I've been doing a sort of similar idea.
Grow bags or pots with fast draining potting soil in shallow trenches lined with plastic. I say trenches but they're only a few inches deep and wide as the plastic will fit. They're easily made by piling up a bit of dirt or whatever (did one with wood chips because they were right there) you have around the perimeter.
The idea was from Professor Kratky's ideas on hydroponics -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwBvl5MXuQMziQL2_pQCPA/videos
specifically what he calls sub irrigation. This is just maintaining a water level in whatever the pots are sitting in at an inch or two or lower. The growing medium will wick up the water while maintint access to air for the roots.
Normally, mosquitos are a big problem here in standing water, and Prof. Kratky went to lengths to prevent them, but I got an unexpected bonus having water accessible in a dry area, negating the need for screening etc....Dragonflies and lots of them. They took out the mosquitos entirely. It's a beautiful thing to watch a cloud of brightly colored Dragonflies aside from the anti-skeeter benefit.
I have some tropical fruit trees in this setup and they like it. Makes it easy to drag them into the greenhouse come frost time of the year.
Speaking of dragging, here's a good tool for plant/tree moving which could be improvised:
https://www.gardenersedge.com/leonard-gardenglidetransporter/p/AG1?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwcu6uq3e9AIVKxXUAR0B0wr2EAQYAiABEgJvqPD_BwE