Flower Culture #2: Hot Beds and Cold Frames

Let's say that you have some seedlings that you want to get out side. If it is in late spring, you can make a cold frame. a cold crame is basically a box with a glass lid. You can put plantlings in there to protect them until they are larger. You should open it on warmer days, because you don't want them to get mildewy. You are planting plants, not fungi. If it is still rather cold, you could make a hot bed. It is like a cold frame, but there is an electric cable on the bottom, covered with layers of dirt. You can put your plants in there to protect them from the cold.