Valentine’s Day–like Halloween and Easter–is a candy holiday. As a kid, I always looked forward to these holidays with greed, imagining the vast piles of candy I would acquire. But when I was in about fifth grade, my mother pulled the most…
A budget veto has left Penn State Agricultural Extension and Penn State agricultural research in serious jeopardy. Weaver’s Orchard and all of PA Agriculture depend on the work of these programs. These programs provide valuable help such as research on…
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…
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…
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…
With peach season in full swing, you may be finding some very large, heavy peaches out in the orchard. That might get you wondering, “How heavy can peaches get? What’s the world record for world’s heaviest peach?” Paul Friday can…
We love PA apples and are pleased to participate in a grower-funded program called the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Program. A percentage of all the proceeds from apple grower’s sales goes to this program, which helps get local apples into larger grocery stores, promotes apple…