Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 29 JuneA young tomato plant tied to a green metal stake in a straw-mulched grow bag, a few small green fruit above and a handwritten label pushed into the straw.Week of 29 JuneA tomato plant staked to a green rod in a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a handwritten label in front and one small green fruit at the top.Week of 29 JuneTwo tomato plants in black fabric grow bags mulched with straw, staked with green metal rods, standing in rough grass with more grow bags behind.Week of 13 JulyA large bushy tomato plant filling black fabric grow bags under a green trellis net, red-orange mulch below, with a mown lawn, a fence and a dark barn behind.Week of 13 JulyFour round green tomatoes on a truss among broad leaves, two large and two still small, a green metal stake rising behind them and straw mulch spread below.Week of 20 JulyGreen tomatoes ripening to pale yellow on a plant, the leaves flecked with small pale spots, straw mulch below and a hand blurred at the top edge.Week of 20 JulyTomato plants massed shoulder-high in front of a black metal frame strung with green plastic netting, their leaves catching the sun, woodland dark behind.Week of 20 JulyGreen tomatoes half-hidden in dense tomato foliage beside a dark green stake, sunlight falling across the leaves and red-orange mulch showing through below.Week of 3 AugustA cluster of green tomatoes catching low sun on a staked vine, a green metal stake beside them and straw mulch on the ground below.Week of 10 AugustFour ripe red tomatoes on a white paper towel on a kitchen worktop, one shoulder still tinged green, with a paper bag, a green marker pen and a pale green-and-cream fruit with a corky brown scar beside them.Week of 17 AugustA heavy truss of large green tomatoes wet with rain, the topmost just blushing pink at the shoulder, hanging over a straw-mulched grow bag with red-orange mulch beside it.Week of 24 AugustA hanging truss of eight or more green tomatoes at several sizes, the largest broad and slightly ribbed, on hairy stems above compound foliage gone spotted and yellow.
