Start the Year with Realistic Health Goals
After coming off the holidays, many people step on the scale and realize they have a little bit of work to do this coming year if they want to get or stay on track with their health goals. I for…
Category Appetizers-Sides
Zucchini “Boxties” (or Fritters, or Pancakes)
When it came time to plant your garden, let me guess? You planted a zucchini plant or maybe two or three. “I love zucchini bread!” you thought. “I’ll grill up zucchini with some chicken and it will be awesome!” you…
Mushrooms with Conebella Farm Cheese
On July 19, Brandon Hertzler and Rachel VanDuzer led a cooking class on cooking with mushrooms and Conebella Farm Cheese. Here are their recipes.
Pink Lady® Apples & Delicious Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Dip
Pink Lady® apples ripen in November, and like a fine wine or a rich cheese, they mature and become sweeter in storage. This makes them Ed Weaver’s favorite apple to eat in the springtime, when their flavor reaches its peak.…
Make Crafts from Nature This Fall!
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…
The Autumn Allure of Apple Fries
New this year at Weaver’s Orchard are the autumn-hugging addition of apple fries. They’ve been available at Fall Family Fun Days every Saturday since September 19, and the last Saturday when they’ll be up for grabs is October 31. Festival-goers…
Our Favorite Easter Recipes & Ideas
During this winter’s gloomiest days, thoughts of Easter lifted my spirits. It wasn’t the thought of delicate daffodil centerpieces or Easter chocolates that carried me through bitter, cloudy days but the reminder that the cycle of seasons mirrors the week…
Festive Kid-Friendly Easter Appetizers
Brighten up your Easter dinner table with these festive appetizers. Not only are they fun to make, but they’re also fun to eat– and kids will love helping make them come to life! If several children want to be part…
Stuffed Mushrooms with Apples & Sausage
It’s a winter miracle. Here it is, the end of January, and Weaver’s Orchard still has fifteen apple varieties, kept fresh in cool, climate-controlled storage. Each apple preserves the memory of warm fall days when the wind carried just a…
Celebrating the Harvest with Thanksgiving Recipes
At Thanksgiving, we give thanks for all we’ve been given throughout the year. We open the jars of applesauce, peaches, jam and apple butter we canned earlier in the year. While the turkey is roasting, we chop fresh cold-hardy vegetables,…