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Week #9 — Note from the Farmer — FARM VISIT– Sept 2, Bruschetta Recipe, What to do with Amethyst Basil?

Dear CSA Member, 
The rain has finally left for a few days.  We are hoping for a good 4 day stretch of sunshine.  The tomatoes are just starting to ripen and the plants are looking great despite all the rain we have had.  The sunshine should make for a good tomato harvest in the coming weeks.  This weeks list will come with a lot of updates.  Due to all of the rain, we have had it is hard to determine the harvest.  An update will be sent out this weekend.
This week you will be getting Amethyst Basil.  Amethyst basil can be used the same way you would use green basil.  You can make an Amethyst basil vinegar to use in your favorite salad dressing recipe or drizzle on fresh bruschetta.  Pairs well with sunflower seed oil.  To make the vinegar add a couple sprigs of basil put in a jar and close.  Let sit for about a week until the vinegar turns a purple color.  Bruschetta Recipe  Click Here
Story’s sweet corn is available on the Marketplace for 4 weeks only.  Story’s sweet corn Non-GMO and conventionally grown.  It is not organic.  There is a limited amount available each week.  If you are interested please order soon. Corn orders must be placed by 12 pm the Friday before your CSA delivery.  If you need help logging in the marketplace please let me know.  
This week is an optional Coffee Share and Dry Bean Share delivery.  Please, do not forget to pickup your optional shares if you ordered them.
*Saturday, September 2nd will be the Stoneledge Farm Fall Festival.  11:30AM-3PM  It is a great day to come to the farm and see how your vegetables are grown, meet your farmers and walk the fields.  We have the grill hot and will have pork as well as grilled Sweet Corn, Portobello Mushrooms and vegetarian chili.  We ask that members bring a dish to share so that lunch is a giant pot luck get together.  Please bring your own place settings, utensils, and cup.   No pets, please.  
Enjoy the Harvest, 
Candice for Everyone at Stoneledge Farm
Bulk Items are added when they become available.  Check the website Marketplace for any new added Bulk Items Daily.  
Additional Marketplace Items: Organic Sunflower Seed Oil, Organic Flax Seed Oil, Roasted Pumpkin Seed Oil, Butternut Squash Seed Oil, Organic Coffee, Organic Chocolate, Organic Dry Beans, Maple Syrup and Honey
To order Login https://www.stoneledge.farm/marketplace  Follow the steps.
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Week #9 — What’s In The Bag

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
2- Summer Squash
1 bunch- Celery
1- Cucumber
1- Flavor Burst Sweet Pepper (light green bell pepper)
1 basket- Red Cherry Tomatoes
2- Orient Express Egplant
1 bunch- White Onions
1 bunch- Amethyst Basil (see suggestion in Note from Farmer about how to use)
1 head- Red Lettuce
1- Round of Hungary Pepper (Short plump Green Sweet Pepper)
1 bunch- Rainbow Swiss Chard
1- Islander Pepper (Purple Bell Sweet Pepper)
1- Sweet Delilah Pepper (Long Dark Green Pepper)
1 basket- Sungold Cherry Tomaotes

 

Optional Shares

MUSHROOM SHARE
Shittake

FRUIT SHARE
1- Bag Shiro Plums
1- Bag Peaches
1- Bag Nectarines

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Grams Sweet Bread and Butter Pickling Recipe from Stoneledge 

Grams Bread and Butter Pickles

5 quarts of sliced cucumbers
6 medium onions sliced
2 red peppers (optional)
1/3 cup Kosher salt, coarse
3 cups apple cider vinegar
5 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp. tumeric
1 1/2 tsp celery seeds
2 TBS. mustard seeds

Add salt and cover cucumbers, onions and red peppers (optional) with ice.  Mix thoroughly and let stand for 3 hours.

Drain well.

Mix remaining ingredients and pour over cucumber mixture.  Bring to a boil.  Pack in sterilized canning jars.  Using a water bath canner, cover with water and boil jars for 10  minutes.

