Orchard Fresh Blog
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May 15, 2012
Strawberry Shortcake!
Strawberry season is officially here! For a few weeks now my husband and I have been "sneaking" up to the patch with our boys just to snitch a few of the early berries. Do they ever taste good!
Our two-year-old delights in running up and down the rows and gobbling up anything with a hint of red and sometimes even the white ones. Our four-year-old has more refined tastes and picks the ripest ones. It's so much fun to watch them delight in these delicious berries.
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March 27, 2012
Easter Egg Hunts at the Orchard
Spring has sprung a bit early this year and many of our trees are already blooming! We're frantically preparing for our Easter festivities coming up on April 6th and 7th from 11am- 2pm. Our oldest son has even joined in on the fun of getting the Easter eggs ready! Our Easter egg hunt is a great time with plenty of activities for kids of all ages...
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October 21, 2011
Two More Saturdays of Fall Fun
Since we just moved into a new apartment this month, I've been slacking on our food budget. Our fridge shelves look roomy and the potatoes, yogurt, and leftovers that do occupy the shelves are so decayed they look like science experiments gone awry. While I'm going through my fridge and tossing out unfortunate tubs of yogurt, I'm also thinking about how my husband and I will set up this new home, and what our food budget might be like. I've budgeted for food in the past, I've learned much from friends, and the future is looking frugal and scrumptious.
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October 13, 2011
Grocery Budgeting Tips Part 3: From the Kitchen of Our Readers
We asked our readers how they save money on their grocery bill, and here's what they said!
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September 6, 2011
Johnny Appleseed Comes to Visit this Saturday!
Every time Apple Season rolls around I begin to get a craving for my Dad's apple dip. He developed this recipe for my brother and I when we were younger-- it was his ploy to get us to eat more fruit. (I think it worked!) On Saturday, my four-year-old and I went for a walk through the orchard and picked a few apples. On Sunday, I was trying to come up with a creative snack idea for my son's first day of preschool, so I made this scrumptious apple dip. It was such a hit with my boys I had to seal it in a container and hide it at the back of my refrigerator.
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September 1, 2011
Recipes from First Wednesdays on the Farm
This summer, we've hosted a series of great cooking & gardening classes on the first Wednesday of every month starting this June. If you've missed them so far, don't worry. There is one more session on September 7th, and I'm really excited for this event!
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July 22, 2011
Free Garden Advice from the Experts
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June 7, 2011
Story Time Fun in the Orchard Sun!
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June 2, 2011
A Taste of Orchard-Fresh Goodness
Last year at this time, my husband and I had just moved back to Berks County from a far-off city. We returned just in time for strawberry season, and I realized that for the five years we lived in the city, I had not ever tasted fresh strawberries. Sure, I'd had rubbery strawberries from the supermarket that kind of simulated a strawberry taste, but not melt-in-your-mouth sweet orchard-fresh strawberries.
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June 1, 2011
A Second First
Now and then I've been inspired to take cooking classes. Sometimes, walking past a bustling kitchen store, I'd hear laughter rise on a night it hosted cooking classes, or I'd sample fresh homemade cheese crafted by a friend who attended culinary school, and I'd think of signing up for a class. My time and budget stars never aligned, though, and the closest I came to really educating myself about food was reading a Cook's Illustrated article about making sourdough bread, which I soon decided involved entirely too much commitment to a lump of dough, no matter how tasty that dough would be after daily care. Imagine how happy I was to discover that Weaver's Orchard was hosting absolutely free cooking and gardening classes this summer, the first Wednesday of every month from June-September!
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