FOOD CRISIS Australia Nobody Is Talking About Part 3

[@martysgarden]

Please share any ideas to help others with the oncoming heat and storms to protect your garden!

[@servantofgod5642]

Cover everything from monsoon rains when they hit and use the covers for shade as well on the stinker days.

[@rhonndataciak7834]

In WA we have now experienced two ruthless summers here. And this one is shaping up to be same. I’ve changed my whole idea of gardening and have gravitated towards establishing a more agro-forestry system on a small area. I’m putting in more citrus and fruit trees. Once established, mulberry trees have shown great resilience. These trees are now providing shelter and shade and I am using the microclimates within the garden to plant perennials. I’ve abandoned traditional vege beds and am using raised beds made from blue plastic drums and half cut olive drums to make wicking beds for annual vege and leafy greens. I am planting pumpkins and sweet potatoes to ramble through the fruit trees to cover the soil. Careful use and efficiency of Water, shade and shelter from drying winds, and creating diversity in planting will hopefully create more resiliency in food production.

[@philcleaver2703]

@@rhonndataciak7834 Sure has been both weird and brutal one week needing a sweater next week 47C poor plants don't know if they are Arthure or Marther. Ordered a few cuts of Reo offcuts from a local concrete contractor and made up Reo tunnels angled at 45 degrees and the pumpkins and cucumbers appear to like that setup..Mark 2 is with star pickets and a fishing line for the beans and tomatoes. they also seem to appreciate the setup and with our mini tornado, the other day SOR survived where the stakes toms got flattened Today move 5 bathtubs replace or refurbish the soil and in go Radish, ever pick lettuce, spring onions, and Swiss chard come February they move for winter sun upgrade the soil for LOTS of garlic to go in mid-March. The last effort yielded 40 kg of garlic cloves . so what is left after allowing for own consumption until November 2025 goes in as the next crop. Thus acclimatised garlic to our location and soil type both hard and soft neck. For effective weed suppression use lots of mulch and couple of handfuls of worm castings and lots of blood and bone seems all they need if the soil is properly prepped before the cloves go in and top up is just mild worm wee and crushed up sterilised egg shells for calcium and once only spray August of seaweed extract ex folia

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

Shadecloth. I nail it onto a couple of fence palings and lean it over the plants. That's for sun, I've not figured out anything for wind!

[@tonismith5932]

There's also Nano Tech landing on outside veg and water. Check PH in Water Tanks. There could be a very sensible reason they are building glass houses to grow

[@PepeFassos]

Love ya mate !!.... keep on sharing the stories.. the world needs you 🙏🌱💚

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for the support Pepe!

[@gordontickle1673]

I am a Retired Brit living in Northern Thailand, we have a farm and a 2 acre garden on which we prep and aim towards self reliance. Hard times are defiantly coming. GT

[@martysgarden]

It's a global thing now for sure

[@hiphopopotomus676]

Love your energy Marty mate, I’m in Hobart and have been more interested in planting fruit trees but with your knowledge I have started planting more veggies and got some chooks. Keep up the good work.

[@martysgarden]

Thank you, I will create a video on my fruit trees as soon as I am ready

[@RonaldLagas-rs6ct]

I like to plant what works for me and the more I'm planting the more I'm learning, the better my soil quality is getting, the better the crops get. Love your work mate, keep spreading the word

[@martysgarden]

Yep, build those soils and you win!

[@hr1893]

First you need to invest in your soil. Mine is 100% sand and has taken me 5 years so that I can grow decent crops. Instead of buying a cup of coffee, buy a bag of manure. Grow fast growing trees such as mulberry, loquat etc to give you a lot of leaves for mulch. Collect the autumn leaves on the street. There are so many things you can do to improve your soil.

[@martysgarden]

Good advice, soil is the base to everything!

[@angelau1194]

@@martysgarden There used to be an old bloke on UK TV when I was a kid, his name was Percy Thrower and he spoke with a heaven country/yokle type accent. His catch phrase used to be "the answer lies in the soil." People used to take the mick out of him and impersonate him but how right he was.

