Sheep need certain trace minerals in their diet to thrive. You can give them minerals via a salt block purchased at a feed store, but we’re always trying to find ways to farm sustainably on St. Croix without importing things on big diesel-powered container ships.
On an online sheep forum we came across a shepherd in Maine who gives his sheep fresh seaweed from the beach. So we collected an assortment of wet and dry seaweeds from our local strand, and what do you know? The girls loved it!
Sorry we skipped a few updates this past week. We’ve been too busy farming to post, but we’re open rain or shine, Monday & Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings! Tomorrow morning, 10am-12 noon: Lots of microgeens!! Spicy mix, teen arugula, lots of cucumbers, cooking greens, lots of slicer, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, zinnia flowers, purple yard long bodhi beans, crunchy sweet red beets, onions, scallions, garlic chives, all the basil flavors, cilantro, parsley, and papayas.
Slicer tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, mild spicy mix, arugula, lettuce heads, beans, Chinese cabbage, kale, escarole, holy basil, italian basil, lemon basil, garlic chives, two types of cilantro, dill, lemongrass cut to order, sweet green peppers and papayas.
We might be a little bit low on our usual rainbow of zinnia flowers today, as we hosted a very beautiful wedding on Saturday night at the farm! Congratulations Amy and Justin!
All organically grown with extra love, for you! Happy Monday!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 