springing ahead

I received a couple of seed orders on Friday and Saturday and by Sunday evening had planted pepper and eggplant seed under the lights in the basement.   The excitement generated by the finished flat of seeds never gets old.  I'll be checking temperatures and watering almost daily as I wait for the first seedlings to make their appearance in about 10 days.  I am consciously cutting back on the number of varieties of each that I plant and telling myself it will be an easier summer.  We'll see...