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, compost heavy with perlite, a white label lettered in pink beside it and a second bag behind.Week of 22 JuneA leggy tomato plant sprawling out of a straw-mulched black fabric grow bag against a split-rail fence and black wire mesh, its leaves narrow, curled and twisted, a bamboo cane leaning through it.Week of 13 JulyTwo elongated green tomatoes with pale stripes down their sides, tapering to points, hanging in dense foliage with green netting and a black frame behind.Week of 20 JulyTwo large green tomatoes striped with darker green hanging together on the vine, green trellis netting and red-orange mulch behind them.Week of 20 JulyElongated green tomatoes faintly striped, hanging beside a bamboo cane against green trellis netting, with red-orange mulch spread out of focus behind.Week of 3 AugustA large striped green tomato close on the vine, tan corky scars running across its skin, with red-orange mulch and more fruit blurred behind.Week of 3 AugustStriped green and pink tomatoes resting on a dark wooden counter indoors, a red chair back at one side and a kitchen behind.Week of 3 AugustA large tomato close on a dark wooden table, its shoulders streaked green over pink, with more of the same fruit behind it.Week of 24 AugustA large green tomato hanging against green trellis netting, its skin marked with darker green stripes running from shoulder to blossom end, the pointed calyx spread across its crown.
