Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 8 JuneA young squash plant with broad rounded leaves, several chewed through with small holes, on a mound of soil in black woven ground fabric, a white label at its base.Week of 29 JuneA young slender fruit banded yellow and green with its shrivelled flower still attached at the tip, lying on black woven ground fabric beneath thick bristled stems.Week of 29 JuneA squash plant seen from above on black woven ground fabric, its big lobed leaves veined silver-white, three orange-yellow blossoms open and a pale fruit swelling at the crown.Week of 6 JulyA squash plant seen from above on black woven ground fabric, its large leaves veined silver-white and a single orange-yellow blossom opening at the crown.Week of 6 JulyA summer squash plant seen from above, thick pale stems radiating from the crown with three slim yellow fruit and an open golden flower among them, on black woven ground fabric.Week of 13 JulyA squash plant seen from below, thick pale green stems radiating out under broad lobed leaves, two orange-yellow flowers open, growing through black woven ground fabric.Week of 13 JulyA squash plant spread wide over black woven ground fabric, broad lobed leaves veined pale, a yellow flower half-hidden at its centre and a green stake rising through it.Week of 20 JulyA summer squash two-toned pale yellow at the stem and green at the tip, lying among broad squash leaves in a black fabric grow bag, an orange flower open beside it.Week of 20 JulyA long summer squash, yellow at the stem end and striped pale green at the tip, lying across the keyboard of an open laptop on a dark desk mat.Week of 24 AugustTwo straight-necked summer squash lying on black woven ground fabric, each banded sharply from butter yellow at the stem end to pale green at the blossom end, with an open orange-throated flower behind.
