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My tomato seedlings have all hatched and are stretching for sky (garage grow light). Varieties which may find their way into my wee backyard garden about the middle of March are:

Celebrity
4th of July
BHN 640
Husky Cherry (Thanks, JustaDumbBlonde)
Ladybug Cherry

These should do well in our scorching, dry, South Central Texas Summers

Some of these may make it into the garden or into 15 gallon containers, just to see what thrives:

Container Choice
Cherokee Purple
Hillbilly
Big Rainbow
Tomasu Grandeur
Big Rainbow
Beefy Boy
German Giant
First Prize
Brandywine (pink)
Tomatilla, Cisneros (not really a tomato, but something I've yet to grow successfully)

Going into the seed trays today are:

Hot peppers:
Biker Billy Jalapeno
Jalapeno Grande
Big Thai
Ancho San Luis (mild)
Cayenne (Mystery variety. A gift.)

Sweet peppers:
Camelot (These always do well, both in the Spring and the Fall. Stops producing with the central Texas Summer heat and starts producing again when tempature drops.)
Big Early
Chinese Giant

Eggplant:
Shoya Long
Fengyuan Purple

Squash
Waltham Butternut

Cucumbers
Soyu Long (Love this one. Cukes grow to at least 12 inches. Few seeds. Sweet. True even for those I've let grow to almost 2')
Baby Cucino (Love this minature cuke even more. Seed is EXPENSIVE. But, after picking the first six from a single plant, cost is more than justified. Yum.)
Dasher II (A recommended variety for our area.)
Tanja (Another long cuke. First time I'm growing it.)

Now thriving in the garden: Georgia Collards, 3 varieties of onion, lettuce, cabbage, and garlic.

You're shooting for the middle of March? That's brave! I won't put any plants in the ground before the end of March. There's too much of a risk of a late season freeze like we had a couple years ago.

That is quite a selection you are planting though! Try constructing a simple cold frame around some of your peppers. I have a tabasco "tree" that's 4 years old and still producing in the greenhouse and several jalapeno's that have lasted several seasons.