Put all seedlings in the dirt.

Tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon. Hardly any of the watermelon germinated, and not all the peppers and tomatoes did. If I go with seeds next year I definitely won't skimp on the starting pots again. Egg cartons are free, but they dry out faster.

I might not go with seeds, though, might just order plants. Starting seeds indoors, they need space, they need to be kept moist but not TOO moist, warm but not TOO warm, I have to keep the cats away, I have to harden them off before transplant, and don't forget having to thin them! (It always makes me feel like a particularly callous murderer.) The whole enterprise is like having extra children around.