Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 15 JuneA young pepper plant in a small black pot on a whitewashed table, a printed label in front, with more pepper seedlings in black pots and trays around it.Week of 6 JulyA tall thin pepper plant with pale-flecked leaves in a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, a green metal stake alongside and a neighbouring bag of red-orange mulch behind.Week of 6 JulyA tall pepper plant with densely hairy grey-green stems seen from below against a cloudy sky, small pale fruit at the leaf joints, rows of black pots and a terracotta pot on the grass behind.Week of 6 JulyThe hairy grey-green stems of a pepper plant, small pale fruit and buds set at the leaf joints, with black fabric grow bags and brown sheeting on the ground below.Week of 27 JulyA long slender green pepper hanging in the foreground with rows of black fabric grow bags behind it, sandy bare soil between them and woodland closing the far side.Week of 27 JulyTwo dark green jalapeño-shaped peppers hanging from a densely hairy stem over a grow bag topped with red-orange mulch, more pepper plants and bags beyond.Week of 3 AugustDark green peppers hanging in a row along staked stems, a green metal stake up the middle, with black fabric grow bags and paving behind.Week of 24 AugustA scarlet chilli close on the plant, tan corky stripes crazing its skin, hanging against a green metal stake with a broad leaf behind.Week of 24 AugustA dozen or more elongated green peppers hanging on one plant, each smooth and blunt-tipped and beaded with dew, on pale woody stems tied to a green stake above a mat of small-leaved herb.Week of 31 AugustHalf a dozen blunt cylindrical peppers hanging against an overcast sky, most a very dark glossy green and one ripened scarlet with fine pale corky striations down its shoulders.
