Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneA long tapering green pepper hanging from a thick stem beside a bamboo cane, a white plastic label lettered in blue in front of it, bark mulch and black ground fabric below.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant in white flower staked to a bamboo cane in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a handwritten label in the straw, more bags and rough grass behind.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant's stems and leaves close to, small white flowers open among them, a bamboo cane crossing the frame with black woven ground fabric and straw mulch below.Week of 29 JuneA pepper plant covered in small white flowers in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, its glossy dark leaves in hard sun and a handwritten label lying face-up in the straw.Week of 6 JulySlim pale green chillies pointing out from a pepper plant, several shrivelled brown flowers still clinging, a bamboo stake and black grow bag behind.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant carrying clusters of glossy wrinkled green fruit, its leaves flecked with pale spray, in black fabric grow bags standing on gravel.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant carrying several long wrinkled green fruit, its leaves dusted with pale spray, a bamboo cane and a green clip at the stem and blue sky above.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant carrying long slim wrinkled fruit, its leaves dusted with pale spray, in a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch with a split-rail fence behind.Week of 13 JulyA cluster of long slender pale-green chilli peppers hanging on the plant, growing out of a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch.Week of 20 JulyLong slender pale-green peppers hanging on the plant in strong sun, a single white flower open among the leaves, straw mulch and more plants behind.Week of 20 JulyA chilli plant covered in small white flowers and narrow glossy leaves, growing from a black fabric grow bag mulched with straw with a bamboo cane leaning across it.Week of 3 AugustA long pepper hanging on the plant with half its length collapsed into tan-brown rot, paler green fruit behind it and grass and a black fabric grow bag beyond.Week of 10 AugustLong pale-green peppers hanging from a grow bag. Several have shrivelled and gone brown-purple, collapsed in on themselves beside the sound ones.Week of 10 AugustA pepper plant hung with long tapering fruit, most pale green and several ripening through brown to red, over the black rim of a straw-mulched grow bag with a wire fence beyond.
