Alarm clocks, school buses, homework, and tests are gleefully forgotten by many students come summertime. It’s now time to think about all the things they want to do during summer and enjoy their days of freedom before another school year…
As customers enter our market in September and October, they are invited to try a “new” fruit: our own homegrown kiwi berries. We get a lot of great questions about this curious fruit, so we’ll try to answer a few…
Cherry picking season is officially here! My boys have been begging me to go out picking every morning this week—they’ve been eating so many cherries that there seems to be a constant red stain around both of their mouths. As…
Thinking of going apple picking this season? Well, here are 10 reasons that picking apples here is a fun and unique experience. 1. 30+ apple varieties to choose from. We grow more than 30 varieties of apples. That’s a lot…
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,…
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…
Miss Linda’s stories are both entertaining and educational– even parents can learn something new! Books and fruit make a great combination when they’re a part of our orchard storytime! There is no better way to get your kids excited about…
These days we hear a lot about “knowing your farmer” and being mindful of where your food is coming from. Every issue of the parenting magazine I read mentions something along these lines. Before I had children this was something…
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…