[@olenanewton364]

You must be in Perth or WA then! It is a shocker here. We had a bore dug - 25 metres deep, only sand came out!

[@hr1893]

@ Constantly battling with the sand and weeds in Perth! Drought in summer. Even our 30 years old well established big plum tree got burnt in the recent heat wave. As you say it’s a shocker.

[@olenanewton364]

@@hr1893 Yes, it is very difficult here from those points of view. We came from Brisbane and it took me a while not to be visually offended by the front yards in general and overall state of vegetation. The very first thing we invested in was the bore.

[@jeaniepecats419]

Growing food including survival crops, keeping chickens and rabbits too.

[@martysgarden]

Thanks

[@davidcollier185]

Great advice Marty - you have so much wisdom, thank you

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for watching and for the encouragement.

[@happydaze-l9c]

Hi Marty, in victoria we seem to get huge storms just in time to knock the blooms and buds off the fruiting trees, frosts that damage new crops, so many issues these days. I have a Jujube tree, grows well in vic once established, great sugar substitute in recipes and mulberry grows well, I haven't planted too much this year with ground crops, the obligatory tomatoes, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber etc, but working on it all. Jerusalem artichoke is risk free if you keep them in check and warragle greens is a great ground cover, hardy and tastes like spinach, must wilt it or cook it to eat.

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for sharing here, have you tried any Aussie bush foods yet to grow?

[@happydaze-l9c]

​@@martysgarden the warragal greens is great, I want to try some salt bush for berries, and the midyim berries should grow here too, always looking for something new to try

[@jenniferjones3004]

There is another YTube channel called Real Life Fruitopia. They are also in Victoria, he loves to grow fruit trees, particularly tropical. It might be worth a look, I think he's in the South Eastern suburbs.

[@happydaze-l9c]

@@jenniferjones3004 thank you so much, will look it up.

[@angelau1194]

Hi Marty. It's a coolish day here in SA and we had a drop of rain early this morning which I'm grateful for. Christmas Day was pretty hot so I'm enjoying today Xx

[@martysgarden]

Keep on enjoying my friend

[@simbarb]

Hi Marty, I came across your channel recently but just wanted to say I bought a pressure canner 3 years ago & learnt how to preserve through watching YT channels. My mum did bottling when I was a child but never taught us how to do it as the years went by. I guess we never asked. She just turned 90 and is doing well, in NZ. I've been in Brisbane since 1992. Self Sufficient Me is one of my favourite ones to watch.

[@martysgarden]

Hi there, nice guy Mark

[@myvideostowatch9886]

Hello from Los Angeles I would recommend the loquat tree which produces very good fruits as well as pomegranates and they have excellent drought tolerance

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for sharing this information. So helpful for those that are looking at alternatives and want to learn

[@nevinsweeney6931]

Loquats are not such a good idea here in Aus, in fruit fly areas. They are early croppers and enable the fruit fly numbers to ramp up early in the season. To be avoided here if you are in a fruit fly area or you have to be very fruit fly pro-active.

[@angelau1194]

May I ask you about pomegranates? I live in hot, dry South Australia and I planted a pomegranate tree a few years ago (the blossoms are so beautiful). My problem is that I don't know when to harvest the fruit. I haven't bothered too much because I'm not really a fan of the fruit myself - I grew it for my daughter and the beautiful shade it gives. It seems such a shame to waste the fruit.

[@ausfoodgarden]

@@angelau1194 If you keep a close eye on the fruit you might see it change from round to a more angular shape. That's a good sign they are ready.

[@HDXFH]

They are great but fruit flies love them aswell

[@kevinrusso6849]

Thanks Marty for your effort , you are a great encouragement .

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeaniepecats419]

Winged yam, cassava, yaakon, snake beans, and start preserving. It’s not difficult. Save all jars and buy more jars from your local op shop!

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for sharing

[@dawn.cheripaul3168]

Too hard to keep.preserved food good here in Brisbane. Really need to be kept in fridge soneasier tonfreeze but then need a generator.for when power goes out

[@monty111000]

Hi, can you do a vid on staging garden crops, for example, exactly how many tomato plants would be needed to supply a 5 person family, how many potatoe plants etc….

