Basil, beans and early carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes from Cornwall

There’s a cracking combination of home-grown local produce in this week’s Cornish veg boxes! Mark Norman is our lead grower at Camel CSA. He also grows some vegetables for us on his smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin.

In all boxes:-
*basil
*cucumbers
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*salad leaves
*spring onions
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes – ‘Estima’ (Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:-
*young carrots – ‘Early Nantes’
*Swiss chard
*calabrese (Mark Norman)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

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Cucumbers and courgettes in Camel CSA’s weekly boxes

A number of this week’s fabulous selection of vegetables come from our lead grower Mark Norman’s own smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin. Mark’s providing more for the boxes this year, as well as working two days a week for Camel CSA. This is great news as he cultivates to exactly the same organic principles.

In all boxes:-
*cucumbers
*mixed salad leaves
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new turnips (CSA / Mark Norman)
*green onions (Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
*new potatoes – ‘Rocket’ (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*young beetroot
*red dessert gooseberries

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Strawberries and asparagus in our veg boxes this week

This week we have strawberries from Mitchell Fruit Garden to brighten up our day!

In all boxes:-
*cucumber
*salad leaves
*chard
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
new potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-*parsley
*French beans
spring greens (Growfair)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

New potatoes in our veg boxes this week

After a long cold winter and wet spring, at last we have new potatoes in our boxes this week.  Grown by our lead grower Mark Norman on his smallholding in Bodmin.

In all the boxes:-
*broad beans
*peas
*salad bags
*spring onions
*new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
asparagus (St Enodoc Asparagus)

Standard boxes also have:-
*turnips
*spinach/chard
*baby carrots

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg carefully.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Broad beans and Cornish asparagus in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

So much tasty young spring produce to share this week in our vegetable boxes from north Cornwall.

In all the boxes:-
*broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*turnips
Cornish asparagus (St Enodoc Asparagus)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
*peas in pod
*rhubarb
*Swiss chard

Radishes in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We have such zingy homegrown spring produce in this week’s vegetable boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*rainbow chard
*parsley
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*rhubarb
*spring greens
onions (Restharrow)

Wild garlic and radishes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Spring has finally sprung! Our volunteer picking and packing team have been foraging wild garlic leaves to go in this week’s veg boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*wild garlic (foraged locally)
*radish bunch
*spring onions
*bean sprouts
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*parsley
*rainbow chard
leeks (Restharrow)

Red Russian kale in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

Coriander and parsley in our weekly veg boxes

In all the boxes:-
*coriander or *parsley (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
swede (Restharrow)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
carrots (Total Produce)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce.

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Polytunnels protect Camel CSA’s salad leaves in the cold

It’s a good thing some of our veg is grown in the shelter of the polytunnels!

In all the boxes:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
*oriental salad leaves (Camel CSA)
*turnips (Camel CSA)
*bay leaves (Camel CSA)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard (Camel CSA)
*baby leeks (Camel CSA)
crab apple and chilli jelly (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce.

Try more than 350 ways of preparing vegetables on the recipes page on our website.