First Seeds in the Ground

An unseasonably warm morning on the plot today, which I took as a good omen for getting my first seeds in the root veg bed. As ever unsure and pessimistic about my chances of success I planted out three varieties of beetroot (intending to take some as babies, and to leave some to grow into bigger bulbs after thinning out) and some chantenay carrots. Since my parsnips have done nothing indoors, I've ordered a pack to direct sow and then all I'll need is celeriac for that bed. I'll repeat in a month then, in order to extend my eating season. My bloody horticultural fleece has disappeared though, so I'll have to get another to protect against temperature weirdness and carrot-fly.
In other news, I broke up the bed on the top of the slope in order to cover and leave until the autumn - broke my inherited azada hacking furiously at a bramble root. Never garden in anger, is the lesson there I think. I moved the planks to the back of the plot, which doesn't look any tidier at all, but it has helped me to look at what I've really got in terms of space for beds and what the layout should be. I guess I'm going to mark out the beds with planks so I can start to break up the ground. Not looking forward to that at all, but hopefully it will make my life a lot easier in October.
I potted on some more seedlings today - this time tomatoes, tomatilloes, spinach and the purple sprouting broccoli. They seem still alive, which is something. My sweetcorn seedlings seem to be ready to move on too, growing at an alarming rate in the propagator. As yet though, still seen nothing from celeriac, parsnips, alpine strawberries (well, I didn't think I would) or chillies. This is not serious yet - I planted the parsnips and celeriacs less than two weeks ago. I think it's only the speed in which everything else has come up which made me think you didn't have to take it too seriously when the packet said 14-21 days, so I'll try and be patient for a little while longer. Courgette and marigolds have been moved to the mini greenhouse in order to begin hardening off, but the marigolds bless them, do not appear to be very happy. Could be worse.