Hello Emma, I enjoy your vlogs & your care free gardening style. One way to support your Loganberry would be to put up a trellis structure and try growing it up that. Another way is to fix up some strong garden wire to either a fence or wall and train it along that. This method is how I've got mine. It is well established though, as it was planted over 10 years ago by my late father. I don't have an allotment but just grow some runner beans. If you'd like any advice or tips on how to prune your Loganberry let me know.. P.S. You only pick the berries when they turn completely black, RED berries are NOT ripe.

Maris Peer will give you lovely new potato flavour at Christmas providing they are not infected by blight. Maris Piper are plentiful in the shops throughout Autumn and Winter and should be planted in Spring.

Emma, you are eating the fruit too early. The loganberry must be dark red, almost purple, and they’ll be sweet. The blackcurrant needs to be soft. And no it doesn’t taste like Robinsons because it’s not full of refined sugar.

most of the weeds u have growing at the bottom is bindweed u need to keep pulling it out and burn it or drown it and make a feed out of it like u do with the nettles

I'm binge watching your blogs at the min. Just wanted to say your are doing a great job and do everything in your own time. Never mind what people say. It's your plot to do with what and when you want.

That weed looks like morning glory. It grows at a phenomenal rate. Best to try and get rid of it all.

The way you threw the snail lmao

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Tayberries and logenberries like to go horizontal. All we do is have 2 posts and some wire between them and twine it around the wires.

You have inspired me to get back to my allotment although I've got cancer 😄.

The only thing better than peat for the garden is home made compost. I know it is almost impossible to make enough But, make all you can and, just like the "old boys" on the field, in 30 years time all the "youngsters will be saying, "see that Emma, she just shoves then in and they practically leap out of the ground. Here´s looking forward to that day. Great plot, lovin´ the journey .

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I loosely tied the stem of my cucumber seedlings to the supports at the beginning. Kinda shows them which way you want them go. As they got bigger I repeated this further up the trellis , mainly for support, as the stems are a bit flimsy and cucumbers can get heavy and drag the stem down. And loganberries are not self climbing.You have to tie them to the support structure. Which is a bit of pain because they grow very fast and the canes can get super long if left unchecked. Got to do mine. Thought it was dead after this spring but it just started sprouting new canes again.

Get a burn bin and burn some of those sticks in the winter. You can then put the ash in the compost and also sprinkle some on the beds

Don't get too excited about the cucumbers. That is just female flowers, it needs to be cross pollinated with a male flower or they will not develop.

Maybe they are logan berries or even Tayberries 🤔 @emmasallotmentdiaries

So many years ago I went to a school to learn gardening, and the school has a big greenhouse and grew cucumbers. All of them had spikes on them, so when we picked them, we ran our gloves hand up and down it to break them off. ( no naughty thoughts now) and then we got them set in plastic sleeves. But if there are prickly cucumbers that isn’t meant to be eaten, with the outside on, I’ve never heard, I must do some searching .

Poundland do a packet of green clips which are very useful to help keep crops upright their growing, such as tomatoes and beans etc; and may be of use for your berries on the netting.

🐝thanks for the great video🌻

You choose some lovely music. PS, if that was a flower stalk growing up from the rhubarb you moved, it needs cutting off to save the energy. ;-)

I'd make jams, coulee, crumbles/pies/tarts with the berries if you are not keen eating as is :)

Thanks Emma for the cheerful video, your two plots are blooming in the summer sunshine . I preferred the original balloon colours, but if it makes Einstein come off his hunger strike then I'm all for it .

not sure about the red warning colour idea, I mean berries are red and many birds eat them I know the blackbird wasn't scared of my strawberries lol, blue/green and white looks nice as well though come on Einstein show some appreciation

Love the new colors on the hot air balloon. Hopefully, Einstein will approve. Miss seeing him the last couple videos. Your glads are still so pretty!

Emma , why don't you put the bowl of the balloon ( filled with meal worms ) on the wood where you feed him so he sees and gets used to the bowl, then when he is ok with it hang it up in the tree. Xx k

Hope you changing the colours works, but in my experience Robins tend to prefer a flat service to feed on.

You have an obsession with manhandling plants Emma 😂 That poor cucumber ,leave things alone woman 😄

Would it not be possible to invest in a strimmer, would save you so much time and effort keeping the grass down and help with the weeds. Love your enthusiasm, you always make me smi!e..

What a wonderful garden you have Emma so thoughtful in the things you do. Have a lovely holiday take care. 🌻🥒🌞✨

Blackcurrant jam…mmm

Let’s hope your female cucumber flowers will get fertilized! 😊 Have you ever used cardboard to suppress weeds? If you start collecting cardboard now, you could use it in the autumn/winter once you get your weeds pulled out. It’s a good no-cost solution.

Loved your shaking the corn. For a moment it reminded me of Dee me of the jugglers spinning plates. 😉

I had the same reaction when i first tasted blackcurrents. When you make blackcurrent cordial from the berries it tastes right.

Need the male flowers on the cucumber plant to pollinate the female ones. Also they are all rather prickly but when u pick the cucumber when it’s ready the prickles with brush off

Logan berries should be almost purple when you pull off and they should almost fall into your hand if you need to pull they aren’t ready.

I thought I spotted a change of colour of the balloon on your last video😂!

Where have you ordered your Christmas potatoes from? Everywhere I’ve looked have sold out 😭😭 x

No doubt the balloon bird feeder was made in China....where there are no birds...All baby cucumbers start prickly, as they grow they smooth out, unless you've gone for a prickly variety

Sour berries, you can’t buy in shops because sugar has to be added

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Great video as always

Thank you Emma your plot is looking really lovely I love the colour of the hot air balloon green and white are perfect l hope you get some cucumber s 😊🎉🎉

The baby cucumbers are (for now) only the base of the female flowers, they will only start growing if theyre pollinated by a male flower, so i dont want to discourage you but theres a good chance they will fall off still 🙈🙈 i think i have the same variety and i actually ate one of them today and yeah i can reccomend peeling them first, the skin was kind of hard to eat lol. But it was so lovely!! It only had a very small watery/seedy inside which is the part i like the least so that was great. It was all crunch and it was quite sweet!

I get excited too with Tom's n cucumbers xx don't you dare break it now♡..im worried where your feet were going xx

If it’s the seed craft seeds they are baby cucumber / gherkins mine are growing just the same first I have ever grown too

You can compost all the green weeds - you can build a gigantic log pile with branches - or burn them in the incinerator and put the ashes and charcoal on yours beds and compost heaps❤ Then when it's empty put the weed fabric down. That's Winter taken care of😂

Are your cucumbers the Burpless variety? Used to grow them myself and they were a winner every year😃

I adore your vlogs and clothes! Your gardening style is so relatable. I don't have many in my life that share my love of gardening. I love playing in the garden (that's what I call it). Thanks for taking us along. Sending love to you, Einstein, Rocky and Mr. Fox. ❤️🐈‍⬛❤🦊❤🐦❤️

Hi Emma I think the cooler colours of the hot air balloon are more of a good blend in with your plot. Hopefully Einstein will feel comfortable with the new feeder soon 😊 Have fun on your holiday, it's always nice to get away. Looking forward to your next video xx

Woah your sweetcorn are fabulously tall. Cx