Tag: spring

posts between March 21st and June 21st

ARTfarm Wednesday, 3–6 p.m. Farmers Gotta Dance!

Photo bomb this afternoon with local LOCAL chefs Digby Stridiron and Eddie McNamara! Rocking yet another private chef gig! These foodies are on fire! 20140521-140451-50691618.jpg
For all you private PRIVATE, local LOCAL chef/customers out there, we offer 3–6 today, grown organically right here on the South Shore: Sweet salad mix, microgreens, arugula, kale, collards, sweet potato greens, carrots, bodhi (yard long) beans, onions, tomatoes, figs, bananas, papayas, passionfruit, lemongrass, lemon basil, Italian basil, recao, garlic chives, and thyme! Buy yourself a little thyme!

Also for sale today, tickets for Friday and Saturday nights’ Caribbean Dance Company performances! Both nights start at 7 PM at the air-conditioned Complex auditorium (across the street from UVI). For a $15 donation, enjoy performances from adorable and fiercely talented students and professional company members! This is a fantastic, family-friendly arts celebration of culture and community practically unrivaled on the island! Several members of our ARTfarm family will be performing, so come and see if you can pick out some of your favorite farmers and fellow ARTfarm customers on the stage Friday or Saturday night! Plus: Zombie Ballet from Kemit Amon-Lewis! Do not miss this!

ARTfarm Almost-summer Joy, 10 AM – 12 noon! Fresh fish and sweet corn

A Saturday of plenty at ARTfarm… Is it February? All the beautiful rain from last week has really caused some plant productivity. Microgreens, sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula, teen arugula, lots of beautiful crispy kale, collards, super tender greens, carrots, all four types of basil, chives, thyme, mint, onions, beets, sweet corn, scallions, figs, papaya, ginger, zinnias, passionfruit, pineapple, long beans, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, bread from Tess, eggs from Marti Gotts, fresh caught fish from Ryan and Kim!!20140517-091022.jpg

ARTfarm WEDNESDAY open rain or shine: SWEET CORN people!

Famous last words from Farmer Luca: “We’re NOT going to run out of sweet corn today!”

Come and get your mid week fresh vegetable fix from ARTfarm, open today, 3–6 p.m., rain or shine: Macrogreens, sweet salad mix, teen spicy salad mix, arugula (bagged for salad and large bunched for cooking/pesto), collards, kale, Italian basil, Thai basil, holy basil, lemon basil, lemongrass, garlic chives, recao, tarragon, thyme, freshly harvested beets with nice leafy tops, carrots, onions with pretty and tasty green tops, radishes, passionfruit, papaya, pineapple, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, a giant pile of sweet corn, chili peppers. 20140514-113623.jpg Come and pick up some beautiful fresh herbs to make a cozy, rainy day cup of bush tea for yourself and your loved ones!

ARTfarm OPEN in the rain! 10 AM – 12 noon! Mother’s Day fresh local flowers!

Ahhh, the glorious rain! We’ve been waiting so long for this. Mother Nature is nurturing our fields with beautiful rain. We want to make a special thank you today to all the wonderful nurturing female forces in our lives who help keep this farm running, raise offspring, and provide creative inspiration through the feminine mystique.

As always, we are open rain or shine. The specials today are lots of flowers for Mother’s Day, and more of that beautiful sweet corn! Starting at 10 AM for you:

Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, microgreens, iArugula2 (bunched), sweet corn, garlic chives, radishes, radicchio, hot peppers, gorgeous beets with their tops, carrots, kale, broccoli leaves, radicchio, cherry tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, carrots, cilantro, lemon basil, holy basil, Italian basil, recao, epazote, mint, rosemary, passionfruit, eggs from Ali, beautiful artisanal fresh loaves of bread from Tess, and fruity coconut-based ice cream from I-Sha.

There will be a smidge of pineapple for the early birds. If you love your mother, you’ll get there by 10am! 😉20140510-084020.jpg