Double rainbows galore yesterday on the farm! Thanks to supervols Nick, Chuppie, Maggie and Ana for helping us transplant veggies in the afternoon squalls!
Seas are churned up! These cool winter squalls are dropping a little rain – and a lot of rainbows – on the island. Strong gusts up to 35-40mph over the last couple of days are causing tarps to fly on the farm and even pushed over a sculpture in our gardens.
All this plus salad mix, fresh herbs, cooking greens, hot peppers, fruit and more!
For Saturday morning we will harvest: sweet salad mix, bunched arugula, spicy salad mix, beautiful crunchy sweet cucumbers, slicer tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lots of beautiful baby ginger, bell peppers, Thai chili peppers and Serano peppers, various cooking greens, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, garlic chives, cilantro, dill, butternut squash. For dessert: fresh ripe figs, red and yellow watermelon, Japanese chrysanthemum Kiku melons, papayas. For the table: zinnia flowers. And don’t forget fresh local goat cheese from Fiddlewood Farms!
Last chance to get fresh delicious gifts for everyone on your Xmas list! We will be open Saturday the 22nd, and again on the 26th, Wednesday, Boxing Day!
Ho-ho-holiday haul: Lots of sweet salad mix, lots of arugula and spicy salad mix, loads of cucumbers, more slicer tomatoes, a few pints of cherry tomatoes, lots of butternut in entertaining sizes, radishes, cooking greens, dandelion greens, baby bok choi, some sweet tree-ripened figs, some yellow and red watermelon, lots of Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, a good amount of cilantro and dill, zinnia flowers, serrano peppers and cayennes and tiny super spicy chile peppers and beautiful baby ginger, super thin skin no need to peel!
Bethany will be swinging by with a fresh batch of Fiddlewood Farm goat cheese! Treat yourself or a friend!
Lots of love to you and yours,
ARTfarm
Our sweet salad mix is gently press-packed for freshness. Each bag is around half a pound and expands to fill your salad bowl!It’s watermelon season! Red and yellow varieties!Tomatoes are slowly ripening, more watermelon, crunchy sweet cukes, and buttery butternut squashes.The center table in the farmstand holds a wide variety of cooking greens, some fresh lettuces, and root vegetables. We have some beautiful onions as well but did not have time to harvest them. Beets and carrots to come later in the season!
We are growing lots of two kinds of cucumbers this season. The asian type are a little more pointy at the ends and have a very tender skin. Don’t forget fresh herbs for healing teas and seasoning your food! Beautiful dill and cilantro, different types of basil, garlic chives and more!Farm volunteer Jen V setting out the cherry tomato pints, fresh figs, some chicken eggs, baby ginger, peppers and flowers.
Here is a picture of our largest pond. Thanks to a friend, we have water hyacinths cleaning, shading and cooling the pond water for us. We periodically remove the excess growth of these floating plants with their thick, ferny, hairy root ‘beards’ and use them in our Hugel beds.
Ho ho holidays! We are feeling grateful for health and life! Whatever you celebrate, spread love! And veggies! For this afternoon’s farmstand we’ll have: sweet salad mix, arugula, spicy salad mix, tons of cucumbers, more tomatoes, a few watermelon, a few Japanese melons, asian cooking greens, loads of butternut large and small, the first of our Thai pumpkin!, Italian basil, lemon basil, Thai basil, holy basil, a few bunches of cilantro, garlic chives, beautiful baby ginger and some baby turmeric, good amounts of figs, and zinnia flowers.
We will be open today (December 19th), Saturday Dec. 22nd, and Wednesday Dec. 26th.
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 