Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA pepper plant tied to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag, a small printed label at its foot, perlite-flecked compost below and sunlit lawn and fencing beyond.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant carrying many small green fruits on a bamboo cane in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, more bags behind and a split-rail fence with shrubs at the top of the slope.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen from above in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, white flowers and a few small green fruits among its leaves, a bamboo cane and a handwritten label beside it.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant hung with slim green chillies and white flowers, rain still beaded on its leaves, a bamboo cane running up through it and black fabric grow bags behind.Week of 29 JuneA pepper plant in a clear plastic cup of compost on a whitewashed potting bench, a printed label pushed in beside it, cleaning bottles and peanut butter jars with red lids behind.Week of 29 JuneA cluster of slender green chillies standing upright around a bamboo cane, dark leaves below them and black fabric grow bags in the background.Week of 29 JuneA young pepper plant growing in a clear plastic cup on a cluttered indoor bench, a printed label tucked into the dark soil, timber wall and storage jars behind.Week of 29 JunePale yellow-green chillies standing upright on a pepper plant beside a cut wooden stake, black fabric grow bags and a sheet of flattened cardboard behind.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant hung with slim green and yellowing chillies in a straw-mulched fabric grow bag, a bamboo stake through the middle and more pepper bags crowded around.Week of 6 JulyA chilli plant carrying a handful of slim pale yellow-green fruit and white flowers in a black fabric grow bag, ringed by more bags mulched with straw and red-brown bark.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant with dew-spotted leaves standing in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a small white label pushed into the straw and more bags crowding behind.Week of 6 JulyA chilli plant heavy with slim pale green fruit pointing upwards, rising from a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, with black woven ground fabric and grass beyond.Week of 13 JulyTwo small peppers on a pale wooden table, one round and orange-red, the other conical and deep magenta, each still carrying a long green stalk.Week of 13 JulyA pepper plant crowded with slender green chillies pointing upward from a black fabric grow bag of straw mulch, flattened cardboard at its foot, more grow bags and woodland beyond.Week of 20 JulyPale yellow-green chillies pointing upward on the plant, one already flushed orange-brown, all of them wet with rain above broad glossy leaves.Week of 20 JulyUpright pointed green peppers on the plant, two of them turning orange-red, above a sheet of cardboard mulch taped with blue and black fabric grow bags behind.Week of 20 JulyA single glossy red pepper with a thick green stalk, curved like a kidney, lying on coarse cream woven cloth.Week of 3 AugustA cayenne-type pepper plant heavy with slim upright fruit in red and yellow-green, filling a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, rows of further bags and green growth behind.Week of 3 AugustA chilli plant in a black fabric grow bag carrying slim upright fruit in green and red, sheets of cardboard and bark mulch spread on the ground around it.Week of 10 AugustA chilli plant carrying dozens of slim upward-pointing fruit in green, orange and scarlet, in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, with more bags behind and a gravel path to the side.Week of 17 AugustA chilli plant carrying slim fruit in scarlet, russet and pale green around a bamboo cane, rooted in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, with trees under an overcast sky behind.
