Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant with dark, wet, deeply veined leaves in a straw-mulched fabric grow bag, one green fruit at the top of the stem and a small label at the front rim.Week of 6 JulyA pepper plant in a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, handwritten labels at the rims of the neighbouring bags, red-orange mulch alongside and a split-rail fence and lawn beyond.Week of 3 AugustLong slim pale green peppers hanging from a staked plant in a black fabric grow bag over straw mulch, rows of bags and blue-green brassicas behind, trees against a pale evening sky.Week of 17 AugustA long yellow-green pepper strapped to a green stake with a velcro tie, another turning orange below it, and a plant of ripe red peppers behind.Week of 24 AugustA pepper plant stripped of nearly all its leaves, its bare stems carrying one long curved pod ripening through brown to red and one still fully green, tied to a stake and a bamboo cane.
