Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 31 AugustA New Mexico chile laid across a cream cloth on 5 September — deep crimson and wet-looking, the lower two thirds smooth, the shoulder creased into shallow ridges and printed with pale tan corky russeting in rings and commas — under soft indoor light.Week of 7 SeptemberA New Mexico chile hangs alone on a fine thread against an off-white wall on 7 September, lopsided — three or four rounded bulges with deep creases between them down its left flank while the right falls in a clean line — its peduncle dried into a hook.
