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Dear CSA Member,

A week of Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers and Eggplant. A perfect summertime feast. Peppers sweet and spicy hot Serrano Peppers. A great share of cucumbers as the new patch produces for the second week in a row. Eggplant that just does not stop.

Please note the upcoming Fall Farm Festival will be held on the farm September 6 from 11:30-3:00. It is a great day to come to the farm and see how your vegetables are grown. We have the roaster going and will have pork as well as Sweet Corn. Kim and Mickael of Paradis to Go will be manning the roaster and Kim will make a batch of Stoneledge Farm Vegetable Chili.

We ask that members bring a dish to share so that lunch is a giant pot luck get together. Please also bring your own place setting. We will have our neighbors Heather Ridge Farm with their products, our Marketplace products for sale. There are flowers to pick and take home. It is really a great day to visit Stoneledge Farm and everyone who grows your vegetables. Please make a note on your calendar and come to the farm.

There are 25 pound boxes of tomatoes that are field run-or just as we pick them from the field available through the online CSA Marketplace. The tomatoes are not totally ripe. Packing and transporting tomatoes takes a firmer tomato. You will need to let the tomatoes sit and ripen a bit. If you would like to order, log into your CSA Member Account, Marketplace and place the order. The tomatoes will be in a box with your name on the top and delivered with the CSA shares.

Enjoy the bounty of the season.
For everyone at Stoneledge Farm,
Deborah

Week #8

Dear CSA member:

This week will be the first of the peppers and tomatoes. We have been waiting since last summer for these favorites. What a wonderful harvest! This may be the year of the eggplant though.  We will not send as much this week but there will be eggplant.

CSA member The Chocolate Lady, https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com has shared a few of her favorite eggplant recipes. They are listed below. If you have a favorite blog or web site that you would like to share, please pass the information on.

Georgian eggplants with cilantro, especially for the Orient Express eggplants:

https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com/2006/08/eggplants-with-cilantro.html

For the larger eggplants the walnut sauce is perfect:

https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com/2008/07/eggplant-with-herbed-walnut-sauce-in.html

And this for any summer afternoon:

https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com/2007/07/cold-fried-eggplant.html

Any type of eggplant loves to be stuffed:

https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com/2005/11/what-i-did-with-eggplants.html

I made this recipe for a rare variety of red eggplants (get a load of the pictures!) but it is great for any kind.

And since we also have lots of squash, don’t forget ratatouille:

https://inmolaraan.blogspot.com/2005/08/chocolatatouille-ladys-shabes-dvorim.html

If you are feeling adventurous, a member also shared a link for eggplant pizza crust: https://lexiscleankitchen.com/2013/09/06/paleo-pizza/

Good things to eat in your share and also from the online CSA Marketplace. Richard Sandhaus, Better CheaperSlower.com has also shared a link to a delicious morning treat, https://www.BetterCheaperSlower.com/chocolatemoussebreakfast — chocolate mousse for breakfast.  The health benefits of chocolate are well documented and the Grenada Chocolate Company Organic Dark Chocolate is some of the best.  To place orders for any of the Marketplace items, log into your CSA member account, select Marketplace and then order.

 

 

 

Dear CSA Member

Each year our farm is inspected and completes the rigorous certification process to continue our Organic Certification. The process starts in March completing the paperwork that the National Standards require. After an in depth review of our records an on farm inspection is completed. The complete package of records, reports and inspection reports are once again reviewed by the certifying agency. We are happy to report that our Organic Certification is once again complete. It is not always easy to be organic, but it is best to be organic.

This week the Summer Squash continues. If you have not tried the Chocolate Zucchini Bread recipe on the farm website Recipe section, you are missing a treat. I have heard from members that they have made the recipe many times. The Golden Glory, the long yellow Summer Squash, is a Zucchini. It is good grated along with a green Zucchini in a traditional Zucchini bread recipe. All of the squash is delicious grilled or steamed with a pat of butter.

Cucumbers, abundant Eggplant, Scallions, Basil and small Summer Red Onions. Bright Lights Swiss Chard and Summer Spinach make a return to the share. New this week are the Red Currants. Really a fruit, we grow the currants and they are a treat to add to the Vegetable Share. They are a slightly tart fruit that can be added to a salad or used in muffins. I like to cook them and add sugar to taste to serve alongside chicken.

The Mushroom Share is White Button. The Fruit Share is Sugar Plums and Blueberries.

What a great share. Summer is here.

Enjoy the vegetables.
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm

Dear CSA Member

Summer time and the crops are starting to move from the leafy greens of Spring time to the sun loving vegetables of Summer. This week Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Eggplant. There will be a fine share of Summer Squash and Cucumbers and the beginning of the Eggplant. Napa Cabbage and Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbages, Scallions and Dill. One more head of lettuce but this is about the end of the lettuce until the fall.

A reminder that the optional Shares: Mushrooms and Fruit are only to be picked up by those that have ordered them. We want to make sure that everyone can pick up the shares that they have ordered.

Enjoy the Vegetables and this wonderful Summer weather.
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm