ARTfarm is stirring! Come see Farmer Luca on Wednesday afternoon and possibly again on Saturday morning, if anything is left, for lots of dragonfruit! Deep red, pink and white fleshed.
We net our dragonfruit on the vines, leaving them until fully ripe.
We’ll also have some Haitian kidney mangos, small this season but ridiculously sweet and a farmer favorite, some fresh figs, mint, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemongrass, rosemary, scallions, four dozen fresh eggs…
Plus lots of pineapple slips and native trees available, and some fruit trees including figs, strawberry fruits, and limes!
The rain is great for the lettuce…and the weeds!The rainy weather brought a few cherry tomato plants back to life, but the continuing showers are causing some of the fruits to split. So there will be a limited rain-sweet supply on Saturday.Super volunteers visited ARTfarm on Mother’s Day and meticulously weeded this garden bed and quite a few others. Giving thanks!!The beet greens are loving this cool wet weather and are getting big and luscious…This season, the pineapple crop will be stretched out for quite a few weeks, they are ripening at various times. We should have a dozen for tomorrow morning!Once a garden area is decommissioned for the season, and conditions are lush, we use our sheep to knock down the weeds and fertilize before we allow the area to go fallow. They do a beautiful job, no fossil fuels necessary!
Saturday pop-up farmstand, 10-11am!! Sweet salad mix, arugula, Portuguese kale, baby bok choy, bunched arugula, bunched dandelion, beet greens, cherry tomatoes, pineapples, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, garlic chives, sage, scallions, tamarind, mint, Thai chili peppers, seasoning peppers, turmeric, winter squash slices, and pineapple slips, surinam cherry trees, and Fiddlewood Farm’s goat cheese! So grateful for these early summer soaking rains!!!
There will be tons and tons of cooking greens, everything else is an early bird special. Looking forward to seeing everyone 10 – 11am.
ARTfarm Saturday farmstand: Plenty sweet salad mix, more pineapples this week, arugula salad mix, winter squash chunks, beautiful Italian basil, lemon basil, Thai basil, garlic chives, fresh harvested bagged ginger and turmeric, dandelion greens, Thai chili peppers, bunched arugula, baby bok choy, Portuguese kale, and Fiddlewood Farm’s fresh goat cheese!!
Another Hugel bed under construction last weekend thanks to a great crew of volunteers! Combines huge water savings with intense organic material incorporating into the garden bed.
Also various plants for sale like pineapple slips, mint plant starts, surinam cherry seedlings, and sage plants.
Close up of Thai chili, pineapple, winter squash, onions, all from our farm all cooked into a beautiful hot sauce.
This might be the last salad mix for a while, things are getting hot! Probably won’t open next Saturday, so come and get it while you can!
ARTfarm is stirring! Come see Farmer Luca on Wednesday afternoon and possibly again on Saturday morning, if anything is left, for lots of dragonfruit! Deep red, pink and white fleshed. 
ARTfarm Saturday pop up Farmstand!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 