We want to thank all that shopped at Weaver’s Orchard during the final two weeks of December. As we have committed to, we are pleased to contribute 5% of our sales in our farm market from those weeks to our…
As the bountiful Christmas dinners wind down (we had four in four days), as relatives travel home, and as we lean back in our easy chairs hung over from the sweetness of Christmas; we pause and reflect over the tremendous…
Giving Christmas gifts which feed bellies and stir smiles is a nice alternative to adding more “stuff” to our homes. “Food gifts are a great idea because, well, we have to eat, right?” says Becky Talbot, communications director for VanDuzer…
This Christmas season, we have been pondering how to respond to the refugee crisis as hundreds of thousands of displaced men, women and children from war-torn countries seek safety. We have decided to contribute 5% of all sales in our Farm Market from December…
It’s time to make your list and check it twice! What list is that, you ask? Why it’s the list of friends and relatives you invited to your holiday table along with their various dietary restrictions! Aunt Betsy (vegan); nephew…
Whenever I think of crabapples… Wait a minute. Let me back up. I hardly ever think of crabapples. Nevertheless, there are times when crabapples briefly cross my mind, and when they do, I think of ornamental, flowering crabapple trees. We…
I’ve always loved Thanksgiving. Stuffed turkey sputtering in the oven, warming the whole house with spicy scents. Pumpkin pie cooling on the table, tempting me to take a fingerful. (I can smooth it over… no one will notice.) These are…
The festival season at Weaver’s Orchard ended with a bang this Saturday as costumed kids enjoyed explosions of candy from the candy cannon. The fantastic fall finale on October 31 was just as fantastic as anticipated, with music, jugglers, train rides, face…
October 31, 1986 I’m four years old and dressed as a clown. My mom’s a clown. My dad’s a clown. My 13-month old brother is a clown. My wig is homemade from lavender and yellow yarn and is soon to…
Fall is the time of year when my kids start sniffing out the cider donuts before school in the morning. Cider becomes their beverage of choice and our little goblins leave half eaten apples in all spooky locations throughout our…