Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA pepper seedling with glossy yellow-green leaves beaded with water in a black fabric grow bag, dark compost flecked with perlite and bark, a printed plant label pushed in behind it.Week of 1 JuneA pepper seedling in a white cup with a handwritten label held up behind it by a hand, a red plastic cup and a white jug on the bench alongside.Week of 22 JuneThree black fabric grow bags on grass, each holding a small pale yellow-green pepper seedling with a handwritten label pushed into the bark-mulched compost.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant with pale yellow-green leaves in a black fabric grow bag, a small printed seed packet propped in the bark and perlite compost, grass beyond.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen straight down in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, its yellow-green leaves holed and a cluster of small green buds at the centre.Week of 22 JuneBlack fabric grow bags in rows, the nearest mulched with red-orange bark and holding small yellow-green pepper seedlings with handwritten labels, the ones behind straw-topped with taller peppers.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen from above in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, its yellow-green leaves beaded with water and small green buds at the centre, white clover flowering at the edge.Week of 29 JuneA young pepper plant in a clear plastic cup on a whitewashed potting bench, a nursery label tucked into the compost, jars behind.Week of 29 JuneA pepper plant with broad glossy leaves in a clear plastic cup of dark compost, a nursery label clipped to its side on a cluttered bench.Week of 3 AugustA pepper plant carrying small green fruit in a black fabric grow bag mulched with straw, a pale label just visible among the leaves and mown grass beyond.
