Tag: dragonfruit

ARTfarm miniFRUITY Saturday PopUp: 10/25/2025, 10:30-11:30am: Dragonfruit and Pomegranates!

After our usual hurricane season pause, a new round of dragonfruit is ready to enjoy, plus pomegranates and a few herbs! Come say hello to Farmer Luca and send your good vibes to this year’s tomato seedlings!

Interested in volunteering this season? Come talk with Luca about opportunities to learn and help out with things like garden preparation, raking, weeding and ongoing fence repairs from the fire. 

A new batch of dragonfruit is ripening on the ARTfarm vines. Our dragonfruit are sweet and juicy! Especially the ones with red and pink inner fruit!

In other farm news, in case you missed our September update: we are working on farm fire recovery, and a few lovely volunteers have continued to help us repair downed and destroyed fencing. We are purchasing new electric fencing, irrigation equipment and other replacement supplies with funds donated for fire disaster relief. We are deeply grateful to all of you who donated, and thanks to the VI Good Food Coalition for all their hard work organizing and fundraising.

Volunteers, now is the time! Swing by during the farmstand, or send us a message – we’re gearing up for season.

Plenty on Saturday Morning:

  • Dragonfruit (red and pink inside!)
  • Pomegranate
  • Thai basil
  • Lemongrass

First come first served!

Grateful for your support of our family farm! See you Saturday morning 10:30-11:30am!

Bright neon pink dragonfruits have soft spiky 'scales' that give them their name.
Beautiful late summer dragonfruits. These drought-tolerant pithayas are sweet and refreshing in the hot days of July, August and September! Sometimes all the way to Halloween!

ARTfarm miniFRUITY Wednesday PopUp: 9/17/2025, 5-6pm: Dragonfruit and Mangooooooooo! Plus FARM UPDATES

Another round of dragonfruit is ready to enjoy, plus west end vibes with Palmer mangoes from Mount Victory! Come out and enjoy!

Interested in volunteering this season? Come talk with Luca about opportunities to learn and help out.

Father and son goofing around in September.
Kiko isn’t working so much anymore but he still strolls around the farm a bit.

In other farm news, we are working on farm fire recovery, and we’re looking for a 20′ shipping container in good shape with no holes to store replacement materials that were lost in the massive fire in March 2025.

We are purchasing new electric fencing, irrigation equipment and other replacement supplies with funds donated for fire disaster relief. We are deeply grateful to all of you who donated, and thanks to the VI Good Food Coalition for all their hard work organizing and fundraising.

Volunteers, now is the time! Swing by during the farmstand, or send us a message – we’re gearing up for season.

Plenty

  • Dragonfruit (bright red inside! A few with white inside!)
  • Palmer mangoes (from Mount Victory Camp)

Early Birds

  • Turmeric
  • Pomegranate
  • Lemongrass

First come first served!

Grateful for your support of our family farm! See you Wednesday 5-6pm!

Cover crops are planted in next season’s vegetable rows… Sun Hemp and Swordbean! We zoomed in so you could enjoy a caterpillar’s-eye view!

ARTfarm FRUITY Wednesday PopUp: 8/13/2025, 5-6pm: Watermelon!

Our mango-orange hued watermelons are ready! Also dragonfruit, an assortment of mangoes still, and some salad greens and cukes! Come out and enjoy! And ask about volunteering on the farm.

Delicious orangey-yellow watermelons at ARTfarm

(Most of our mangoes are smaller this year with the drier conditions which creates an extra intense flavor and sweetness)

Plenty

  • Watermelon (orange inside! So sweet and cooling!)
  • Dragonfruit (bright red inside! Put your white cotton shirt away!)
  • Valencia Pride mangoes (popular variety with elongated shape and bright flavor)
  • Viequen Butterball mangoes
  • Haitian kidney mangoes
  • Mallika mango (tastes like a super sweet and creamy orange, one of Luca’s favorites)
  • Alphonso mangoes (popular Indian variety)
  • Carrie mangoes (too delicate for stores)
  • Turmeric

Early Birds

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Japanese cucumbers

First come first served! Grateful for your support of our family farm! See you Wednesday 5-6pm!

a bicycle basket full of ripe ARTfarm mangoes in St Croix, USVI
Delicious varieties of ARTfarm mangoes! Stay sweet people! Stay sweet!

ARTfarm FRUITY Wednesday PopUp: 7/30/2025, 5-6pm: Sweet Mangoes to SAMPLE!

ARTfarm has an incredible curated selection of delicious not-so-stringy grafted mangoes for you to try. AND THERE WILL BE SAMPLES!!! AGAIN!!!!

Mallika mango. Tastes like TANG! Sends your taste buds to outer space!!

(Most of our mangoes are smaller this year with the drier conditions which creates an extra intense flavor and sweetness)

Plenty

  • Dragonfruit (bright red inside! Put your white cotton shirt away!)
  • Thai mangoes (nam doc mai, and pram Kai Mei, of the silky smooth sweet flesh thin seed variety)
  • Jakarta mangoes (possibly the prettiest and tastiest yet least documented mango)
  • Viequen Butterball mangoes
  • Haitian kidney mangoes
  • Mallika mango (tastes like a super sweet and creamy orange, one of Luca’s favorites)
  • Alphonso mangoes (popular Indian variety)
  • Carrie mangoes (too delicate for stores)
  • Turmeric

Early Birds

  • Pomegranate (large pink “Chinese Apple” that is definitely not a mango)
  • Limes
  • Cut mangoes to sample and taste!!! YUM!!

First come first served! Grateful for your support of our family farm! See you Wednesday 5-6pm!

Nam doc Mai mango