Our mango-orange hued watermelons are ready! Also dragonfruit, an assortment of mangoes still, and some salad greens and cukes! Come out and enjoy! And ask about volunteering on the farm.
Delicious orangey-yellow watermelons at ARTfarm
(Most of our mangoes are smaller this year with the drier conditions which creates an extra intense flavor and sweetness)
Plenty
Watermelon (orange inside! So sweet and cooling!)
Dragonfruit (bright red inside! Put your white cotton shirt away!)
Valencia Pride mangoes (popular variety with elongated shape and bright flavor)
Viequen Butterball mangoes
Haitian kidney mangoes
Mallika mango (tastes like a super sweet and creamy orange, one of Luca’s favorites)
Alphonso mangoes (popular Indian variety)
Carrie mangoes (too delicate for stores)
Turmeric
Early Birds
Sweet salad mix
Japanese cucumbers
First come first served! Grateful for your support of our family farm! See you Wednesday 5-6pm!
Delicious varieties of ARTfarm mangoes! Stay sweet people! Stay sweet!
Farmer Luca will be open 5 to 6 pm Wednesday at the farm with lots of goodies, especially for the early birds… Sweet mix for everybody, veggies and fruit. Enjoy!
ARTfarm sweet lettuce mix contains six to eight varieties of green and red leaf lettuces. Biodiversity helps prevent crop failure and gives us different micronutrients for good health! Mix it up!
Hey folks, despite the wetness and rain Farmer Luca will be open 5 to 6 this afternoon with lots of goodies, veggies and watermelon. Enjoy!
Ravishing Radishes – They grow faster than the bugs can keep up with! The crunchy bottoms can be eaten raw (peppery) or used as a root vegetable cooked (mild). The tops are more nutritious than the root, and can be used as salad or cooking greens. Some folks make smoothies with them! Don’t waste an inch of this mighty veggie! We love them sliced thin in oil and vinegar with a pinch of salt.
The farmstand will be first come first served Wednesday, 5-6pm. Tomatoes, salad greens, veggies, herbs. Full list below. No reservations. We recommend coming about halfway or later through the hour if you would like a shorter line. We really appreciate your support. We’re gonna stop doing Saturdays for a bit here. Thank you.
Links and information on the fire recovery are available HERE.
Huge thanks to the ARTfarm volunteers, fellow farmers, former employees, customers, neighbors and friends who helped fight the brushfire on March 30th that burned 80% of the farm. Kind people dropped off meals, picked up our grocery tab, and performed other kindnesses in the following days.
Superhero ARTfarm volunteers heading out at sunset after an afternoon helping
The fire destroyed a lot of pasture fencing, irrigation pipe and plastic water tanks, some crops and fruit trees, a few livestock, and a storage shed. Volunteers who want to come out and continue to assist can help: assess damage, repair and clear fence lines this weekend again on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 4pm to 6pm. No tobacco users please, and bring your own water, mask, sturdy shoes and gloves, loppers and hand saws, chainsaws, pole saws if you have them. The air quality is good now. You can text us if you think you’re going to attend. It has been a small and steady group of helpers.
Plenty for All
Sweet salad mix
Tomatoes – slicers, heirlooms and cherries
Yams
Early Birds
Cucumbers
Pumpkin
Bunched arugula
French breakfast radishes with green tops
Chinese cabbage
Kale
Baby bok choy
Baby turmeric
Carrots with green tops (for juicing if you like)
Green and red hot peppers
Sweet frying peppers
Italian basil
Thai basil
Cilantro
Dill
Parsley
Scallions
Kaffir lime leaves
We appreciate you all! See ya Wednesday 5 – 6pm!
Getting to the end of the season, but these beauties are still sweet and delicious. Come and get ‘em!
ARTfarm on St. Croix, USVI 