I am not much of a gardener but your cuttings and seedlings look mighty fine to me. I'd love to have a small patch to grow some herbs and things for cooking but we live in a townhouse i.e. no garden and a very small balcony, north facing. But in our front yard we got some basil and rosemary, and chili peppers on the porch. Not bad but nothing like what you're showing us here. Should be interesting to see future updats.