🛑Help! Someone stop me! + Long-lasting mums & perennials you SHOULDN'T divide.

Published: Wed, 09/10/25

Updated: Wed, 09/17/25

It's What's Up Wednesday!

Okay, I have a confession. I might be getting ready to make my second trip this week to a greenhouse I found near me. You see, I’ve been spoiled. When I first moved to PA, I lived within walking distance of a massive Amish-run greenhouse. It was uh-may-zing.

Since moving to Happy Valley over a decade ago, I haven’t found anything of its kind. Not even close. That is, until I asked a friend where she got her huge mums. (Seriously, these things were borderline obscene!)

Apparently, only 20 minutes down the road from me is a veritable clone of my favorite greenhouse.

Only this one has a coffee shop right smack in the middle of it. Legal, addictive stimulants and plants? Don’t mind if I do.

I bought some of those huge mums. Folks, I have a Subaru Outback, and I could only fit two of these monsters in my hatch. So obviously, I have to go back for more.

This week’s What’s Up Wednesday, we are celebrating fall and that weird nesting energy that tends to show up with it. I’ve got some advice on how to keep your mums looking amazing right up until you put turkey on your table without a ton of fuss. And Mickey has a great piece that will save us all many headaches – perennials you should NOT divide.

I’ll see you on Friday. I’ve got to get to the greenhouse before they run out of homemade donuts!

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