Well! The mean old robins did it again. They pecked my little tomato plants right out of the ground, not only that but, they pecked the little plants to pieces. The birds are looking for worms, grubs and other tasty treats, they don't really intend to destroy my plants. These were just a couple of inches tall. I started them indoors just a few weeks ago and they weren't even close to the size and vigor of the plants you buy from a greenhouse.
I went to the greenhouse today to get a few tomato and pepper plants. I came home with 6 tomato plants that I don't have room for, a dozen and half pepper plants that I don't have room for and 4 cucumber plants that I never intended to add to the garden in the first place but they will find homes at the ends of my bean trellises LOL
2 of the tomato plants and a dozen pepper plants made it into the ground today and so far the birds haven't uprooted them. yaaayyy
There are three kinds of pepper plants, a red chilli pepper, a yellow Hungarian hot pepper, and a yellow sweet banana pepper. I have never grown or used these types before. I think there will be a lot of pickling going on in my kitchen this fall :) I planted all 6 of the sweet banana pepper plants so I can use them, along with cucumbers, to make my bread and butter pickles.
I plan to make some salsa as well as pickling some peppers and cucumbers to make piccalilli, both hot and mild versions will be made. I like making catsup also but hardly ever use it so do not plan to make any.
My reason for planting only two tomato plants is that last year I planted 4 of them and half of the crop was never harvested. I canned a dozen quarts and almost as many pints plus I dehydrated and powdered even more than that and there are still jars of tomatoes in the cupboard so I think 2 plants will be quite enough for my purposes.
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