Woke up to a garden covered in snow and ice. Look up your estimated frost date, check your long term forecasts, and resist the urge to plant unless you have a cold frame or greenhouse and know how to use them.

Well that took a sharp turn! RIP to poor premature veggie seedlings newbie gardeners in my local #gardening groups who fell for False Spring planted out and are wanting to know how to save them this morning. Practice makes perfect.

#AlwaysLearning #WeatherRollercoaster #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

An adorable floppy dark brown velvet-eared grey and brown Cattle Dog sleeps cozily in a fluffy squishy bed with a cute pink tongue blep.

Stormy night, rainy day. The largest hail & tornadoes skipped us but lots of lightning so it was good for the seeds I direct sowed yesterday. My joints are on fire so #GardenDogs #WeAreAllZoey & I are going back to bed early.

#gardening #fatigue #WeatherRollercoaster #DogsOfBluesky #ACDLife 🌱

A female Black Swallowtail butterfly with deeply damaged wings rests on a bare Magnolia branch against a tan stucco wall with shadows.

A female Black Swallowtail butterfly with deeply damaged wings rests on a bare Magnolia branch against a tan stucco wall with shadows.

From today, Mr. CMG saw this beat up mama on doggo walkies. What are you doing out in #UrbsInHorto #Chicago on February 15th, silly girl? Despite the sudden warm up, not even our intentionally max bloom time garden has flowers now. 🥲 #gardening #butterflies #invertebrates #WeatherRollercoaster 🌱

Sounds about right...😎🙏❤️☀️🍻 #weatherrollercoaster #februaryinohio #mothernature #readyforspring