Tomatoes would best be started in February-ish, to be planted out in May where you are.

Squash is best sown directly to the ground in May-June.

Beans can be planted in the ground in April-May.

Edible pea pods are cool-season plants and you were right to have them in the ground now. They'll survive the cold and will soon start growing pretty quickly.

Joe

thanks for the advice

Right now is the time to dream of seeds that you will sow. And now is the time to look at seed catalogs, which start arriving in the mail.
Maybe check out your public library's gardening section for an informative or interesting book. I'm reading "Heirloom" by a guy named Stark. He's a tomato farmer back East.
The only things I'm germinating now are ideas and plans for the upcoming season.

Good thing we live in California where "cabin fever" is seomthing we read about in Eastern gardening magazines and where we can sow vegetable and herbs seeds all year round.

Here's some more stuff to think about for a San Francisco garden:

TO SOW DIRECT IN LATE WINTER
(February into March)

VEGETABLES

Arugula
Beets
Carrots
Chinese broccoli
Chinese mustard
Collards
Corn salad
Cress
Daikon radish
Kale
LambÂs Quarters
Lettuce, head
Lettuce, loose-leaf
Mustard
Onion ("sets")
Orach
Pak Choy
Pea
Potatoes ("seed potatoes")
Radish
Snow peas
Sorrel
Spinach
Sugar peas
Tyfon

HERBS

Anise
Chervil
Cilantro, coriander
Marjoram
Parsley
Soup/leaf celery ("smallage")

TO SOW INDOORS IN WINTER (January-February)
FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE GARDEN IN SPRING

VEGETABLES

Broccoli
Cabbage
Cauliflower

TO SOW INDOORS IN SPRING (February-March-April)
FOR TRANSPLANTING TO THE GARDEN IN EARLY SUMMER

VEGETABLES (and one HERB)

Eggplant
Pepper
Tomato
Basil

Joe

Joe

Thanks to your post I now have all my plantings planned for the next 4 months,

Good Job & Thank You

Ben

Start peppers now. No joke.

Thanks for asking this. I started my first vege garden last year . . . a little late . . . and I have been wondering when I can start seeds inside. I did already put in some peas and brocolli that seem to be doing alright albeit slow. Last year I ran out of time with a second planting of squash etc.. This year I think I'm going for starting early, like mid January, so I can rotate in a few more things. You'll be glad to know the days are getting longer!
Dee

last year i grew spegetti squash for the first time and i got 12 squashes, shared with some friends and i have one more left for my 2010 diet but what is spegetti squash without butter, salt and pepper, i say a sacrifice, Happy New Year and Happy Growing