#TFW you are just trying to wrap a few presents while sitting on the carpet but you have a Cattle Dog. 😆🐶🙃 #WeAreAllZoey #GardenDogs #DogsOfBluesky #ACDLife

Not that anyone asked, but yes my #NativePlants Lonicera sempervirens is still producing beautiful yellow blooms on November 12th after a few hard frosts and our first snow. 🥰 💪 #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #February2Frost 🌱

The sun is shining again, the snow has melted except around the base of the plants, and the Ageratina altissima & Aster ‘Jinsdai’ are back to doing their thing for a few more days. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Another pre-snow memory from last week. Usually on struggle bus, my neighbor’s Magnolia (scale) & Hydrangea macrophylla (wilty/doesn’t bloom often here) were looking so gloriously #FantasticFoliage #FallColor that even #WeAreAllZoey appreciated it. #gardening #bloomscrolling #GardenDogs #ACDLife 🌱

Windy and snowy today so reflecting longingly on the Rosa ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’ bloom we had just opening on Saturday with hints of #MagentaMonday around the outer petals. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SmellTheRoses 🌱

Woke up to a totally different season so feeling even better about getting the water barrels put to bed yesterday even though it means quality time with the heat pad for my aches and pains today. #gardening #FirstSnow 🌱

A little late #SundayYellow of epic #FallColor proportions. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FantasticFoliage 🌱

Managed to get outside this afternoon to do the muddiest winterizing job in the yard with help of Mr. CMG: all 4 rain barrels pumped out to give the backyard beds a good soak, scrubbed out inside, turned over, tarped, & tubes/tops stored in the garage. #gardening #FallColor #WinterIsComing 🌱

#UrbsInHorto Chicago Parkway update: #NativePlants still showing out with Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Symphyotrichum urophyllum, Solidago caesia, Heliopsis helianthoides & Ageratina altissima blooming just in this section. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #NoSpray 🌱

Damp cool day so #GardenDogs #WeAreAllZoey and I are browsing seed catalogs & online sales, ordering so many #MilkweedForMonarchs #seeds for winter sowing this year, & doing totally normal Cattle Dog stuff. #gardening #DogsOfBlueSky #ACDLife 🌱

Terrible at #houseplants but managing to keep these guys happy in the laundry room (our only good natural light spot). New leaves coming on leafy bois and fun funky growth on my #succulents. #gardening #PlantSky #Cactus #FantasticFoliage 🌱

The plains sunflowers (H. petiolaris) I planted in memory of my grandma are still providing for wildlife will into November. 🥲 Still blooming and still producing seed. The goldfinches have been visiting them for months! #nativeplants #nativegarden #birds

Glowing green Nicotiana still blooming! #Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Toad Lilies are great for late blooms if you aspire to color from #February2Frost. Fresh buds still opening! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Another handsome capture by Mr. CMG of a hoverfly pausing on our trellis. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #InsectThursday #inverts #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

#Pollinators still pollinating…and yes, flies are pollinators too. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #InsectThursday #inverts #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

When your Cattle Dog has been in wild dingo mode all day and then curls up into a cute little ball with her furry little toe beans on display. 🥰 #WeAreAllZoey #GardenDogs #DogsOfBluesky #ACDLife

Fall has been so mild that the Hostas are blooming again—such an architectural delight! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

#FallColor like whoa from mostly #NativePlants plus a few friends! #gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Aster battle right now on our little city Parkway! Symphyotrichum oblongifolium vs Symphyotrichum oolentangiense—all winners. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

This is how we do bird feeders in our small #UrbsInHorto #Chicago garden. #gardening #NativePlants #birds #ecosystem #GrowYourOwn 🌱

Strawflowers today. Snow this weekend maybe. Seize the day, friends! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Mr. CMG spotted a new backyard visitor while outside with #WeAreAllZoey at lunch. Surprised he got a photo with our four-legged wildlife alarm by his side. He says it is White-Throated Sparrow, native unlike zillion introduced House Sparrows we see daily. #gardening #birds #ecosystem #GardenDogs 🌱

A very good Aster in transition. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #NativePlants 🌱

Backyard #FallColor still shining in yellow, pink, orange, and deep purple. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Eupatorium & roses in November is a good reminder to be grateful for #SmallJoys every day. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FantasticFoliage 🌱

