Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA leggy young tomato plant tied to a bamboo cane in a black fabric grow bag, its lower leaves yellowed and drooping, a handwritten label in the compost.Week of 29 JuneA green oval tomato hanging inside a wire support ring, hairy stems and leaves crowding around it and blue sky showing through the top of the plant.Week of 6 JulyTwo large pale green plum tomatoes hanging on a hairy stem, a faint crease banding one and a dark scar at its tip, with brick paving and grow bags blurred behind.Week of 6 JulyA large ribbed tomato striped in two greens hanging on a hairy vine, a second fruit tucked behind it, with black netting and a wire trellis out of focus beyond.Week of 20 JulyLarge green tomatoes hanging through green plastic trellis netting, one oxheart-shaped fruit turned to the front, with blue sky, white cloud and treetops behind.Week of 27 JulyA large tomato ripening orange-red with green-purple shoulders, standing on a dark speckled worktop beside a black sink rim, a paper bag and a second tomato behind.Week of 24 AugustA large elongated pale green tomato hanging on a hairy stem, smooth-shouldered and drawn to a blunt point and beaded with dew, against green trellis netting.
