Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA tiny eggplant seedling with two rounded true leaves in a fibre pot of dark compost, a handwritten label behind it, on a white fleece surface.Week of 22 JuneA single seedling with four rounded leaves at the centre of a wide black fabric grow bag of dark compost, a blue and white label beside it, grass all around.Week of 6 JulyA tiny eggplant seedling with four rounded leaves in a wide fabric grow bag thickly mulched with straw, a pink handwritten label lying in the straw beside it.Week of 6 JulyA tiny eggplant seedling with a few soft grey-green leaves in the straw of a black fabric grow bag, an empty black nursery pot and a handwritten label at the bag's edge.Week of 27 JulyA young eggplant seen from above in a black fabric grow bag, its broad grey-green leaves veined in purple over a thick bed of straw.Week of 17 AugustAn eggplant seen from above, broad lobed leaves on purple-flushed stems spreading out of a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, with black ground fabric and a stone paver around it.Week of 24 AugustA pale violet eggplant flower open on a purple-tinged stem, five pointed petals swept back around a cone of yellow anthers. The plant's broad leaves and the black fabric pot it grows in fall out of focus behind.
