Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA Tabasco pepper on 5 June, seven leaves in a party cup with its growing point still a tight little cluster at the top, the shed seed coat caught at the base of the stem and a green film of algae spreading over the soil there.Week of 6 JulyA small struggling seedling on 9 July, one leaf collapsed brown the whole length of its midrib, two more shriveled and folded shut and the crown leaves cupped in on themselves — a single tiny green bud still sitting to one side, dew standing on all of it.
