Soils differ in proportions of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter. Weather seems to never be consistent from year to year. There's always something new on the market to try as the perfect vegetable or flower or tool or technique. The great fun is in discovering and making the perfect garden happen. The great payoffs are in eating the delicious veggies, admiring the beautiful blooms, smelling the wonderful fragrances, and marveling at the plentiful harvest from those few tiny seeds and plants.
Hot weather makes it more spicy-tasting.
Indoors, start eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes as a promise to yourself that warm times are truly coming. Water lightly, just to settle the soil close to the seed pieces. Too much will rot them. Tips of the tap roots will grow four to six inches further down than the edible portion. Distributing small seeds evenly when sowing can be tricky.