Early Bird Watermelon!

Psssst… We’ve got one tray of petite but sweet yellow fleshed watermelons. Unbelievably tasty. First come first served! Open 10 AM — 12 noon today (Saturday)! South Shore Rd. between Ha’Penny and the Boy Scout Camp. 

ARTfarm Saturday! Get in the Healthy Habit!

img_9827We are back to our usual routine of Saturday morning market from 10 AM to 12 noon. Business has been pretty slow, we are hoping that folks will get back in the habit of swinging by for fresh ARTfarm produce! Tell a friend to support local small farms and bring them with you!!

For Saturday morning we will have lots of cucumbers, lettuce heads, baby ginger, baby turmeric, cilantro, dill, garlic chives, Italian basil, lemon basil, Thai basil, Sakata sweet mini honeydew melons, lemongrass, recao and radishes. We are still working on clearing up space and securing structures to allow people into the farmstand area, so we may still set up on tables in the parking lot tomorrow.

Give wildlife a leg up! We have lots of native trees for sale, and FREE Caribbean birdseed from the St. Croix Environmental Association. Please bring a bag or container for birdseed!

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Visit our GoFundMe page and help us rebuild!

We are still fundraising to rebuild Luca’s seedling house, and our art studio/gallery, both of which were smashed by Hurricane Maria. You can help us with our goals at gofundme.com/artfarmllc ! Thank you!

Giving Thanks Day

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Happy turkey day from ARTfarm.
We want to give a great big thank you to all of the people who have made our lives possible and made them better. We are grateful that we have a place to farm, and the tools and supporters to make that happen.

If you are doing some holiday shopping this weekend, consider an ARTfarm gift certificate for your loved ones. We also have beautiful one-of-a-kind monoprints and original artwork available through our gofundme fundraising efforts to rebuild our seedling house and art gallery that were destroyed by Hurricane Maria. We’ve raised nearly $4,000 of the $23,000 needed, GIVE THANKS!!  Visit http://gofundme.com/artfarmllc to donate and get an original piece of ARTfarm art! 

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The farmers have been hard at work on some beautiful art. We are making some botanical and farm scene monoprints and paintings to help us raise funds for our hurricane recovery efforts on the farm.

A special thank you Bob Boyan and our other super farmer volunteers.We’re grateful that there are amazing customers and chefs who appreciate the stuff we grow and the work that goes into it, and regularly buy our produce. We are thankful for the family members and volunteers that have been helping us with removing debris, weeding gardens, rebuilding fences and demo-ing our destroyed buildings.

The farmstands have been very slow, we know that many of our loyal regular customers are off island right now. We are dividing our time between fundraising, rebuilding, and producing food and art, with the hopes that people will come back in a month or so to be here for the holidays and eat our food!

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Our pastured birds eat bugs, weeds and fresh sunflower seeds in addition to vegetarian poultry feed. We hope someday to feed them exclusively from what we can grow on the farm.
Enjoy the holiday season! We will see you soon! Love, ARTfarm

Giving Thanks and Mini ARTfarmstand TODAY 3-4pm

Baby ginger and turmeric make a great holiday spice or tea. Add a little cinnamon for a wonderful chai or throw a bit in your blender with a smoothie and give your immune system an anti-inflammatory boost! Also makes a great holidaywarming gift for a health-conscious friend!
A brief 3-4pm window today (Wednesday) to pick up produce! Limited selection until we catch up with the storm damage and have more time for harvesting. Cucumber salad with some apple cider vinegar makes a great refreshing side with all of the heavy holiday treats!
We are still so busy with storm recovery projects! Sales were pretty slow on Saturday, so we are just running a mini-farmstand today from 3-4 for the few customers who are interested in produce before Saturday. Drop us a line on Facebook or here on our website to let us know if you’re coming!

Available today: Cucumbers, sweet potatoes, tender no-peel baby turmeric and ginger.

We also have free Caribbean birdseed available to help you feed your doves and pigeons and other wild birds still making a comeback from hurricane Maria. Thanks to the St. Croix Environmental Association! Bring your own bag if possible for seed.

Unfortunately we won’t have time to harvest other things for today. But, add to that list for Saturday: Beautiful lettuce heads, radishes, sweet crunchy sakata melons (mini honeydew) and a wide assortment of fresh herbs.

Tomatoes are setting fruit and ready in about 3 weeks. Butternut squash coming soon, maybe Saturday. Baby carrots soon!