No, you're not a whiner! At 5.45am, I am too lazy to look for your post, so I really appreciate the help!
We have clay soil, too. Seven years of working it, later, with compost and generally not giving up, it's getting easier. Not that the drought helped much. As for winter: because by comparison, our winters are mild, we grow quite a bit - peas, broad beans, carrots, garlic are all in/up and others in the planning.
Happy rest of the week.
See you on market day!
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