Growing Up A String In A Tree

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I found this baby and some siblings fighting their way up through the volunteer tomatoes. A few pepper plants once occupied the space close to where I found them, so I can only assume this little guy will grow into some sort of pepper. Last year I planted hot and sweet peppers next to each other. This was a huge mistake! My hot pepper thrived and the sweet peppers struggled. Being a new gardener I did not know this, but I learned my lesson. My four foundlings could be either hot,sweet or perhaps a hybrid. I am hoping for sweet peppers as I prefer them to the hot ones, but only time will tell. If they live, and with my black thumb there is a good chance they won't, I will have to wait for the fruit to appear before I can tell.


Who put that string in that tree? 
 

This is what I saw upon opening my back door this morning.  My first thoughts were why would my husband put a string up there, this is not making any sense I need coffee.  After a good shot of caffeine and some wakeful reflection I realized the string did not arrive in the pine tree by human hands, but by bird beak!  The coil of string, a stray item from an earlier garage clean out, was left out in the yard last night.  I can only assume a passing bird could not resist such a lush quantity of nesting material.  It appears the winged creature made a few attempts at carrying off my supply of string, but was ultimately foiled by its weight and size.  I think I will cut some up into manageable pieces and see if any birds decide to decorate their nests with it.