Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyA Cowhorn pepper on 17 July running diagonally down the frame, smooth at the shoulder and creasing into shallow wrinkles as it narrows to a fine curved tip, in bright early light under a clear blue sky crossed by a thin contrail.Week of 20 JulyCowhorn peppers on 21 July, five leggy transplants strung out along a new strip, the middle one already carrying a long curved horn well clear of its leaves while its neighbor holds a short blocky fruit, clover in flower right up to the edge.Week of 3 AugustA Cowhorn pepper on 6 August held out almost level, caught at the break: saturated green across the shoulder, olive and bronze through the middle and the very tip already turned orange-scarlet, in soft even light with no shadow anywhere.Week of 3 AugustA Cowhorn pepper on 6 August hanging straight down, its upper half still deep olive under one hard highlight and its lower half turned warm orange-brown with a broad straw-pale streak down the middle, the two colors meeting raggedly.Week of 3 AugustA Cowhorn pepper on 6 August seen from ground level and lit from behind, a dark chocolate band across its shoulder, amber-gold through the middle and a tip of translucent blood-red the low sun shines straight through.Week of 3 AugustA Cowhorn pepper on 9 August hanging the full drop of the frame, glossy scarlet over its lower two thirds and dull bronze-brown across the shoulder and neck, with the bed behind it carrying the same long pods in green, yellow and red.Week of 5 OctoberA tall narrow bottle of homemade sauce on 8 October, filled to the shoulder with opaque golden-orange puree flecked with green and red, a single clump hanging near the neck. Flat indoor light, glossy red fruit on a paper-lined tray behind.
