Five inches of rain is great, but that much water all at once is tough on our tender-skinned tomatoes whose roots were taking up all that excess water. We had a lot of tomatoes pop and split on the vine, so big tomato production is taking a temporary dip while the plants recover balance. BUT we’ve got lots of spicy and sweet salad greens this week, and temporarily less overabundant tomatoes. We’ve also got plenty of extras to add on at pickup: butternut squash, ginger and turmeric, cucumbers and zucchini, herbs, cooking greens, root veggies, and ALL. THAT. JAAAAAAZZ! Also – Members of the Chicago cast and crew – order on this page and select next rehearsal/show delivery to CCT. CHICAGO (musical comedy) continues THIS WEEKEND and next at CCT! Shows are selling out! ARTfarmers on stage and in the live orchestra! WHOOPIE!!
Join our scheduled shop-n-pickup on Saturday afternoon (we’re spacing our shoppers out with pre-reserved pickup times: Click to sign up below for one of 42 pickup timeslots, which will reserve your basic order and give you early dibs on the extra items we have with short wait times, for Saturday starting at 11am!) If you missed this signup, feel free to JUST SHOW UP on Saturday at 12:30pm and we’ll fit you in for tomatoes and extras – PLUS we’ll be open Monday and Wednesday next week. Detailed instructions, and questions answered HERE if you’re new. Welcome!
Click here for info on ARTfarm volunteering! Weed, schlepp, spin salad, split seedlings meditatively at a shady table, hoe and rake yourself a sweaty six-pack! Or deliver our produce to local restaurants!
ARTfarm NEEDS:
• a Linoleum Flooring Person! ARTfarm’s new processing center, funded in part by a grant from World Central Kitchen, is a 40 foot (retired) insulated shipping container getting a retrofit as walk-ins and indoor/outdoor workspace. We’re looking for help with installing vinyl sheet flooring, if you know someone with experience installing this waterproof material please send them our way! We are SO CLOSE to being done.
• ON-FARM VOLUNTEERS. Brisk farm workouts or zen seated handwork in peaceful breezy nature available: We’re looking for volunteers (non smoke/vapers). Luca could use a hand even if it’s only for two hours at a time. We have a range of activities for all abilities/fitness levels, including full-body cardio activities, and zen mellow seated-in-the-shade options. You’ll learn about regenerative organic farming practices, market gardening, construction and/or food prep. Could convert to part-time employment depending on skills, uptake and efficiency. Read HERE about the experience of volunteering at ARTfarm!
Support agriculture and scenic farmland in the US Virgin Islands: buy produce directly from farmers. Hop down to the South Shore and see Farmer Luca!
Farmshare choices for Saturday, February 17th, 2024:
We will have 42 timeslots/farmshares available for scheduled pickup Saturday. You can also order and specify a neighbor, friend or family member to pick up your order and theirs. The minimum order is one farmshare, and you can order more than one farmshare. At the farmstand, you can choose from remaining add-on extras and we’ll total your order. We require a minimum farmshare purchase because we are chronically understaffed and need to keep farmstand hours brief; but we’ll do our best to make substitutions as needed; we want you to be happy!
LARGE veggie lover farmshare, $41, will include:
- 2 bags of SWEET salad mix
- 1 bag of teen ARUgula
- 1 lb. TOMATOES (slicer/heirloom mix)
- 1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
- 1 lb. CUCUMBERS
MEDIUM cukeyzukey farmshare, $22, will include:
- 1 bag of SWEET salad mix
- 1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
- 1 lb. ZUCCHINI
- 1 lb. CUCUMBERS
SMALL semispicy cherry farmshare, $16, will include:
- 1 bag SPICY/SWEET (blend!) salad mix
- 1 pint CHERRY tomatoes
TOMATO seconds farmshare, $7, will include:
- 2 lbs. SECONDS TOMATOES (make salsa, discounted 2 lb. bag)
Extra Add-Ons (non-reservable)
(No reservations on these items, they are all first come first served during your pickup slot):
early birds:
- CHERRY TOMATOES
- HEIRLOOM and SLICER tomatoes
- LETTUCE heads
- CARROTS
- baby BOK CHOY
- baby GINGER and baby TURMERIC
- HOT PEPPERS
plenty:
- SWEET salad mix
- SPICY salad mix
- CUCUMBERS
- ZUCCHINI
- BUTTERNUT squash
- Chinese CABBAGE – purple and green
- crunchy mild baby salad TURNIPS with green tops, $3/bunch
- pink French breakfast RADISHES with green tops, $3/bunch
- assorted COOKING GREENS
- GREEN BEANS
- assorted HERBS bunches: $2 each
Herbs for this distribution
(Available as EXTRAS)
- Italian (Genovese) basil
- Thai basil
- Lemon basil
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Kaffir lime leaves
- Lemongrass
- small leaf OREGANO
- Scallions!!
Please contact us immediately by text and/or phone at (340) 514-4873 if you have reserved a farmshare and cannot pick it up. Supply is limited, demand is extremely high and someone else will gladly purchase your share, if given enough time to respond. We have limited time for distributions and they are scheduled. Our produce is harvested fresh and needs to go home with you same day. This is an honor system since we are not collecting payment until pickup. We do not have cold storage for uncollected shares.
The signup form will show you a “Thank You” page and send you a confirmation email if submitted successfully. If you don’t find it, please check your spam/junk, inbox tabs, and ‘All Mail’ folders for the confirmation email, as this has been a common problem for several customers and with a little searching they typically find it. (And then, add us to your address book!) For more tips, visit our Help page.
Need help with the pre-order signup form? (Click here):
Q: I can’t seem to order more than one item.
A: We have designed our order form limit any one customer from cleaning us out. Sharing is caring. If you’d like extra of something (beyond what you could reserve through our order system), put it in the comments with your order, and remind us at your pickup time: if we can supply it to you we’ll do our best. If you are in the food service industry and looking for bulk availability, please contact us; our order form is for individuals and families to place a single order for a scheduled pickup.
Q: My order isn’t going through.
- if the automated confirmation email is not immediately found, check your spam folder and the ‘all mail’ folder
- make sure all required fields are filled/selected
- just try again
- use a cellular device (smartphone or tablet) that isn’t using WiFi internet
- restart your browser/device
- clear your cache and cookies in your browser/device
- reboot your router (unplug it for a minute and plug in again)
- visit our “help” page for additional tips
Q: The form says I didn’t enter my email, but I did.
Our pre-order form requires everyone to type their email in twice, and makes sure the two match exactly. We had a lot of customers in such a rush to get their order in that they’d spell their own email incorrectly and then complain that they could not find the confirmation email. Our ‘type it in twice’ system ensures that you’ll find any email mistakes before you submit the pre-order form.
Q: I ordered before, but I’m not getting your emails.
Our pre-order form does NOT automatically sign you up for an ARTfarm email subscription. Do that HERE!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 