Fall shopping trip to Countryside Nursery!

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 Rose and I take a trip out to  Countryside nursery every fall to buy pumpkins. It's 25 miles away so we have to be convinced that it's worth it!

Previously, we stopped by a few local nurseries, but only because we were passing them, to check out some prices! These two nurseries could not be more different from each other. One is immaculate, roomy, and professional- more like a retail store with prices to match!! We admired but did not buy !

We headed across the road and found a typical nursery that offered many of the same things but in a more farm like style. Both had pumpkins, pansies and mums galore and surprisingly both were pricier than we expected. Rose did buy some pansies at a decent price in the second place. At the first place all pumpkins were marked with a hefty price and at the second they were sold by the pound. 

A few days later, we headed to Countryside! It is always a pleasant drive but this year we missed the fall colors-all the trees are still green!

We found some deals !

18 inch pots
I wonder what I will fill it with?



great price














We found pumpkins...lots and lots of pumpkins!  The jumbo heritage pumpkins were all priced at $6.99, while smaller, cute and interesting ones were $4.99 and $2.99 and little ones were $1.00!
We found some $1.00 pansies some fancy rudbeckia for $4.99 (not too bad for a colorful perennial). 


We were wondering if it would all fit… it did-with room to spare.

The long green plant was also $1.00 but I have no idea what I'm gong to do with it since it's not hardy!
The mums were spectacular. Rows and rows of mums divided by color and size and price. The two in the picture below were only$3.99 each! 

Lots of color,







The weather is predicted to be very, very hot and super dry for at least another two weeks! Lets hope it all lasts!

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