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Windy Winter Wednesday

Who remembers this gem: Witches who wash their wiry wigs on windy winter Wednesdays… are wacky!

ARTfarm Windy Winter Wednesday farmstand 3-5:30pm: Sweet salad mix, cherry tomatoes, slicing and heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon, figs, carrots, scallions, assorted cooking greens, assorted butternut squash, beets, bunched arugula, peppers hot and sweet, garlic chives, dill, Italian basil, parsley, cilantro and lots of ginger and turmeric to add warmth to teas and recipes.

These winter winds are drying out and stressing most of our crops (and the farmers a bit too). Last Wednesday was very quiet and we had lots left at 5:30pm, closing time. Come on out!

Lettuce Not Be Afraid

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.” — Pema Chödrön

For Saturday, stay healthy: Lots and lots of crispy green crunchy sweet salad mix – there should be enough to last us all the way until twelve noon! Also featuring bagged arugula and spicy greens, cucumbers, lots of tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lots of cooking greens, bell peppers, seasoning peppers, assorted chilis and more pungent peppers, onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, lots of ginger and turmeric, assorted pumpkin slices, cilantro, Italian basil, lemon basil, dill, garlic chives, flat leaf parsley, radishes, some pink watermelon and a good harvest of figs!

Well, the headlines have been a real doozy lately. If you’re feeling the need to detach a little bit, make yourself a nice big salad with some sweet tomatoes, maybe sprinkle some seeds and nuts on there and a little nutritional yeast, and listen to what a groovy philosophical Buddhist nun has to say about getting unstuck from the headlines and moving into action. For more on Pema and becoming intimate with fear to unlock your fearlessness, check out this link. http://pemachodronfoundation.org/videos/fear-and-fearlessness/

Take Another Little Pizza My Heart Now Baby

Nothing says love like a homemade pizza with a heart of fresh figs and cherry tomatoes roasted on it. This beauty is just ready to go in the oven.

Wednesday afternoon February 14th we’ll be open at the ARTfarm, 3pm – 5:30pm: we will have appropriately red slicing tomatoes, lots of heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes which make the best little “I love you” gift ever, bunched arugula and mizuna and dandelion, lots of ginger and turmeric, some cucumbers, some carrots, Italian basil, dill, sage, parsley, cilantro, garlic chives, a few beets, French radishes, seasoning peppers, Serano peppers, a few cayenne chilies, poblanos, various cooking greens, a good bit of watermelon slices, pink and red fleshed varieties special for the holiday, Sakata melons (Japanese super crunchy honeydew mini melons) and some beautiful ripe romantic figs! Due to high winds and high demand from restaurants earlier this week, we will have very few zinnia flowers…plan B is to make your loved one a beautiful pizza with a heart made of figs in the center. Voila! Hope your day has extra love in it!!

A Mighty Parade Of Vegetables

You’d think we’d have other things to do with our time, more pressing priorities perhaps, but no. We are stopping all other activity so that we can plan a tremendous parade of vegetables for you this weekend. Come and bask in the glory of their health-giving might and power! See them neatly displayed in columns of precision, strength and raw vegetability. Tremble at the shock and awe of a united front of nutrition and fiber. Salute the farmer-in-chief as he proudly surveys the neat rows. Just kidding!! Also, a limited supply of salad mix is back! Already? Who would’ve thunk?

The line up: Sweet salad mix, teen arugula, teen spicy, cucumbers, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, watermelons both red and yellow, green bell peppers, seasoning peppers, Serano peppers, poblano peppers, lots of different cooking greens, a few packets of figs, loads and loads of ginger and turmeric, lots of parsley, some cilantro, lots of dill and chives, onions, dandelion greens, holy basil, Thai basil, Italian basil, lemon basil, assorted butternut and pumpkins, sweet potatoes, zinnia flowers, French radishes and larger radishes. Local raw honey, and Wanda and her meads and honey dressings should be by the open-air ART barn to greet you!

Look forward to seeing you in the morning! Remember, we are open from 10 to 12 but the crowds are much smaller at 11am and much of the selection (but not all) will still be available. And… don’t squeeze the tomatoes!

Love, ARTfarm