Super Citrus Salad with Chicken

By rebeccatalbotJanuary 11, 2018January 12, 2018 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Seasonal

I visited Wolff’s Apple House on New Year’s Eve and came home with four different kinds of citrus. The weather outside was frigid. The ground was covered with layer of snow. But once I had cut open the grapefruit, Cara Cara orange, tangerine and blood orange, the kitchen looked a whole lot brighter. Even the…

Christmas Window Boxes

By rachelvanduzerNovember 30, 2017December 1, 2017 Crafts, Seasonal

DIY Winter Window Boxes A few years ago, we found ourselves window shopping in a quaint town around Christmastime and came across the most beautiful Christmas Window Boxes. We just loved them and have made a tradition to make these every year. The first year we made them, we hit the jackpot by finding all…

How We Select the Best Fall Decor

By rebeccatalbotOctober 18, 2017October 20, 2017 Featured, Holiday, Seasonal

This time of year, Wolff’s carries over 2,000 mums and a host of classic orange pumpkins from three pounds up to 40 pounds—not to mention heirloom pumpkins in all kinds of unexpected shapes and colors, and a few prizewinner pumpkins that weigh in at about 150 pounds each! Add to that Indian corn, corn shocks,…

Perfecting Your Autumn Display

By rebeccatalbotOctober 4, 2017October 7, 2017 Featured, Seasonal

A well-crafted autumn display gives you something beautiful to come home to after a long day at work, says Amy Lang, plant manager at Wolff’s Apple House. It brings “solace at the end of your day,” she says. Adding a touch of autumn beauty means you can sit on your patio with a glass of wine…

Bottomless Corn Pie – Another Way to Love Sweet Corn

By JenniferHetrickAugust 7, 2017August 11, 2017 Locally Grown, Recipes, Seasonal bottomless corn pie, corn pie, sweet corn

I finally began to appreciate some of my Pennsylvania Dutch (technically German) heritage a few years ago through some culinary exploring. My favorite dive into this subculture of food quickly resulted in corn pie made with in-season, locally grown sweet corn, like the ears brought in to Wolff’s Apple House in August and September from nearby…

Spring Garlic Pizza

By recipesMay 18, 2017May 22, 2017 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Seasonal

Spring Garlic, also called “green garlic,” is a culinary treat that does not receive as much fanfare as it deserves. This mild stage of garlic may be hard to find unless you grow your own or have access to a farmers market that sells this delicacy (from March to May). Culinary Uses: In general, spring garlic can be…

Spicy Chicken with Cucumber-Rhubarb Salsa

By recipesMay 9, 2017May 15, 2017 Featured, Recipes, Seasonal

Lisa McWaters, our Grocery Manager, tells us that this recipe is a fun, savory, spicy way to use fresh local rhubarb! Pair it with local Asparagus on the side for a delicious springtime meal! Print Spicy Chicken with Cucumber-Rhubarb Salsa Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 Jalapeno Pepper, roughly chopped (with seeds) 2 large cloves Garlic, peeled…

Beautifying Gardens in Winter & Prepping Ahead for Spring

By JenniferHetrickNovember 1, 2016November 21, 2016 Gardening Advice: Flowers, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Seasonal

Even though winter is just around the corner, that doesn’t mean gardens can’t have value during the cold season. In fact, several Wolff’s Apple House employees attended the Independent Garden Center Show East in Baltimore, Md., last year and heard Martha Stewart speak about this exact point and how a lot of people just don’t realize…

Making a Moon Garden

By JenniferHetrickJune 9, 2016August 12, 2016 Gardening Advice: Flowers, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Photos, Seasonal

When the night sky shines bright light down into your backyard, it’s a wordless hint that a moon garden just might be a good fit for the space. Holly Cusumano of Phoenixville is the chairman of the Philadelphia Unit of the Herb Society of America and has designed moon gardens at both her old home in Coventryville and where…

Cultivating Greens and Making An Easy Arugula Salad

By JenniferHetrickMay 12, 2016February 10, 2017 Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Leafy Greens, Locally Grown, Recipes, Salads, Seasonal, Summer Produce

Despite chilly, rainy days in the recent weeks of early spring, May will soon be showing us the brighter and warmer days which are perfect for planting garden greens. When it comes to cultivating different kinds of leafy greens to join into your meals, Robyn Jasko of Kutztown has the perfect background to give great…