Tag: salad greens

ARTfarm Saturday Sweet Salad Mix PopUp Farmstand! 8/1/2026, 10:30 – 11:30 AM

Summertime is often a time of drought on St. Croix. We are in a level three drought in July-August 2026.

I hope everyone enjoyed that huge buck harvest moon this week. Despite the drought, select irrigation continues and we’ve got a few productive green patches on the farm.

We’ll be open SATURDAY 10:30am to 11:30am, and Farmer Luca will be there with summer salad sweet mix, fruits, flowers and more! Check the list below for all the details!

We’ll see you Saturday 8/1/26 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Pineapple slips for planting
  • Sweet salad mix
  • Turmeric

Early Birds

  • Kafir lime leaves
  • Pomegranates
  • Key limes
  • Cheerful cut zinnia flowers
Pomegranate is a superfood. Ours are pink, sweet and juicy with soft seeds.

See you Saturday August 1st, 2026, starting at 10:30AM!

As always we appreciate your support of our small farm! xoxo, Farmer Christina

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon PopUp Farmstand: 6/3/2026, 4:30PM – 5:30PM – tons of SALAD GREENS!

Pineapples are popping in the pasture gardens! Get some of these sweeties while you can!

Fresh salad greens available for Wednesday June 3rd 2026! It’s also pineapple and mango time! Dry, hot and windy conditions persist at the farm so most veggie production is at a low point at this time of year for us on the South Shore. We do our best to keep a closed loop system by not purchasing water. So come out for salad greens NOW from previous rains. We’ll also have hot peppers, herbs and lime leaves! First come first serve.

Plenty

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Pineapples
  • Mangoes, including Carrie, Viequen Butterball, Nam doc mai, Malika, and Jakarta types

Early Birds

  • Hot peppers
  • Italian basil
  • Kafir lime leaves

We had a soil scientist checking out our composting program recently. He was excited about our mix of water hyacinth (aka water lettuce, grows in our ponds with fine and plentiful water roots that pick up sediment and algae) and chicken manure. After it’s composted, millipedes ‘finish’ it. We’ll be working to produce more of this black gold for the crops this coming season!

The 2026 summer mangoes are starting up at ARTfarm! From trees that Luca and Christina planted just after when the training pen had her first micro flock of sheep in it. The trees are producing beautifully after the 2017 hurricane set them back.

There’s a few volunteers working on a carpentry project and Farmer Luca could use more help in the gardens.

We’ll see you Wednesday 6/3/26 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM!

Five hair sheep pastured with electric netting at ARTfarm.
Christina’s first five hair sheep pastured with electric netting in the training pen at ARTfarm back in 2011. Now a mango orchard! Always growing, always changing.

See you Wednesday June 3rd 2026, starting at 4:30PM!

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Farmstand: 5/27/2026, 4:30PM – 5:30PM

The 2026 summer mangoes are starting up at ARTfarm! From trees that Luca and Christina planted just after when the training pen had her first micro flock of sheep in it. The trees are producing beautifully after the 2017 hurricane set them back.

Summer’s almost here! It’s pineapple time! Dry and windy conditions persist at the farm with occasional showers. No more regular Saturdays for a bit so slide in on a WEDNESDAY to the ARTfarm farmstand. Limited quantities on salad mixes for Wednesday customers, plus papayas, a few early mangoes, hot peppers, herbs and limes!

We are continuing to grow salad and we’re trying a bed of cucumbers and watermelon with new techniques. Results are looking promising. Dragonfruit are budding again.

Pineapples are popping! Get some of these sweeties while you can!

There’s a few volunteers working on a carpentry project and Farmer Luca could use more help in the gardens.

We’ll see you Wednesday 5/27/26 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM!

First come, first served:

Sweet and spicy salad mix

Pineapples

Papaya

Hot peppers

Mangoes:

Carrie (creamy, sweet with a slight tang)

Butterball

Nam doc mai

And a few Malika

Scallions

Italian basil

Lemongrass

Kafir lime leaves

Five hair sheep pastured with electric netting at ARTfarm.
Christina’s first five hair sheep pastured with electric netting in the training pen at ARTfarm back in 2011. Now a mango orchard! Always growing, always changing.

See you Wednesday May 27th 2026, starting at 4:30PM!

ARTfarm Wednesday Afternoon Mini Farmstand: 5/6/2026, 4:30PM – 5PM

We named this mango the ‘Viequen Butterball’ for its size, sweet mellowness and lack of fiber. Tita would bring us these mangoes.

Summer’s coming! No more regular Saturdays for a bit so slide in on a WEDNESDAY to the ARTfarm farmstand. Just 30 minutes this week, so don’t miss it! Once again, lots of sweet and spicy/sweet salad mixes for Wednesday customers, plus treats for early birds including a few early mangoes, fennel, a few slicer cherry and heirloom tomatoes, hot and mild peppers, herbs and limes, snacking sweet carrots and cut flowers! Plus more!

Volunteers are welcome to help us clear out and tidy gardens for summer rest times. Pineapples are also coming ripe in the near future.

We’ll see you Wednesday 5/6/26 from 4:30PM to 5PM! First come, first served.

Plenty

  • Sweet salad mix
  • Spicy Sweet salad mix
  • Kaffir limes and leaves
  • Green (mild) and red chili peppers (hottest) and green jalapeños (mild)

Early Birds

  • Butterball mangoes (limited)
  • Fennel
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Slicer and Heirloom tomatoes – mixed bags
  • Papayas
  • Scallions
  • French breakfast radishes with green tops
  • White salad turnips with green tops
  • Italian, Thai, and Lemon basil
  • Lemongrass
Late afternoon in the ARTfarm gardens. Hills are drying up as spring approaches. The pineapple plants are reaching full growth.

See you Wednesday May 6th 2026, starting at 4:30PM!