Sometimes we sell out of reserved spaces and farmshares – but we still have excess produce to sell!
The squash vines are kickin’ out lots of zukes at ARTfarm! We grow different varieties and colors, but they all can be used the same way in the kitchen.
We’re OPEN today Wednesday January 3rd 2024 – our reservations are FULL from 4:30-5:30pm BUT we’ll stay OPEN at 5:30pm for a 30 minute POP-UP (no reservations, first-come first-serve) roadside farmstand BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOD! For sure we’ll have gorgeous green zucchini, Italian basil and cilantro, and crunchy radishes with edible tops, plus some other herbs, possibly some bags of spicy salad mixes, cooking greens… hard to predict exactly what we’ll have but there’ll be extra! This is quick, just half an hour!
Farm and garden volunteers are still needed. We have both meditative volunteering and/or cardio/workout volunteering possibilities. Call or email us! Non-smokers/non-vapers/non-tobacco users please.
Season’s greetings! Wednesday January 10th 2024, we will open in the afternoon with our sweet mix, baby spicy salad mix and baby arugula, plus cucumbers, summer squash, cherry tomatoes, assorted hot peppers, radishes, cilantro, dill, basils, baby ginger and baby turmeric, and more goodies. We will send out another email with sign-ups for time slots the day before.
We plan to resume our pandemic-derived online timeslot reservation system this season, as it seems to be both a crowd tamer and crowd pleaser. So keep an eye out January 9 for that email with a signup link!
If crops come in sooner we will pop-up with a quick farmstand.
We started seeding later than usual this season, due to the extreme heat and drought that started in June and continued into October.
Crops are looking very strong right now. The weather is cooler. Tomatoes are setting abundantly.
Farm and garden volunteers are still needed. We have both meditative volunteering and/or cardio/workout volunteering possibilities. Call or email us! Non-smokers/non-vapers/non-tobacco users please.
Six Hands, 16 x 12” watercolor (c)2023 Luca Gasperi
“I started volunteering at ARTfarm as a way to give back to my community and feel connection to the land… I help with a variety of projects, from weeding and digging up ginger root, to construction. The “work” never seemed like work to me, and I left with a sense of satisfaction from being able to see what I had created at the end of each volunteer session… I know I am helping progress towards a measurable and achievable goal.
Luca is a patient and thorough mentor, and I have learned a great deal about farming and myself in the short time I have been a volunteer with ARTfarm. I work behind a computer for most of my job, and volunteering on the farm lets me tap into a sense of belonging, reward, and connection that I might not feel otherwise.”
Jocelyn, ARTfarm volunteer
We are also in need of a vinyl sheet flooring specialist to help us install the new waterproof floor into our new processing center. If ya have an experienced lead, please send them our way!
Thanks to all who came out for our ARTfarm family ART exhibition”Hope For the Future” at Studio Walsh gallery in Peters Rest in early-mid December.
Dragonfruit on the vine at ARTfarm. These fruits are a drought-resistant sweet delight!
We’re OPEN tomorrow Saturday at 10:30am for a POP-UP (no reservations, first-come first-serve) early season farmstand. Sweet salad mix and dragonfruit (red and pink)! Pink sweet ‘n’ spicy radishes, plus fresh herbs: Italian, Thai and lemon basils, lemongrass, small-leaf Italian oregano, and fresh juicy garlic chives. This is quick, just half an hour!
Thanks to all who came out for our ARTfarm ART exhibition December 1st and the closing party last weekend! If you missed it or purchased an artwork and want to pick it up, “Hope For the Future” at Studio Walsh gallery in Peters Rest is coming down Saturday. The gallery will be open for final viewing 10am -12 noon, and pickup 12 – 2pm.
Who’s The Puppet Master? (c)2023 Marina Gasperi. Assemblage from South Shore beach marine debris. A stray dog chases a Zenaida dove in an allegory about climate change. In the background, one of Mike Walsh’s signature sculptures (“God”) looms.
Farm and garden volunteers are still needed. We have both meditative volunteering and/or cardio/workout volunteering possibilities. Call or email us! Non-smokers/non-vapers/non-tobacco users please.
Things are still quiet, so not expecting a throng. Looking forward to seeing you! Thank you so much.
Luna on the Penumbra (c)2023 Christina Frederick Gasperi
After decades of community art exhibitions and activities, Barbara and Mike Walsh are retiring and permanently closing their amazing galllery space and location in Peters Rest. Please come tonight in appreciation, and enjoy this large exhibition titled “Hope For the Future,” of over 30 works by Luca, Christina and Marina Gasperi, 4-8pm for a closing celebration. Plus photos and more!
We’ll even have salad greens and herbs for sale plus the feast for your eyes! And we’ll be there, making even MORE ART!
If you missed our opening exhibition, or would like to visit Walsh Studio Gallery one more time before Barbara and Mike close their doors for good on Saturday, come see us Saturday 4-8pm in Peters Rest behind the Coca-Cola plant! Yes we know it’s boat parade! Swing by early!! Lots of sweet salad mix! Plus, fresh herbs: Italian basil and lemongrass.
Artist and writer Elisa McKay came out for our packed exhibition opening last Saturday December 1st and wrote a beautiful article about her experience and Mike and Barb Walsh’s future plans, read it here with more photos of some of the works: Hope For the Future Exhibit at Studio Walsh Closing Saturday
Garden volunteers at ARTfarm are still needed. Come chat with Luca about the possibilities. We have both meditative volunteering and/or cardio/workout volunteering options. Call or email us! Non-smokers/non-vapers/non-tobacco users please.
Looking forward to seeing you Friday or Saturday at Walsh Metal Works/Studio Walsh! Seasons Greetings!! Thank you so much.
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