Tag: mamey apple

ARTfarm Wednesday Corny Mamey Madness, 3-6pm Today!

Organically grown here on the South Shore for you: sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, fresh crispy cucumbers, sweet corn (Farmer Luca says this is the sweetest corn yet from ARTfarm), purple yard-long beans, freshly harvested onions and beets with their tops, a few late-season slicer tomatoes, Italian basil, chives, recao, lemongrass, tamarind pods, papayas, passionfruit, pineapple, and fresh Mediterranean figs. From our partner farmers today: mangoes and the last of the mamey apple from Tropical Exotics, tropical fruit coconut-based vegan ice cream from Feel-I, fresh brown eggs from Marti Gotts, and raw local honey from Errol Chichester.

Summer begins on Sunday! Celebrate with local farm-fresh salads, fruits and treats for you and your family! Open today, and every Wednesday, 3–6 p.m., and Saturdays 10 AM – 12 noon. ARTfarm is on the South Shore Rd. (route 62), between Ha’Penny Beach and the Boy Scout Camp. 20140618-124642-46002835.jpg

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