Seeds, etc.

Last evening, I managed an hour after supper to plant some flower seeds....asters and sunflowers and of course, marigolds...the sunflower seeds are old...some are 12 years old, so this is an experiment.....usually, when I plant sunflower seeds into my garden, they pop through the ground and are eaten by passing critters...bunnies, squirrels, chippies,birds...who knows...don't have time to be a garden security guard.
So far, none of my seeds-tomatoes, strawflowers, statice... have popped but the weather has been gray and gloomy, cold, windy and not too much sun this week, so I will just keep checking....