conditions, I can definitely live with rain.