Struggling seedling

The lone seedling of my second bell pepper type, the Chocolate Bell, has been stuck inside its seed coat for a while now. I’ve been trying to loosen the seed coat without tearing the top of the plant off, and today between a new growth there and my gently teasing it off, the baby pepper plant is free!

Sort of a rainbow

‘Diane’ purple Salvia greggii and purple moss verbena (non native, bought it by mistake), mealy blue sage, ‘Fordham giant’ Swiss Chard and lacinato kale for green, marigolds for yellow (but they turned out more orange…), Linnaeus burning embers marigolds for orange, and ‘Will Rogers’ zinnias for red. Needs some work on colors, but not bad for a start!