As a Heritage Gardening Trainee under the Skills For The Future programme, you have to be prepared for all kinds of weather, and having previously worked as a coppicer in ancient woodlands, I have experienced some pretty harsh conditions in my time. That said this winter has been pretty darn cold! It’s been like the winters I’ve heard so much about from those of a more ‘advanced’ age.
Working one day a week at the National Trust’s Peckover House in Wisbech, I’ve experienced some very chilly early morning drives along the A47 – not my favourite road at the best of times! It’s often been dark and cold, but when you’re greeted by the sight of Peckover’s garden under a fresh blanket of snow or still in the grip of an overnight frost, it somehow seems worth it. Sometimes the cold means you simply can’t do a lot gardening-wise, but…
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