Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 22 JuneA tomato stem bound with green twine to a bamboo cane, one small green plum-shaped fruit and yellow flowers above a handwritten label.Week of 22 JuneA single green plum-shaped tomato hanging from a hairy stem among dark leaves, the black rim of a grow bag and sunlit grass blurred behind it.Week of 22 JuneA long green paste tomato and a second behind it hanging from a hairy stem tied to a metal stake with green twine, foliage crowding around and straw mulch below.Week of 29 JuneA single green plum tomato hanging deep in the foliage, tied to a metal stake with a printed barcode plant label clipped above it, backlit leaves crowding all around.Week of 29 JuneTwo green plum tomatoes on a plant tied to a bamboo cane, one hanging clear of the foliage and glossy in the sun, straw and dry grass behind.Week of 29 JuneA small green plum tomato with its shrivelled flower still attached, hanging from a hairy stem beside a galvanised metal stake, trees blurred behind.Week of 6 JulyA tomato plant filling the frame with finely cut wet foliage, a metal ring cage and a green stake running up through it, a straw-mulched grow bag at the lower edge.Week of 6 JulyA big tomato plant filling a galvanised wire cage ring on a metal stake, one green fruit hanging at its centre, with a weathered split-rail fence and a paved drive beyond.Week of 6 JulyTwo leggy tomato plants with pale yellow-green foliage rising from black fabric grow bags on bamboo canes and a wire cage, with green trellis netting and dry grass behind.Week of 13 JulyA tall tomato plant in a black fabric grow bag carrying clusters of long green plum tomatoes, straw mulch at its base, with a wire support and blue sky behind.Week of 20 JulyElongated green paste tomatoes hanging on a staked plant, one marked with a dark sunken patch at its blossom end, the plant crowded into a black fabric grow bag.Week of 20 JulyA single small plum tomato, half turned orange, hanging deep inside a tangle of stems and a bamboo stake, backlit by sun coming through the leaves.Week of 20 JulyAn elongated orange-pink tomato with a faint green shoulder resting on the palm rest of an open laptop, on a dark desk mat with cables behind.Week of 3 AugustPlum tomatoes laid out on a red-and-white checked cloth, three ripe red and five still pale green, with a few small green fruits at the top edge.
