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ARTfarm Saturday Stand – De-stress!

A close up photo shows a flower spike on a clump of green tulsi leaves, or holy basil.
Bees love the nectar from the purple flower spikes that grow from holy basil. The plant is purported to have anti-stress medicinal qualities, and makes a refreshing ‘bush’ or herbal tea. We grow holy basil organically at ARTfarm and cut it fresh for the farmstand.

Happy ARTfarm Saturday! This morning starting at 10am we’ll have: sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula greens, mAcro greens, beets, radishes, tender young cucumbers, dandelion greens, escarole, red mustard greens, garlic chives, sage, thyme, fresh cut zinnias; Italian, Thai, lemon and holy basil, lemongrass, and local honey from Wanda and Patricia. Come out to St. Croix’s South shore this morning and enjoy the cool breeze!

Refreshing, de-stressing drink recipe:

Steep a bunch of fresh cut holy (tulsi, pictured above) basil with a bunch of lemongrass in a couple of gallons of freshly boiled water. Pull out the herbs after 10 minutes and add some local honey to taste. Enjoy hot or cold! Sip, be refreshed, be de-stressed, enjoy a local beverage! Costs pennies per serving!

Soon come!

We will be open (finally!) in two weeks, Saturday, October 12th! We’ll be welcoming everyone back with lettuce greens, microgreens, basil and garlic chives, and local honey, with cucumbers, beets and arugula soon to follow.

It has been so hot this fall that we just decided to delay planting of some things so that the plants would be stronger. Like a turnaround after a long recession, the summer fallow is starting to show signs of life!

20120927-120724.jpg Things are growing quickly now that we’ve gotten a nice soaking. Summer thunderstorms have blessed us nightly with just enough rain to make the plants happy.

Get Pumkn’d at ARTfarm today!

Farmer Luca with a large wheelbarrow full of green skinned pumpkins at ARTfarm.
Farmer Luca with a large wheelbarrow full of green skinned pumpkins at ARTfarm.

Wednesday afternoon stand: Beets, pumpkin whole or by the slice, cucumbers, Italian basil, holy basil, lemon basil, sweet mix, spicy mix, microgreens, baby arugula, onions, scallions, bell peppers, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, red slicing tomatoes, non-dairy coconut based (you’d never know it if we didn’t tell ya) ice cream, and homemade chocolates.

ARTfarm Stand, Monday Afternoon

Yes, we’re open this afternoon 3-5:30pm with sweet salad mix, arugula, microgreens, tomatoes galore, cucumbers, pumpkin, onions. Yummy! Ice cream and chocolate too.