We have young crunchy cucumbers! Lettuce, sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, microgreens, arugula, four kinds of basil, garlic chives, Italian greens, limes, long beans, beets, radishes, awesome mangoes from Alex, zinnia flowers, and local honey from Patricia. Starting November 7th we will also be open on Wednesdays, 3-6pm! Get crunchy!
ARTfarm Saturday Stand – De-stress!
Happy ARTfarm Saturday! This morning starting at 10am we’ll have: sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula greens, mAcro greens, beets, radishes, tender young cucumbers, dandelion greens, escarole, red mustard greens, garlic chives, sage, thyme, fresh cut zinnias; Italian, Thai, lemon and holy basil, lemongrass, and local honey from Wanda and Patricia. Come out to St. Croix’s South shore this morning and enjoy the cool breeze!
Refreshing, de-stressing drink recipe:
Steep a bunch of fresh cut holy (tulsi, pictured above) basil with a bunch of lemongrass in a couple of gallons of freshly boiled water. Pull out the herbs after 10 minutes and add some local honey to taste. Enjoy hot or cold! Sip, be refreshed, be de-stressed, enjoy a local beverage! Costs pennies per serving!
Rain or shine – ARTfarm opens tomorrow (Saturday)!!
For true! ARTfarm is opening for the season tomorrow (Saturday, October 13) at 10 AM! It’s supposed to be raining buckets in the morning! We love rain! We love moisture! Come and play in some puddles with us!
Tomorrow morning’s farmstand, rain or shine, will feature iron-rich green leafy vegetables that can help build up your reserves; as Halloween is coming, is it not? We’ll have: microgreens, micro/lettuce mix (weather permitting), bunched arugula, young dandelion greens, radishes, Nam doc mai mangoes, limes, lemongrass, garlic chives, holy, italian and thai basil, local dark honey from Wanda’s friend Patricia Cabral, and zinnias.
We ate steamed radish tops with lime juice last night and they were AMAZING. And today, we were full of ENERGY…
Soon come!
We will be open (finally!) in two weeks, Saturday, October 12th! We’ll be welcoming everyone back with lettuce greens, microgreens, basil and garlic chives, and local honey, with cucumbers, beets and arugula soon to follow.
It has been so hot this fall that we just decided to delay planting of some things so that the plants would be stronger. Like a turnaround after a long recession, the summer fallow is starting to show signs of life!
Things are growing quickly now that we’ve gotten a nice soaking. Summer thunderstorms have blessed us nightly with just enough rain to make the plants happy.
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 