Two More Saturdays of Fall Fun
Wondering what it’s like to visit Weaver’s Orchard on a festival day? Check out this video before you come to see what you might find here on a Saturday this fall! We still have two more Saturdays of fall fun,…
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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 are the grocery budgeting tips they shared! Pat said: At this time of year one can still buy a fresh herb plant for the same price…
Grocery Budgeting Tips, Part 2: From the Kitchen of Rachel VanDuzer
“Did you use up the mushrooms in your omelet this morning?” I asked my husband. “No,I don’t think so,” he replied. From that conversation, I determined that I must have mushrooms in my refrigerator still, so I decided not to…
Grocery Budgeting Tips, Part 1: From the Kitchen of Elizabeth Weaver
About a year into our marriage, my husband Justin and I decided to challenge ourselves and see how much we could save on groceries while improving our diets. (Easier said than done!) I’ve learned that there isn’t really a quick…
Tasty “Apple Bugs!” with Sliced Apples
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…
Johnny Appleseed Comes to Visit this Saturday
One cool morning last week I sat on my front porch sipping coffee smelling the tantalizing scents of cider donuts frying nearby. As I sat, I also noted that the flurry of activity that usually surrounds my home had picked…
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…
A Wild Way to Pick Berries
Picking fruit is truly Edenic. Picking fruit in the wild brings it to a whole new level. Ever since I was a kid growing up on a 17-acre horse farm surrounded by the same woods that back up to the…
Lessons from the Garden & Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake
A friend of mine says that if you visit Vermont in July, you have to lock your car, not because people will steal things but because they will fill your car with zucchini. She promises she isn’t joking. When I…
Just Peachy Baked Oatmeal
Peach season is in full swing here at our orchard. I love going for evening golf cart rides through the peach trees and taking a deep breath—you can actually smell the peaches growing on the trees! A week ago I…