Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneTwo young squash seedlings with broad lobed leaves in a pink and a purple plastic pot on a white surface, a black cell tray of pepper seedlings beside them.Week of 1 JuneA zucchini seedling with two broad lobed leaves in a black plastic pot on gravel, a white label at its base, terracotta-coloured pots and a black fabric bag around it.Week of 1 JuneA zucchini seedling in a clear plastic pot, one large rounded leaf below a toothed new one, coarse compost dotted with pale fertiliser granules, a white label and an orange pot behind.Week of 15 JuneTwo black fabric grow bags of zucchini, their big lobed leaves mottled pale along the veins and sprawling on long stems over rough grass, with a drip line running past.Week of 15 JuneA young green zucchini lying on straw mulch with its shrivelled cream flower still attached at the tip, beside a handwritten blue label in a black fabric grow bag.Week of 22 JuneA zucchini plant in a terracotta-coloured plastic pot, its broad lobed leaves sprawling across bare soil, with black fabric grow bags of seedlings ranked behind.Week of 22 JuneA zucchini in a black fabric grow bag, long-stemmed lobed leaves radiating outward and a spent yellow flower drooping at the front, dry grass and more grow bags behind.Week of 22 JuneA zucchini plant in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, thick pale ribbed stems radiating from a crown holding one small fruit, a handwritten label at the near rim and another bag behind.Week of 22 JuneZucchini plants in black fabric grow bags mulched with straw, their big lobed leaves mottled pale, a small dark fruit and a yellowing flower at the crown of the nearest, dry grass beyond.Week of 22 JuneA zucchini plant seen from above in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, thick pale ribbed stems and large mottled lobed leaves around a yellow flower at the crown, red-stemmed leaves in a bag behind.Week of 22 JuneA dark green zucchini standing upright at the crown of its plant in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, an orange-yellow flower beside it, a white label in the straw and grass beyond.Week of 22 JuneA gloved hand holding a long dark green zucchini still on the plant, straw mulch and the black rim of a fabric grow bag below, a white label lying in the straw.Week of 29 JuneTwo dark green zucchini lying side by side on a wooden board, one straight and one curved, with ripening red and green tomatoes behind.Week of 6 JulyZucchini plants with big lobed leaves and yellow flowers filling black pots on a paved area, a black hose running across the foreground and a split-rail fence beyond.Week of 13 JulyThree dark green zucchini laid side by side on kitchen paper on a dark worktop, their skins freckled pale, a wooden block behind.Week of 13 JulyA young dark green zucchini hanging from thick ribbed stems over the rim of a black fabric grow bag, a yellow squash blurred at the right and red paving below.Week of 20 JulyA dark green zucchini lying along its stem with a large orange flower open above it, the plant filling a black container mulched with straw and wood chip.Week of 20 JulyThree dark green zucchini side by side on a red ridged plastic tray on the kitchen counter, storage tubs blurred behind them.Week of 3 AugustA glass preserving jar with a white lid standing on a wooden table, packed with ridged green pods, onion slices and garlic in cloudy brine, a dining room beyond.
