Second broad beans up

About half of the second sowing of Favas are showing today, presumably the rest will follow soon enough. That is about 16 days since they were sown as soaked seeds. The sweet peas sown Feb 5 (a month ago) are poking up as thin spears about an inch high now, and the Cilantro hasnt sprouted (about 2 weeks now, in a container). The broccoli sown also on Feb 5 are still at first-leaf stage and seem to be just sitting there. About a third germinated (and/or survived possible slug attack).
Last week, I put a few boiling onions in a few out of the way spots at the back of the roses - a lazy way to get a few onions later.

I was of course optimistic on the leeks earlier - these really grow slowly, although its great to look out and see something growing besides parsley and self-sown arugula. The peas (both sowings) are doing fairly poorly this year and appear to have germinated poorly. I'm beginning to suspect that if it rains while the seeds are germinating, they dont do as well. Maybe the seeds rot, maybe it forms a hard crust on the soil... Either way, I think I need to find larger packets of seeds to work with.

The garlic and shallots are going gangbusters however, and should do well. The garlic has done most of its growth already and should hopefully be starting to thicken its bulbs.

Finally, the Tom Thumb lettuce has germinated 2 weeks now, but its still pathetically small. Barely at second-leaf stage. I'm not sure if the record heat/record cold has been good for things.