Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneA cabbage seen from above, its broad blue-green leaves spreading in a rosette with purple-flushed midribs and a purple-tinged heart at the centre, weeds and grass around its base.Week of 22 JuneA young cabbage in a black fabric grow bag, its outer leaves already broad and blue-grey, a handwritten label stuck in the dark soil beside it.Week of 22 JuneA cabbage with ruffled blue-grey leaves in a black fabric grow bag topped with dark bark and perlite, a small handwritten label at the left rim, bags of grassy onion tops behind.Week of 6 JulyThe centre of a cabbage seen close up, pale ribbed leaves curling inwards around a chewed purple-tinged growing point beaded with water, the outer leaves veined and holed.Week of 6 JulyLooking straight down into the centre of a cabbage plant. Crinkled blue-green leaves radiate outward, several chewed through with holes, and a small tight head is just beginning to close at the crown.
