09/30/2026
🌱 THIS IS YOUR NOTICE TO BUY THE SAD PLANTS. 🌱
You know the ones I mean.
Those poor little perennials sitting at the nursery or garden center looking like they have absolutely had enough of this summer. Crispy leaves. Droopy stems. Maybe looking just a tiny bit neglected.
BUY THEM. 😂
Seriously! This is one of the BEST times of year to find perennial bargains. If you see a little green growth down at the base, there is still life in that baby! Put it in the ground, tuck it in for winter, and let it do its thing.
Next spring, you may have a completely different plant.
🌸 Coneflowers (Echinacea) are one of my absolute favorites, and on our annual trip to Hollabaugh’s in Biglerville, I found two that I could NOT leave behind!
I picked up a Prima Ginger Coneflower and a Sombrero Lemon Yellow Coneflower, both in two-quart containers for only $5 each! They had a large bin of sad discount plants. Plus, fresh and beautiful ones for full price.🌸💛
Now, they may look a little sad right now (second pic)…
…but I KNOW what they're going to look like next year. And I cannot wait! 😍
And speaking of Hollabaugh’s… 🍎🍂
Our annual fall trip is one of my favorite traditions. If you’ve never been, make it a destination! They have beautiful orchards, all kinds of apples, pumpkins everywhere, fresh produce, free activities for the kids, an amazing market and gift shop, fresh c***r slushies, donuts and treats, and, of course, our annual apple c***r milkshakes.with their apple c***r donut on top. Because it isn't fall until we have one. 🍎
And I'm hoping to make the rounds to some of the other wonderful orchards and farm markets around the area this fall and share those with you, too!
🍎🌻 Fall in Pennsylvania is pretty hard to beat.