Damn Snails, Praise Armstrong

Snails ate three of my beloved pepper plants, the jalapeno, ancho/poblano, and california wonder. I love starting plants from seed, but it's just to late to start these over since they take weeks just to germinate. Thankfully I was able to find replacements for all three at Armstrong Nursery in Pasadena along with some very hard to find Chandler strawberry plants. At $3.99 per plant (compared to the ~12 cent strawberry starts I put in a couple months ago) it was a steep price to pay, but I took four home with me anyways because my mother says they are the best strawberry she's ever eaten. I hope she's right, because they are going to be very expensive little morsels when they start fruiting. All 7 of my new plants will hopefully find homes in the ground later this week along with a healthy serving of Sluggo!