The cabbage are growing green and robust, in another week they will start going outside during the day and an occasional mild night.  I am planning on having them out in the garden in the next three week.  Their secondary leaves are coming and soon they will start to curve inward, the first makings of a cabbage head.
 The tomatoes are also getting their secondary leaves, I am happy with their progress.  The biggest trick with starting seedling in doors is making sure they have enough light so they don’t get “leggy” where the stem stretches long and thin, trying to reach enough light. It makes the plant weak.  I keep the tomatoes under grow lights, the light hangs about an inch away from the seedlings, to prevent stretching.  Within the next week I will set them out side in the full sun during the days and that too will help prevent stretching.  The tomatoes have to be babied a little bit longer, they are a tender plant and can’t take any freezing.  They will be safe in the garden about mid-May and I will wait until the first of May to start hardening them off, depending on night time temperatures.