Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneTwo pepper seedlings in a large black fabric grow bag of dark compost, a wooden label beside them, a second labelled bag behind and a tiered stand of small potted flowers on the drive.Week of 22 JuneA pepper plant seen close from above, its large glossy yellow-green leaves filling the frame, a small blue and white handwritten label at the left and straw mulch below.Week of 6 JulyPepper plants in black fabric grow bags mulched with straw, their leaves broad and rain-wet, a pink handwritten label tucked into the straw between them and red-orange bark mulch at the corner.Week of 6 JulyWhite pepper flowers and small green fruit clustered at the top of a plant's stems, the leaves broad and rain-wet, a black fabric grow bag out of focus behind.Week of 6 JulyWhite pepper flowers hanging beneath the growing tip of a plant, small green fruit forming beside them among broad glossy leaves flecked with rain.Week of 6 JulySmall pale green wrinkled peppers and a creamy white flower among wet glossy leaves, with a broad blue-green leaf and a black fabric grow bag out of focus behind.Week of 6 JulyA broad bushy pepper plant filling a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, its leaves flecked with pale spray, a pink handwritten label at the left and further bags behind.Week of 6 JulyA single small pale green pepper on the plant beside a cluster of white flowers and buds, the surrounding leaves flecked with pale residue and one leaf dried brown.Week of 6 JulyA curved pale green pepper hanging under the leaves with a smaller fruit and a white flower above it, the foliage flecked pale and yellowing at one edge.Week of 6 JulyA pale yellow-green pepper, wrinkled and hooked at the tip, hanging under broad leaves with straw mulch below and a dark container behind.Week of 6 JulyA pale green pepper hanging on its stem beneath leaves flecked with white kaolin, a second smaller fruit above it, with black fabric grow bags out of focus behind.Week of 13 JulyA pale cream-yellow pepper with wrinkled skin hanging under a leaf, a second fruit ripening above it, with straw mulch and black grow bags behind.Week of 13 JulyTwo pale yellow-green peppers on a plant thickly dusted with white kaolin, its stems and leaves powdery, straw mulch at the base of a black pot.Week of 13 JulyThree pale yellow peppers with crumpled shoulders hanging on a kaolin-dusted plant, straw mulch below and black fabric grow bags and a paved edge behind.Week of 20 JulyA pale yellow-green pepper hanging low on the plant with a smaller one above it, over straw mulch in strong sun.Week of 20 JulyA pale yellow pepper, wrinkled and curled back on itself, hanging glossy in the sun among green stems with a black container blurred behind.Week of 20 JulyA pale yellow pepper twisted into an S-curve hanging among broad green leaves, its skin glossy, with more pepper foliage crowding around it.Week of 20 JulyA small pale yellow pepper hanging deep among backlit pepper leaves, the sun coming through them, with treetops and sky at the top edge.Week of 20 JulyA curved pale yellow pepper hanging over straw mulch beneath a black fabric grow bag, sunlight across it, a blurred fingertip at the left edge of the frame.Week of 3 AugustPale yellow-green tapering peppers hanging on tall stems from a black fabric grow bag, straw mulch below and more bags and foliage receding behind.Week of 3 AugustPale cream-yellow peppers hanging on plants in black fabric grow bags, straw mulch at their feet and a white label tucked at the rim.Week of 10 AugustPale cream-yellow peppers hanging among thick green stems, one long fruit close in front and more behind, over the black rim of a fabric grow bag and dry straw.Week of 17 AugustA single pale peach-cream pepper, wrinkled and curved with a short green stalk, lying on a white kitchen cloth checked in red.
