Good, Clean Halloween Family Fun
“That was awesome! I want to go back!” This is what Weaver’s customer Sarah Bateman says her kids, ages 4 and 2, say after they come back from Weaver’s Orchard. The Batemans live so close to Weaver’s that they often…
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Back to School But Still Outdoors: Designing Agricultural Lesson Plans for Your Students and Kids
Summer quickly slipped through our lives and the bustle of the beautiful autumn season is now upon us. With its cooler weather, changing scenery, and delightful tastes, fall is still a wonderful time for kids to escape outdoors, especially when…
Racing to Pay Local Cancer Patients’ Bills
Vernon Murphy couldn’t sleep. It was 2009 and his wife Beth had just passed away at age 46, after a nine-year battle with breast cancer. This loss was like nothing else the Murphy family had ever experienced. After Beth died,…
European Pear Recipes
Poire Belle Hélène [Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream] with Nadia Hassani from Deep Focus on Vimeo. When Weaver’s Orchard invited me to do another cooking class this summer, I suggested pears. I must admit I…
Braised Cured Pork Belly & Apple Kimchi with Amani’s BYOB
Braised Pork and Apple Kimchi with Jonathan Amann from Deep Focus on Vimeo. For the past three years, Chef Jonathan Amman of Amani’s BYOB has earned the title “Best Chef in Chester County” at the Chester County Restaurant Festival. On…
Traditional Provençal Cooking with Peaches
Provençal Peaches with Rachel VanDuzer from Deep Focus on Vimeo. While rain pounded the roof of the stone barn at Weaver’s Orchard on Tuesday, August 12, Rachel VanDuzer transported the audience at the weekly Weaver’s Orchard summer cooking class to…
Chubby Pickle Farm: Getting People Growing & Preserving the Harvest
Growing and Preserving the Harvest: Chubby Pickle Farm Pickles from Deep Focus on Vimeo. Nan Reinert of Chubby Pickle Farm has some advice about pickle making: “Start with refrigerator pickles, move on to dill…then pickle everything!” At the Weaver’s…
Blueberries: Beyond Just Baking, with Crystal Barto of Emily’s Restaurant
Beyond Baking with Blueberries: Unique Blueberry Recipes with Crystal Barto from Deep Focus on Vimeo. Crystal Barto, head chef at Emily’s in Mohnton, is a master at creating recipes using seasonal fruits and vegetables. At her cooking class at…
The Philippines Fundraiser and Naneth Castner’s Stories of Her Homeland
Originally from the Philippines, Naneth Castner works in the bakery at Weaver’s Orchard. Since the deadliest typhoon in recorded history for the country devastated its people in early November this year, Weaver’s Orchard is fundraising to help those who have…
Hard to the Core 5k Mud Run Proves Fun for All Ages
Legs pumping, hearts pounding, speeding through the rows of trees and overcoming muddy obstacles is what many 5K runners will experience this Saturday at our family orchard. People from the community old and young alike are getting ready for the…