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 really excited for this…
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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 started gardening this year,…
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Blueberries are in full swing this week, the boys and I have done a little bit of picking almost every day. We even discovered a secret spot that my oldest son dubbed “the cookie patch”, because according to him the berries are the…
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Several of our customers have asked for the recipe for our red, white and blueberry pie, so we thought we’d go ahead and share it. Remember, we make these pies fresh in our bakery every year around Independence Day. Order yours today! Note from…
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Freshly Pressed Strawberry-Carrot-Peach Juice Have you ever tasted fresh juice? I don’t mean Ocean Spray, or even the flash pasteurized juice found in the produce aisle, like Bolthouse Farms or Odwalla juices. I mean freshly pressed juice made from freshly picked fruits and vegetables. Don’t get me wrong:…
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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 off of my kitchen…
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Asparagus! It’s here! This is the best time of year to eat local asparagus! The cool spring weather here in Berks county yields the best asparagus– and we have an abundance of it here at our Farm Market. When it’s fresh I even enjoy eating it…
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Before I became one of them, (a Weaver I mean!) I found it to be extremely entertaining and surprising to hear the light hearted banter that most certainly would accompany any family meal: “This is good— but it could use twice the vanilla!” (I…
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Last Friday was a warm March day, over seventy degrees, and I opened the screen door while I cooked dinner. The kitchen filled with earthy breezes, the radio’s banter, and the sound and smell of sizzling free-range beef. I mixed cheeses, layered pasta noodles,…
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