Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 20 JulyLarge Red Cherry tomatoes on 20 July, waiting in a staging row with the white splash-marks of a dried spray still lying across their upper leaves, wine-red maple foliage and flowering clover crowding in around them under a flat shadowless light.Week of 24 AugustA Large Red Cherry tomato on 26 August, sprawling out of its pot with a dozen small green fruit still hard on hairy trusses, stood up on a blue crate on the gravel among other pots, a dark open doorway at the far edge of the frame.Week of 7 SeptemberFour round, slightly flattened fruits rest in a loose cluster on wrinkled white cotton on 11 September; the two nearest have turned pale tan-orange with green shoulders, the others still matte green. Warm indoor light, soft shadow beneath.
