ARTfarm Saturday – Twice As Nice!

The 2015-2016 season is picking up steam at the ARTfarm. We plan to add a second checkout point in the morning to help move the line along faster! Thanks for your patience –we know that, as much as you enjoy catching up with friends and neighbors in the Saturday queue, you have other things to do!

 

Farmer’s Wife Christina, hauling in a mighty load of fresh veg!

 

Beautiful kale, full of vitamin C and iron. Delicious raw, cooked, in soups and omelettes, anywhere you’d use spinach, or tossed with sea salt and olive oil and baked in the oven until crispy. We kid you not; kale chips are all the rage with the young people.

 

Craving a crunchy snack? Carrots and radishes are your nutritious answer. Don’t forget to eat or juice the generous leafy tops. Radish greens are particularly delicious wilted on top of a hot dish.

As usual on Saturdays, we will be open 10 AM – 12 noon. A few new folks have requested directions to the farm, which are available on our website here: https://artfarmllc.com/eat-our-food/farmstand/

Loads of good things for Saturday:

Loads of sweet salad mix, teen arugula, arugula, teen spicy, and  lettuce heads;

Large slicing tomatoes, loads of cherry tomatoes, loads of cucumbers, loads of summer squash, lots of green serrano hot peppers, some green sweet bell peppers, scallions, two types of kale, radishes, and carrots;

Italian basil, lemon basil, holy basil, Thai basil, mint, tarragon, rosemary, recao, cilantro, dill, edible marigold flowers;

Loads of zinnia flowers in many colors, passionfruit, and fresh sweet ripe Mediterranean figs!

Hopefully we will see our good friend Wanda the Bee Lady with her handcrafted honey meads and dressings at the stand too!

Enjoy the weekend!

Farmstand 3 Kings Day 3-6pm Today

Wildflowers specifically chosen to attract beneficial insects bloom in the lettuce and onions.
 Sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, baby and teen arugula, lettuce heads;

Three types of kale, cherry tomatoes, red slicing tomatoes, slicing cucumbers and wild gherkins, yellow and green summer squash and zucchini, carrots, daikon radishes and the last of the sweet corn for a few weeks;

Dill, cilantro, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, recao, rosemary, mint, green serrano hot peppers, cut flowers and a few figs.

Beautiful tasty summer squash and zucchini are the perfect vegetable for soups, stews, sautés, stirfries, baking and roasting, or just decorating your kitchen to make you look like you enjoy cooking.

 

Happy 2016! Open 10am-12noon Saturday

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It’s really a tossup over which one is cheerier: Heather, or a riot bouquet of zinnias in a million bright colors…

It’s a New Year! Welcome to 2016!! We resolve to bring you as much organically grown fresh local produce as we possibly can! if you’re not out shaking your bana at the adult parade in the morning, come and see us at 10am…

Sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, baby and teen arugula, lettuce heads;

Three types of kale, cherry tomatoes, red slicing tomatoes, slicing cucumbers and wild little gherkins, yellow and green summer squash, carrots, radishes and sweet corn;

Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, recao, rosemary, mint, green serrano hot peppers, cut flowers and a few figs.  

Hang in there baby! Here is a motivational poster for 2016: a young stink bug, generally considered a very destructive “Darth Vader” bug, turns into a good guy when he starts eating caterpillars in the garden. It is a battle of good and evil, of the Jedi Knights against the Dark Side. Feel the force. Use your evil powers for good. Transform yourself in 2016! And by all means, bite off more than you can chew!
 

ARTfarm Wednesday 3-6pm – Tomatoes and Corn!

 

Farmer Luca gets up early on farmstand days to hand-harvest all the baby greens.
  
 
We’ve finally got more slicer tomatoes! Quantities are going up but it’s still a good idea to make it to the stand early if you can!
 
 
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The overnight gentle rain showers we’ve been appreciating have pushed our fig trees back into production. We’ve also got delicious sweet corn and slicing tomatoes today!

We’re open this afternoon with sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, baby arugula, teen arugula, multiple types of lettuce heads; 

Slicing tomatoes, some cherry tomatoes, loads of nice big crispy cucumbers, summer squash, three types of kale, radishes, lots of sweet corn;

All three basils, garlic chives, Serrano and Indian chili hot peppers;

Lots of zinnias and a few sweet Mediterranean figs. 

Looking forward to 2016! To all our amazing subscribers and customers, we wish you a healthy, creative and peaceful New Year!

Love, ARTfarm