I planted pepper seeds yesterday.  I was only going to start the hot ones, but then I read the sweet seed packets and saw the germination time was about the same.  Four pepper varieties are new to me this year, the rest are old.  One in particular, the Chile De Comida is a hot pepper that I got two years ago, and it had poor germination then- down to 36% according to the packet.  So we’ll see.  This particular variety wasn’t even available from Baker Creek this year, so I’d like to get a plant to save seed from.

The hot peppers this year are:  Serrano, Anaheim, Chile De Comida, Hungarian Hot Wax, and Black Hungarian.  The sweet peppers are:  Red Marconi, Cascabelle, Ace, and the Sweet Stuffing Peppers.

Two more weeks, and the tomatoes will also be started.  The only seeds I’m starting ahead this year are the peppers and tomatoes.  As soon as the overnight lows get above 40, I’m also planning on trying some Broccoli Raab in a pot.  Never had it, never tried it, but I thought it was time.  It likes cool weather to grow, so I’m hopeful I’ll get a little something out of it to try.