Tag: cherry tomatoes

ARTfarm Wednesday PM: SALAD options, heirloom TOMATOES, CAIMITO star apple fruits… 2/12/2025, 5 – 6 PM

The Caimito (star apple) fruit tastes like a sweet and juicy cross between a cantaloupe and lychee. They become slightly soft when ripe with a sweet smell. It can be eaten out of the skin, added to salad, made into ice cream or jam, or added to smoothies. Lurking in the background are two kaffir limes. These are delicious and they have plenty of rind if you need fragrant citrus peel.

Have you tried a star apple? Not a star fruit (carambola) or a malay apple (wax jambu) but a star apple (caimito)! It’s in the sapote family, and we have some sweet ones. The sweet juicy flavor has been described “…as if a cantalope and a lychee had a fruit baby!” They are often purple, but we have the green ones and they are ripe and ready!

Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mid-morning are starting to be more regular. Still holding off on the timeslot reservations at this point. It will be first come first served Wednesday. If the crowd looks thick, Farmer Luca may ration some items so no one goes home empty handed.

As we keep saying in these cooler months, it’s a great time to ask about volunteering on the farm, or tell a friend if you know someone who might be interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

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

The lettuce nursery at ARTfarm…

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix (tender, and sweet from the rain)
  • Teen arugula
  • Baby spicy
  • Sweet and spicy salad mix
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (Japanese)
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Baby bok Choy
  • Bunched arugula
  • French breakfast radishes with edible green tops
  • Large pink radishes with edible green tops
  • White turnips with edible green tops
  • Carrots with juiceable tops
  • Baby ginger
  • Green hot peppers
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Small leaf oregano
  • Lemongrass
  • A handful of Haitian kidney mangoes
  • Caimito fruit! from a neighbor up the road…

Big love to all! See you Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: peak season food JOY… 2/8/2025, 11am – 12 noon

More gorgeous heirlooms coming in from the field at ARTfarm!

Sorry for the late notice! Set your alarms for tomatomorrow, Saturday mid-morning farmstand! It will be first come first served.

As we keep saying in these cooler months, it’s a great time to ask about volunteering on the farm, or tell a friend if you know someone who might be interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Profit margins for organic produce are surprisingly thin for a small mom and pop organic farm operation, and volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

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

Eat the whole thing! These crunchy ARTfarm radishes are sold with fresh, delicious green tops. The tops are great rinsed, chopped, and dropped into, sprinkled over, or wilted on just about any savory dish you are making! Slightly peppery (less so when cooked), and oh-so-good for you!

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix (tender, and sweet from the rain)
  • Teen arugula
  • Baby arugula
  • Baby spicy
  • Sweet and spicy salad mix
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (Japanese)
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Heirloom and slicer tomatoes
  • Watermelon (yellow and red, cut and whole)
  • French breakfast radishes with edible green tops
  • Large pink radishes with edible green tops
  • Green sweet peppers
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Small leaf oregano
  • Lemongrass

Grateful for your support! See you Saturday 11am – 12 noon!

ARTfarm Wednesday PM: SALAD options, heirloom TOMATOES, cukes, peppers, herbs and more… 2/5/2025, 5 – 6 PM

Gorgeous, sweet cucumbers at the peak of season. Our heirloom varieties are sweet and crunchy with very thin skins.

Christmas/winter winds are toughening up the tomato vines and encouraging more sweetness in the fruits! Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mid-morning are starting to be more regular. Still holding off on the timeslot reservations at this point. It will be first come first served Wednesday.

As we keep saying in these cooler months, it’s a great time to ask about volunteering on the farm, or tell a friend if you know someone who might be interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Profit margins for organic produce are surprisingly thin for a small mom and pop organic farm operation, and volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

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

It’s a long road to a tomato. But a short visit to the South Shore for some of these sweet ARTfarm flavor bombs.

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix (tender, and sweet from the rain)
  • Teen arugula
  • Baby arugula
  • Baby spicy
  • Sweet and spicy mix
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (Japanese)
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Heirloom and slicer tomatoes
  • Pomegranate fruits
  • Zinnia flower bunches
  • French breakfast radishes with edible green tops
  • Large pink radishes with edible green tops
  • Baby ginger
  • Jalapeño peppers
  • Green cayenne peppers
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Small leaf oregano
  • Lemongrass

Big love to all! See you Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

ARTfarm Wednesday fruitynutty SALAD Pop-Up! 4/17/2024 – 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Pomegranate fruits!
Sweet, tart, juicy and healthy
Crunch the little seeds.

Wednesday pop up stand,
Sweet yellow watermelon,
Freak out your taste buds.

malabar chestnuts
Malabar chestnuts, or saba nuts, can be cooked or eaten raw. Yum!

All kinds of fruit are delicious on salads (and maybe, some malabar chestnuts too!). We have so much salad! The perfect little rain showers and cooler days have made it possible. Come on out for a one hour Wednesday afternoon pop-up farmstand from 5:30pm – 6:30pm at ARTfarm on the South Shore. Thanks again to Chef Lisa Coates for the haiku inspo.

As last week, there are farm goodies to be had as the tomato season wanes and we get into the fruitier time of year. Try a small bag of malabar chestnuts – these hazelnut sized treats are pre-hulled for you – beautiful to handle and look at, with a delicious delicate soft nut inside the stripy outer skin (you can easily crack on a solid surface and peel with your fingers). They can be enjoyed raw or roasted or cooked or made into flour… a fun snack.

Early Birds

Pomegranates
Cherry tomatoes
Small tomatoes
Malabar chestnuts
Baby bok Choy
French breakfast radishes
Eggs, pastured, from Mongoose&Zinnia
Carrots
Fennel
Dill
Parsley
Italian basil

Plenty

YELLOW WATERMELON, peeps!
Baby arugula
Sweet salad mixed with spicy
Sweet salad mix
Purple sweet potato
Orange sweet potato
Sliced pumpkin
Ginger
Turmeric
Lemongrass
Crabapples
Seriously is anyone reading this
Kafir leaves
Scallions