TOMATO CRISIS CONTINUES at ARTfarm; Wednesday 3-5:30pm

A big basket full of orange sungold cherry tomatoes and purple ball cherry tomatoes at ARTfarm
Purple ball cherry tomatoes mix with orange sungold tomatoes at ARTfarm. Great eaten out of hand, or added to a salad for a burst of color and sweetness. All sweet, sunripened and juicy!
Freshly picked, ripe orange and yellow cherry and dark purple plum tomatoes in a large tub.
ARTfarm's cherry tomatoes are left to ripen on the vine and then picked at the peak of sweetness. Our black plum tomatoes are rich in flavor and are great in sauces, salsas, and just as a snack.
A huge pile of harvested plum and slicer tomatoes at ARTfarm.
Our plums and smaller slicers are ideal tomatoes for cooking, canning, or eating fresh on a sandwich or sliced as a tomato salad.
A pile of tomatoes ranging from red to orange to purple and green shouldered, at ARTfarm
Heirloom tomatoes are the most delicate and densely flavored of the tomatoes we grow at ARTfarm. They range in color from red to orange to purple and green shouldered. They vary in shape and size - some of the larger varieties can weigh over a pound for each fruit!

Some of you may have read in the St. Croix Avis about the tomato crisis at ARTfarm. We have more tomatoes than we can eat. Please, come and buy some of our delicious field and vine-ripened organically grown tomatoes. They come in all different sizes, shapes and colors, and each of the varieties has its own special flavor and nutrient mix, so why not try a few of everything and see what you like best?

If you refrain from eating your ARTfarm tomatoes right in the parking lot, we have salad mixes to go with your tomatoes, or you can pick up some herbs and make a tomato salad, salsa or tomato sauce, or cook them up in a creole to go over rice or fish!

For Wednesday we’ll have: heirloom tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, plum tomatoes, three kinds of cherry tomatoes, spicy salad mix, sweet salad mix, microgreens, arugula, cucumbers, sweet bell peppers, papayas, basils (lemon, thai, italian and holy), cilantro, dill, parsley, sage, lemongrass, garlic chives, scallions, chili peppers, broccoli greens, kale, escarole. All healthy for you and full of micronutrients and minerals from the soil!

Bounty at ARTfarmstand This Morning!!

A lug full of brocolli fresh picked for Saturday's farmstand at ARTfarm.
A lug full of brocolli fresh picked for Saturday's farmstand at ARTfarm.
Sweet bell peppers and broccoli this morning at the stand! And SWEET SWEET tomatoes in copious amounts, sizes and colors! Get extra and make sauce! Microgreens, sweet and spicy mix, cucumbers, cooking greens, leafy green vegetables in assorted textures and shades, cabbage heads, fresh herbs and hot peppers… Come out to ARTfarm this morning, 10am – 12 noon!

MAKE SALSA. ARTfarmStand Open 3-5:30, everyT’ing you need!!

Hope you are enjoying this bounteous time of year as we are. Beautiful little night rain showers are keeping our arid section of the island green and verdant! Come out and see us today for microgreens, sweet mix, spicy mix, baby spicy mix, broccoli greens, kale, escarole, endive, cabbage heads, beets (get them now before the caterpillars do!), cucumbers galore, green sweet bell peppers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, hot green cayenne peppers, purple long beans, scallions, onions, italian basil, lemon basil, holy basil, garlic chives, frilly cilantro, flat leaf cilantro and flat leaf parsley.

MAKE SALSA.

Luca’s recipe, according to taste:

A bunch of frilly cilantro
Lots of salt
One nice firm green tomato
A bunch of ripe slicer tomatoes
Garlic chives
Sweet peppers
Onion and or scallions
Vinegar or sour orange or lime
Optional green chile peppers

Chop it all up fine and enjoy it on your chips, beans&rice, in a sandwich with cilantro pesto, or just by the spoonful.

ARTfarm Stand OPEN 3-5:30pm, veggies and plants for sale!

Farmstand open this afternoon, 3-5:30pm! Beat the Saturday morning rush, visit ARTfarm during our Monday and Wednesday afternoon stands. Today we have microgreens, arugula, sweet mix, cherry tomatoes, big slicer tomatoes, heirlooms, lemon basil, Italian basil, dill, cilantro, sage, lots of cucumbers, lots of sweet peppers, cayenne peppers, Bodhi beans, cooking greens including escarole, kale, Chinese cabbage, papayas and zinnia flowers. Cherry tomato plants for sale and native trees!