Week 11, Tuesday August 17
Don't Forget! Mark Your Calendars!
We are planning to have our annual Fall Farm Festival!
Saturday, September 4th.
11:30 am - 3:00 pm
145 Garcia Lane, Leeds NY 12451
It is a great day to come to the farm and see how your vegetables are grown, meet your farmers, walk the fields and enjoy a hayride. We have the grill hot and will have pulled pork, vegetarian chili as well as grilled Sweet Corn. We will also provide fresh fruit, water, and hot coffee.
In the past, we had big pot luck but we will not be offering this due to covid, we feel it's best for everyone to please bring their own sides if you would like to go with the BBQ offerings. (just for your family) Also, please bring your table settings (plate, forks, napkins)
We will have our pick your own flower patch available that day. Bring a pair of scissors and enjoy the bounty of the flower garden.
We will follow the most current CDC guidelines the day of the event.
Week #11 Full Shares
Red Slicing Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Yellow Sunkist Tomatoes (a member favorite)
Shishito Pepper (read about this pepper at the top of the email)
Italian Plum Tomatoes
Cilantro
Large Green Bell Peppers
Week #11 Small Shares
Italian Plum Tomato
Tomatillos
Shishito Pepper (read about this pepper at the top of the email)
Optional Shares
Mushroom:-White Button Grown by Bulich Mushroom Farm
1 bag- Clapp Pears & Peaches Grown by Fix Brother & Klein Kill Orchards
Click the name of the vegetable for recipe ideas.
Dear CSA Members,
Here on the farm, we have been working early and shorter days to beat the heat. We have been planting, seeding, harvesting, weeding. Day after day! August is a busy month! We are very thankful to have the semi-normal summer weather return.
This week you will be getting the popular Shishito snacking pepper. And, here is interesting information I read since I heard some members last year saying they were spicy... "Shishitos are small, mild peppers from Japan. Their flavor is sweet and slightly smokey, not spicy—but careful! One in ten shishito peppers will be hot" - OLDWAYS
Also, Please send back any boxes, or green cartons to your CSA site (if your site allows, please double-check with them at pickup) we love to reuse as much as we can, and we are having to deal with packing supply shortages so it is really helpful for us to get back bags, and boxes. THANK YOU!
Enjoy the harvest! Candice for Everyone at Stoneledge Farm
Storing Tips & Notes:
Peppers- in your produce drawer.
Tomatoes- Store in the produce drawer, OR on your counter but not for too long as they will not last that long due to this rainy summer.
Collards- Wrapped in bag or towel and stored in the refrigerator, produce drawer.
Carrots- wrapped greens and stored in the produce drawer.
Tomatillos- Store in the produce drawer
Preserving:
Peppers you can freeze (no blanching required) Just wash chop, and freeze.
Collards- Can be canned or frozen. You can blanch and freeze or just wash chop and freeze.
Tomatoes- Can sauce or freeze the sauce.
Tomatillos- Prepare your recipe, and freeze after.
Beets- you can freeze. Typically after they have been cooked. Things To Remember:
Marketplace Ordering Deadlines- 12 pm every Friday.
Coffee & Dry Bean Share Delivery Dates-
2021 Deliveries: (Depending on your CSA delivery day) June Delivery: 7,8,9 July Delivery: June 28, 29, 30 August Delivery: 2,3,4 September Delivery: Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1 October Delivery: 4,5,6 November Delivery: 1,2,3
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