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ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Farmstand: 4/22/2026, 4:30PM – 5:30PM

ARTfarm papayas are SO SWEET! Many folks shy away from papaya, but the fruit contains helpful enzymes to improve digestion. A papaya skin poultice was an old remedy for cuts and burns, and the leaves juiced are just about the bitterest thing you’ll ever consume but is taken to build platelets, to fight mosquito-borne rheumatic fever diseases like dengue and chikungunya. The unripe fruit makes a delicious slaw. If you haven’t been a fan, it is worth another try!

We are moving into the slow season. No more regular Saturdays for a bit so schedule yourself to visit the farm for WEDNESDAY’s ARTfarm farmstand. The lines are getting shorter! Lots of sweet and spicy/sweet salad mixes for Wednesday customers, plus treats for early birds including baby arugula, baby spicy salad mix, a few slicer and heirloom tomatoes, hot and mild peppers, herbs and limes, snacking sweet carrots and cut flowers! Plus more!

Volunteers are welcome to help us clear out and tidy gardens for summer rest times. Mangoes are forming and we might have fruit in a few weeks. Pineapples are also coming ripe in the near future.

We’ll see you Wednesday 4/22/26 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy Sweet salad mix
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green (mild) and red chili peppers (hottest) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Fennel
  • Baby arugula
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Slicer and Heirloom tomatoes – mixed bags
  • Papayas
  • Scallions
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Carrots with green tops
  • Italian, Thai, and Lemon basil
  • Lemongrass
  • Dill
  • Zinnia cut stem flowers
A good pine takes time.

See you Wednesday April 22nd, 2026, starting at 4:30PM!

ARTfarm Wednesday Taxes Afternoon Farmstand: 4/15/2026, 4:30PM – 5:30PM

ARTfarm Zinnias, February 2026

No more regular Saturdays for a bit so schedule yourself to visit the farm for WEDNESDAY’s ARTfarm farmstand. The lines are getting shorter as the snowbirds start to migrate! Plus baby arugula, baby spicy salad mix, a few slicer and heirloom tomatoes for early birds, sweet bulb onions, hot and mild peppers, herbs and limes, snacking sweet carrots and cut flowers! Plus more!

We’ll see you Wednesday 4/15/26 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy Sweet salad mix
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green (mild) and red chili peppers (hottest) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Baby arugula
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Slicer and Heirloom tomatoes – mixed bags
  • Papayas
  • Scallions
  • Sweet bulb onions with green tops
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Carrots with green tops
  • Salad turnips with green tops
  • Italian, Thai, and Lemon basil
  • Zinnia cut stem flowers
White turnips with green tops
Turnips! Beautiful greens, delicious tubers.

See you Wednesday April 15th, 2026, starting at 4:30PM!

ARTfarm Saturday Morning Farmstand! Open on South Shore, 2/14/2026, 10:30AM – 11:30AM! Happy VALENTINES! Happy AgFest!

Red juicy heirloom tomatoes in a pile, with one on top with a heart-shape. Text reads "Happy Valentine's Day from ARTfarm, St. Croix"
Don’t forget your sweetie with a romantic pile of red juicy tomatoes, sweet cheery cherry tomatoes and some of our farm-fresh cut flowers!

Treat your sweetie! Tomorrow morning’s SATURDAY ARTfarm farmstand features all the tomatoes plus teen arugula, lots of sweet and spicy salad greens mixes, carrots, pomegranates, peppers, and limes! Plus more!

As usual, we will be at the AgFest personally to celebrate and support – but not as a booth. Love up on some farmers – 9am-6pm Saturday-Monday this weekend!

We’ll see you Saturday 2/14/26 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Carrots with juicy green tops
  • Scallions
  • Spicy/sweet salad mix
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Pomegranates
  • Kafir limes and leaves
  • Green (mild) and red chili peppers (hotter) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Teen spicy salad mix
  • Teen arugula
  • Yellow sweet peppers
  • Longans
  • Guavas
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Zucchini
  • Cucumbers in limited quantities (Japanese, American slicers, Chinese varieties)
  • Bunched cooking greens (bok choy leaves, green mustard cabbage leaves, Italian dandelion leaves, Chinese cabbage leaves)
  • Thai basil
  • Italian basil
  • Dill
  • Zinnia and marigold cut stem flowers

Grow Your Own

  • Dragonfruit cuttings
Throwback!! Farmer Christina in 2015 celebrating the love! Who needs chocolate when you can have CHERRY TOMATOES!!!! A sweet thoughtful and healthy Valentine’s treat!

The extra rain means the tomato plants are putting on extra fruit. The next set of watermelons is nearly ready, and our sweet south shore papayas are getting big and will soon start to ripen. And the mango trees are starting to bloom, yay for the bees!

See you Saturday February 14th, 2026, starting at 10:30AM!

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Farmstand! 2/11/2026, 4:30 – 5:30PM! Seconds tomatoes! Happy eggs!

Los Segundos. These later season, slightly blemished seconds tomatoes may not have the looks of a perfect tomato, but the flavor is even richer! Use them chopped, sliced or in soups and fresh salsas; can them, roast them, blend them in sauces… still delicious!

Hope everyone has been staying warm in the big chill. We’ve had some 72ºF days here. Lots of rain has caused a lot of tomatoes to split or crack. So there will be some bags of seconds tomatoes available tomorrow!

Tomorrow afternoon’s Wednesday ARTfarm stand features carrots, scallions, Mongoose & Zinnia eggs from happy winter hens, as well as slicer, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, watermelon for early bird customers, veggies and a diverse selection of sweet and/or spicy salad greens!

We’ll see you Wednesday 2/11/26 from 4:30 to 5:30PM! First come, first served. We should be on the regular for the rest of this month with Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Plenty

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Carrots with green tops (juice-able)
  • Scallions
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy/Sweet salad mix
  • Teen arugula
  • Teen spicy salad mix
  • Pomegranates
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green mild and red HOT chili peppers (bass slap) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Yellow mini watermelons
  • Longan fruit are starting…
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Eggs
  • Zucchini & yellow summer squash
  • Cucumbers (Japanese, American slicers, Chinese varieties)
  • Bunched cooking greens (bok choy leaves, green mustard cabbage leaves, Italian dandelion leaves, Chinese cabbage leaves)
  • Thai basil
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Marigold and zinnia cut stem flowers

Grow Your Own

We started growing dragonfruit back in 2013 or so. Here’s a throwback photo showing the old ARTbarn gallery. Cuttings are available – you can grow your own!
Longan fruits, shown whole and broken open to expose the flesh
Longans at ARTfarm. These addictive little fruits pack a sweet crunchy juicy punch inside a leathery outer skin.

See you Wednesday February 11th, 2026, starting at 4:30PM!