I'm almost done planting all my seeds and will be finished by Aug 1st. I don't direct sow in the ground, but I do plant them in the 72 cell trays that are outdoors. I just plant them straight out of the pods, I skip the drying and refrigeration since it just adds time to rehydrate and germinate. In about 6 weeks (no later than Sept 15) they will be planted in the seedling beds.
This is a photo from last year of how I have my seed trays outdoors. I didn't do the sand on top (for fungus gnats) this year since the gnats don't seem as abundant. The tin on top is to keep the seeds from washing out of the trays (like they did 2 years ago) when we have all this rain. We have had 3 weeks of pretty much non-stop rain
