my lawn is sodden

Hi Janandchris. Welcome to GOY. This was covered a few days ago. Check out Socrates blog "my garden is full of clay......" on 13th Feb. So many of us have this awful problem. Good luck.

PS. As for the lawn, if you can bear the effort just go over it prodding with a fork. It justs needs airiating. This might help out now but it wont solve the problem longterm.

I have just the same problem in my garden but I have managed to greatly improve it by prodding it with a fork, as suggested by Hillyc, but then I brush sharp sand into the holes made by the fork. You can buy a piece of equipement that actually removes plugs of soil and this would probably be even better if you want to spend the money.

This is the best I could find:

http://www.hortcourses.com/techniques/drains.aspx

UK website:

http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/horti.aspx