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Be careful out there! 😁 #halloween

Look at this cute fuzzy butt all snuggled in for the night in a calendula blossom. 🌱 #bee #zone6garden

Time to try the honeynut squash I grew this year. Hope it’s as sweet or sweeter than butternut 🤞 🌱 #zone6garden

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I guess I’m collecting cats. This handsome fella showed up a couple weeks ago and hasn’t left our porch since. I call him Shadow, cause he follows me everywhere when I’m outside. He also has no clue what personal space is. #cats

I’ve tried unsuccessfully several times now to dig up and overwinter pepper plants. This year I’m trying something different. Before the first frost I’m going to take young stem cuttings and rooting them into new plants. 🌱 #zone6garden

We’re soaking in all the last bits of summer sun. #dog #bordoodle

This face! 🥰 #caterday #kitten

Trying a new Italian squash (rugosa friulana) since the SVB bastards took out my normal green ones. They are quite tasty and more firm. I may have to just plant these from now on. 🌱 #zone6garden

Made some cinnamon rolls on the grill. Worth every calorie! 🍽️ #baking

Charring up some homegrown veggies for some bomb salsa. It tastes even better knowing you grew all the flavors! Well except for the onion but shhh we won’t talk about that. 🌱 #salsa 🍽️

If there’s a spiderweb in the vicinity, you can guarantee that I’ll walk through it. Sometimes I’ll even walk the same path twice and hit a web on the second pass, 2 seconds later. Like what!?

Check out this creamy orange zinnia. It’s so pretty! 🌱 #zone6garden

My sugar baby fell off the vine, and at first I said “damn it!!” But then I said “mmmm!” 🌱 #zone6garden

The mini butternuts are starting to color up. They’re so dang cute! 🌱 #zone6garden

Well this is a son of a bitch. Been pretty overwhelmed with 5 kittens we rescued about two weeks ago and things were finally getting easier with them. Then last night had to take my own adult cat to the vet to the tune of $600 because she was throwing up and bloody stool. Fuck me I guess 😭 #pets

Oh no! I hope they have insurance 😳 #chicago #illinois #weather

A little update on the kittens. #rescueanimals #kittens

Made a tomato onion focaccia today. I’m the sharing type but I don’t think it’s going to last long enough. 😋 It’s pretty dam good! 🍽️ #baking #bread

It’s time again for some shishito roulette. My mouth is currently on fire, so I lost round 1. 🥵 🌱 #zone6garden

I just had fresas con crema for the first time ever. Why has this been kept such a secret!? It’s so damn good! What else are Mexicans hiding that I don’t know about? 😆 🍽️ #dessert

So 7 cats (already have two older ones) is too many, right? 🤣 God they are so fucking cute!!! #kittens

Well with the flooded backyard, I had to bring in the kittens I found yesterday. They were pretty rough but I think they’ll be ok until I find a place to take them. #kittens

This is my garden flooded, for the second time this year 😩. Things struggled but survived after the first one. Not sure I’ll get lucky twice. 🌱 #zone6garden

I need a new vacuum cleaner. Canister or upright? Help! #askbsky #cleaning

Well shit. I can’t have 5 kittens…I can’t have 5 kittens…be strong! #kittens #animals #strays

New England asters, I want to grow them next year but I hate floppy flowers. What are you planting in front or around them to keep them up and happy? I’m in Chicago zone 6. Black eyed Susan? Grasses? Fill me with your knowledge. 🌱 #zone6garden

Finally! With a week of flooding, 100+ temps every other week, I feel like most of my garden is so far behind. Now almost into August and I finally have a tomato that is breaking into red. 🌱 #zone6garden

Well oops! I didn’t realize how big this beet was until today. 🤣 The thing has to weigh close to 10 pounds. Hopefully it’s not woody. 🌱 #zone6garden

You’re crazy! Of course I don’t need to mark which pepper plants are which ones. I’ll totally remember where I planted what. 🥴 🌱 #zone6garden

Honeynut squash stage 1! I hope they’re as good as a regular butternut. 🤞 The squirrels also better not get any bright ideas. 🌱 #zone6garden

Now that we aren’t in a week of hell temps, hopefully there will be BLTs in my near future. 🤞 I can’t wait for the first garden fresh tomato taste! 🌱 #zone6garden

The plants are finally starting to give up the goods. So today it’s garden salsa time! 🌱 #zone6garden

Am I crazy or does it seem like there are less pollinators this year? My garden is usually brimming with hover-flies, bees and other friendlies, but it just seems off this season. 🌱 #zone6garden #bees

Damn you Canada! #weather #canadafires

Green June beetle aka figeater. Big, metallic green and flies link a drunk pilot. Usually have one that hangs around all summer. This year there are three or four and I’m having to dodge their hilariously inept flying skills. 🌱 #zone6garden #insects

You son of a bitch! I got you and your little babies too! 🌱 #zone6garden

Apparently we had a small earthquake today. Surprised I didn’t notice it. #chicago #earthquake

That USA vs Belgium match was hard to watch. So many mistakes by USA 🤦‍♂️ #worldcup #FIFA

Picked up a hitchhiker from the side of the road today. You’re coming home with me! 🌱 #zone6garden

I made the mistake of hoping for rain. Well last night we got over 3” and now most of my garden is currently flooded. More storms are brewing and I’m worried. No more rain please 🙏. 🌱 #zone6garden #chicago #weather

Saw an orange and black insect flying near my squash. Quickly rushed over to kill what I thought was going to be a vine borer moth, but turned out to be a parasitic wasp. Whew!! Although this wasp does focus on swallowtail caterpillars, so not really a fan of that. 🌱 #zone6garden #insects

Mutant garden things. Was out dead heading my calendula this afternoon and found this oddity. Two new flower stalks growing out from inside an old flower that’s seeding out. Have you ever seen something like this? 🌱 #zone6garden #flowers

Hope everyone is staying cool and safe 🥵 #heatwave #weather

Pulled some garlic to see how we’re lookin and I say it’s harvest time! 🌱 #zone6garden

I hit the zucchini jackpot. The first two flowers to come in are a male and a female. 🌱 #zone6garden

Ooph! Some of the garden will love this and some of the garden is going to hate this. Me, I’ll be waving to my garden from the window while praying the AC doesn’t stop. 🌱 #zone6garden #chicago #weather