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ARTfarm Wednesday PM: Shades of Green… 3/12/2025, 5 – 6 PM

Teen spicy mix harvested fresh at dawn, in your fridge next day! Keep the air out of the bag and these will last a long time, to eat straight, mix with other salad greens, use as a garnish or bed for an entrée, wilt in a dish for a slight pepper flavor…

Things are drying up a little bit. But for this mid-week stand, we’ll once again have an abundance of salad greens and more tomatoes and watermelon. Come see us tomorrow afternoon, and enjoy all the peak season deliciousness.

It will be first come first served Wednesday. As usual, if the crowd looks thick, Farmer Luca may ration some items so no one goes home empty handed.

4pm Sundays is getting established as a meetup time slot for volunteers. If you’d like to join our little group, give us a call or send a text or reach out through social media or email. If you are interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

No reservations; first come, first served. We recommend coming about halfway or later through the hour if you would like a shorter line. We really appreciate your support.

Watermelon is one of Luca’s favorite crops.

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Teen arugula
  • Teen spicy salad mix
  • Sweet and spicy salad mix
  • Watermelon – red AND yellow!

Early Birds

  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (mixed varieties)
  • Chinese cabbage leaves – bunched
  • Butternut squashes
  • Fresh breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Carrots with green tops (for juicing if you like)
  • Green and red hot peppers
  • Baby Ginger
  • Basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Scallions
  • Lemongrass
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

We appreciate you all! See ya Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

Our teen spicy salad mix at ARTfarm is a combination of peppery greens. They’re bigger than baby greens but still tender and not totally mature.

ARTfarm Wednesday PM: High Season Yums… 3/5/2025, 5 – 6 PM

Fresh heirloom tomatoes are at their sweetest at the peak of the season after the rains have mostly stopped!

There’s a natural ebb and flow with the season. For this mid-week stand, we’ll have an abundance of salad greens and more tomatoes and watermelon. Come see us tomorrow afternoon.

It will be first come first served Wednesday. As usual, if the crowd looks thick, Farmer Luca may ration some items so no one goes home empty handed.

Sunday afternoons around 4 PM have become a hot time slot for volunteers. If you’d like to join our little group, give us a call or send a text or reach out through social media or email. If you are interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

No reservations; first come, first served. We recommend coming about halfway or later through the hour if you would like a shorter line. We really appreciate your support.

Watermelon is one of Luca’s favorite crops.

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Baby arugula
  • Baby spicy salad mix 
  • Mini butternut squashes
  • Fresh breakfast radishes with green tops
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (mixed varieties)
  • Watermelon – red AND yellow!
  • Chinese cabbage leaves – bunched
  • Kale
  • Carrots with green tops (for juicing if you like)
  • Papaya
  • Coconuts (for coconut water)
  • Eggs
  • Green hot peppers
  • Baby Ginger
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Scallions
  • Lemongrass

We appreciate you all! See ya Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

Baby ginger freshly harvested at ARTfarm.

ARTfarm Wednesday PM: Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes, and also these round red things… 2/26/2025, 5 – 6 PM

Cilantro in the gardens goes to flower and turns into coriander seed, eventually. Dill also puts up similar “fireworks” shaped flower clusters and has a strong fennel scent. We like to use them in flower arrangements!

Tomatoes and salad! Tomato seconds available for the early birds, so rock your sassy secret salsas, sauces and soups!

Once again, enjoy the bounty of this winter season. Conditions are starting to dry up on the South Shore, which will make the flavors more pungent, but also means it may be a shorter season. So don’t miss out! Come see us tomorrow afternoon.

Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mid-morning are pretty regular. It will be first come first served Wednesday. As usual, if the crowd looks thick, Farmer Luca may ration some items so no one goes home empty handed.

Sunday afternoons around 4 PM have become a hot time slot for volunteers. If you’d like to join our little group, give us a call or send a text or reach out through social media or email. If you are interested in learning more about sustainable, regenerative gardening practices — we would love some help in the gardens and with a few other tasks as well. Volunteers have always been crucial elements of our system.

If you have reached out to us about volunteering and we haven’t gotten back to you yet please be persistent. This is our busiest time of year. We could still use your help. Just reach out again!

No reservations; first come, first served. We recommend coming about halfway or later through the hour if you would like a shorter line. We really appreciate your support.

A closeup of pico di gallo, a fresh raw tomato and herb dish
This is the time of year for pico di gallo and other fresh treats using all the tomatoes!

Plenty for All

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Baby arugula
  • Baby spicy salad mix 
  • Slicer tomatoes
  • Heirloom tomatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Cucumbers (Japanese  and American slicer)
  • Kaffir lime leaves and limes (fruit)

Early Birds

  • Sweet and spicy salad mix
  • Green hot peppers
  • Carrots with green tops (for juicing if you like)
  • Cooking greens
  • Tomato seconds, not pretty but delicious!
  • Baby Ginger
  • Italian basil
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Small leaf oregano
  • Zinnia flowers
  • Lemongrass
  • A handful of mangoes  for a handful of early birds

We appreciate you all! See ya Wednesday 5 – 6pm!

The cherry tomatoes are seriously here for 2025!

ARTfarm October Saturday AM: SWEET MIX, plums & MORE… 10/5/24, 11:30am – 12 noon

Salaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Throwback photo with Farmer Bob.

It’s been rainy-ish, a perfect time for planting. We’ve got pineapple slips!

For those who just like to eat, we have fruit and herbs and a few veggies, too!

No reservations; first come, first served. We really appreciate your support.

Watercolor painting by Luca Gasperi - a paper wasp on a leaf of green lettuce
Watercolor painting (c)2023 by Luca Gasperi – a beneficial paper wasp hunts harmful pest insects on a leaf of green lettuce.

Plenty
Sweet salad mix (tender, and sweet from the rain)

Sweet potatoes

Lemongrass

Kaffir leaves

Oregano

Pineapple slips

Early Birds
September plums
Kaffir limes
Garlic chives
Sour oranges

We’re always on the lookout for volunteers to help with garden preparation. Come hang with Farmer Luca and learn some farming skills! Non-smokers/non-tobacco users please. Also – feel free to admire our new roadside sign! One down, one to go…

Stay cool, put a pinch of salt in everything, and see you Saturday 11:30am – 12pm!