Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant with broad wet leaves in a straw-mulched fabric grow bag, a small green fruit forming at the centre and a label at the front.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant with broad leaves flecked white with dried spray in a black fabric grow bag of pale straw, a small handwritten label leaning at its base.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant with a small round green fruit and a cream flower among white-flecked leaves, a pink label at the rim of the bag and wire fencing beyond.Week of 13 JulySmall green bell peppers and several white flowers on a plant standing between black fabric grow bags, straw mulch below, with a hand at the edge of the frame.Week of 20 JulySmall green bell peppers hanging in the shade of a pepper plant beside a green metal stake, black fabric grow bags and straw mulch behind, a hand blurred at the top edge.Week of 3 AugustSmall round green peppers hidden among dark pepper foliage beside a green metal stake, with black fabric grow bags and pale sky showing through the leaves.Week of 3 AugustA pepper plant crowded with small round green fruit in a black fabric grow bag, a green metal stake running up through the leaves and straw mulch at its base.Week of 17 AugustA glossy scarlet pepper hanging among green stems, broad at the shoulders and tapering to a rounded point, water still beaded on its skin. Two more hang out of focus behind it, one green and one turning brown-red.
