hahaha i live in the north shore area, wont say the town but will tell you it borders lake county and is on the lake.....and its WAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY to cold to be growing outdoors, not to mention the OUTDOOR growing here sucks balls and is way to short, like the aforementioned posts, if you plant now, your plants are gonna suffer, its too cold during the day and WAAAAYYYY to cold at night still. you might want to start your plants now inside and then move them outdoors in a month or soo....o by the way you do realize that we here in Northern Illionois are gonna have chicadas here SOON....that alone would make me wait or start them outdoors.