These are my pepper seedlings. They have a nice spot in a south facing window over looking the garden. They aren’t getting much sun since its very overcast and still raining out there. I noticed that the soil temperature under the black plastic layer in my garden is the same as the soil temperature in the beds without plastic. I guess that’s what happens when there is no sun. Capsicum

The peas are towards the front (in the sunnier location) and the lettuce is towards the back of the bed.

Its my official start of a new gardening season! Today I planted my first seeds: one 3 ft row of each snap peas, Capucijner peas, endive, escarole, a lettuce mix, and black seeded simpson lettuce. I coated the pea seeds with inoculant just before planting. I have changed my side-bar count-down meter to keep track of the time until tomato harvest. Last year my first tomato was ripe on July 31. Around here, July 4 is the date gardeners shoot for. I’ve never even come close, but I thought I’d…