UVI’s sleepy Senepol cattle in the pens near ARTfarm.
Saturday’s ARTfarmstand: various salad mixes, pineapples, Julie mangoes, chives, hot peppers, very ripe bananas, lemongrass, pumpkin, coconut water, honey, non-organic cucumbers from Nash.
Grow-your-own with less water: pineapple slips and native trees! Happy summer!
Today’s Summer Saturday ARTfarm stand, 10 AM – 12 noon: Microgreens, mildly spicy salad mix, baby arugula, nonorganic cucumbers from Dennis Nash, pumpkin, bok choi from Leslie, lots of mangoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, the last of the cherry tomatoes, pineapples, lots of bananas, fresh-cut to order coconut water, fresh local raw honey, garlic chives, lemongrass, and basil.
For today’s Wednesday 3-6 PM ARTfarmstand: we have humongous, delicious Kensington mangoes from the orchard out at Irene Lawaetz’s farm. Also mildly sweet, juicy and crunchy Malay apples – the pink, Caribbean answer to a pear.
Spicy microgreens, sweet salad mix, fresh honey, lemongrass, Italian basil, garlic chives, Kang-Kong Asian water spinach, bok choi, Bodhi purple yard long beans, Trinidadian Perfume seasoning peppers, chili peppers, sweet peppers, two varieties of local bananas; Julie, Nam Duc Mai and Haitian Kidney mangoes, and pineapples.
Even if you don’t need to shop, come out and sit in our breezy farmstand on one of the ARTfarm lounge chairs, and enjoy a freshly cut open coconut full of sweet coconut water, and enjoy the conversation.
In other ARTfarming news, we are VERY excited that Luca has started painting again! Soon come, a little mini show of brand-new works in the ARTbarn Gallery (yes, we have finally removed the beehive that was living in the wall)!!!
Love,
ARTfarmers
Pictured above, galangal blooming.
Coconut water is back in time for the hot days of summer!! Fresh coconuts cut to order, bananas, Haitian kidney and Nam Duc Mai mangoes from Alex Ettienne, ARTfarm Julie mangoes, pineapples and papaya!! Microgreens, Kang-Kong (Asian spinach), sweet peppers, hot peppers, cherry tomatoes, beets, scallions, bok choi, Bodhi yard-long beans, garlic chives, lemongrass, zinnia flowers; italian, lemon, thai and holy basil; native trees, and pineapple slips. Wanda’s raw honey today is super-fresh with a subtle cinnamon fragrance.
Please remember to bring your shopping baskets or reusable bags, as we are phasing out the use and reuse of plastic shopping bags at the farmstand. We still have a few ARTfarm reusable bags for sale; please ask.
ARTfarm is open 10am – 12 noon every Saturday. We are discontinuing Monday farmstands until next year. Wednesday hours are now 3-6pm! Thanks for loving local!
In local ART news, tonight is the last night to see the fantastic two-hour performance of the Caribbean Dance Company ensemble and students at the airconditioned Complex High School auditorium starting at 7 PM. Tickets are a $15 donation and are available at the door. Lots of snacks and light dinner items are available during intermission at the concession area. Inspiration and entertainment for all ages!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 