Newly emerging Snapdragons for #MagentaMonday. What a fun surprise to find these blooms & buds hiding among #LeaveTheLeaves on November 3rd! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

#MagentaMonday survivor. The color of this single Echinacea bloom is so fresh but everything else screams late season struggle bus. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #NativePlants 🌱

Zoomies launch code entered. Sequence initiation in 5…4…3…2…ruuuuunn! #WeAreAllZoey #GardenDogs #DogsOfBluesky #ACDLife

Our Abelia is still working hard for #February2Frost too. #Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #FallColor 🌱

Japanese Anemone are perfect for #February2Frost planting. Still a beacon of #FallColor today. #Gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #MagentaMonday 🌱

Final #SundayYellow plant is #NativePlants of very limited range in Alabama & Georgia. Threatened in wild, we tried it in our rain garden & it’s gorgeous. Planted in more beds this year. Meet Jamesianthus alabamensis. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #February2Frost 🌱

More #SundayYellow beauty as #NativePlants Coreopsis tripteris continues to bloom. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #February2Frost 🌱

Our garden is celebrating #SundayYellow more than ever even though November has arrived. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #February2Frost 🌱

#WeAreAllZoey has a lot of feelings whenever we watch sportsball. Any loud enthusiasm or frustration makes her want to climb me like a sand dune. Here she is gripping my arm the other day (trying not to fall asleep in process). She’s a cute little space alien! 🥰 #GardenDogs #DogsOfBluesky #ACDLife

Clematis ‘Paul Farges’ continuing nonstop since June and still bringing beauty of fresh blooms to our alley fence on November 1st. Beautiful dark #FallColor #FantasticFoliage behind it too! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱

Saturday Symphoricarpos living up to its ‘Coralberrry’ common name. Such a beautiful late season pink! #gardening #bloomscrolling #WinterInterest 🌱

I love all of the blue and white #NativePlants species Asters I grow, but I think this ‘September Ruby’ cultivar is my absolute favorite color in the garden right now. 🥰 #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #FlowerReport 🌱

The most perfect little seedheads on white snakeroot😍 #ageratinaaltissima #seedsaving #savenativeseeds #crazyseedlady #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #shadegardening

Golden Strawflower crown today. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱

Hydrangeas still showing out! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FallColor #FantasticFoliage #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

The weather has held out long enough for Aster ‘Jindai’ to bloom this year and it is absolutely delightful with its exaggerated golden centers and dimensional purple dancing in the light. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #February2Frost 🌱

She has gone quite unusual & exotic for #RoseWednesday. The changing weather can make for wildly different forms this time of year. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SmellTheRoses 🌱

Happy #RoseWednesday to all who celebrate—a few of ours are still going! #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SmellTheRoses 🌱

Forgot to share the last harvest from the weekend cleanup. Another mountain of hot peppers, plus a basket of assorted tomatoes and sweet peppers. Not too many green tomatoes to deal with this year! #gardening #bloomscrolling #KitchenGarden #GrowFood 🌱

Beautiful blues still blooming 2 days before Halloween in our wine barrel planter. #NativePlants Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower) & non-native annual Heliotropium arborescens 'Deep Marine'. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Not only did Mr. CMG help with veggie bed breakdown this weekend—he went along with my random impulse to sweep leaves into front beds from sidewalks last night after #WeAreAllZoey’s last walk to capture free mulch before wind/rain this week. I know I’m weird so grateful for a supportive partner! 😆🌱

#NativePlants Iliamna remota (Kanakee Mallow) still trying to throw a few late blooms in my #UrbsInHorto #Chicago rain garden. #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱

Morning #SmallJoys reminder of how much plants just want to thrive 🥰: found #NativePlants Trillium rhizomes a friend let me dig June 1 that got lost in dark behind watering cans & clippers. After ~5 months in damp paper towel in a sealed zipper bag, 8 beautiful eyes/roots planted out. #gardening 🌱

Look at this stunning pepper—my 2025 new fav. Bountiful, beautiful fruit; equally gorgeous dark stems & #FantasticFoliage; even tiny flowers are special. Oh, and incredible flavor with a solid kick of heat. Sold to me as ‘Faddas Sweet Purple.” #gardening #bloomscrolling #KitchenGarden #GrowFood 🌱