Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 15 JuneA pepper seedling with broad glossy leaves in a black pot on a whitewashed table, a printed label laid across it and a small metal funnel nearby, a pair of feet at the bottom edge of the frame.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen from above in a black fabric grow bag, its glossy leaves shading a printed seed packet propped upright in the perlite-flecked compost.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant with glossy yellow-green leaves in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a handwritten label in the straw and a darker-leaved plant in the bag behind.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant whose leaves are flecked and streaked with white spray residue, standing in a black fabric grow bag on brown ground fabric with a white label at the rim.Week of 6 JulyA small pepper plant leaning over the straw of a black fabric grow bag, one lower leaf yellowing, a handwritten pink label beside it and long shadows across the brown ground fabric.Week of 20 JulyA wrinkled pale green pepper hanging from a plant in a black fabric grow bag under a clear blue sky, straw mulch below and a row of grow bags with labels behind.Week of 27 JulyA wrinkled pepper turning from green to tan hanging low on the plant over straw mulch, a blank white label behind it and red-orange mulch beyond.Week of 27 JulyA single wrinkled orange pepper with a green stalk on a red-and-white checked tea towel, two small green tomatoes resting at the top edge.Week of 3 AugustThree peppers hanging close together on the plant. The one in front is pale green and marked with dark, sunken, grey-brown patches spreading across its lower half; the two behind it have gone almost entirely dark.Week of 10 AugustA wrinkled red pepper hanging on the plant over straw mulch, black fabric grow bags and red-orange mulch behind it.Week of 10 AugustA wrinkled pepper turning from green to red-brown and beaded with water, hanging over straw mulch with mist across the garden behind.Week of 10 AugustA single red chilli with wrinkled, dimpled skin hanging from a thick green stem above a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a paved path and grass blurred behind.Week of 24 AugustA single lumpy wrinkled chilli hanging from a slender stalk, ripening from green at the blunt base to deep orange at the shoulder and beaded with dew, over straw mulch and black fabric grow bags.Week of 24 AugustA single chilli hanging from a thick stalk, its skin gathered into deep folds and pits and ripening in a wash from orange at the shoulder to yellow-green at the wrinkled tip.Week of 24 AugustA single pepper hanging from a green stalk, broad at the shoulder and narrowing through a puckered waist, ripening from tan-orange through yellow to green and slick with rain.Week of 24 AugustTwo large pendant chillies, pale yellow-green and gently wrinkled, the nearer broad-shouldered and tapering through a puckered waist, hanging from stout curved stalks over straw mulch.Week of 24 AugustA hand holding a single ripe chilli still attached to its stalk: brilliant orange, glossy, its surface gathered into deep irregular folds and drawn to a small pointed tip.Week of 24 AugustTwo chillies on the same plant, one fully scarlet and one still pale green, both long and blunt-ended and puckered along their whole length, hanging from stout jointed stems.Week of 24 AugustA single large pendant pepper, pale yellow-green and deeply puckered down one side, hanging from a thick stem above dark potting mix scattered with perlite.Week of 24 AugustA single brilliant scarlet chilli hanging from a green stalk, broad at the shoulder and puckered into deep folds and drawn to a small pointed tip, glossy and freshly wet.
