Keeping fields and orchards in good heart through winter.

Winter is when the ground tells you what it needs. Standing water shows where drainage has failed, and bare hedgerows make it easy to see which fence posts and rails are due for replacement.

A late flail over rough grass, a pass with the forestry tractor on encroaching bramble and a check of every gate hanging will save weeks of work when the growth starts again.

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