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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 20h

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 21h

I’d say about 6 hours or so.

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah these ones I let go fully mature/red so they’re sweeter.

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 1d

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

Mature shishito peppers being dehydrated

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 2d

We were 5b and are now 6a I think. You can really tell things have changed since we hardly get hardly any snow anymore. Which sucks cause I love snow.

Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 2d

Or fried green tomatoes. Yum!!!

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 6d

I grow the dill just for them, so the more the better!

Yeah them hornworms are such jerks. Which is too bad cause their moth is so cool.

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 16d

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

Chilaca pepper plant, which are pasilla peppers once dried.

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 28d

Damn you squirrels! 😡 🖕 I guess that means I’m making squash tomorrow. 🌱 #gardeningfeed #urbangarden

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · 29d

If I could stop walking through #spider webs every time I go outside that would be great! Took my dog out and felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. 🕷️ 🕸️

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · Sep 14

When you get sick, what is your go to food? That something you crave when under the weather. 🍽️ #cooking #food

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · Sep 10

They’re so tasty if you blister fry them and serve them with a dip. I make a spicy mayo dip usually that’s mayo, sriracha, garlic, Worcestershire and onion powder.

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · Sep 10

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

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’ve entered the wasps all up in your face season. #fall #insects #meme

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Joe @itsjoe.bsky.social · Sep 8

The #moon looks amazing right now. So big and orange!

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