Tomatoes and eggplant germination

Our seedlings this year are definitely taking longer to germinate than last year.  The mudroom is cooler than the loft space (wood stove below) and I am guessing that is the reason?? Our peppers are very slow to germinate. We had some hot peppers germinate today 4/6, but when you dig down to the seed, so are ready to come up and others look rotted. So we may just put new seeds in the same spot to insure enough pepper starts. Not sure if they got too much water and then it was too cold??? Every year is different, but we still have a lot of time before any of the plants will be going into the ground. The snow has just melted off the garden, but the ground is frozen solid.

 Our lettuce and spinach is finally looking good and ready for transplant. The cold frames were prepped today by Chris and the plants got some fresh air and sunshine.

 The broccoli and cabbage have their true leaves and are looking strong. A few of them died off which got us worries, so Chris planted another whole tray of them.

Yea for tomatoes!! The tomatoes germinated on 3/30 ~7 days long. The eggplant germinated on 4/3 ~11 days long. They are looking good and getting ready to snip the doubled up plants. 

The onions and leeks aren't looking the best.
Chris planted another tray of each so we can make
sure that we have healthy plants

The flowers are looking good and are continuing to germinate.