Hi all. With the sad new of @Marty Ware retirement and the hub closing. I decided to make my own. It’s called Home Grown Gardening. Hopefully Marty will join to and visit us there. Hope to see you all there. Here’s a link https://www.skool.com/home-grown-gardening-1164/about?ref=a106e22b1dcd443389c8e6f24403855f

I just wanted to let you all know I have decided to retire from Marty's Garden and the online world of gardening. I want to thank everyone for their support over the years. Everyone has been awesome and it's been an amazing journey of over 15 years I will close this account in a couple of days. I recommend that you reach out to any new friends and get their details so you can keep contact with them. Sending lots of love to you all. Marty & Sherly

Daily vlog for 2026 and I’ve been consistent so far 😂 I had a visitor that ate all my blueberries! 😭 Most things going well. Couldn’t believe the size difference in a day on those butternut squash though. We have a few hot days this week so watching the garden closely. First tomato blushed today - yay!

For a bit of inspiration Mum and I visited the kitchen garden at Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens at Toowong this morning. Its always interesting to see what and how they are growing things in the Brisbane climate throughout the year. The orchard is right beside the kitchen garden and you cant visit without a 2 min walk down to the serenity of the Japanese Garden.

Garden is still producing but lawns really need to be sorted. Got the compost to go on top of the hay bale experiment today - still a little smelly but neighbours aren’t complaining so that’s a win. Corn, snake beans and chillies are all looking good. So are the lettuce beds in the shaded area near the chicken run. That determinate tomato is putting out the last of its fruit but been a good haul with only ~25% going to fruit fly. Had a baby bush turkey find his way into the chicken run. Girls were not too happy about it. We’ve now go three or four young bush turkeys calling this part of the neighbourhood home. According to the RSPCA adult BT have no paternal instincts so they young are on their own from hatching. I just shooed him into the main garden and he happily wandered off to find some cover and snacks….