Transplanting Seedlings and Other Lessons Learned

I may have mentioned once or twice that I am an amateur gardener.  Therefore, please do not laugh too hard when I admit that this is the first year I have successfully transplanted any of my seedlings out of the starting cells into something larger.

Behold the photographic evidence of my success!

Of the plants I started from seeds this year 2 types of Leeks, 2 types of Onions, 3 types of Tomatoes, Basil, 2 types of Peppers, and Tomatillos everything sprouted, yeah!  The tomatoes seem to be really healthy and happy little plants so they got transplanted first.  I ended up with 10 Brandywine plants, 10 Matt's Wild plants, and 6 Glacier Salad plants.  Lesson learned, don't start too many seeds!!!  Of the 24 seedlings I had for each variety I culled them down to these little lovelies.  I have no room for all these plants in the garden and am hoping to give them away.

Second lesson realized this week: starting leeks and onions inside is just silly.  They take up space and require weeks under the lights and in the end I won't get that many plants for my efforts.  Thus I am dreaming up some sort of cold frame system for the newly emptied flower bed in front of the house, more info and photos to come!