Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA pepper plant with dark crinkled leaves in a black pot, a printed label laid across it, with trays of yellowing seedlings on the pale bench behind.Week of 15 JuneA bushy young pepper plant in a raised metal bed of dark perlite-flecked soil, handwritten labels set either side, with green stakes and gravel at the corner.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen from above on straw mulch, water beaded across its broad glossy leaves and small green fruits at the centre, a handwritten label at the corner.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant staked to a green metal post above straw mulch, a label handwritten in blue below it, with split-rail fencing, a gravel drive and a dark outbuilding beyond.Week of 13 JulySlender green chillies pointing upward from a pepper plant beside a green metal stake, its leaves whitened with kaolin, straw mulch below and trees blurred beyond.Week of 20 JulyA small pale green pepper hanging among broad pepper leaves scarred with pale patches, red-orange mulch blurred behind, everything wet from rain.Week of 20 JulyTwo long tapering green peppers hanging among glossy dark leaves, a fingertip just visible at the top edge of the frame, with straw mulch and paving below the plant.Week of 27 JulyPale yellow-green peppers, one thick and hooked, another long and slender, on a plant strapped to a green metal stake with black velcro ties among glossy leaves.Week of 3 AugustA bushy pepper plant hung with small white flowers and slim green fruit standing upright, held between green metal stakes, a split-rail fence and drive beyond and red flowers at the right.Week of 3 AugustA short red chilli and a pale yellow one on a leafy plant beside a green metal stake, more pepper plants and bark mulch behind.Week of 10 AugustA chilli plant tied to a green metal stake with a velcro strap, small white flowers and slim green fruit among the leaves and one scarlet chilli pointing out over straw mulch.Week of 17 AugustTwo peppers side by side on the plant — one short, blunt and still green, the other long, slender and glossy scarlet — against a green stake and straw mulch.Week of 24 AugustA long smooth scarlet pepper and several slender green ones on the same plant in a grey raised planter, the ripe one glossy and blunt-tipped and tied to a green stake.Week of 31 AugustSeveral small slender peppers held upright on thin green stems, four ripened to bright scarlet and drawn to fine points, the rest still green, with a dark shed beyond a rail fence.
