Tag: gardening

ARTfarm Saturday Morning Farmstand! 3/7/2026, 10:30 – 11:30AM!

Honking juicy heirloom and slicer tomatoes! Get yer vitamins in the most appealing package possible!

Tomorrow morning’s SATURDAY ARTfarm farmstand features all the tomatoes in large quantities all the way to the end of the hour, including cherries and slicers and seconds – would you call it a toMAHvalanche, or a tomaTAHvalanche? Either way get ready with your sauce recipes and your canners! Plus limes, hot peppers, more veggies and herbs and flowers! Sweet salad mix and cukes are in shorter supply and will be rationed one bag per customer. See the full list below.

We’ll see you Saturday 3/7/26 from 10:30AM to 11:30PM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Tomato seconds
  • Kafir limes and leaves
  • Key limes
  • Green (mild) and red chili peppers (hottest) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Sweet salad mix (one per customer)
  • Watermelon: yellow, red, orange
  • Carrots with green tops
  • Scallions
  • Bunched arugula
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Salad turnips with green tops
  • Zucchini
  • Cucumbers (Japanese, American slicers, Chinese varieties) (one bag per customer)
  • Bunched cooking greens (bok choy leaves, Italian dandelion leaves)
  • Thai basil
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Sage
  • Zinnia and marigold cut stem flowers
Companion planting is a key technique in permaculture and chemical-free farming.

See you Saturday March 7th, 2026, starting at 10:30AM!

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Farmstand! 2/18/2026, 4:30 – 5:30PM! Fruity! Last of Longan!

Pomegranates and yellow peppers from the training pen garden. Mangoes flowering in the background.

Tomorrow afternoon’s Wednesday ARTfarm stand features carrots, scallions, along with cherry, slicer, and heirloom tomatoes, watermelon for early bird customers, veggies and a diverse selection of sweet and/or spicy salad greens!

We’ll see you Wednesday 2/18/26 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
  • Carrots with green tops (juice-able)
  • Scallions
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy/Sweet salad mix
  • Pomegranates
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green mild and red HOT chili peppers (bass slap) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Watermelons
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Longan fruit are ending…
  • Guavas
  • Teen arugula
  • Teen spicy salad mix
  • Yellow sweet peppers
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Zucchini
  • 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
  • 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 18th, 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 Saturday Morning Farmstand! 2/7/2026, 10:30AM – 11:30AM! Tomatoes & Arugula & baby SEEDLINGS!

Beautiful rain has made for a increase in our salad greens and made them extra tender!

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

We’ll see you today Saturday 2/7/26 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Teen arugula
  • Baby spicy salad mix
  • Spicy/sweet salad mix
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Pomegranates
  • Kafir limes and leaves
  • Green and red chili peppers (hot) and green jalapeños (hottest) 

Early Birds

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Mini yellow watermelons
  • 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
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Zinnia and marigold cut stem flowers

Grow Your Own

  • Dragonfruit cuttings
Scrumptiously sweet yellow watermelon at ARTfarm.

A lil’ shout out to the VI Good Food Coalition for all their support of farmers in the VI. Check out their website for some fundraising dinners coming up!

See you Saturday February 7th, 2026, starting at 10:30AM!