For this week’s Gardening Six on Saturday (SoS), I have chosen the fruits of my labour. A shout out to Mr. Piglet, who is now the main grafter while I supervise. A nod to our gardening host, Jim, over at Garden Ruminations.
1. Red Onions – June Harvest
Finally, the red onions I planted in November/December are ready to harvest. As you can see, I gave up on the weeds.
Nearly three kilos! Not bad, According to the Continente website Cebola Roxa Biológica are €4.38 per kg
2. Cucumber Harvest
Unfortunately, two of the original three cucumber plugs succumbed to a viral/insect attack so now I’m left with one. I bought three more plugs, but they also died. These weighed about 0.6 kg. More baby cucumbers to follow. I grated one and made some tzatziki. Delicious!
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3. Courgettes -Zucchini
This is the first year I’ve grown Zucchini in pots, and so far I’m delighted with the results. They weighed in at 0.8kg with more to follow.
4. Physalis
Physalis grow like weeds in my garden. I’ve given up trying to cultivate in pots. They self-seed and only grow where they decide to grow …even in the gravel (brita). (100g)
5. Lime tree growing in a pot
Sigh. This lime tree has struggled for years. It’s got to the point where I wonder if it’s worth persevering or putting it out of its misery. 1 lime 100g
6. Mini Tomatoes
The golden pearl F1 mini-bell cherry tomatoes I planted in March have finally started to ripen. Crop so far 0.25 kg. The red tomatoes are cherry toms I bought at Rogil market.
Other crops that deserve a mention are lettuce, green beans, and curly kale. I am allowing the aubergine to grow bigger before I harvest.
Piglet in Portugal 
The toms are looking juicy! I do love a home grown tomato, with a bit of feta or mozzarella!
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Mozzorela, basil and slice tom … perfect!
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How lovely! I think growing in containers are awesome! I have 8 big containers with tomatoes, and 4 with bell pepper at my balcony. I have grown different type of zucchinis on container before, but this year I only have them in garden beds and raised beds. I’ve never grown physalis, I wonder if it would do OK here? I know some people are growing them in green houses. Thank you for sharing your garden.
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Hi MAria, GRowing peppers and toms in containers (IMHO) is the way forward. SLight change of topic. I recently discovered both my peppers and toms have been attacked by insects drilling into the furit. The tomatoes had holes the size of a large pinprick and the peppers a larger hole. Gutted. I’ve had to buys some bio insecticide.
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Looks like quite the feast. Hope to harvest here in two months time.
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I think your weather is a lot different to ours which, aprt from the wind, is mild by comparison and not as extreme.
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Could be, Piglet. The tropical rains and hot weather we’ve had sure seem extreme!
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Wow, I’m jealous you’re getting squash, cucumber, and tomatoes harvest already. I’m still waiting for my squash to grow its first true leaf.
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Interesting you call Zucchini/courgettes squash. Are they the same? I have butternut squash with a couple of baby squashes just an inch long at the moment. They are so slow to grow but at least you can store butternut squash for months.
My tomato harvest is later this year.
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Yes, they are the same, actually. Zucchini are summer squash while butternuts are winter squash. They are both grown in the summer but eaten in different times of the year.
My tomatoes have started to form but it’ll take them a while to ripen.
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Great job! My red onions always failed until I learned to plant the in the Fall. I love tomatillo but I’m afraid to introduce another self seeder. Or maybe I will just chance it.
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Tomatillo? I discover another name. Self seeding is problematic but at least you can eat them and they are SO expensive to buy in shops.
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Well done on the onions. My one and only attempt at growing red onions when my wife and I briefly had an allotment were a disaster. I think you can class the weeds as wildflowers and claim they were companion planting for the onions.
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Yes, I was chuffed with the results and none had thick necks or had bolted and gone to seed. A first! I like the idea of the companion planting excuse. The other bed is even worse.
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