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ARTfarm Saturday: fresh fish, sweet corn!

It’s your last chance to stock up for your Sunday brunch before they close the roads! Good luck to all our friends and customers racing tomorrow.

Come out and see us, 10am–12 noon this morning. We have sweet corn, and fresh fish for you today! Come out and see Ryan and Kim and get some mahi to throw on the grill!20140503-064427.jpgSweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, arugula, baby arugula, microgreens with purslane, macrogreens (bigger micro) with purslane, (purslane is an omega-rich, citrusy tasting wild succulent green), lettuce heads, kale, collards, broccoli greens, garlic chives, recao, basil, holy basil, lemon basil, thyme, mint, sweet corn, carrots, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, ginger, passionfruit, pineapple, bananas, key limes,
bread from Tess, raw local honey from Jolly Hill Apiary, vegan ice cream from I-Sha, and fresh caught local mahi from Ryan and Kim!

Wednesday ARTfarm stand, 3–6 p.m.

Power Food to fuel the beautiful machine that is your body: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, arugula, microgreens with purslane (a succulent, sweet and tart leaf full of vitamin C), macrogreens with purslane, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, garlic chives, sweet potato greens, onions, fresh ginger root, pineapples, figs, passionfruit, eggs, raw local honey and Mama’s vegan ice cream by I-Sha!

The triathletes are out in full force! You’ll see lots of them practicing the bike leg by the farm along the South Shore Road over the next few days in final preparation for Sunday’s race. It’s an especially important one for the ladies this year. Please be courteous when driving and give an extra brake. Let’s treat these much-appreciated visitors and local athletes with the respect they deserve! We are all on Crucian time here anyway, so let’s show them our island love please!

For Art Wednesday, here are some beautiful blooms, an installation piece by Mother Nature. Mixed media, titled “Bees Visit Lignum Vitae In Bloom”. Don’t forget Friday triathlon jump up, there will be lots of artists showing work in town!20140430-112618.jpg

ARTfarm Postseason Monday, 3–6 p.m.

Did anyone hear that wooshing sound about a week ago? It was the soft beating of the wings of the snowbirds taking off en masse and leaving St. Croix with its roadways practically deserted except for the triathletes.

It is that time of the year, as the sun burns brighter, the days grow longer and the nights hotter, when the farmstand lines at the ARTfarm are shortened, and we have lots and lots of delicious produce on Mondays.

Open today, 3–6 p.m.: Fresh pineapples! Super sweet papayas! Sweet corn! Passion fruit!

Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, collards, mustard greens, large bunched arugula, radicchio, broccoli leaves, carrots, onions, fresh ginger root, cilantro, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, dill, garlic chives, recao, epazote, mint, thyme, sage, rosemary, lemongrass, fennel, figs, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, pineapples, passionfruit, papayas, sweet corn. We also have vegan coconut-based ice cream from I-Sha, raw local honey from the Jolly Hill Apiary, and fresh local eggs, from Marti Gotts. 20140428-134322.jpg…did we mention, sweet, sweet, adorable fresh pineapples?

ARTfarm Saturday Farmstand

Sweet Saturday! Open 10 AM – 12 noon on the South Shore. Lots of goodies, despite the dry dry weather: Sweet salad mix, spicy salad mix, baby spicy salad mix, baby arugula, microgreens, kale, collards, mustard greens, large bunched arugula, radicchio, dandelion greens, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, broccoli leaves, Bodhi beans, carrots, beets, onions, fresh ginger root, cilantro, Italian basil, Thai basil, lemon basil, holy basil, dill, garlic chives, recao, epazote, mint, thyme, sage, rosemary, lemongrass, fennel, figs, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, pineapples, passionfruit, sweet corn, lettuce heads. We will also have vegan coconut-based ice cream from I-Sha, raw local honey from the Jolly Hill Apiary, and fresh local eggs, from Marti Gotts.

Lots of things are flowering (including our passionfruit vines) and the bees are going crazy! An eco-friendly way to get rid of a swarm of bees that are not desired in your home or yard is to call a beekeeper. They have special equipment and can remove the swarm safely to another location where they will happily continue to pollinate plants and make our world a sweeter and greener place. Purchase local honey, and you’ll always have the phone number of a nearby beekeeper right in your kitchen! 20140426-084259.jpg