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.
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!
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.
Our baby and teen arugula is triple washed and ready to enjoy – it’s versatile – great mixed in to a salad, as a bed and garnish on a plate, as a snack straight out of the bag, or even gently steamed as a side green.
Looking forward to seeing you at the ARTfarm! Still raining! Tomatoes are ripening on the vines but can’t be picked wet, and the rain keeps coming, so we have more winter squash than slicer tomatoes this week! EXTRAS at your pickup time (options will include): WATERMELON, cherry tomatoes, baby fennel, pumpkin slices, onions with juicy green tops, chinese cabbage, bok choy, radishes and turnips with edible leafy tops, assorted fresh herbs. Also, winter (butternut and delicata) squash are a THING right now, grab a couple, roast them up and enjoy!!
Gorgeous veggies at the peak of our season! Ginger is an effective treatment for migraines! Stock up on health at ARTfarm!
Join our scheduled shop-n-pickup (we’re calming the crowds with pickup times: Click to sign up below for one of 50 pickup timeslots, which will reserve your basic order and give you early dibs on the extra items we have with short wait times!) If you missed this signup, feel free to JUST SHOW UP in the last half hour and we’ll fit you in for extras – PLUS there will be another signup in a couple of days. Detailed instructions, and questions answered HERE if you’re new. Welcome!
ARTfarm NEEDS:
• an experienced Linoleum Flooring Installer
• ON-FARM VOLUNTEERS. Brisk farm workouts or zen seated handwork in peaceful breezy nature for volunteers (non smoke/vapers). As brief as two hours at a time. Weed, schlepp, spin salad, split seedlings meditatively at a shady table, hoe and rake yourself a sweaty six-pack! Or deliver our produce to local restaurants! Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills, uptake and efficiency. Read HERE about the experience of volunteering at ARTfarm!
Farmshare choices for Wednesday, February 28th, 2024:
These gorgeous Cinderella pumpkins went to SALT at the Dairy – the closest restaurant to ARTfarm on the South Shore! Go see what Chef Chris and his kitchen team do with these!
We will have 50 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup Wednesday. You can also order and specify a neighbor, friend or family member to pick up your order and theirs. The minimum order is one farmshare, and you can order more than one farmshare. At the farmstand, you can choose from remaining add-on extras and we’ll total your order. We require a minimum farmshare purchase because we are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; but we’ll do our best to make substitutions as needed; we want you to be happy!
Please note: Produce (including tomatoes) labeled “seconds” should be used/refrigerated immediately. Cucumbers are a mix of asian, middle eastern and hardy slicing types.
LARGE all the basics farmshare, $42, will include:
1 bag of SWEET salad mix
1 bag of teen ARUgula
1 lb. TOMATOES (slicer/heirloom mix)
1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
1 lb. CUCUMBERS
1 lb. ZUCCHINI
MEDIUM goodness farmshare, $23, will include:
1 bag of SWEET salad mix
1 lb. TOMATOES (slicer/heirloom mix)
1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
1 lb. CUCUMBERS
SMALL cukermater farmshare, $19, will include:
1 bag SPICY/SWEET (blend!) salad mix
1 lb. TOMATOES (slicer/heirloom mix)
1 lb. CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBER farmshare, $8, will include:
2 lbs. CUCUMBERS
Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable – first come first served during your pickup slot):
early birds:
RED and YELLOW WATERMELON
baby FENNEL
SWEET salad mix HEIRLOOM and SLICER tomatoes
ZUCCHINI
CARROTS
PUMPKIN slices
ONIONS with green onion tops!
assorted GREEN BEANS
pink French breakfast RADISHES with green tops, $3/bunch
baby BOK CHOY
SWEET PEPPERS
assorted HOT peppers
baby GINGER and baby TURMERIC
BASIL (limited today)
plenty:
CHERRY TOMATOES
SPICY salad mix
CUCUMBERS
BUTTERNUT squash
round DELICATA SQUASH – halve and steam/roast in the oven! YUM!
Chinese CABBAGE – purple and green
tender baby salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
Please contact us immediately by text and/or phone at (340) 514-4873 if you have reserved a farmshare and cannot pick it up. Supply is limited, demand is extremely high and someone else will gladly purchase your share, if given enough time to respond. We have limited time for distributions and they are scheduled. Our produce is harvested fresh and needs to go home with you same day. This is an honor system since we are not collecting payment until pickup. We do not have cold storage for uncollected shares.
The signup form will show you a “Thank You” page and send you a confirmation email if submitted successfully. If you don’t find it, please check your spam/junk, inbox tabs, and ‘All Mail’ folders for the confirmation email, as this has been a common problem for several customers and with a little searching they typically find it. (And then, add us to your address book!) For more tips, visit our Help page.
Need help with the pre-order signup form? (Click here): Q: I can’t seem to order more than one item.
A: We have designed our order form limit any one customer from cleaning us out. Sharing is caring. If you’d like extra of something (beyond what you could reserve through our order system), put it in the comments with your order, and remind us at your pickup time: if we can supply it to you we’ll do our best. If you are in the food service industry and looking for bulk availability, please contact us; our order form is for individuals and families to place a single order for a scheduled pickup.
Q: My order isn’t going through.
if the automated confirmation email is not immediately found, check your spam folder
and the ‘all mail’ folder
make sure all required fields are filled/selected
just try again
use a cellular device (smartphone or tablet) that isn’t using WiFi internet
restart your browser/device
clear your cache and cookies in your browser/device
reboot your router (unplug it for a minute and plug in again)
Q: The form says I didn’t enter my email, but I did.
Our pre-order form requires everyone to type their email in twice, and makes sure the two match exactly. We had a lot of customers in such a rush to get their order in that they’d spell their own email incorrectly and then complain that they could not find the confirmation email. Our ‘type it in twice’ system ensures that you’ll find any email mistakes before you submit the pre-order form.
Q: I ordered before, but I’m not getting your emails.
Our pre-order form does NOT automatically sign you up for an ARTfarm email subscription. Do that HERE!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 