Seeds from Italy!

My Aunt Pat sent me seeds from Italy, they arrived in the mail today!
I am so excited, pumped, jazzed!
She sent me endive, San Marzano tomatoes, Cornaletto peppers, zucca (squash) Moscade de Provence, Tortareno Abruzzese cukes, VerdeOrtolani cucumbers, Zucca Padana, and Peppers Frigatello.
This will save me a few buck but more importantly it was a pure act of love, and I am grateful.
I look forward to sending her some of my seeds when I get all my orders in.
Isn't seed exchanging fun? Heck yes.
My garden looks like it will be larger than I expected, oh darn.
My wife thinks I am going "over the edge" and
I have to re-plan my space.
Photos are from leeks in the garden, they overwinter well, Daffodils and Crocus, Spring blooms of Fruitless Cherry.

Sowing Plans

I plan on sowing my first seed next week, indoors. Will return on Monday from San Diego and hopefully start that afternoon.
It may seem late for some folks, but our last frost date here is June 15th! That is very late, but not for 4000ft. I do have some gardening friends only 10 miles away in Golden Hills and they tell me they sow outdoors a full month earlier. They are on a southeast facing slope and I am at the base of a northwest facing alluvial fan, so they get more and earlier sun than us.
First seeds to sow will be:
Celery, broccoli and kale, some cool weather lettuces and maybe escarole. We already have some lettuce coming up in the garden, seed from last year. I thought it would be much too cold, in the 20s many nights, but looks healthy. It also looks like endive but is still a bit small to be sure.
I want to start tomatoes although it is weeks early, but it is hard to resist getting started!
I need the discipline.
I will be adding chicken manure and compost to the garden by April 1st. Need to test the soil to verify the other nutrient needs.