Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 15 JuneA slender pepper plant beside a green metal stake in a raised bed of dark perlite-flecked soil, a handwritten label in front, with a grey timber rail and wire fence behind.Week of 22 JuneA pepper seedling beside a green metal stake on straw mulch, water beading on its leaves, a handwritten label at the front and wire fencing behind.Week of 22 JuneA slim young pepper plant tied to a green metal stake with green tape, its few leaves catching hard sun over straw mulch, with black wire mesh, a split-rail fence and mown grass behind.Week of 13 JulyA pepper plant carrying small white flowers and one young green fruit, leaning against a green metal stake, with straw mulch below and a split-rail fence and wire mesh behind.Week of 20 JulySmall white flowers nodding from a pepper plant tied to a green stake, one tiny fruit already set, with a wire fence and timber rail blurred behind.Week of 20 JulyA pepper plant held open to show small green fruit under its leaves, a green stake behind it, straw mulch below and a split-rail fence beyond, a hand at the bottom edge.Week of 3 AugustSlim green peppers clustered along a stem beside a green metal stake, straw mulch below and a split-rail fence with wire mesh across the mown ground behind.Week of 17 AugustA pepper plant hung with fat blunt green chillies in clusters around a blue-green metal stake, with a grey split-rail fence and wire mesh behind and straw mulch below.
