Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 20 JulyA cell tray of tiny brassica seedlings in dark compost on a black shelving unit outdoors, a handwritten label upright at one corner and a timber wall behind.Week of 27 JulyTwo plastic seed trays of small seedlings on a wire rack under a strip light, handwritten labels along the tray edges and a timber wall behind.Week of 27 JulyA tray of broccoli seedlings crowded together, their blue-green leaves on pale stems, under a light strip on a shelf with cables and a timber wall behind.Week of 3 AugustA tray of pale blue-green brassica seedlings leaning towards the light under a shop light indoors, a yellow label among them and a clear plastic tray holding them.Week of 24 AugustA single young brassica seedling in a galvanised raised bed of dark compost, its broad blue-green leaves waxy and wavy-edged with pale midribs, a steel trowel lying in the worked soil beside it.Week of 24 AugustLooking down into a galvanised raised bed: a block of young brassicas with broad blue-green waxy leaves, purple-stemmed ones among them, and a dense stand of ferny foliage across the left third, a white irrigation line running diagonally through.
