Tag: food

ARTfarm Wednesday PM: SALAD options, heirloom TOMATOES, cukes, peppers, herbs and more… 2/5/2025, 5 – 6 PM

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.

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix (tender, and sweet from the rain)
  • Teen arugula
  • Baby arugula
  • Baby spicy
  • Sweet and spicy mix
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (Japanese)
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Heirloom and slicer tomatoes
  • Pomegranate fruits
  • Zinnia flower bunches
  • French breakfast radishes with edible green tops
  • Large pink radishes with edible green tops
  • Baby ginger
  • Jalapeño peppers
  • Green cayenne peppers
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Small leaf oregano
  • Lemongrass

Big love to all! See you Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

ARTfarm September Saturday AM: Dragonfruit, Guavas & MORE… 9/7/24, 11:30am – 12:30pm

Farmer Christina’s off season sign maintenance project underway.

It’s the rainy-ish time of year when it’s perfect for tree planting. We’ve got young fruit trees, and shade trees, and tyre palms! Plus pineapple slips!

For those who just like to eat, we have fruit and herbs and a few veggies, too!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

Old sign/new sign, Farmer Christina’s off season sign maintenance project – layers of work in progress!

Plenty
Dragonfruit in the pink, red, purple, magenta, white varieties!
Mesple fruit (brown sugar fruit)
Lemongrass
Pineapple slips

Also
Guava fruit
Sweet potatoes
Garlic chives
Kafir leaves

Young trees in pots: French peanut, strawberry fruit, mesple, saman and tyre palms.

We’re always on the lookout for volunteers to help with garden preparation. Come hang with Farmer Luca and learn some farming skills! Non-smokers/tobacco users please. Also – feel free to admire our new roadside sign! One down, one to go…

Stay cool, put a pinch of salt in everything, and see you Saturday 11:30am – 12:30pm!

Reimagining our sign!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Longan & Dragonfruit… 7/20/24, 11am – 12 noon

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.

Another fruity pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – the longan trees have exploded with fruit. Come out again on Saturday at elevenses ’til noon, and get your crunchy sweet longan groove on! They are gnot genips but in the fam of the rambutan…

We’ll have a few pineapple fruits, and plenty of slips available to try growing your own!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

Pineapples are typically a spring-summer treat that appear on the harvest list as the tomatoes begin to wane in the heat! They are a fairly drought resistant crop – try your hand at growing a few with our instructional video! How to Plant Your Pineapple Slips

Plenty

Longan fruit
Dragonfruit in the pink, red, purple, magenta, white varieties!
Sliced pumpkin
Lemongrass
Turmeric

Also

Pineapples
Pineapple slips

Stay cool, put a pinch of salt in everything, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the "Grow Your Own Pineapples" sign, on our way to Mango Melee!
TBF: Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the “Grow Your Own Pineapples” sign, on our way to Mango Melee! Pineapple slips are available; try your hand at growing your own pineapple fruit!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Summer Fruit & Salad Greens Harvest!! 7/13/24, 11am – 12 noon

We have started covering ARTfarm’s dragonfruit vine plants with dried palm fronds to protect them from the sun during these extra hot days. Thanks to our awesome volunteers who helped Farmer Luca with this project. Summer, climate change, 2024.

Pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – with over a hundred pounds of DRAGONFRUIT and plenty of SWEET SALAD MIX – how is it even possible in this heat?! DUDE! Come out Saturday at elevenses and get your crunchy sweet salad groove on!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

pineapples
Bucket of pineapples…these have sweet tender cores you can eat!

Plenty

Dragonfruit: varieties include red, pink and white inside!
Pineapple
Lemongrass
Turmeric
Sweet salad mix
Longan fruit

Stay cool, drink your lemongrass tea, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Below is our pineapple salsa recipe and a cute photo of Farmer Luca in case you missed it last week.

ARTfarm Pineapple Salsa

1 cup chopped ripe pineapple
.5 cup chopped less ripe pineapple
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 jalapeños finely chopped
2-3 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper

Chop, toss, let it sit a bit, and enjoy it in unexpected dishes! It is the refreshing summer addition you’ll want to use on everything!

A good pine takes time.