[@lj2070]

New tomatoes and basil started yesterday, new lettuce , sliverbeet, spring onions starting tomorrow

[@martysgarden]

Good stuff,

[@pranicmegan]

Oh how I long for only 35 degree days! Out where we are we regularly are over 40. The heat is even making my beans struggle. And my garden is nearly 6 weeks behind where it should be because we had some evil rain early in spring that killed everything, then we had a late late frost about 6 weeks into spring that wiped all my seedling out AGAIN. So I have tomatoes that are just starting to get flowers now when they should have fruit that is just about to ripen. Makes me so mad.

[@philcleaver2703]

be helpful if you gave us a location :) sound like you are in WA up Morawa way . Hail in 3 springs Dust storms in Wubin go figure

[@martysgarden]

Over 40 regularly wow thats hot!

[@pranicmegan]

@@philcleaver2703 East Central NSW

[@pranicmegan]

@@martysgarden yep. And no air con. We have come up with some novel ways of not dying of heat.

[@philcleaver2703]

@@pranicmegan thanks I am logging heat maps and data for Marty's users to get some stats together that he could use. Big help Rellies over east in Dorigo, Urunga, Coffs, Bellingen, and Armidale NSW Kempsey and Tamworth as well as others in WEE Waa Thargaminda all copping a bit of hurt over the years Have a good 2025

[@jeaniepecats419]

Temperatures in the 30s is usual here for this time of year. Storms too. Half hour out of Murwillumbah

[@martysgarden]

So hot here now Wow, feels stormy

[@annwithaplan9766]

I hope you can cover some of your crops with tent shaped tarps or something. And I hope your chickens will have a place to get up off the ground during the coming rains. It's cold here in North Carolina, usa. I've got all my potted plants in the kitchen until spring. I have one papaya tree and a nice bushy mango tree inside as well as several small avocado trees. I'll be in California soon, for 3 months, and when I get back I'll be planting all kinds of veggies that will be for myself and daughter's family. We also have done a lot of freeze drying the past 4 yrs for the future.

[@martysgarden]

California,,wow have a wonderful time

[@craigsbacktobasics]

I totally agree Marty. Iv collected over 30 varieties of fruit tree including 12 figs, 4 avocado, persimmon, white sapote as well as bringing back to life the veggie patch in the rental im in. Iv also recently started making content for youtube in a bid to inspire more people to start preparing as well

[@martysgarden]

Good one, all the best with the channel.

[@justinarnold7725]

Not always Coles and Woolies responsible for prices also foreign companies like to the US Military Industrial Complex like Monsanto and Cargill control Australia's food economy to a greater extent

[@martysgarden]

Thanks for sharing, I need to learn more on this for sure

[@EricaD61]

New to your channel. Been a prepper for about 15 years. Started small and worked out what worked and such in our climate. North qld. Cyclones/storms/flooding were what i prepped for. I now can my own foods. Buying heaps from our local farmers market and theyre all about 60+ years old. But i buy for the year. This year i want to grow some useful veggies. Atm i can only grow eggplant and chillies and we dont eat much of any of that. Haha. Need to fix my soil a bit and thats what i have started now. New bigger garden bed going in soon. Fruit trees etc to be planted. My mango trees are a bit different this year with their growth. Usually my fruit is predominately growing on the SE sides of the trees but this year its the NE. Very strange.

[@martysgarden]

Sounds like you've got a great system going. Thanks for sharing with us all here, it will inspire others

[@tln6576]

