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Before I can transplant all of the plants I started indoors, I will have to harden them off. Hardening off plants is basically acclimating plants that you started indoors to the outside weather. It allows your plants to get used to the sun, wind, rain, etc. gradually–kind of like slowly allowing your kids to Read More >>
One of the biggest mistakes newbies make when it comes to starting their plants from seeds is to just throw them out into the garden without hardening them off first. Hardening off plants is basically SLOWLY getting them used to the outdoors. Plants started indoors have only known the minutely variable climate of the indoors. Read More >>
