My first seedlings of 2026 say hello. Shishitos and jalapeno are eager to get going! 🌱 #zone6garden

Strong storms and tornadoes yesterday and today it’s snowing. I’d like to speak to your manager! #weather #illinois

Are you trying any new veggies in the garden this year? For me it’s going to be honeynut squash. I’ve wanted to try it for awhile and finally ordered some seeds. 🌱

The rhubarb is awake. Hopefully my strawberries do better this year so I can make some strawberry rhubarb pie! 🌱 #zone6garden #illinois

The hummers are coming! Get your feeders cleaned and ready. 🌱

So I guess next week it’s summer?! I guess I better get my seeds started. 🌱 #zone6garden

3 years ago I planted 12 asparagus. So you know what that means, I get to have fresh homegrown asparagus this season!! I’m so excited! 🌱 #zone6garden

It’s February 1st. That means it’s probably time to start putting my seed list together. Only about 5 weeks until the indoor seed starting begins!! 🌱 #zone6garden

Had some leftover shredded chicken so today it’s tamales! 🍽️ #cooking

The garlic is confused. Is it April already?! 🌱 #zone6

Well that was a success. I wasn’t really sure how this cured dough thing would turn out, but damn it was good. Exactly what I was trying to achieve. Super thin and very crispy! Gonna make another batch of dough and play around with the curing time, go a little shorter. 🍽️ #pizza #cooking

In my never ending search for the perfect homemade pizza, I’m trying something a little bit different. Cured pizza dough. 🤔 The dough was fermented for 5 days in the fridge, then rolled out and left to dry or “cure” for 12+ hours. We’re going for ultra thin and cracker crispy. Results later 🍽️ #pizza

Stranger things finale, on my birthday? You shouldn’t have! I hope it’s good 🤞 #strangerthings #netflix

Well I thought we were having a “normal” winter for a change, but I guess I was wrong. It currently feels like May and it’s storming. Lightning and thunder, oh my! #zone6 #chicago #weather

Always have to stop here at least once (sometimes twice) whenever I’m back home in Green Bay, Wi for the holidays. Mmm butter burger! 🍽️ #greenbay #food

I don’t eat much sugar these days, and these have a ton of sugar in them. But it’s the holidays, right? 🍽️ #nobakes #christmas

So is winter over already? 😆 The spring bulbs are going to be so confused. 🌱 #zone6 #weather

The feverfew plant is unfazed by these frigid temps and snow. 🌱 #zone6

They’re calling for another big snowstorm this weekend. Forecasting 12” but they also said that a couple weeks ago and we got 2”. Place your bets! #weather #chicago #snowstorm

We’re halfway through Thanksgiving, who’s got the good stories? Drunk racist uncle? Frozen bird? Forgot to turn oven on? Let’s hear the stories! 🍽️ #thanksgiving

So apparently calendula are rather cold tolerant? We have been warmer than usual winters here but still had some snow and freezing temps. Yet these calendula are still growing and flowering. 🌱 #zone6 #flowers

Prime rib was on sale. So tonight we fancy! Did a rosemary, thyme and garlic rub #cooking 🍽️

If you havent watched “The Beast In Me” yet, you should. If I see Claire Danes is in something, I have to watch it. This did not disappoint. youtu.be/8iNHGKcP0cM?... #netflix #thebeastinme #bingeworthy

Strong geomagnetic storms today and tommorow. High chance of northern lights. 👀 #weather #northernlights #auroraborealis

We could be in for a doozy tonight. 😳 We haven’t gotten a real snowstorm in Chicago for years, or even much snow at all. Crazy to think the winter opener could be a big one. #chicago #weather #snowstorm

So many peppers! First real freeze tomorrow so we’re doin the last garden harvest of the season today. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

These two songs shouldn’t work together, but it’s a banger! youtu.be/CVv8Z4_hsAU?... #music #deadonasunday #mashup

Yes it’s 3 weeks to December and I’m still picking tomatoes. Crazy times. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

It’s short sleeves this week and snow shovels by the weekend. Currently being forecasted that we’ll get 7” of snow sunday/monday 😆 #chicago #Weather

When you go to urgent care cause you woke up with bad pain in your right side and the doctor isn’t sure which side the gallbladder is on, would it be rude to ask for a different doctor? Yikes! #healthcare

I tend to leave one or two carrots in the ground to seed out the next season. I moved a raised bed recently and this carrot trunk abomination was right in the way. 😳 #zone6 🌱 #gardeningfeed

It’s a week to November and we are finally getting some cold nights. But here in the Chicago area I’m still seeing monarch butterflies. In my non butterfly professional opinion, that seems very late for them to still be around here. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Decided to get out of our normal concrete jungle and traffic, and go to a forest preserve for our walk. My girl Jinx was overloaded with new smells and didn’t know where to sniff next. 😆 She also saw deer for the first time. #bordoodle #dog #pets

Using up a bunch of late harvests and fermenting into hot sauce. Tomatillos, garlic, onion, jalapeno, poblano, and chilaca chilis. Then will add cilantro and maybe a bell pepper at the end when I blend. 🌱 🍽️ #zone6 #gardeningfeed #hotsauce #fermenting

I’m definitely growing these chilaca/pasilla peppers again next year. I have never seen a pepper plant put out so many peppers before. They take forever to mature though. They’re plenty hot in the green stage but when they turn brown is the best flavor. 🌱 #zone6. #gardeningfeed #peppers

Today we tuck the music garlic in for its long winter nap. 😴 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Well isn’t this the cutest little red bell pepper I’ve ever seen. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Cleaning up the garden a bit and found this huge radish hiding amongst some weeds. Sneaky! 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Ground up the dried shishitos into paprika and it is such a pretty red. I might have to make some paprikash with it. 🌱 #zone6 🍽️

Today is shishito drying day for some homemade paprika. 🌱 #zone6

It’s almost the middle of October and here I am still harvesting tomatoes. Thats crazy! #zone6 #gardeningfeed 🌱

Have you ever grown indoor cucumbers? I didn’t even know this was a thing until today. I think I’ll try them over the winter. It’ll give me something to do until spring comes. 🌱 #gardeningfeed

We live 12 blocks from the #broadview ICE “camp” and all day everyday for the past 3 weeks, it’s helicopters circling. 2026/28 can’t come soon enough. 🖕 #ice

My dill patch is covered in late season swallowtail caterpillars. Everywhere I look, there’s another. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed #caterpillars

Let my shishitos mature to red. Now I’m going to dry them and turn them into a paprika. I may smoke them first but haven’t decided yet. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Do you cover crop? I may be trying winter wheat this year and curious what you use. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed

Maybe we’ll get a fall after all. I was afraid we’d go from the high 80s of the last weeks and go straight into snow. I’ve held off on planting my garlic but looks like maybe next week I can get them in the ground. 🌱 #gardeningfeed #zone6

My chilaca (pasilla) pepper plant has been the production winner this season. This is just one branch off the plant. There has to be close to 100 or more peppers on the whole thing. 🌱 #urbangarden #gardeningfeed

Still finding #monarch caterpillars on my milkweed. You better hurry up! Winters coming. #gardeningfeed #urbangarden 🌱

Since the squirrels are messing with the red kuri squash daily now, it’s time to harvest before they take a single bite out of the rest. From one plant we got 15 total squash. Pretty good I’d say. I think I’ll be growing these again next year. 🌱 #urbangarden #gardeningfeed #squash