Saturday ARTfarmstand 10am Grrrrrreens!

10am – 12 noon down the South Shore: Lots of fresh sweet salad mix, teen arugula, and teen spicy salad mix, young tender cooking greens, baby boc choi, lots of cucumbers (long thin skinned Japanese type and American slicer cukes). Other treats: Our first pint of cherry tomatoes, Mediterranean figs, watermelon, lots of Italian basil, Thai basil, holy basil, lemon basil, lots of small hot Thai chili peppers, lots of butternut squash, local goat cheese from Fiddlewood Farm, and zinnia flowers.

Love, ARTfarm

Wednesday Greens 3 – 4:30pm

Things have been exceptionally slow after 4 PM at the Wednesday farmstands, so until things start to get a little busier we will be closing at 4:30pm Wednesdays. Speaking of slow starts, the harvest amounts are getting up to speed a little more slowly than usual for this time of year, perhaps due to the heavy rains at the beginning of the month that washed away topsoil and stressed out the plants. So we are being patient.

Early morning harvest for the farmstand Wednesday afternoon: we’ll have lots of cucumbers (two types), baby spicy greens, baby arugula, teen spicy greens, teen arugula, sweet salad mix, some watermelon, some figs, some cooking greens, Italian basil, lemon basil, radishes, Thai basil, garlic chives, green onion tops with small onion bulbs, butternut squash, and chili peppers.

Luca’s amazing hot sauce: first he cooks down the ingredients and then throws it in the blender: Butternut, green onion, chilis and turmeric. All from ARTfarm!

Saturday 10am – 12 noon, Cukes & Watermelon

Sorry for the late notice! We just got in from transplanting more lettuce and some scallions for you folks by flashlight!!

Yes we will be open tomorrow (Saturday) December 1st for our regular Saturday hours, 10am – 12 noon.

You want the good news first or the bad news?

Good news: we have in the morning for ya: good quantities of three kinds of watermelon (including a yellow one!), TONS of delicious cucumbers (two kinds), butternut squash, a few bags of baby arugula and baby spicy salad mix, spicy radishes (become completely mild when cooked), turnip greens, Italian basil, lemon basil, Thai basil, garlic chives, dill, small amounts of cilantro, rosemary, lemongrass, holy basil, cheerful cut zinnia flowers, pineapple plants, and native trees

Bad news: lots of our lettuce is still too small after all the caterpillar carnage and rain damage, so no sweet mix until next week, probably Wednesday.

We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you in the morning!

Lettuce Catch Up on Wednesday! 3pm

We are finally starting to see the lettuce that survived the great caterpillar attacks and flooding start to reach a harvestable size. This year’s season seems to be starting in fits and starts, but it will eventually work itself out into a regular weekly schedule.

We will be harvesting salad greens Wednesday morning and will have them ready for sale for another special extra Wednesday 3 o’clock farmstand. After that we’ll be open every Saturday at 10am – 12pm. Hope you can join us, here’s the list:

Sweet salad mix, baby spicy greens, cucumber, watermelon (whole and cut), butternut squash, a few last dragonfruit of the season. A little bit of lemon, Thai & Italian basils, cheerful zinnias and marigolds.

If you’ve ever wished you could get Farmer Luca to visit your home and provide a consult on building or improving a small organic garden or orchard, here’s your chance – bid on this great auction item from the St. Croix Environmental Association’s fundraiser!

https://www.32auctions.com/SEA2018