Garden Pests of Another Kind

Last year I started my tomatoes around the middle of February, and I had just removed the dome off the sprouts when the cat ate the tops off every sprout. This afternoon, I decided it was time to remove the dome and within five minutes Daniel rolled a blue soccer ball across the sprouts.

I definitively lost two sprouts and about five others I have attempted to go ahead and transplant into peat pots. Tomato sprouts seem very delicate, but I am hoping that because tomatoes grow roots up the stem, these might be salvageable. Because I was in a planting groove, I transplanted the rest of the Brandywine and Mortgage lifters. Ideally I would have waited for the second set of leaves to come in, but I was eager to open up space in the humidity tray for peppers and extra tomatoes.