Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneA tomatillo tied with green twine to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag, one small green husk hanging beneath broad leaves, a handwritten label beside it.Week of 29 JuneTomatillo plants tied to thin bamboo canes in a straw-mulched grow bag, pale husks swelling among yellow flowers, a pink handwritten label in the straw.Week of 29 JuneA young tomatillo plant in a straw-mulched grow bag, its first papery husks already formed, a handwritten label pushed into the mulch in front of it.Week of 20 JulyA tomatillo plant filling the frame with broad heart-shaped leaves, a single yellow bell-shaped flower open among them, a black fabric grow bag and red-orange mulch blurred behind.Week of 20 JulySmall yellow-green tomatillos in their husks among broad leaves, the plant staked with a green metal post above straw mulch and black fabric grow bags.Week of 24 AugustTwo papery tomatillo husks hanging among broad soft leaves, each inflated into a pointed lantern and ripened from green to clear buttery yellow, with the fruit filling them out.
