My Green Thumb

So I decided to try out some gardening recently. I have never done so on my own, though I grew up in a house with a huge vegetable garden outside and a dalmatian that would never get by a week without hopping in and stealing his pick of tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers- whatever he could snatch before we caught him!
So I got myself a miniature greenhouse and planted basil, tomato, jalepeno pepper, onion, parsley and dill seeds. The tomatoes sprouted perfectly well and I got them out of the greenhouse and transplanted into a larger pot where the sprouts are continuing to do well. The basil also sprouted my I was not as successful transplanting them because within a week of their transplant they have all shriveled and died :-( I am going to try and plant more seeds right in the pot and use plastic wrap to create the green house effect and hope for more success. Bryanna told me to not water them from the surface, but rather sit them in a bowl of water and let them drink it up themselves :-)
The jalepeno seeds have 2 sprouts. They are for Ethan. He loves jalepeno peppers and would put them in almost all our dishes if I agreed. But I don't lol. I leave jalepenos to chili and a few select recipies.
I have one whole parsley sprout out of all the seeds I planted- probably about 15. So we will have to see.
And the dill was planted later after I got the tomatoes out of the greenhouse.
Oh and how could I have forgotten I planted strawberry seeds and sunflower seeds! The sunflower seeds have sprouted!! When I checked this morning I had 4 sprouts! And I JUST checked and I have a strawberry sprout!!! This is all very exciting for someone without a job, and a deployed husband, living over 3000 miles from my home.
So if I do actually have veggies and strawberries grow, I don't have my dalmatian Sam here to eat them, so maybe we'll potentially enjoy some fresh veggies and strawberries this summer!