Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 15 JuneA young pepper plant in a large black fabric grow bag, a patch of perlite spread over the dark mulch, a wooden label beside it and more grow bags of peppers behind.Week of 6 JulyA slender pepper plant in a black fabric grow bag of pale straw, a handwritten label propped in the mulch and more grow bags stepping away behind.Week of 3 AugustA long glossy green pepper hanging beside a green metal stake, a black fabric grow bag with straw mulch below and mown grass beyond.Week of 24 AugustTwo long slender green peppers hanging from the same jointed stem against a green metal stake, both smooth and glossy and tapering evenly to a blunt point, one nearly twice the other's length.Week of 24 AugustTwo long conical peppers hanging from woody jointed stems, each tapering evenly to a sharp point and ripening from green at the top through gold to bright orange at the tip.Week of 24 AugustTwo long tapering peppers hanging from a woody stem, each smooth and blunt-tipped and ripening in a band from green at the shoulder through yellow to strong orange below.Week of 24 AugustA long curved pepper tapering to a fine point and ripened to uniform deep orange, hanging from a woody stem with a second behind it still green at the shoulder.Week of 24 AugustTwo long tapering peppers hanging from woody stems, both ripened to a deep even orange and drawn to blunt points, with basil crowding in from the left and staked tomatoes behind.
