Joe
@itsjoe.bsky.social
Chicago Zone 6 Gardening, Cooking, Artist.
I design pop-up cards 👉 https://toadlypoppin.com
I design pop-up cards 👉 https://toadlypoppin.com
Pretty weak right now but can be seen with the naked eye.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Pretty weak right now but can be seen with the naked eye.
Strong geomagnetic storms today and tommorow. High chance of northern lights. 👀
#weather #northernlights #auroraborealis
#weather #northernlights #auroraborealis
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Strong geomagnetic storms today and tommorow. High chance of northern lights. 👀
#weather #northernlights #auroraborealis
#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
#chicago #weather #snowstorm
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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
#chicago #weather #snowstorm
So many peppers! First real freeze tomorrow so we’re doin the last garden harvest of the season today. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So many peppers! First real freeze tomorrow so we’re doin the last garden harvest of the season today. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
Yes it’s 3 weeks to December and I’m still picking tomatoes. Crazy times. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Yes it’s 3 weeks to December and I’m still picking tomatoes. Crazy times. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
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
#zone6 🌱 #gardeningfeed
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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
#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
She also saw deer for the first time.
#bordoodle #dog #pets
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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
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
🌱 🍽️ #zone6 #gardeningfeed #hotsauce #fermenting
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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
🌱 🍽️ #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
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Well isn’t this the cutest little red bell pepper I’ve ever seen. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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
October 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cleaning up the garden a bit and found this huge radish hiding amongst some weeds. Sneaky! 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed
It’s almost the middle of October and here I am still harvesting tomatoes. Thats crazy! #zone6 #gardeningfeed 🌱
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s almost the middle of October and here I am still harvesting tomatoes. Thats crazy! #zone6 #gardeningfeed 🌱
My dill patch is covered in late season swallowtail caterpillars. Everywhere I look, there’s another. 🌱 #zone6 #gardeningfeed #caterpillars
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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
October 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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
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
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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 🌱
September 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
The most useless garden kitty. While the squirrels naw on my winter squash, this thing just lays there. I want to speak to your manager! 🌱 #kitty #gardeningfeed
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The most useless garden kitty. While the squirrels naw on my winter squash, this thing just lays there. I want to speak to your manager! 🌱 #kitty #gardeningfeed
Damn you squirrels! 😡 🖕 I guess that means I’m making squash tomorrow. 🌱 #gardeningfeed #urbangarden
September 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Damn you squirrels! 😡 🖕 I guess that means I’m making squash tomorrow. 🌱 #gardeningfeed #urbangarden
My shishito plant has been providing like crazy. I really think it should be renamed to the chili roulette plant though, cause you never know what you’re gonna get from one pepper to the next. My mouth is currently on fire like I just ate a habenero. 🥵 🌱 #gardeningfeed #urbanfarming
September 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My shishito plant has been providing like crazy. I really think it should be renamed to the chili roulette plant though, cause you never know what you’re gonna get from one pepper to the next. My mouth is currently on fire like I just ate a habenero. 🥵 🌱 #gardeningfeed #urbanfarming