Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 8 JuneA young tomatillo plant in a black fabric grow bag, its soil mulched with bark and perlite and a bamboo cane beside it, a small wooden label at the rim.Week of 22 JuneA tomatillo carrying several pale green lantern husks on a bamboo cane, straw mulch heaped in its black fabric grow bag, a split-rail fence and mown lawn behind.Week of 22 JuneA tomatillo with several swelling husks and small yellow flowers, tied with green twine to a bamboo cane, a handwritten label in the bark-mulched compost.Week of 29 JuneA pale green tomatillo hanging in its husk beside a bamboo cane in a straw-mulched grow bag, a handwritten label in front.Week of 13 JulyA tomatillo still wrapped in its papery cream husk, veined and drawn to a point at the tip, lying on a red cloth beside a long yellow pepper on pale wood.Week of 20 JulySmall green tomatillo husks among pale sunlit leaves against a blue sky, a bamboo cane and green wire tie at the right and a black grow bag below.Week of 3 AugustTomatillo plants carrying pale husked fruits on long stems, reaching up to a black metal arch strung with netting, with a split-rail fence and blue sky behind.Week of 24 AugustA single large papery tomatillo husk hanging from a slender stalk, pale yellow-green and inflated like a lantern, ribbed with darker veins and wet with rain.