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Week #8 Note from the Farmer — Annual Farm Visit Sept 2

Dear CSA Member, 
We finally got a break from the rainy weather and the summer plants are loving it such as the tomatoes.  Cherry tomatoes will begin this week!  The squash harvest wasn’t as abundant in comparison to last season due to the rainy wet summer we have been having.  But we are very pleased with the harvests that we have been getting!
This week we will be sending beets!  The beet greens are absolutely beautiful and delicious!  Don’t toss them away.  You can cook the greens the same way you would cook Swiss Chard or Spinach.  You will also be getting the first harvest of Basil.  Please, use the basil up as soon as possible.  It will be picked fresh the day before your delivery but due to the rainy summer, the leaves turn black quickly. 
Check out our Garlic Harvest on Facebook!  The garlic is the best garlic harvest we have had in 8 years!  It is beautiful!  The past winter and prime soil conditions, really helped the garlic to thrive.  The cold and the blanketing snow was key!  The garlic will hang to cure in the barn for 3 months.  We are very excited to hand it out! 
**Mark your Calendars!  Saturday, September 2nd is the Stoneledge Farm Annual Farm Visit!  11:30AM-3PM ***
Enjoy the Harvest, 
Candice for Everyone at Stoneledge Farm
Bulk Items Available this week:  Stoneledge Farm Certified Organic Currants & Pickling Cucumbers. 
Quantities are Limited.  Please order right away if you are interested.
Bulk Items are added when they become available.  Check the website Marketplace for any new added Bulk Items Daily.  
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Week #8 — What’s in the Bag

FULL VEGETABLE SHARE
2- Summer Squash
1- White Clara Eggplant
1 basket- Cherry Tomatoes
1 bunch-Basil
1 bunch- Spinach
1 head – Red Oak Leaf Lettuce
1 bunch- Beets
1 bunch- Scallions
2- Green Slicing Cucumbers
1- Bunch of Dill

MUSHROOM SHARE
Oyster

FRUIT SHARE Grown by Klein’s Kill Fruit Farm:
1 basket -Yellow Shiro Plums
1 bag- White Nectarines
1 bag- Yellow Peaches

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Summer Squash Bread Recipe from Stoneledge Farm

Ingredients:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup canola oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups shredded summer squash or zucchini
Directions:
In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to two 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

More Recipes on the Farm Website – https://www.stoneledge.farm/csa-program/recipes

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Week #7 — Update

Dear CSA member,

Below is your update for Tuesday. This week you will be getting lettuce. We gave all the lettuce a good rinse but due to the heavy rains and mud, you will want to wash your lettuce again at home. When you get your lettuce home, cut off the bottom of the lettuce and rinse the lettuce head under cool water.

Reminder: Marketplace orders (except mushrooms) must be received by 3 pm Monday for delivery Tuesday. Mushrooms need to be ordered by Friday noon the week before pickup.

Currently on the Marketplace under “Fruit in Bulk” are organic Stoneledge Farm red currants.

We also offer coffee, chocolate, maple syrup, organic flax seed oil, organic sunflower seed oil, roasted pumpkin seed oil, butternut squash seed oil and honey.

Login to your account to place an order https://www.stoneledge.farm/marketplace

Best,
Candice

Full share:

3 – summer squash
3 – Orient Express eggplant
1 head – Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (heirloom)
1 – head Red Oak leaf lettuce
1 – head Green Oak leaf lettuce
1 – bunch white scallions
1 – bunch thyme
2 – green slicing cucumbers
5 – silver slicing cucumbers
1 – bunch rainbow Swiss chard

Optional shares this week:

Mushroom share
Portobello

Fruit share:
1 – basket red sweet cherries
1 – blueberries

Stoneledge Farm LLC
info@stoneledge.farm
www.stoneledge.farm
Mailing Address Only:
359 Ross Ruland Road
South Cairo, NY 12482

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Letter from Farmer, What’s in the Bag

What’s in the Bag – Week #7

Dear CSA Member,

It has been very rainy these past few days. With all that rain comes a lot of mud! We all have been working hard to get the vegetables picked, washed and packed. The plants are holding up to the rain pretty well. The cucumbers have been enjoying these wet and damp days and have been producing like crazy. This week a bounty of cucumbers will be in your shares. Share your favorite cucumber recipe on Instagram or email them to the farm and we will add it to our Recipes page.

