Today I planted some lettuce seedlings: a leaf lettuce called Simpson Elite by Burpee. Lettuce seed is hard to deal with because it is so small but I poured a few into my hand and just popped 3 to 4 seeds each into a small fiber pot and potting soil. I also put in six seeds of Fordhook Giant Chard. These seeds are much bigger and one chard seed went into its own fiber pot. If only three of them germinate and produce chard, that will be enough for me to eat this spring and early summer. The seeds were watered in and put in the shade on my deck. Ijust hope the fat bluejays do not dive bomb on the pots and tear them apart. Speaking of that, I think I will put some hardware cloth over the seed pots to protect them. With regard to planting seeds, I am with Mel Bartholomew (The Square Foot Gardener guy) on the planting of seeds: Take out what you hope will germinate and that you will use and go with that. There is no good reason to plant an entire pack of seeds into your garden. What a waste!