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Tha Màiri NicGilliosa air ais anns a’ ghàrradh. Tha obair gu leòr roimhpe anns an lios agus bi i a’ tadhal air iomadh gàirnealair inntinneach a bheir fiosrachadh agus brosnachadh dhi.

’S ann à Dùn Èideann a tha Màiri agus ged a tha i gu math eòlach air a bhi a’ fàs rudan air tir-mòr, b’e an uiridh a chiad bhliadhna aice a’ cur agus a’ fàs anns a’ ghàrradh ùr aice ann a Leòdhas. Tha pìos talamh glè mhòr timcheall air an dachaigh aice, agus chunnaic sinn i a’ toirt cruth-atharrachaidh air anns a chiad sreath an uiridh.

Tha Màiri a’ cumail oirre a’ toirt piseach air an lios. Anns an darna prògram ‘san t-sreath ùr, tha i a’ cur glasraich agus a’ tadhal air gàrradh coimhearsnachd ann an Cranhill, Glaschu. Tha i a’ faighinn barrachd a-mach mu a bhi a’ cleachdadh luibhean airson leigheas bho’n eòlaiche Catherine Conway-Payne, agus a’ tadhal air an gàrradh àlainn aig Sue Blair ann a Leòdhas.

Mairi’s back at work in her island garden, embracing the joys and challenges of growing in the Hebrides and learning from other passionate gardeners along the way.

It’s Mairi Gillies’s second year growing in her garden on the island of Lewis. We follow her as she further develops the garden and seeks advice and inspiration from other enthusiastic growers.

Although Mairi is an experienced horticulturalist, gardening on a Hebridean island with its unique weather challenges was a new experience for her. Last year, we saw her start to develop her garden, a large space surrounding her new home which was in need of some TLC. Mairi has a limited budget, and aims to keep her carbon footprint as low as possible.

Mairi plants out vegetables and flowers and visits growers at a thriving community garden in Cranhill, Glasgow. She finds out more about herbology from Catherine Conway-Payne at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and visits Sue Blair who transformed a neglected piece of ground into a lovely mature garden on the west side of Lewis.

In Gaelic with English subtitles