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ARTfarmstand open Saturday

ARTfarm is open today, Saturday, from 10 AM till 12 noon.

Summer mangoes! We’ve got scrumptious Nam Duc Mai mangoes to make your mouth water and turn your best white shirt into a parade of orange. We recommend eating them at the beach, in the water.

Sweet mix, microgreens, teen spicy salad mix, garlic chives, the basils (if we ever start an ARTfarm rock band, that’s going to have to be our band name) lemongrass, recao, rosemary, sage, sweet corn, cucumbers, wild baby gherkins, Bodhi beans, bananas, pineapple, black sapote, Thai mangoes from Alex, vegan local fruit ice cream from I-Sha, bread and bagels from Tess, honey from Wanda!

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ARTfarm Stand open today 3-6 PM! Happy Boxing Day!

Happy Boxing Day! This afternoon the ARTfarm stand will have a lotta lettuce: Sweet mix, spicy mix, arugula, baby arugula, baby spicy, onions, garlic chives, escarole, endive, dandelion greens, cilantro, lemon basil, radishes, cherry tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, passionfruit, mangoes and local honey.

Get Pickled for the Holiday Weekend! ARTfarm open today, 3-6pm!

A jar of freshly pickled cucumbers sitting on a fence post gleams in the late day sun, with colorful zinnias, green garden beds and the ARTfarm seedling house and farmstand in the background.
Deb’s ARTfarm pickles! You can make your own pickles this holiday season. It’s fun and easy to do. Makes a thrifty, fun, and appreciated homemade gift!

ARTfarmstand 3-6pm today! We have five different kinds of amazing, sweet crunchy cucumbers, including Asian cukes and a thin-skinned English variety. Pickling is easy, quick and makes a gorgeous gift. This lovely jar was pickled by our super volunteer Deb Mattera, and to get the recipe you’ll have to come to the farmstand and chat her up!

Also available today: microgreens, sweet mix, spicy mix, arugula, escarole, lettuce heads, dandelion greens, radishes, four flavors of basil, zinnia flowers, garlic chives, lemongrass, sage, thyme, cilantro, dill, rosemary, honey and late season mangoes. Give thanks! It rained!!

Escarole-ing In Fresh Greens and Cucumbers! Saturday ARTfarmstand!

Today’s farmstand at ARTfarm features the freshest: tender teen arugula, arugula, sweet mix, spicy mix, microgreens, radishes, beets, cucumbers, Italian basil, Thai basil, holy (Tulsi) basil, sage, garlic chives, lemongrass, dandelion greens, escarole, lettuce heads, mangoes, zinnia flowers, honey and honeycomb. You’ll find some of ARTfarm’s organically grown cucumbers and lettuce heads over at Beeston Hill’s VI Farmer’s Coop this morning, too.

What do you do with escarole? It looks like a cross between a lettuce head and a bunch of arugula, with some snap to the leaves. When young, it can be eaten in a salad, although it can be on the bitter side. It can be steamed and dressed like other strong cooking greens – steam it until tender in a pan, then sauté it with garlic and hot pepper, or add salt, olive oil, and lime juice or vinegar. Lots of people like to make white bean classic Italian soup with escarole. Yum!!

A large head of escarole grows amongst young onions, lettuce and dandelion greens at ARTfarm.
Escarole is delicious in soups or sautéed as a side dish. A large head of escarole grows amongst young onions, lettuce and dandelion greens at ARTfarm.