I'm sorry but I don't see anything wrong here. Looks like a normal pepper plant with a fair amount of new growth on it as the soil temps must have just warmed enough for it to kick into gear. ;)

It sure could use some mulch but otherwise what is it that you are questioning?

Dave

i'm happy that the first picture looks normal. the second picture i couldn't get to show but please check the link. That is my main concern.

Thanks for the response.

I'm assuming you mean the damage around the edges?

Maybe it's my imagination, but several of them look v-shaped. Birds biting them? Do you have chickens? It strikes me that it's some kind of physical damage. Check the undersides of the leaves for worms or something, but it just doesn't look like caterpillar damage right now.

Someone else may recognize it.

Sue

Your plants can keep up with the damage as long as it's that minimal. It looks like the work of some curious creatures taking exploratory bites. Chances are there's stuff they're more interested in elsewhere.

There's a lot of young/teenage "critters" running around here currently learning what tastes good and what doesn't.

Thanks for looking.

I don't own chickens. Also, I noticed that the stem to the leaf is bumpy and reminds me of sandpaper.

When u mentioned physical damage, i wanted to mention that the wind has been brutal lately. Almost 2 weeks of constant gusts.

It sounds like I might be over reacting.

A few of the lower leaves on my peppers look like that because of the wind, but they are still flowering (and starting to produce fruit!) just fine. It has been extremely windy here, but besides a few ratty looking leaves, everything has been fine.