Tag: farm

Monday 3-6, MLKJR Day

Happy birthday to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose commitment to justice made so much possible. May his memory inspire everyone’s Day of Service. Selma is still playing at Sunny Isle through Wednesday.

Today, 3-6pm: Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, microgreens, arugula, dandelion greens, cucumbers, loads of tomatoes all types, cherry tomatoes, radishes, Italian basil, holy (tulsi) basil, garlic chives, mint, dill, recao, escarole, lettuce heads, small quantities of sweet corn, zinnia flowers.

From our partners we have vegan ice cream, a perfect little afternoon treat from I-Sha. Coconut is good for you!IMG_7633.JPGBeneficial lacewings drying out from heavy dew on seeding hurricane grass. Lacewing eggs look like tiny threads with white dots suspended from them and can be found on any grass-like structure, including the laundry line.

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3-6pm Wednesday: Plenty Tomatoes, Arugula and more!

For today’s afternoon stand we have a plethora of delicious, tradewind cooled produce for you: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula, microgreens, cucumbers, loads of tomatoes all types, cherry tomatoes, Italian basil, beets, radishes, cilantro, mint, chives, dill, assorted chili peppers, kale, escarole, holy basil, lemon basil, lemongrass, lettuce heads, passionfruit, and zinnia flowers. Last chance to buy cherry tomato plants!

We have just a few of the wildly popular vegan coconut-based ice creams left including avocado and beet-ginger from I-Sha! Come and get them!IMG_7754.JPGWe are grateful to greet lots of seasonal residents who are back on St. Croix at this time of year, including our beautiful monarch butterflies.

Late Nite Tomatoes with Farmer Luca, 3-6pm Today!

It’s been broughten! ARTfarm has finally got buckets of CHERRY tomatoes available. Even if you 9 to 5 workers come between 5:30 and 6 PM, we will still have cherry tomatoes and sweet mix for you today! That is a promise from Farmer Luca!IMG_7744.JPG
Monday harvest, available this afternoon: Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, loads of all tomatoes: slicers, heirlooms, plums, cherries. Cucumbers, radishes, cilantro, dill, Italian basil, garlic chives, mint, lettuce heads, and zinnia flowers. From I-Sha, our partner, homemade vegan creamy coconut-based ice cream in amazing local fruit flavors! Bring your cooler!

Subtlety: see if you can spot Farmer Jen and a rainbow in this evening shot on the farm…IMG_7738-1.JPG

Sign Up For Salad & Tomatoes! ARTfarm Sat., 10am – 12noon!

Please admire our improved signs on your way in this morning! IMG_7709-0.JPGIMG_7712.JPGIMG_7711.JPG
Lettuce tell you about today’s harvest: sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, baby arugula, and microgreens. Over in the tomato department we’ve got lovely heirlooms, paste tomatoes, slicers, and a few types of cherries! The veggie aisle at ARTfarm has crispy cucumbers, poetic beets, crunchy radishes, early bird sweet corn for the first few customers, lettuce heads, escarole, sweet peppers, assorted chili peppers, kale; the herb garden offers Italian basil, holy basil, lemon basil, dill, cilantro, parsley, garlic chives, recao, mint, lemongrass, and tender young ginger root. In fruit and home decor we’ve got gorgeous bright zinnia flowers and tangy passionfruit.

In the frozen section you’ll find I-Sha’s homemade vegan all-local coconut based, miraculously creamy non-dairy ICE CREAM in far-out local flavors from avocado to beet-ginger to locust bean to soursop. Always fun to see what Feel-I has come up with next!

We had a great visit from a former ARTfarm employee over the holidays and she managed to put in a few hours helping us out! We named a key garden after Maria years ago so it’s kind of like she never left! IMG_7710.JPG
Happy New Year! Thanks for shopping local and supporting family farms.