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ARTfarm Holiday Pop-Up Farmstand Saturday Morning 11/25/2023, 10:30 – 11 am!

Watercolor painting by Luca Gasperi - a paper wasp on a leaf of green lettuce
Watercolor painting (c)2023 by Luca Gasperi – a beneficial paper wasp hunts harmful pest insects on a leaf of green lettuce. Come see the whole art show at Walsh Metal on Friday December 1st, 5-8pm!

We’re OPEN tomorrow at 10:30 in the morning for a POP-UP (no reservations, first-come first-serve) early season preview farmstand. Lots of sweet salad mix and dragonfruit! Plus, fresh herbs: Italian, Thai and lemon basils, lemongrass, and garlic chives.

ARTfarm ART opening next weekend, a family show is happening! “Hope For the Future” opens at Studio Walsh gallery in Peters Rest on Friday, December 1st from 5-8pm with art from the whole family. The gallery will also be open next Saturday Dec 2nd from 10am – 4pm.

Farm and garden volunteers are still needed. We have both meditative volunteering and/or cardio/workout volunteering possibilities. Call or email us! Non-smokers/non-vapers/non-tobacco users please.

Because it’s still in the quieter time of year, we are not expecting a big crowd in the morning. Looking forward to seeing you! Thank you so much.

Love, ARTfarmily

Holiday Sweet Corn Flash Mob! 3pm Today!!

This afternoon from 3 – 4:30 PM, we will be creating a piece of performance art called “Holiday Corn Flash Mob” OPEN, due to a bumper crop of beautiful organically grown SWEET CORN, plus sweet salad mix and red and yellow watermelon. Hope you’re tuning in, Dan and Fran!

We will also have a few bunches of scallions, cilantro, green Serrano chilis (add watermelon and corn for an amazing salsa) and Italian basil.

Join us TODAY 3-4:30pm and celebrate the bounty! Early birds can help choreograph the flash mob. There will be plenty of corn for everybody!

Friday Special Holiday Farmstand (closed Saturday) 3-5:30pm

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Santa’s little helpers gave Farmer Luca a hand bringing in the giant watermelons last night! Come and get ’em!

Whatever December holidays you may be celebrating, we wish you ALL the building of wonderful, fond memories and stronger bonds with your families and community; and peace, health, creativity and prosperity in the new year to come.

Early birds today will be treated to the first of our sweet corn harvest and a limited supply of slicing and cherry tomatoes.

Here’s the list: Sweet salad mix, teen arugula, teen spicy salad mix, crispy cucumbers, loads of watermelons, a few pints of cherry tomatoes, a couple of slicing tomatoes, cooking greens, escarole, dandelion greens, radishes, carrots, onions, scallions, sweet potatoes, a few ears of sweet corn, Italian basil, holy basil, lemon basil, cilantro, dill, recao, beautiful spicy baby ginger, papaya, passionfruit, sweet Japanese mini melons, and cut flowers.

Best wishes from our family to yours! We appreciate all you wonderful, loyal supporters!

Love, Luca, Christina, Marina, Katie, Jen, Kiko, Valeria, Heather, Augustus, Matthew, James, Daryl, Ginger, Spicy, Moonlight, Mrs. Grove, Little Spotty, Whoopsie Pie, Polly, Mr. Nibbles and all the many, many other creatures great and small…

Madame Francis and Butterball Mangoes!

ARTfarm Saturday: 10am – 12 noon. Mangoes like crazy today! Summer solstice arrives on Sunday, hopefully dragging some rain clouds with it for Father’s Day! Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there. From the farm this morning: Small amounts of sweet mix and microgreens, a few pineapples and papayas, lots of passionfruit, fresh mint, Italian basil, garlic chives and lemongrass. Don’t forget the lemongrass – steep in hot water to make a very cooling and slightly sweet, refreshing brew to keep in the fridge!

From our partners: vegan ice cream from I-Sha in a rainbow of flavors, honey from Errol, and lots of beautiful mangoes, including Viequan Butterballs from Tita and Nam Doc Mai and Madame Francis from Dennis Nash. Farmer Luca, a mango connoisseur, claims that the VBs have even less fiber than the buttery  NDMs. Their velvety texture is a triumph of mango husbandry! Enjoy mangoes now, as the drought may possibly make this a historically short mango season.IMG_9559IMG_9561IMG_9560

Still pretty dry out here… We’ve heard some farmers remark that we are in a fifteen-year drought (meaning that it has not been this dry since after Hurricane Hugo – not that it will last fifteen years). Two years ago at this time of year we were able to grow a lot more summer crops. We know it has been an extended campaign, but please keep rain dancing! Your efforts have brought a few decent showers to the farm, but not enough to yet quench the thirst of the rock-hard topsoil. So keep on getting your groove on if you love local food!