Tag: Mongoose&Zinnia eggs

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Farmstand! 2/11/2026, 4:30 – 5:30PM! Seconds tomatoes! Happy eggs!

Los Segundos. These later season, slightly blemished seconds tomatoes may not have the looks of a perfect tomato, but the flavor is even richer! Use them chopped, sliced or in soups and fresh salsas; can them, roast them, blend them in sauces… still delicious!

Hope everyone has been staying warm in the big chill. We’ve had some 72ºF days here. Lots of rain has caused a lot of tomatoes to split or crack. So there will be some bags of seconds tomatoes available tomorrow!

Tomorrow afternoon’s Wednesday ARTfarm stand features carrots, scallions, Mongoose & Zinnia eggs from happy winter hens, as well as slicer, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, watermelon for early bird customers, veggies and a diverse selection of sweet and/or spicy salad greens!

We’ll see you Wednesday 2/11/26 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
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Carrots with green tops (juice-able)
  • Scallions
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy/Sweet salad mix
  • Teen arugula
  • Teen spicy salad mix
  • Pomegranates
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green mild and red HOT chili peppers (bass slap) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Yellow mini watermelons
  • Longan fruit are starting…
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Eggs
  • Zucchini & yellow summer squash
  • 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
  • Cilantro
  • 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 11th, 2026, starting at 4:30PM!

ARTfarm Wednesday fruitynutty SALAD Pop-Up! 4/17/2024 – 5:30pm – 6:30pm

Pomegranate fruits!
Sweet, tart, juicy and healthy
Crunch the little seeds.

Wednesday pop up stand,
Sweet yellow watermelon,
Freak out your taste buds.

malabar chestnuts
Malabar chestnuts, or saba nuts, can be cooked or eaten raw. Yum!

All kinds of fruit are delicious on salads (and maybe, some malabar chestnuts too!). We have so much salad! The perfect little rain showers and cooler days have made it possible. Come on out for a one hour Wednesday afternoon pop-up farmstand from 5:30pm – 6:30pm at ARTfarm on the South Shore. Thanks again to Chef Lisa Coates for the haiku inspo.

As last week, there are farm goodies to be had as the tomato season wanes and we get into the fruitier time of year. Try a small bag of malabar chestnuts – these hazelnut sized treats are pre-hulled for you – beautiful to handle and look at, with a delicious delicate soft nut inside the stripy outer skin (you can easily crack on a solid surface and peel with your fingers). They can be enjoyed raw or roasted or cooked or made into flour… a fun snack.

Early Birds

Pomegranates
Cherry tomatoes
Small tomatoes
Malabar chestnuts
Baby bok Choy
French breakfast radishes
Eggs, pastured, from Mongoose&Zinnia
Carrots
Fennel
Dill
Parsley
Italian basil

Plenty

YELLOW WATERMELON, peeps!
Baby arugula
Sweet salad mixed with spicy
Sweet salad mix
Purple sweet potato
Orange sweet potato
Sliced pumpkin
Ginger
Turmeric
Lemongrass
Crabapples
Seriously is anyone reading this
Kafir leaves
Scallions

ARTfarm Quick Popup Wednesday 9/6/2023, 5-5:30pm! Brought to you by the letter ‘L’! We’ve got Longan! Local Ground Lamb! Lemongrass! and Luscious Mangoes!

Longan fruits, shown whole and broken open to expose the flesh
Longan fruits, shown whole alongside two of the seeds.

Longan fruit is a southeast asian treat, and our trees are producing a bumper crop at the moment. The so-called dragon-eye fruit is similar to a kenip but sweeter, crunchier, and comes right off the shiny pit. They are a serious addiction! AND… we have Local ground Lamb from a neighbor’s farm, pastured raised and deLicious. We’ve also got some Luscious mango varieties from Dennis Nash, fresh harvested Lemongrass (aka fevergrass – a cooling tea to keep iced in your hydration toolbox), and some pineapple sLips for planting. Early bird specials include September plums and pastured eggs from Mongoose&Zinna. We will be open for a POP-UP (no reservations, first-come first-serve) farmstand in the afternoon, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 5 – 5:30pm.

See you Wednesday!

ARTfarm Summer Popup Saturday 8/26/2023, 11 am – 12 noon!

Pitaya fruit is said to be high in magnesium, iron, fiber, and vitamins B2 and C. That means it can help with anxiety and insomnia and keep you healthy!

It’s going to be short, but sweet. Will be open today, Saturday August 26, 2023, for a POP-UP (no reservations, first-come first-serve) farmstand 11 am – 12 noon. We’re still busy behind the scenes at this time of year with maintenance, season prep, family stuff, and working hard to wrap up our WCK project. It’s really coming along! Today at 11am we’ll have:

Plenty of: dragonfruit, ginger root, lemongrass (fever grass), and Haitian kidney and Nam doc mangoes from Alex

A few: dozen eggs, pomegranates, bunches of Italian basil.

Because it’s a quieter time of year, we are not expecting a big crowd. Looking forward to seeing you! Thank you so much.

Unpeeled ARTfarm pineapple slips are priced according to size. From four dollars for the very largest down to one dollar for the smallest slips. These slips, unpeeled, can be stored for several weeks before planting. They are quite tough and hardy. These shown are $3, $2 and $1 each.

See you later!