Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 8 JuneA handwritten label angled across a pepper plant in a black fabric grow bag, a small green fruit already set on the stem below it in bright sun.Week of 15 JuneTwo young green peppers hanging on the stem, the longer one slender and glossy, on a plant tied to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag with grass blurred behind.Week of 22 JuneSeveral glossy dark green peppers hanging from a plant tied with green twine to a bamboo cane, a small handwritten label in the compost of the black fabric grow bag below them.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant in a large black fabric grow bag with a single slim green chilli hanging at its centre, a handwritten label pushed into the dark soil, ranks of bags and woodland behind.Week of 22 JuneA long ribbed green pepper hanging at the centre of its plant, backlit leaves around it, a handwritten label stuck in the dark soil below.Week of 22 JuneSeveral long tapered green peppers hanging from a plant tied to a bamboo cane with green twine, straw mulch at its base and black fabric grow bags behind.Week of 22 JuneSeveral long tapered green peppers hanging wet with rain from a plant tied to a bamboo cane with green twine, black fabric grow bags and rough grass behind.Week of 29 JuneLong tapering pale green peppers hanging from a plant tied to a bamboo cane with green wire, straw mulch and the rim of a black fabric grow bag below.Week of 6 JulyFat pale green blocky peppers hanging in a cluster from a plant in a straw-mulched fabric grow bag, with a bag of red-orange bark mulch just behind.Week of 6 JulyA cluster of blocky pale green peppers hanging wet with dew on one plant, a bamboo cane beside them and a handwritten label at the rim of the straw-mulched grow bag.Week of 13 JulyA large yellow pepper lying on a red towel on a wooden worktop, two small squash resting above it and a pale one at the corner of the frame.Week of 13 JulyA cluster of pale green blocky peppers on a plant in a black fabric grow bag, straw mulch below, a bamboo cane alongside and a handwritten label at the edge of the bag.Week of 20 JulyA cluster of pale green blocky peppers on a plant beside a bamboo cane, a black fabric grow bag below and mown grass beyond, with a hand at the left edge of the frame.Week of 20 JulyA cluster of pale green blocky peppers hanging low on the plant, a black fabric grow bag and straw mulch beneath them, with mown grass and a fence line beyond.Week of 3 AugustStubby blocky peppers on the plant, one turning butter-yellow and streaked orange and the others still green, with a bamboo cane, a grow bag of red-orange mulch and grass beyond.Week of 3 AugustA blunt orange pepper hanging among green ones on a plant staked with a bamboo cane, a black fabric grow bag and straw mulch below.Week of 24 AugustTwo thick-walled golden-yellow peppers hanging side by side from pale stalks, blocky and slightly lobed with rounded ends, under large soft leaves spotted with rust.
