Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 29 JuneA tall pepper plant in a small pot on a potting bench, its stem bare below a crown of leaves, jars with red lids and potted succulents on the timber wall behind.Week of 29 JuneA tall pepper plant with large heart-shaped leaves in a square pot on a potting bench, jars with red lids behind and other seedlings crowding both sides.Week of 13 JulyTwo dark glossy green peppers hanging in the foreground above a flagstone path, with rows of black fabric grow bags and straw mulch, woodland and blue sky beyond.Week of 20 JulyDark green peppers hanging on plants in black fabric grow bags mulched with straw, rows of more bags on flattened cardboard and red-orange mulch, a split-rail fence behind.Week of 3 AugustTwo large dark green blocky peppers hanging from a staked plant, with grow bags of red-orange mulch below, an arch trellis and the rest of the garden behind.Week of 3 AugustA fat dark green pepper hanging on the plant, its skin webbed all over with tan corky lines, straw mulch and grow bags behind.Week of 10 AugustA dark green pepper webbed with tan corky lines hanging from a plant tied to a green metal stake, straw mulch and grow bags behind.Week of 24 AugustDark green blocky peppers hanging from plants in black fabric grow bags, green stakes and white labels between them, with red-orange mulch below and orange marigolds behind.Week of 24 AugustFour blocky green peppers hanging from the purple-jointed stems of one plant, each smooth and thick-walled and blunt at the tip, running with dew over straw mulch.
