My husband often talks about one of my most spectacular kitchen failures. But he speaks of it fondly, and almost dreamily, because sometimes even the messiest kitchen mistakes are still quite edible. Here’s what happened. I was trying to make…
When most people think of picking fruit in September, apples are the fruit that comes to mind. And with good reason. At the time I’m writing this, there are five apples to pick at Weaver’s right now, with three more…
“There never was, and never will be, such a remedy for the tired, overworked human body as the pure, fresh air of the country,” wrote an author known as Mrs. A. Sherman Hitchcock in an article published in 1911. Picnics were nothing…
When peaches are in season, there’s few things I crave more than peaches and cream in various forms: peaches and plain yogurt with a dash of vanilla or a sprinkling of vanilla granola, peaches on cereal with milk, peaches and…
It is awfully hard to believe that the second season of Orchard Explorers Workshops is coming to a close. As I sit outside on my back patio soaking up some of this summer’s rather elusive rays of evening sun, I…
Here at Weaver’s Orchard, we want to offer you the highest quality fruit even beyond what can be grown at our farm. Local growing seasons can be very short, as we saw with strawberry season this year when the Pennsylvania…
Since 2013, Weaver’s Orchard has been carrying family-made, old-fashioned flours and cooking mixes from Burnt Cabins Grist Mill in Fulton County. The current mill, dating back to 1840 under the Dubbs Family, is about 2 hours west of Weaver’s Orchard,…
In the area of Reading, Pennsylvania that is now bordered by Oley, Douglass, Front and Weiser Streets, there used to be a magical place called “Paradise Peach Grove.” Today, this is very much an urban neighborhood with many homes, stores and…
During the recent heatwave, some friends were commenting on Facebook about how they notice they get headaches more frequently during the heat. I also experience this, so I was interested to see the remedies people suggested. One person mentioned that…
In April, Meadow View Jerseys became a vendor selling its raw A2A2 milk, kefir, curds and raw, aged cheese at Weaver’s Orchard. Lynford Wenger’s family produces these non-GMO dairy products on their farm in Leola, Lancaster County, where their Jersey…