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ARTfarm Saturday Fruit PopUp Farmstand! 5/30/2026, 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Giant, single mango harvest, November 2024

We’ll be open SATURDAY 10:30am to 11:30am, with early summer fruits, salad greens and more! Pineapples, mangoes and papaya, sweet salad mix, papaya, hot and mild peppers, herbs and kaffir limes! Check the list below for all the details.

We’ll see you Saturday 5/30/26 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM! First come, first served.

Delicious

  • Pineapples
  • Papayas
  • Mangoes, including Carrie, Viequen Butterball, Nam doc Mai and Malika
  • Kafir lime leaves
  • Hot peppers
  •  Scallions
  • Italian basil
  • Lemongrass
ARTfarm papayas are SO SWEET! Many folks shy away from papaya, but the fruit contains helpful enzymes to improve digestion. A papaya skin poultice was an old remedy for cuts and burns, and the leaves juiced are just about the bitterest thing you’ll ever consume but is taken to fight mosquito-borne rheumatic fever diseases like dengue and chikungunya. The unripe fruit makes a delicious slaw. If you haven’t been a fan, it is worth another try!

See you Saturday May 30th, 2026, starting at 10:30AM!

ARTfarm September Saturday AM: Dragonfruit, Guavas & MORE… 9/7/24, 11:30am – 12:30pm

Farmer Christina’s off season sign maintenance project underway.

It’s the rainy-ish time of year when it’s perfect for tree planting. We’ve got young fruit trees, and shade trees, and tyre palms! Plus 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.

Old sign/new sign, Farmer Christina’s off season sign maintenance project – layers of work in progress!

Plenty
Dragonfruit in the pink, red, purple, magenta, white varieties!
Mesple fruit (brown sugar fruit)
Lemongrass
Pineapple slips

Also
Guava fruit
Sweet potatoes
Garlic chives
Kafir leaves

Young trees in pots: French peanut, strawberry fruit, mesple, saman and tyre palms.

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/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 – 12:30pm!

Reimagining our sign!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Longan & Dragonfruit… 7/20/24, 11am – 12 noon

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.

Another fruity pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – the longan trees have exploded with fruit. Come out again on Saturday at elevenses ’til noon, and get your crunchy sweet longan groove on! They are gnot genips but in the fam of the rambutan…

We’ll have a few pineapple fruits, and plenty of slips available to try growing your own!

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

Pineapples are typically a spring-summer treat that appear on the harvest list as the tomatoes begin to wane in the heat! They are a fairly drought resistant crop – try your hand at growing a few with our instructional video! How to Plant Your Pineapple Slips

Plenty

Longan fruit
Dragonfruit in the pink, red, purple, magenta, white varieties!
Sliced pumpkin
Lemongrass
Turmeric

Also

Pineapples
Pineapple slips

Stay cool, put a pinch of salt in everything, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the "Grow Your Own Pineapples" sign, on our way to Mango Melee!
TBF: Luca Gasperi and Eric Ogden in 2008 with our red pickup truck holding the “Grow Your Own Pineapples” sign, on our way to Mango Melee! Pineapple slips are available; try your hand at growing your own pineapple fruit!

ARTfarm Saturday AM: Summer Fruit & Salad Greens Harvest!! 7/13/24, 11am – 12 noon

We have started covering ARTfarm’s dragonfruit vine plants with dried palm fronds to protect them from the sun during these extra hot days. Thanks to our awesome volunteers who helped Farmer Luca with this project. Summer, climate change, 2024.

Pop-up summer ARTfarmstand on Saturday – with over a hundred pounds of DRAGONFRUIT and plenty of SWEET SALAD MIX – how is it even possible in this heat?! DUDE! Come out Saturday at elevenses and get your crunchy sweet salad groove on!

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

pineapples
Bucket of pineapples…these have sweet tender cores you can eat!

Plenty

Dragonfruit: varieties include red, pink and white inside!
Pineapple
Lemongrass
Turmeric
Sweet salad mix
Longan fruit

Stay cool, drink your lemongrass tea, and see you Saturday 11am to noon!

Below is our pineapple salsa recipe and a cute photo of Farmer Luca in case you missed it last week.

ARTfarm Pineapple Salsa

1 cup chopped ripe pineapple
.5 cup chopped less ripe pineapple
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 jalapeños finely chopped
2-3 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper

Chop, toss, let it sit a bit, and enjoy it in unexpected dishes! It is the refreshing summer addition you’ll want to use on everything!

A good pine takes time.