ARTfarm Wednesday PM Longan & Pineapple Popup 7/31/24, 5:30 – 6:15pm

It is the sweet summer fruit fest time of year. Come on out to ARTfarm and get your healthy sugar fix!

Wednesday’s last-day-of-July ARTfarm PopUp features pineapples and once again, lots of luscious longan fruits. Also pumpkin, and a few herbs and baby pineapple plants. It’s been really slow so come with your gardening questions and keep the farmer company.

No reservations; first come, first served.

Plenty

Longan
Pineapples
Pumpkin
Lemongrass
Turmeric
Pineapple slips

Farmer Christina’s off season sign maintenance project underway.

Stay cool, and see you Wednesday afternoon! 5:30 – 6:15pm.

ARTfarm Wednesday PM Longan Fruit Popup 7/24/24, 5 – 6pm

Bright neon pink dragonfruits have soft spiky 'scales' that give them their name.
Beautiful late summer dragonfruits. These drought-tolerant pithayas are sweet and refreshing in the hot days of July, August and September!

Pop-up farmstand on Wednesday – pump the brakes and watch out for the road clearing crews to the east of the farm, giving the South Shore a much needed trim! They’re going high and tight!

Road clearing crews here
Widening the bushy roads
Drive carefully now!

Wednesday’s ARTfarm PopUp features lots of luscious longan fruits. Early birds will also choose amongst other seasonal treats like pineapple and soursop. We’ll have a few pomegranates and dragonfruit!

No reservations; first come, first served.

Plenty

The LONGAN FRUIT are getting even sweeter and fatter now
Sliced pumpkin
Lemongrass
Kafir lime leaves
Turmeric

Early bird

Dragonfruit (red)
Pineapples
Pomegranate
Soursop

Pomegranate fruits are bursting with healthy vitamins and minerals that help your circulatory system and your immune system!

Thank you to the road crew cutting the sides of the road.
They are cutting east of the farm currently; drive cautiously

Stay cool, and see you Wednesday afternoon! 5-6pm.

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Longan & Dragonfruit… 7/20/24, 11am – 12 noon

Longan fruits, shown whole and broken open to expose the flesh
Longans at ARTfarm. These addictive little fruits pack a sweet crunchy juicy punch inside a leathery outer skin.

Another fruity pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – the longan trees have exploded with fruit. Come out again on Saturday at elevenses ’til noon, and get your crunchy sweet longan groove on! They are gnot genips but in the fam of the rambutan…

We’ll have a few pineapple fruits, and plenty of slips available to try growing your own!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

Pineapples are typically a spring-summer treat that appear on the harvest list as the tomatoes begin to wane in the heat! They are a fairly drought resistant crop – try your hand at growing a few with our instructional video! How to Plant Your Pineapple Slips

Plenty

Longan fruit
Dragonfruit in the pink, red, purple, magenta, white varieties!
Sliced pumpkin
Lemongrass
Turmeric

Also

Pineapples
Pineapple slips

Stay cool, put a pinch of salt in everything, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the "Grow Your Own Pineapples" sign, on our way to Mango Melee!
TBF: Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the “Grow Your Own Pineapples” sign, on our way to Mango Melee! Pineapple slips are available; try your hand at growing your own pineapple fruit!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Summer Fruit & Salad Greens Harvest!! 7/13/24, 11am – 12 noon

We have started covering ARTfarm’s dragonfruit vine plants with dried palm fronds to protect them from the sun during these extra hot days. Thanks to our awesome volunteers who helped Farmer Luca with this project. Summer, climate change, 2024.

Pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – with over a hundred pounds of DRAGONFRUIT and plenty of SWEET SALAD MIX – how is it even possible in this heat?! DUDE! Come out Saturday at elevenses and get your crunchy sweet salad groove on!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

pineapples
Bucket of pineapples…these have sweet tender cores you can eat!

Plenty

Dragonfruit: varieties include red, pink and white inside!
Pineapple
Lemongrass
Turmeric
Sweet salad mix
Longan fruit

Stay cool, drink your lemongrass tea, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Below is our pineapple salsa recipe and a cute photo of Farmer Luca in case you missed it last week.

ARTfarm Pineapple Salsa

1 cup chopped ripe pineapple
.5 cup chopped less ripe pineapple
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 jalapeños finely chopped
2-3 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper

Chop, toss, let it sit a bit, and enjoy it in unexpected dishes! It is the refreshing summer addition you’ll want to use on everything!

A good pine takes time.