I think a key sentence here was “you might not get much out of it the first year because you’re still getting things in place” etc…yes! 2nd year gardening in northern rivers location I’m in now, (near Kyogle) I do co-creative gardening (test using kineaseology in connection with nature intelligence for what to put, where, etc.) I tested to include: bush beans, carrots, asparagus (?? I know…), basil, zucchini, okra, thyme, tarragon, oregano, chives, southern european spinach, celery (!?), beetroot, radishes; with borage and chia interplanted throughout, and interplanting generally throughout all rows. Marigold and phlox, too. Had to start a lot of things twice and tried to plant seedlings as everything so delayed by heavy rains and then heat. Also mibuna, a few other things I have to start later at end of summer (I think). Surprise was that asparagus, zucchini, tarragon, chives & okra coped with all the heat and rain (although we had to get a shadecloth and pvc hoops structure up which was a nightmare…) but these had been planted slightly earlier so could handle the extremes more. Normally I’m a native lanscape restoration gardener - more than a vege grower. Cheers, T

[@peternicco3]

Hi T, trying to do the same right by you. Cheers P

[@jasonsha6844]

you sound really cool , I'm a keen grower as well. try sweet potato the one you can eat the leaves . very nice eating and plenty of it .

[@martysgarden]

Good luck with the garden this summer

[@Don-Zorrro]

Sorry for you

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

The hail in summer is unreal! Spikey, chunky and huge!

[@martysgarden]

Just insane, never seen that before until now

[@darrenwaverley753]

Satanic Geoengineering

[@AnnettePacker]

People's heads are In the sand dunes they don't see until it is on top of them then they cry wolf we didn't know but you did

[@martysgarden]

True they are

[@BravelilEcoWarrior]

This is the attack on the free

[@Backyardbanana]

If you have any jars or transparent containers try having a go at fresh sprouts alfalfa seed broccoli peas beans ect it's a quick simple n cost effective way to get essential minerals and vitamins into your body

[@ausfoodgarden]

Yep, microgreens/sprouts are great. I'm sure Marty has covered them in the past. I usually grow my excess saved brassica seeds as microgreens. Cheers!

[@martysgarden]

That's an excellent suggestion, thanks for sharing!

[@AnnettePacker]

I've been saying this for years

[@martysgarden]

Cheers, stoked you can see it

[@phillipavincent]

That hail was weird and very nasty looking

[@martysgarden]

It was mad, I had never seen hail like that. My friend showed me the photo and it had big spikes!

[@rickthelian2215]

Honestly, you need to either structure better have reliable facts on both sides. 12.minutes, instead of 3 maximum. II heard about the supermarkets again the weather storms in your area that created lots of damage with idea to minimise possible damage Farmers leaving their farms, no money suggesting supermarkets are to blame and a few stats thrown in, farmers (like any business need to adjust or adapt to changing conditions, yes after all the natural storms and drought or water rights come into it). Tough in farming in other countries I’m trying to nicely say you’re dragging a heavy chain rather than being informative and straight to the point. Farmers aren’t forced to sign these contracts from the supermarkets!

[@rhonndataciak7834]

You are pretty incorrect on many of your points. If you are not interested in growing food and food crisis, this is not the place for you? And this is not the video for you either? Honestly…

[@bluemm2852]

Sounds like you own shares in supermarkets.

[@martysgarden]

Yes, I know it's not for everyone, I am not here as a journalist I, talk about what I see and what is happening to me, friends and family. And farmers don't get contracts so you are mistaking what I said. They want the contracts. But hey no problem if you want to have a go at me I don't mind. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, as am I

[@philcleaver2703]

@@martysgarden Just be yourself, Marty. No one is perfect you are who and what you are. for a 1 man band, you are doing wonders for lots of people Even we old grumpy ones recognize a human with bucket loads of empathy.. If people think they can do it better. Then head off they go and start their own channel lets go hard for 2025 .

[@brigidvandermoezel7814]

@@martysgardenYou’re doing a great job, Marty, and a great service for many.

[@denisehitchens1418]

Get up to date immigrants ate looked after heaps more than aussies.

[@martysgarden]

Yer, I dont know much about that. My wife just got her residency ,,all she gets is medicare and pays taxes

[@denisehitchens1418]

@@martysgarden not on marriage to australian. Indians, Africans , refugee countries get free bonuses. Rent assistance big time. Australians get nothing so your family get nothing.

[@rickthelian2215]

What about all the fruit shops Marty stop blaming the Supermarkets, that’s just media misinformation with only small amount of contracts supermarket from farms for meat and vegetables citing out the middle man Sydney Markets and Brisbane like around Australia.

