May Newsletter

Let’s PLANT! 

Flower and vegetable plants are ready to fill your garden. We have the first tomato plants of the season with more varieties to follow. Don’t forget to get your first crop of broccoli and lettuce plants in the ground; we will have an assortment of lettuce plants to choose from. 

Also we will have an array of herbs, such as parsley, mint, rosemary, and cilantro. 

To make sure we have enough plant inventories in the Fenway Farm Stand, we have come up with the idea of having gardeners preorder their plants. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, we are taking orders for both vegetable and flowers for the upcoming weekend. 

This way we will definitely have what you’re planting that week available. We will have it in a box and ready for you to take it to your garden.  We will also have a variety of plants on hand if you did not preorder, or if you decide to purchase other plants.  An order form will be available at the farm stand or if you are unable to come in, please send us an email of your order.  


 

Late May, we should start to harvest certain native produce. Weather permitting, we should have some local lettuce, broccoli and asparagus with native strawberries right around the corner!    

The farm stand is still bringing in new products that the Fenway community has been asking for. But we are far from done, so please don’t hesitate to offer up new ideas!  

 

 

Farmer Bob’s Favorites 

Vegetables Plants:  

Tomato - Celebrity - a restricted vine that produces medium to large tomatoes, very meaty, very tolerant to draught and blight. 

Pepper - New Ace - early pepper, medium size that when left on vine will turn red the quickest, very productive with a medium thick wall. 

Eggplant - Regina - an Italian variety that is pinkish-purple, small to medium in size, very sweet, minimal seeds.  

Corn - Montauk – mid-season variety, butter and sugar, large ears, great flavor!

 

Our next Sample Saturday will be this Saturday, May 15th from 12:00 – 3:00.  This is another great opportunity to sample some of our delicious products!   

This month we will be featuring a brand new local company, batch, and their awesome new ice creams with flavors like chocolate, vanilla bean, coffee, mocha chip, salted caramel and cinnamon & chocolate bits!
   
Another great local company, Deborah’s Kitchen will be offering wonderful all natural, low sugar, spreadable fruits.  These are not just typical jams and jellies, they can also be used as meat and fish glazes; stir fry, marinades and barbecue sauces; dessert toppings and fillings; sandwich spreads; breakfast bread and cereal toppings; diluted for salad dressings; and mixed in yogurt and cottage cheese!  Check out some of the unique flavors such as Pear Lime Limbo, Peach Melba, Fig Ginger, Wild Blues, Tango Passion, and many more!! 

The Pie Guy will also be here with samples of delicious pies!  Cream pies, crumb pies, fruit pies, and nut pies!  What more can we say!  You won’t want to miss this! 

And finally, BobbyO garlic pita chips.  When the sales representative came in the store last week and showed me this bag of pita chips, I told her we already carried a line of pita chips.  Then, I tasted them!  They are incredible!!  You’re going to love them! 

Hope to see you on Saturday!
 

 

New Products

We are always thrilled to be able to carry fresh, great tasting foods from local business, and this month we are excited to feature two of them:

 

Samira’s Homemade out of Belmont, MA is a small family business that say’s they “cook for our customers as we're cooking for our family”. They started making Lebanese and Egyptian dips at the request of friends and, by meeting and exceeding their customers' needs with their healthy and fresh food, their business has grown through reputation and word of mouth.  We carry a full line of their products including Ful Medammes, Hummus (Original, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Kalamata Olive Hummus, and Hummus w/Jalapeno), Baba Gannough, and Pita Bread.  Please check out their website at www.samirashomemade.com.

 

batch, out of Jamaica Plain, MA is a brand new (only a few months old!!) company that makes AMAZING ice cream!  They use ingredients that are local, Fair Trade and organic (where they can).  They make their ice cream fully from scratch and free of artificial flavors, artificial colors, and stabilizers. That means you can expect to have a smooth, fantastic tasting ice cream.  They are going to be here on Sample Saturday this week so don’t miss out!  Check out their website at www.batchicecream.com.

 

Here are some other new, exciting products:

 

We are happy to finally be carrying peanut butter!  Once Again Nut Butter, out of NY, is dedicated to supporting organic and sustainable farming practices and provides the natural products industry with a tasty, healthy, and nutritious peanut butter.  We are currently carrying organic peanut butter as well as sunflower seed nut butter.  We hope to expand the line to other nut butters as well!  Check out their website at www.onceagainnutbutter.com.

 

You may be saying, another brand of pita chip?  Why?  Because Bobby O’s garlic flavored pita chips (out of Salem, NH) are fantastic!!  The taste is just magnificent and they are always fresh.  Although they only come in the one flavor (garlic), this is one chip that you will become addicted to!

 

And finally, don’t forget that we are carrying Hardwick Grass Fed Beef!  Hardwick Beef provides the very best beef from animals that are raised on grass, without any antibiotics or added hormones. Since there is an increasing demand for safe and healthy food, we are pleased to carry this line. 

 

 

Cape Ann Fresh Catch
 

The Cape Ann Fresh Catch (CAFC) Community Supported Fishery (CSF) works together with local fishermen along with shore-side operations and delivers fresh seafood to their members. Members join the program by purchasing a share for a season. Each week at a designated delivery site, CAFC members pick up their shares of fresh seafood. They are just like a CSA but with seafood—a CSF. 

A number of people have expressed an interest in this program.  CAFC would like to begin to bring fresh fish to the Fenway farm stand in June. We still need more people to sign up so we can bring in fresh fish to go with your fresh produce. Check out their website at www.capeannfreshcatch.org.

 

 

Meet the Staff

 I would like to introduce Marshall’s Fenway Farm Stand Manager, Lisa Dionne. She has been with us since we opened and has proven herself to be a great asset to the business!  Lisa assists with the day-to-day operations, but most of her work is done behind the scenes. She works at bringing in new products that you, the customers, have been asking for. She is by far the hardest worker that I have ever been around! 

If you haven’t met her yet, stop cheating yourself and make sure you introduce yourself to her. Her people skills are off the charts; she is perfect for our Farm Stand.  With the Gloucester Farm opening the end of this month, I will split my time between both locations and will lean on Lisa even more! I couldn’t have hand-picked a better person to be my eyes and ears in Boston. She is more than an employee, she’s my right arm!  

 

Marshall's Fenway Farm Stand
1345 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215     
617-375-6100

Open 7 days a week from 9:30am to 8pm


www.MarshallsFenway.