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everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lampel.

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

Show.

Well, we are right smack in the middle of April at the time of this recording.

And here where I live in zone seven B, it is officially the frost free date that all

important date for gardeners, just chomping at the bit to get those plants safely into

the ground outside without any fear of them dying because there's a late cold snap.

Now, not that that can't happen, but fortunately here, it's been a little bit on the warm side

for the past week.

So if you're a risk taker, even a little bit, you already got your plants in the ground.

But I know from scanning social media this past weekend, just looking through the various

groups, one of the topics that's really hot right now is hardening off.

A lot of people have questions about this critical time, meaning that they are getting

ready to get those plants conditioned to go full time outside, but they're not there yet

and they have some questions.

But I was just really surprised at every group that I was scanning through.

That was clearly what was on people's mind.

So we're all anxious to get our plants in the ground, but we don't want to blow it

and rush the process.

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