Week Nine | Summer Harvests and Farm Updates
Hello, Summer CSA Members! Welcome to Week Nine of our Summer CSA! This week’s share is filled with fresh, delicious produce from our farm and friends, including cantaloupe, garden carrots, fresh herbs, and more. As we move through the summer season, there’s a lot happening on the farm and exciting things coming down the pipeline.
We are harvesting the last of the Celosia, drying to adorn our holiday gift boxes. Our kitchen team is busy making blueberry-drinking vinegar and infusing vinegar for our holiday offerings. We're also working on packaging our olive oil cake recipe to create an incredible gift box for Christmas. The heat has been relentless, so we have installed about 1800 feet of shade cloth over our remaining Dahlia boxes to protect them. We're also starting to get a good number of mini dahlias every day, and in the next few weeks, our van will be full TWICE a week, headed to Farmstand at Pepper Place for our weekly flower drop-off! We are continually evaluating seedlings for potential new dahlia introductions which is fun and special because these end up being Stone Hollow Farmstead Dahlias!
In other farm news, we are celebrating the birth of a baby cow, which has brought much joy to our team. We are also harvesting the last batch of currant tomatoes, which are being used in a new tomato vinegar product. Additionally, we are finishing up the blueberry harvest. This week's box includes a delightful herbed flatbread from Hinkle’s Bakery, a bell pepper mix from Love Light Farms, and peaches and lady peas from Clanton. We hope you enjoy the season's bounty, and stay tuned for more exciting updates!
Alexandra and the Stone Hollow Farmstead Team
WHAT's IN THE BASKET?
From Our Farm
- Cantaloupe
- Garden Carrots
- Currants
- Fresh Herbs
- Green Onions
- Rainbow Eggs
FROM FRIENDS
- Herbed Flat Bread | Hinkle’s Bakery
- Red Tomatoes | Habersham Farms
- Bell Pepper Mix | Love Light Farms
- Peaches | Clanton
- Lady Peas | Clanton
- Red Creamer Potatoes | Blount County
RECIPES FROM FRIENDS
1. Tomato, Peach, and Burrata Salad | Two Peas and Their Pod
2. Peach Burrata Parmesan Crostini with Hot Honey | Half Baked Harvest
3. Miso Glazed Melting Sweet Potatoes | Wandering Chickpea
4. Baked Sweet Potato with Miso Butter (Similar but possibly easier/faster than above!) | Cooked & Loved
5. Honey Sweet Potato Summer Salad | Kiersten Hickman
6. Cheesy Sweet Potato Skins | Half Baked Harvest
7. Peach & Blueberry Greek Yogurt Cake | Julias Album
8. Red, White, and Blue Pickled Burrata Salad | How Sweet Eats
9. Blueberry Fritters | Jo Cooks
10. Crunchy Greens with Carrot Ginger Dressing | NY Times
11. Charred Carrots with Herb Drizzle | The Defined Dish
12. Open Faced Tomato Sandwich | Two Healthy Kitchens
13. Pea Summer Salad | The Kitchn
