Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 29 JuneA Bush Early Girl tomato on 29 June, long bare stretches of stem between branches that lean out in every direction, one round green fruit set midway up with a smaller one beside it, and a cactus in bright orange flower on the shelf above.Week of 6 JulyA Bush Early Girl tomato on 9 July carrying one truss of four fruit in descending order down its stem, the biggest pale green and faintly mottled darker over the shoulder — the whole plant shaggy with white hairs and dusted over with kaolin.Week of 20 JulyBush Early Girl tomatoes on 20 July, four tight together on one truss, satin-skinned under fine pinpoint hairs and almost cream in the sun, one carrying a fine healed brown line across its shoulder, with a truss of yellow stars opening above.Week of 20 JulyBush Early Girl tomatoes on 23 July, four crowded so tight they touch and all of them paler than the leaves around them, creamy yellow-green and satin with faint lobing at the shoulders and one small crusted scar on the nearest, in strong sun.
