ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI

Wednesday farmstand: loads and loads of tomatoes (all types), cherry tomatoes in new colors and shapes, loads of figs, tons of sweet salad mix, a few bags of baby spicy and arugula greens, lettuce heads, bok choy, cooking greens, dandelion greens, lots of watermelon (bagged cut chunks), beautiful red and yellow mini bell peppers, serrano peppers, Thai chili peppers, cucumbers, small and large butternut squash, Thai pumpkin, baby ginger, cilantro, dill, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, large radishes with green tops, and zinnias.

We’ve mostly been getting awesome feedback on our watermelons, but it has come to our attention that a couple of watermelons accidentally went out at the last farmstand that were not fully ripe and ready. (When cut open, the flesh appeared white and the seeds were also white.) If you got one of these melons please bring it back to the farmstand for a replacement — and we will give the unripe melon to our chickens and turkeys, who will be thrilled. We grow new varieties every season and it is always a challenge to learn to pick each type at its optimum ripeness. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Saturday farmstand: Lots and lots of farm fresh goodies with two check out lines set up to serve you. We have such insane amounts of stuff that you can easily come at 10:30am and still select from of 95% of our offerings.

Loads of sweet salad mix, lots of baby arugula, and lots of baby and teen spicy salad mix; slicer tomatoes, salad tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, sweet yellow cherry tomatoes, lots and lots of yellow and pink and red watermelons, beautiful sweet mini white bell peppers with thick flesh (use raw or cooked), cooking greens, radishes, lettuce heads, Serrano peppers, Indian hot peppers, Thai chili peppers, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, cilantro, dill, garlic chives, baby ginger and turmeric, a few bunches of onions, a few bunches of carrots, lots and lots of figs, and lots of cut flowers. We will also have a very fresh batch of Fiddlewood Farm goat cheese and I-Sha’s vegan coconut ice cream in mango-passion and gooseberry flavors.

On our Hurricane Maria recovery fundraising front, we’re up to $24,282 out of $44,000 total funds needed to restore farm buildings including our seedling house and gallery building, and ensure resilience for future events. Check out and share our GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/artfarmllc …and a huge thank you to everyone who has donated!

Our deep condolences to the Banani family.

Wednesday’s farmstand we’ll have plenty of sweet salad mix, bunched arugula, spicy salad mix, lots of heirloom and large slicer tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, loads of figs, loads of watermelon both yellow and red, chrysanthemum Japanese mini sweet melons (individual serving sized sweet white crunchy goodness), butternut squash, lettuce heads (we have cases available for wholesale by special order), cooking greens, bok choy, dandelion greens, Serrano peppers, tiny Thai chili peppers, Cayenne peppers, some sweet mini bell peppers, Italian basil, Thai basil, holy basil, lemon basil, lots of cilantro, dill, garlic chives, lots of baby no-peel ginger, cute cheery zinnia flowers, fresh goat cheese from Fiddlewood Farms, coconut-based vegan ice cream in local fruit flavors from Feel I/I-Sha, and love.

Let’s all keep working to make our world a more peaceful, equitable, and loving place.