You will be getting more summer squash this week! Below is a Stoneledge Farm favorite summer dessert! You can use any type of squash for this recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup canola oil
• 3 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups shredded summer squash or zucchini
Directions:
In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to two 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

More Recipes on the Farm Website – https://www.stoneledge.farm/csa-program/recipes

Bulk items available this week: blueberries, Italian flat leaf parsley, cucumbers & currants. (Currants are an acquired taste!) If you are interested, please order soon as quantities are limited.

Bulk items are added when they become available. Check the website Marketplace for any new added items.
To order, log in to your account and click Marketplace. Follow the steps from there.
Quantities are limited. Please order right away if you are interested.

Enjoy the Harvest,
Candice for Everyone at Stoneledge Farm

–Did you know? / Interesting fact: A crimini mushroom grows into portobello mushroom.
–We hope you are enjoying your sweet fruit shares! The sweet blueberries are locally grown without any sprays.

What’s in the Bag?

2 summer squash
Eggplant
1 head early Jersey Wakefield cabbage
Heirloom Specialty Arrow Shared Cabbage
1 head Red Oak leaf lettuce
1 head Green Oak leaf lettuce
1 bunch white scallions
1 bunch thyme
Cucumbers
Will send update

Optional shares this week:

Mushroom share
Portobello

Fruit share:
1 basket red sweet cherries
1 blueberries

Stoneledge Farm LLC
info@stoneledge.farm
www.stoneledge.farm
Mailing Address Only:
359 Ross Ruland Road
South Cairo, NY 12482

LIKE us at https://www.facebook.com/StoneledgeFarm

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Week #6 — Note from the Farmer

Dear CSA Member,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July!  It turned out to be a beautiful day!
As the leafy greens are winding down the Squash, Cucumber, Eggplant and other summer vegetables are ramping up!  The summer vegetables are all flowering and they are all growing beautifully.  Check out our Facebook and Instagram for photos.

New this week is fresh mint.  Here are some delicious ways to use mint.  https://www.elizabethrider.com/10-ways-use-fresh-mint/  One of our favorites is making a mint ice tea.  Great for a refreshing Hot Summer Day!  You will also be getting Fennel this week.  Here is a link with some great ways to prepare and eat fresh fennel. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/five-ways-to-eat-fresh-fennel-78022417/

Escarole will be coming this week as well.  It looks smaller to lettuce but it is an Italian cooking green.  It pairs well will Chicken and beans.  It is very popular being cooked with white beans.  It is a bitter green but has a milder flavor when cooked.

If you have any other recipes you would like to share please email directly to the farm.  We can add them to our website.

Fruit in Bulk Available this week:  Blueberries and White Cherries.
Vegetables in Bulk Available this week:  Garlic Scapes, Scallions, Spinach
To order Login to your account and Click Marketplace.  Follow the steps from there.
Quantities are Limited.  Please order right away if you are interested.

Enjoy the Harvest,
Candice for Everyone at Stoneledge Farm

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Week #5 — Note from the Farmer

Dear CSA Member,

Your CSA delivery will take place this coming Thursday, July, 6th. This week the Fruit Share begins and also Dry Bean and Coffee shares will be coming as well. It is important that you pick up your share this week. If you aren’t able to pickup your optional shares please contact the farm right away. info@stoneledge.farm

The fields are slowly changing. Everything was once green is now filling with bright summer colors. A new set of photos of the potato fields in bloom has been posted on the Farms Facebook and Instagram page. Potatoes are beautiful when in bloom. Take a look.
https://www.facebook.com/StoneledgeFarm/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

You will have another interesting week this week. New in your share is Summer Squash, Scallions and Summer Savory. We have been very lucky with the corporation of the weather. We have had just the right amount of rain each week and the produce is looking beautiful and growing happily! Everything is looking great out in the field!

The Marketplace is open with Bulk Garlic Scapes and Bulk Fruit. If you are interested please log into your account and click 2017 Marketplace. Orders must be received before 1pm the day before your CSA delivery.

Happy Fourth, of July!
Enjoy the Harvest,
Candice for everyone at Stoneledge Farm