Yes, it does look strikingly bare

Upon closer inspection, the plants we started from seed in March/April and transplanted about a week ago don't look so great. I'm hoping it's because conditions outside are naturally more harsh than the ideal of a windless, temperate indoor room with twelve hours of sunlight each day. We'll see. We're learning that some things should not be started indoors, and others should be painstakingly spaced from the outset, and others we could have started even earlier. Whatever...I'm excited to see what we get.