Sowing seeds (chillis, shallots, cabbages and caulis)

Long time no post but we are back for a new season! On 5th Feb we sowed the first seeds of the year:

Chilli seeds:
Cherry Bomb: The last in the packet from the South Devon chilli farm (5 seeds in total). Our favourite mild chilli.
Red Cherry Hot: Similar to Cherry Bomb but not quite as sweet. 6 seeds sown.
Chilli Shake: A mix of hot chilli varieties. 6 seeds sown. We have no idea what these varieties are.
Pepper 'sweet rainbow colour mixed' from Wilko. We have never attempted to grow full-sized sweet peppers. Could be interesting. This seed is 4 years past its use by date! 8 seeds sown.
Pepper Cascabella: A small sweet bell pepper variety. Seeds were purchased from Lowes in Florida. 7 seeds sown.

Shallots:
We never get great results growing shallots from sets. Given our success with growing spring onions from seed last year we thought we would try growing shallots from seed. We have two varieties to try:
Banana shallot 'Zebrune': Approx 20 seeds sown.
Matador F1: Approx 23 seeds sown.

Today (10th Feb) we have added to the collection of pots on the windowsill and sown a few brassicas..... but only a few as we always have too many and there are only so many cabbages we can eat!

Cabbage 'Advantage': Small pointed cabbage. Can be sown in the summer for spring cabbage the following year. We are growing as a hearting cabbage this summer. 4 seeds sown.
Cauliflower Autumn Giant: Always a challenge to grow. They require a longer growing season than the pointed cabbage. 4 seeds sown.
All seeds were sown into pots now residing on (sunny) windowsills around the house. Well they are sunny on the odd occasion that the sun comes out!.
The allotment is largely dormant now except for the leeks:

Some of the leeks have been damaged by leek moth. We will be giving the allotment a break from alliums this year to try and prevent the build-up of diseases, so all shallots will be planted into our raised bed at home.