ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI

Everything produced at ARTfarm on the South Shore for you this morning: Sweet salad mix, loads of papaya, pineapples, dragonfruit, passionfruit, lots of sweet potato, Italian basil, garlic chives, recao, fennel, dandelion greens, sweet potato greens, a few onions, assorted pumpkins, ARTfarm-grown mangoes, bell peppers, serrano and yellow seasoning peppers, fresh ginger and turmeric, eggs, and zinnia flowers!! From our partners, Fiddlewood Farm goat cheese and select Yellow Door veggies and eggs. 

See you at ARTfarm! 10am – 12 noon on the S. Shore Rd. between Ha’Penny and the Boy Scout camp. 

Love, ARTfarm

Farmer Roi, what a sweet (potato) heart! 

Tomatoes might be done but the mangoes have begun!! The crowds have mostly dispersed and the ARTfarm is settling in for a blessedly slower summer season. Congratulations to all the recent graduates, go out and be the change you want to see!

3pm – 5:30 this afternoon: Loads of sweet salad mix, onions, garlic chives, Italian basil, lots of sweet potatoes, our own mangoes (Manzano, Julie, and Edwards are the varieties available today). Recao, serrano peppers, yellow seasoning peppers, fresh ginger and turmeric, pineapple, dragonfruit, and zinnia flowers. 

10am – 12 noon down the South Shore road we’ve got your treats: Sweet salad mix, bunched arugula, loads of papaya, ripe sweet dragonfruit, crazy good pineapple, the last last last of the season’s tomatoes (just a few!), loads of sweet potato, pumpkin slices, onions, dandelion greens, all of our peppers, Italian basil, garlic chives, recao, lemongrass, ginger root, turmeric, tamarind and cocoa pods, passionfruit, zinnia flowers, and the first of our own Manzano mangoes for the summer!!

From our farming partners: delicious fresh local mild goat cheese from Fiddlewood Farm. Heather and Matthew at Yellow Door Farm plan to bring a few dozen eggs, lime and cinnamon basil, poblano peppers and eggplant.

Enjoy the weekend! And congratulations to all the recent graduates!

Your farmers had a late night last night, pollinating the night-blooming dragonfruit. It is feeling like summer already on St. Croix: it’s hot, the Saharan dust is blowing,  and the school year is ending. Take a little time to stock the fridge with organically grown fruits and crisp cool salads!

Speaking of crisp cool ARTfarm salads and graduation celebrations, here’s a cool fact for you: Café Christine is open all summer! Yes, this little hideout lunch spot behind Apothecary Hall (opposite balter) in Christiansted used to be closed for six months of the year when the former owner Christine would go back to France. Chef Lisa Coates purchased the business about three years ago and has extended the café season to November through August, 11:30-2:30 Monday through Friday. Lisa faithfully replicates many of Christine’s famed recipes (hello, French tarts!) but also adds her own farm to table twist. She has also continued the tradition of hanging local artists’ work on the walls of the café. Inside and outside seating available, reservations recommended. She posts her daily menu on the Café Christine Facebook page. Chef Lisa is also an amazing caterer who has graced many a fine large or small local event with her French-farm-fresh cuisine! (340) 713-1500 cafechristinestx@gmail.com

This afternoon’s farmstand offerings: Sweet salad mix, loads of sweet potato, loads of papaya, pineapple, pumpkins, all of our peppers, Italian basil, garlic chives, parsley, recao, onions, turmeric, a few passionfruit, dragonfruit, and zinnia flowers. We’ve got goat cheese from Fiddlewood Farm. Looking forward to seeing you!