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I can't think of a better way to spend the day than talking to people about their gardens.
This week we are taking a look at the garden of George Buchanan on the outskirts of Buncrana. For years George has been donating the daffodils from his garden to the Irish Cancer Society, who sell them around the peninsula. The Society is celebrating it’s twentieth year on Friday 23rd of March 2007 which is all the more reason to dig deep into those pockets and buy an extra bunch!
How long have you been working on the garden?
From the beginning, over twenty years.
What is your favourite plant or flower?
It has to be the daffodil.
What is your favourite feature in the garden?
Again, it has to be the swaths of daffodils at this time of year.
What is your favourite season and why?
Spring and I think you can guess why. Yes it’s because of the daffodils!
What work gives you the most pleasure in the garden?
I enjoy making the garden as low maintenance as possible. I am a busy person and weeding could take up too much time. I have been putting down Weed Block webbing and gravel on the beds to cut down the maintenance.
Any irritations in the garden. How do you cope?
I do have a few slugs in the garden, but they don’t seem to do too much damage to the plants.
What is your best gardening tool?
My JCB!
Top gardening tip?
Don’t cut off the leaves of the daffodils in your garden after the flowers have gone. Leave them until they go yellow to get the nutrients back into the bulbs. The bulbs will reward you next year. When you buy the cut flowers on Friday, put them straight into water after cutting off an inch of the stems. A pinch of sugar in the water will keep them looking fresh for longer.
Any plans for the future?
I would like to make more of the garden low maintenance, and of course plant more daffs!
This week we are taking a look at the garden of George Buchanan on the outskirts of Buncrana. For years George has been donating the daffodils from his garden to the Irish Cancer Society, who sell them around the peninsula. The Society is celebrating it’s twentieth year on Friday 23rd of March 2007 which is all the more reason to dig deep into those pockets and buy an extra bunch!
How long have you been working on the garden?
From the beginning, over twenty years.
What is your favourite plant or flower?
It has to be the daffodil.
What is your favourite feature in the garden?
Again, it has to be the swaths of daffodils at this time of year.
What is your favourite season and why?
Spring and I think you can guess why. Yes it’s because of the daffodils!
What work gives you the most pleasure in the garden?
I enjoy making the garden as low maintenance as possible. I am a busy person and weeding could take up too much time. I have been putting down Weed Block webbing and gravel on the beds to cut down the maintenance.
Any irritations in the garden. How do you cope?
I do have a few slugs in the garden, but they don’t seem to do too much damage to the plants.
What is your best gardening tool?
My JCB!
Top gardening tip?
Don’t cut off the leaves of the daffodils in your garden after the flowers have gone. Leave them until they go yellow to get the nutrients back into the bulbs. The bulbs will reward you next year. When you buy the cut flowers on Friday, put them straight into water after cutting off an inch of the stems. A pinch of sugar in the water will keep them looking fresh for longer.
Any plans for the future?
I would like to make more of the garden low maintenance, and of course plant more daffs!
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