Volunteers help with harvest at Camel CSA

We need every little bit of help to transport harvested veg from our relocation site at Treraven Farm to the packing shed at St Kew Highway – even in a tiny Smart car! All achieved thanks to this week’s picking and packing volunteers – Lucy, Jane, Danny, Charlotte and Claire.

What’s in all the boxes:
*mixed chard
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumbers
*beetroot
*basil (bonus item)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*aubergine / green pepper
*mixed salad leaves
*runner beans

*= grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly. Veg grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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Tuscan kale in Camel CSA’s vegetable boxes

The cavolo nero (Tuscan kale) in this week’s veg boxes is flavourful and full of health-boosting nutrients. It has a lighter, sweeter flavour than other varieties of kale and is best lightly cooked or used raw in salads.

What’s in all the boxes:
*cavolo nero (Tuscan kale)
*fennel bulb
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*basil (bonus item)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*green pepper
*mixed salad leaves
*runner beans

*= grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly. Veg grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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Yellow French beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Such a wonderful share of the harvest for our CSA members this week! We have yellow French beans and tomatoes as well as the first of the runner beans and green peppers. Our lead grower Mark Norman is continuing to supply us with courgettes from his own no-dig smallholding just outside Bodmin.

What’s in all the boxes:
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*cucumbers
*rainbow chard
*red Russian kale
*calabrese or beetroot
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

First of the tomatoes in our veg boxes

Suddenly we’ve got so much summer abundance on our field and in the polytunnels!

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*French beans or peas in pod
*cucumbers
*beetroot or turnips
*mixed salad leaves
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*courgettes (Mark Norman)
early potatoes ‘Accord’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Peas and beans in our veg boxes

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*rainbow chard
*bunched carrots / beetroot
*cucumbers / French beans
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*onions
*courgettes (Mark Norman)
early potatoes ‘Accord’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Blackcurrants in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Our lead grower Mark Norman is continuing to share the crops he cultivates on on his own smallholding just outside Bodmin when he’s not working for us on our main site at Treraven Farm,Wadebridge.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*blackcurrants
*mixed salad leaves
*cucumber
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*spring onions (CSA / Mark Norman)
*courgettes (Mark Norman)
early potatoes ‘Accord’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

So much veg in this week’s pick

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What’s in all the boxes this week:
*mixed salad leaves
*green onions or spring greens
*parsley
*cabbage or calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*cucumber / courgettes (CSA / Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
*2nd early potatoes ‘Kestrel’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*beetroot
*carrots or turnips
*peas / broad beans (CSA / Mark Norman)

*= grown to organic principles.
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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Cornucopia of veg in Camel CSA’s weekly boxes

We all have a even bigger ‘lucky dip’ in our share of the harvest this week. Let’s hope it adds yet more thrills to your veg box Friday!

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*wet green elephant garlic
*mixed salad leaves
*alfalfa sprouts
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
early potatoes ‘Maris Peer’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*garlic scapes
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*can of British-grown carlin peas or fava beans (Hodmedod’s)

Standard boxes have three items and small have two from this list:
*rainbow chard

*carrots
*beetroot
*peas in pod
*cucumber
*cabbage
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman)

*broad beans (Mark Norman)

*courgettes (Mark Norman)

Lucky dip in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

The unusual climate conditions in the UK during May have confused every living creature and plant – including our vegetables. Polytunnel crops have had to cope with the sunniest May on record (and one of the warmest) while outdoor crops have suffered from the severe lack of rain that followed the wettest February. Some of our vegetables have been held back, others have put on unexpected growth spurts.

It’s proving extremely challenging for our growers. So we have a lot of ‘lucky dips’ (either / or) in the weekly share-out to ensure zero waste. All we can say: we hope it adds excitement to veg box Friday!

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*peas or broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*green onions or spring onions 
*cabbage or calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
tin of British red haricot beans (Hodmedod’s)
*new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*courgettes or cucumber or parsley
*carrots or beetroot or rainbow chard
*wet green garlic (Mark Norman)

*= grown to organic principles.
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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Peas or broad beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

There’s so much to much to harvest and share out at the moment. We’re so grateful to our volunteer picking and packing team.

Once again in the veg boxes we have some vegetables grown exclusively for us by our lead grower Mark Norman on his own smallholding outside Bodmin.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*peas or broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*turnips or chard
*kohlrabi or spring onions or beetroot
*spring greens (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*wet green garlic (Mark Norman)
*new potatoes ‘Rocket’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*carrots
*gooseberries
*wet green elephant garlic (Ann Smith, Burlawn)

*= grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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