There is a lot growing on in my office, under the lights in my garage, and now, outside in large pots.  And I've not even planted my first tomato seed yet!  (well, not quite accurate...I did plant some Mexico Midget seeds in the first flat, since they are so slow and stubborn to germinate!).

But....this is what was planted in my second vegetable flat over the weekend:  Eggplants Antiguan, Casper, Early Green Giant, Italian Pink Bicolor, Listada di Gandia, Louisiana Long Green, New York Improved, Speedy, Rosa Bianca, and Rosita

Tomatilloes:  De Milpa, Toma Verde, Purple and Cisneros

Hot Peppers:  Ancho, Bulgarian Carrot, Facing Heaven, Golden Cayenne, Kung Pao, Malu Miris, NuMex Heritage, Peter and Thai Dragon

Sweet Peppers:  all of those on my 2011 Seedlings list (see the tab at the upper right) - 27 different varieties

And, in another flat - a flower and herb flat - I planted:  

Flowers:  Four different types of Hibiscus - yellow, white, red flowered and a mystery variety; four types of Zinnias, two types of Dahlias, two Cosmos, a Marigold.

Herbs:  Cilantro, Parsley, Sesame, and nine types of Basil.

Germination in the initial eggplant/hot pepper flat is proceeding well - I will provide an update in my next blog entry.

Outside, today, I planted three types of radishes - one each, in large (5 gallon) pots.  The last two years, my radishes (planted in the large garden) were a disaster - nice, big tops, but for the most part, no root development at all.  Let's see what happens when they are grown in containers!

Next garden tasks - which I need to get to really soon! - transplanting lettuce and greens...they are getting big (I will take some pics tomorrow and post them).

I hope people's garden plans and preparations are going well!

Now it really feels as if spring is on the way!  I've been sunning the seedling flats when it is warm enough....and actually did some transplanting yesterday.  

So...I am mostly done distributing seeds to various other gardeners and friends, which means those involved with the dwarf tomato breeding project have what they need to move things along this season.  

I planted, today, the rest of the hot peppers, eggplant and tomatillos - as well as all of the sweet peppers for our seedling sales.  I also planted the flat of flowers and herbs.....what remains are all of the tomatoes, as well as the usual eggplant and pepper experiments for my garden this year.  By the way, the initial planting of eggplants and peppers is starting to show signs of life - about 1/3 of the varieties have germinated (today is day 6).  

Yesterday I decided that, though small, it was a good time to transplant the pansies and snapdragons into individual plugs, and sweet peas into individual 3 inch pots.  They are all now recovering under the grow lights.

That gets me caught up pretty well.  I hope everyone else is looking forward to their gardens this season!