Sustainable Hastings/Stoneledge Farm CSA

hello everybody -
wow finally some summer – hope you all enjoyed the heat. on tap this week from the farm some scoville* rated heat.

up this wednesday for helping out is

Claudette Druehl 10:15-11:05
Laura Hill 10:15-noon
Bronwyn Taggart 11a-1p.

Carter Smith 3:30-5p.

thanks – see ya wednesday.
elisa
212-247-5988
*scoville is rating system for hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper

Week #11
What’s In the Bag

Dear CSA Member,

Typical summer weather-finally. It is hot, sunny and humid. Just
what we usually complain about. This summer it is so welcome after
all of the rain and cold of June, July and early August. We are in
the fields picking by 6, greens are washed and in the cooler before
the real heat has a chance to hit by noon.

The greens are what has flourished this year and there is still
beautiful Swiss Chard. For the first week we are also starting to
pick Kale.

We are trying to give you a taste of summer and the peppers will be
sweet varieties and also hot varieties this week. Please only take
the hot peppers if you want them and cut them with caution. For some
reason the Jalpenos that we have tasted are really hot this year.

We still have a very good supply of honey and maple syrup that you can
order by downloading the form on the farm web site. Fill it in and
mail it with payment to the farm. It is a good idea not to wait
until the end of the season because we can run out of some of the
sizes. I will include your honey and or maple order with the
vegetable delivery after receiving your order.

I hope you have marked your calendar for the Farm Visit, September 12,
11-3. Next week I will include a short piece about each of the other
local farms that will be attending as well.

Enjoy the vegetables and fruit. Deborah, for everyone at Stoneledge
Farm.

Edamame-1 bunch
Chiogga Beets-1 bunch.

These are a rustic looking Italian beet. The centers are circles of white and red when cut opened.

Eggplant-TBA
Peppers-1 Lilac,
2 Diablo Long Green.

These sound like they should be hot, but they are a sweet pepper

Jalapenos-take a couple if you would like.

They are hot be careful when you cut them open (ez: 2,500-8,000 scoville units – from wikipedia)

Kale-1 bunch
Swiss Chard-1 bunch
Basil-1 bunch
Summer Onions-2

Fruit Share-
Red Clapp Pears and Peaches in one bag
White, Yellow and Green Donut Peaches-1 basket.

The Green Donuts are ripe-they are green inside and out. Something really different.