Our blueberry baby snitching blueberries from his big brother! It’s hard for me to believe this is almost the end of June. Life at the Orchard is running at a regular (sometimes frantic) pace. The number of tractors and equipment buzzing by our door…
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Maggie Nesciur owns an unusual business. She leaves her New York City home early in the morning—4 a.m. sometimes—drives miles away from the city and picks fruit all day. Then, she buys the fruit, returns to the city and sells the fruit to one…
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Freshly Pressed Strawberry-Carrot-Peach Juice Have you ever tasted fresh juice? I don’t mean Ocean Spray, or even the flash pasteurized juice found in the produce aisle, like Bolthouse Farms or Odwalla juices. I mean freshly pressed juice made from freshly picked fruits and vegetables. Don’t get me wrong:…
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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…
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My youngest son is 15 months old and he is crazy about berries! I never knew a kid his age could polish down half a quart of strawberries in one sitting. He’s sneaky and fast too, often swiping the strawberries off of my kitchen…
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One of the things I’ve come to love about living in Berks County is that people around here do amazing, skilled, accomplished things but treat those things as “no big deal.” They make soap, raise chickens, nurture abundant gardens, bake sprouted grain bread, can…
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You’re Invited to First Wednesdays on the Farm! Cooking and nutrition are passions of mine. When I come across a new food fact, I love passing it on to all my friends (some are more interested than others!). I also am known for talking…
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Say you’ve just walked up to the dairy case at Weaver’s Orchard and picked up an 8 ounce block of aged Honey Brook Cheddar from September Farm, one of Weaver’s vendors. You’ve noticed the cheese’s ingredients– milk, cheese culture, rennet, and salt–and these make the…
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Asparagus! It’s here! This is the best time of year to eat local asparagus! The cool spring weather here in Berks county yields the best asparagus– and we have an abundance of it here at our Farm Market. When it’s fresh I even enjoy eating it…
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New things have been popping up around our orchard this spring! We’ve recently updated our kids’ play area. And it was a big deal to my boys. The moment they saw it being unloaded from the truck– life stopped! My three year old was convinced we…
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