[@servantofgod5642]

Thanks Rick, all the years I was working for produce suppliers to the de monic duo (C &WW) and witnessing the blackmail these supermarkets inflicted on all its suppliers, , as well as management and the owners witnessed the blackmail but obviously it’s just media misinformation. I can understand the stupid management and owners getting exploited and ripped off by media misinformation but I’m ashamed I was so blind having been a conspiracy freak since my teen years and not owning a TV for 40 years. Thanks Rick.

[@GypsyinAus]

I've noticed last few years probably since covid its no cheaper cutting out middle man and buying from markets....the stalls at farmers market are charging just as much as supermarkets. I often wonder if the stuff is even grown by them or do they buy from city whole sale markets and sell it off as their own.

[@martysgarden]

Didnt you know that there in no regulation put in place for farmers and the big two. Here is just one article. Here is a snippet from a recent senet inquiry: "At the rate we're going ... there won't be any family farms left within five to 10 years, or you're going to have corporate farms and they're going to be as good as citizens to the consumer as what they are now, and it is scary. "If you don't have family farms, you're going to lose your food security." The Senate inquiry was set up following claims of price gouging by major supermarkets to consumers. But primary producers have warned the market power of supermarkets have meant they can charge low prices for the purchase of goods. Fellow orchard farmer Ian Pearce told the committee the prices for goods set by supermarkets had largely stayed unchanged over several years, despite labour costs increasing. "In 2011, we got $2.37 a kilo and $2.55 a kilo. Last year in September, similar timing, $2.60 and $2.57 a kilo," he said. "We're very dependent with apples on the domestic market ... we're caught in a cost price squeeze." Link to article: pulse.auctionsplus.com.au/aplus-news/politics/farmers-fear-for-future-as-supermarkets-crunch-costs

[@christasflowersandveggies]

I agree with you 100%, storing food and growing what I can though still learning how to grow in my climate. I have one veggie growing area that self seeds itself and that's a wonderful cold weather garden that grows carrots, beets, collards, strawberries, purple sprouting broccoli, leeks, silverbeet, lettuce and kale. Out front in what were to be cut flower beds, I've mixed in corn, potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumbers, zucchini, beets, beans both climbing and bush varieties and soon to add capsicums, garlic, onions, basil and whatever else I find that'll grow and give me food. fingers crossed this garden gives me something. I also have planted many fruit trees, lemons, apples, mandarins, nashi, plums, cherry, blueberry, pear, peach, some recently and others 7 years ago when we bought this property in Wonthaggi, Gippsland. 🍊🍋🍎🍏🍐🍑🍒🫐🍓🥔🍅🥕🌽🫑🧄🥒🧅🥦 Thanks Marty and a Happy New Year to you and your family. 🎊🥂🍾🥂🎉

[@martysgarden]

Wow, that’s a great selection of fruit trees, you’re really set up!

[@ZoeCampbell33]

Let’s ask questions at the local level as the PM is too busy to answer letters My petition is to ask Byron shire council to investigate the mandating of vaccines in the shire and why teachers, doctors, nurses, amongst many others, lost their jobs if they did not comply. Hopefully we may see if Byronshire can be the 3rd Council in Australia to succeed in preventing this from happening again. Please read the attached documents about Port Headland Council and note the simple process they used as entrusted servants of the people. My hope is we can achieve 1,000 signatures. This will demonstrate to the council that there are many who are concerned and would like them to follow the inspiring lead of Port Headland. I believe the investigation would be an important step to create trust and confidence again with those we have put in place to represent the shire. Hopefully we can start healing the damage of this very dividing time in our history. If we say nothing and simply ignore this petition - we run the risk of the same thing happening all over again - and learning nothing. Now is the time to speak up at the local level where all decisions are better to be made. And not in the hands of others. As losing our communities respect could severely affect the future freedoms and lives of the children. chng.it/jZsBVVn9jT

[@Cube_Ernator1077]

Signed-I'm in rural Victoria!

[@martysgarden]

Mandates suck