Special CSA extension addition

This is the last regular week for Monday Summer CSA…and the beginning of the 2 week extension

Look for Brussel sprouts, spaghetti squash, leeks, corn, onions, apples, savoy cabbage? some unknown flavor of potato?

This is week 16 for Monday peeps; The regular season for Summer CSA is over for everyone else, unless you signed up for the 2 week extension 🙂

The last pick ups of the regular CSA season were:

Friday, your last day will be September 30.
Saturday, your last day will be October 1.
Sunday, your last day will be October 2.
Monday, your last day will be October 10.
Tuesday, your last day will be October 4.
Wednesday, your last day will be October 5.
Thursday, your last day will be October 6.

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your Brussel sprouts are likely still attached to their stalks – and boy are those a lot of fun to harvest! You basically need the heavy loppers to cut down the stalks! Simply snap off the sprouts, trim up as needed, and steam or boil for 6-10 minutes, until fork tender. Halve large sprouts. Do not over cook them 🙂 Enjoy with a drizzle of butter and cider vinegar. Brussels are also delightful roasted!

This week continues with the major harvest. We are still collecting winter squash and the potato digger is coming out at the end of the week! I am looking forward to seeing all the squash and taters stockpiled in the barns 🙂

Gleaning will be happening soon!

New to gleaning? “Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers.” Gleaning is the act of collecting anything that might be left behind after the main harvest. The first hard frost kills any tender crops here in New England, so we harvest as much as possible before then. In spite of all our efforts, there are always a few peppers or tomatoes left on the plant, or squash and potatoes (not the green ones ;)) laying on the surface. For several years now we have invited our CSA members (only) to glean before the killing frost. Some things will survive and if the weather cooperates a little, we can continue to harvest greens, lettuces, broccoli, cabbages, dig carrots and such, well into November.

If you live near Boston or the New Braintree farm, you will be able to find us at all the markets until the end of October, Copley (Tu & Fri) and JP (Tu & Sat) ‘till Thanksgiving and then every Saturday after that, throughout the year. Boston Public Market runs year round, 7 days a week! We will keep some hours at the New Braintree farm to accommodate everyone out this way… we are one of few farms in our area that process SNAP and HIP 🙂

From all of us at Stillman’s, we are honored and blessed to grow food for you and thank you for being part of our family. YOU are part of our farm family. Do you need something? Please reach out. We sincerely hope you have eaten well this summer, and maybe learned something new about farming or vegetables, fruits, insects, birds, cooking, anything? Our long time members know everything already. This is the year I am going to have my “Farm Snob” shirts made for me; Halley and Joanne want shirts too. I will wager many of you reading this now qualify

We will see you again next week if you signed up for the season extension.

Eat well,

Geneviève & Glenn Stillman   ~and the Stillman’s Farm crew

Discounts will be applied to Stillman’s Farm “store credit” (think electronic Stillman’s Bucks!) for you to use at anywhere you can find us and for any product we sell (yes, for honey, sauce, pickles, plants, etc)

Here are the bundle options (please note– you must purchase bundled options at SAME TIME to qualify for bundle discount):

• 2 week CSA extension + Summer CSA 2023 for $620 $550 ($70 2 week extension is FREE!)
• 2 week CSA extension + Spring CSA for $490 ($30 bottle of Oleatrees olive oil, honey or maple syrup FREE and 7% discount off 2 week extension)
• 2 week CSA extension + Spring CSA + Summer CSA 2023 for $1045 $975 (Includes 2 week extension FREE! $30 bottle of Oleatrees olive oil, honey or maple syrup FREE)

Not feeling the 2 week extension?

• Spring CSA + Summer CSA 2023 for $975 (Includes $30 bottle of Oleatrees olive oil,  Stillman’s farm honey or Grend Maple syrup FREE and $60 store credit)

Just interested in the Winter CSA for now? Sign up here 

Woot!

Don’t want any more CSA bags this year and not ready to sign up for next year? No worries! We will still be offering our large discount (in the form of store credit) to returning members through November. The early sign up discount offer will go out to members later in October. Also, you can always sign up for Still Life farm Winter CSA or Stillman Quality Meats meat bucks whenever. The 2 week extension special bundle offers expire October 1st (but check in if it is the day before your last pickup :))

All the bundles are listed at the bottom and this year you can order your perfect bundle in one fell swoop 

OH! I almost forgot, PayPal offers a pay later or pay in 4-6 installments option, without interest, which sounds pretty nifty.