Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA young tomato plant in a black fabric grow bag beside a bamboo cane, a handwritten label in the compost, with more bags on a timber pallet behind.Week of 22 JuneA tomato plant in yellow flower climbing bamboo canes out of a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag, a handwritten label below it, husk-bearing tomatillos in bags behind.Week of 20 JulyA green tomato deep inside a tomato plant, half-blurred behind hairy stems and leaves, with sunlight breaking through the foliage around it.Week of 20 JulyTwo large ribbed green tomatoes high on a staked plant with a bamboo cane running through the frame, red-orange mulch, green mesh fencing and grow bags behind.Week of 10 AugustA large ribbed tomato on a dark stone worktop, its shoulders still green and shading down to orange-red around a dry stem scar, with more red fruit on a printed cloth behind.Week of 24 AugustTwo large green tomatoes on one hairy truss, both broad and shallowly ribbed with the pointed calyx spread wide, over red-orange bark mulch and green trellis netting.
