In case you missed our wacky Avis ad in today’s paper, there are many shades O’Green at the MacARTfarm this morning! Open 10-12! Sweet mix, spicy mix, arugula, endive, carrots, onions, kale, broccoli, broccoli greens, collards, dandelion greens, Italian basil, dill, cilantro, parsley, garlic chives, mint, lemongrass, thyme, sage, rosemary, mustard greens, Chinese cabbage, ginger, figs, sweet potato greens, slicing tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lots of figs, eggs, bread by that lovely Irish lass Tess. 
Gray + Blue Makes Green. ARTfarm Wednesday, 3–6 p.m.
Today’s Wednesday farmstand: sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, teen arugula, lettuce mixed heads, wild bunched arugula, red mustard greens, Chinese cabbage, broccoli greens, kale, collards, Italian basil, Thai basil. In the department of edible things we grow that are not primarily green and leafy, we have lots and lots of beautiful heirloom, cherry, bicolor and slicer tomatoes, onions, passionfruit, key limes, and fresh Mediterranean figs.
Here is your Wednesday art moment. In design school, Luca and Christina spent a lot of time making color wheels and studying how to match precise shades and tints of colors. This may be the one area in which our design education did not ready us for farming. In this industry, a combination of blue and gray (torrential rain earlier this week) equals green, green, green: giant lettuce heads.
ARTfarm Q&A Monday with Farmer Luca! Open 3–6, Rain or Shine!
Q: Are Jack Spaniards (aka yellowjackets, paper wasps) good?
A: They are. They eat caterpillars off of our tomato and lettuce plants. So we consider them a “beneficial” insect, along with praying mantises, honeybees, ladybugs and lacewings. Jacks do deliver a nasty sting, but only when their nest is disturbed. As long as their nest is not in a high-traffic area, we let them stay. These beneficials do the work of insecticides, so that we don’t need to spray chemicals on our plants and soil.
Monday’s harvest: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, microgreens, cooking greens, cilantro, carrots, radishes, lots of tomatoes in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes by the pound, cherry tomatoes by the pint, vegan ice cream. 
ARTfarm Saturday Precipative Farmstand
Rainy morning = lots of lettuce next week! ARTfarm open 10 AM – 12 noon this morning, rain or shine! We have lots of salad greens today, along with 1 million tomatoes. Specifically: Microgreens, arugula, spicy salad mix, sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, beautiful big juicy carrots, fennel, beets, dandelion greens, sweet potato greens, fresh ginger, cilantro, dill, fresh coriander, parsley, lemon basil, Italian basil, Thai basil, holy basil, radishes, garlic chives, kale, collards, broccoli greens, cherry tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, bicolored tomatoes, fresh Mediterranean figs. 
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 