Cuke-ey Wednesdays at ARTfarm, 3–6 p.m. today!

We harvest early in the morning on farmstand days because it’s the coolest time to work, and captures the crisp and cool evening moisture before it travels back down into the roots. Sometimes, Farmer Luca does a little dawn meditation in the cucumber patch. Wouldn’t you? 20140625-132117-48077793.jpg
Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, microgreens, baby arugula, onions, sweet corn, cucumbers, Italian basil, beets, radishes, papaya, pineapple, passionfruit, and treats from our partner farms: honey from Errol, ice cream from Feel I, and mangoes from Tropical Exotics. Come out and enjoy the breeze on the farm!

ARTfarm Saturday: Morning Mangoes!

Open as always on Saturdays, 10 AM – 12 noon. Travel south to our balmy microclimate and pick up your healthy fruit+vegg for the week!

We did the mango dance and now they are here!! 20140614-083459-30899429.jpg

Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, crunchy cucumbers, purple long beans, carrots, beets, radishes, onions, kale, collards, sweet potato greens, dill, cilantro, chives, mint, thyme, recao, Italian basil, fresh-cut Zinnia flowers. Summer fruit season is definitely getting underway: pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, black sapote, tamarind, and and mamey apples and Julie mangoes from the amazing orchard of Tropical Exotics!
Raw local honey from Mr. Errol Chichester, happy hen eggs from Marti Gotts, artisanal bread loaves from Tess. Yummy yummy yummy.

If you haven’t yet experienced the sweet potato greens, they are a glorious accompaniment to any recipe, or perhaps as a side with a little mango on top. We like to cook the sweet potato greens by boiling them for 4–6 minutes, drain and then dress with olive oil, lime juice, and Braggs amino acids or your choice of soy sauce.

Wednesday ARTfarm FEAST 3-6pm!

ART Wednesday today features a young artist’s celebration of farm vegetables and fruit season on St. Croix. FEAST your eyes on this list of tasty treats to cool you off and feed your inner fruit monster!

Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, cucumbers, yard-long purple beans, early bird (e.g. limited quantities) tomatoes, Italian basil, holy basil, garlic chives. Fruit season is starting, and we’ve got sweet treats: papayas, pineapples, passionfruit, black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit), and from our partner farm Tropical Exotics, another box of MAMEY APPLES!!

Come down South Shore Road this afternoon and visit the ARTfarm!!20140611-144002-52802163.jpg

Free samples of an endangered species today at ARTfarm, open 10 AM – 12 noon!

Today we bring you the wondrous and rare Mamey Apple. Come and enjoy a taste, and take home one of these delicious globes of fruity wonder. The brown, rough skin easily peels off to reveal its golden orange firm flesh inside. The taste has hints of apple, papaya, mango – it has a citrusy tang on the finish and a slightly mealy and firm texture like an apple or a pear. The mamey apple is a relatively rare fruit, not widely cultivated. So it is an especially fantastic local treat. Try one! From Alex Etienne’s Tropical Exotics farm.

Sweet salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, microgreens, garlic chives, lemongrass, lemon basil, Italian basil, Thai basil, cilantro, dill, kale, broccoli greens, sweet potato greens, thyme, beets, radishes, onions, carrots, crispy cucumbers, fresh ripe tamarind pods, pineapples, passionfruit, key limes, black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit), papaya! 20140607-094149-34909241.jpg