It’s time to… clear some beds in the polytunnels

Camel CSA’s professional growers – Bridget and Mark N – have been picking and clearing the last of the peas and broad beans in the polytunnels to make way for more tomatoes and cucumbers.

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It’s time to… plant out tomatoes and cucumbers

Camel CSA’s growing team are in the middle of a big rush to plant out more salad crops started in our small seeding tunnel.
Aubergines, peppers and chillis are to go next to tomatoes and cucumbers being planted in succession in the big polytunnels.
Basil, radishes, lettuce and flat-leaved parsley are already cropping well.

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It’s time to… Sow, plant, grow, sow, plant, grow, sow, p..

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It’s time to… plant out calabrese and sow French beans

We’ve also been planting out leaf beet, cauliflower and cabbage, with spring onions, salad leaves and beetroot to follow. Other outdoor sowings include parsnips, peas, carrots and three varieties of leek.

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Tasty spring turnips in our vegetable boxes this week

This week small and standard boxes will have:
* turnips (Camel CSA)
* radishes (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)
* salad leaves (Camel CSA)
potatoes (Newquay Fruit Sales)
cauliflower (Newquay Fruit Sales)
leeks (Newquay Fruit Sales)
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes will also get:
* broad beans or peas (Camel CSA)
* chard (Camel CSA)
* spring greens (Camel CSA)
extra potatoes
extra rhubarb

* = grown to organic principles

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Wonderful selection in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

Our growing team had to take emergency measures to prop up our tomato canes last weekend. The plants are growing so luxuriantly they’re proving hard to keep upright. The aubergines, peppers and chillies are also looking very lush. And as for the sweetcorn…

All Camel CSA’s veg boxes this week will have: -
* tomatoes (Camel CSA) 
* sweet peppers (Camel CSA)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* salad bag – lettuce, mustard, rocket, pak choi (Camel CSA)
* basil (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* cabbage (Camel CSA)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will also have: -
extra potatoes
* French beans (St Kew Harvest)
* celery (St Kew Harvest)
* courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* parsley (Camel CSA)  

* = grown to organic principles

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Fresh Cornish tomatoes in Camel CSA’s weekly veg box

Our veg boxes are bursting with beautiful tomatoes cultivated on our plot in north Cornwall. Their flavour is particularly good this year. We cultivate them in our polytunnels alongside aubergines, sweet peppers, cucumbers, basil and chillies.

All Camel CSA’s veg boxes this week will have: -
* tomatoes (Camel CSA) 
* sweet peppers (Camel CSA)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA /Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* runner beans (Mark Norman)
* mixed salad bag – lettuce, mustard, rocket, pak choi (Camel CSA)
* onions / shallots (Camel CSA)
* kale (Camel CSA)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will also have: -
extra potatoes
* chard (Camel CSA)
* basil (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

* = grown to organic principles

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Lots of cucumbers in our weekly vegetable boxes

All Camel CSA’s veg boxes this week will have: -
* mixed salad bag – oak leaf lettuce, red mustard, rocket, pak choi (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* sweet peppers (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* celery (St Kew Harvest)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* Swiss chard / spinach (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes will also have: -
extra potatoes
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* runner beans (Mark Norman)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* basil / parsley (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

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Sign up for Camel CSA’s summer activities for children

We’re holding an exciting programme of fun-filled summer holiday workshops for children. Three different sets of activities aimed at 4-11-year-olds start on Wednesday 15 August.

The action-packed sessions are led by workshop leader Diana Barry, also Camel CSA’s treasurer.

Diana says: “We’re aiming to help children understand exactly where their food comes from in a fun way. They’ll get to touch, smell and taste a variety of vegetables on our plot. They’ll learn how to recognise them, how to sow and grow and also how compost is made.”

Each workshop will run from 11am – 2pm (including break) on our vegetable-growing site at St Kew Highway.  The cost for each child is £4, which includes art materials, squash/water and fruit/snacks.

Wednesday 15 August – COOL AS A CUCUMBER 
Tickle your taste buds! Try a variety of vegetables while blindfolded. Explore the site and discover about our environment during more hands-on fun activities

Thursday 23 August - WHAT’S ROTTING?
 Compost, marvellous compost! Examine it very closely and meet our specialists – the earthworms. Find out about the growth cycle of plants and how long it take for different things to decompose 

• Friday 24 August – READY, STEADY, GROW
Touch, feel and smell plants! Discover how to sow and grow. Learn how to take care of plants to make them grow strong and tall. Take your own plant home

Please note: parents and guardians must remain on site. Tea, coffee and other refreshments will be available for sale next door at St Kew Harvest farm shop.

Booking for the workshops is essential, please e-mail: info@camel-csa.org.uk. If you have any queries, please e-mail dbarry2904@gmail.com or phone Danny on 01208 895083

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Do you know anyone who can supply Camel CSA with freshly-picked carrots?

We need carrots! Unfortunately we haven’t got any carrots in this week’s veg boxes as we’ve used up all the indoor-grown crop.

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