Awesome abundance in our weekly veg boxes

In all the veg boxes:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*French beans
*basil
*fennel bulb
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin|)
*green pepper
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*cucumber
*runner beans
*baby carrots

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

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Loads of tomatoes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

So many lovely tomatoes to share among our veg box members this week – a whole kilo each!

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin|)
*cucumber
*runner beans
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans
*green peppers
*mixed salad leaves

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

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Patty pan squash in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

These delightful flying saucer-shaped ‘White Custard’ patty pan squash are a free bonus item in the veg boxes again this week. Our lead grower Mark Norman cultivates them on his No Dig plot outside Bodmin.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*aubergine and tomatoes
*basil
*cucumber
*mixed salad leaves
*spring onions
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans or runner beans
*green peppers
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

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

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It’s time to… carry on constructing the polytunnel

Brilliant work party volunteers sweated through the heat to work on our second polytunnel at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge. Enormous thanks to growers Mark and Jane plus Charlotte, Danny, Finn, Fiona, John and Venetia who dug trenches for the cover, constructed door frames and  cut the grass around the site.

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Basil in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*basil
*tomatoes or aubergine (Camel CSA) or courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin / Ann Smith, Burlawn)
*French beans or peas in pod
*mixed salad leaves
*green onions
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*cucumbers
*French beans – green or purple
*kohlrabi

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

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It’s time to… sow brassica seeds and prick out parsley seedlings

Baby carrots in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

A grand mix of local produce in our veg boxes this week. Thanks to growers Mark and Bridget and volunteer picking & packing team members Charlotte, Danny, Jane, Janet and Max.

We’ve all got a jar of crab apple and chilli jelly as a special treat. An extra big thanks to Camel CSA volunteer Jane Indge who made it for us. We produce preserves like this in the autumn to store and put in the boxes during the ‘hungry gap’.

In all the boxes:-
*baby carrots (Camel CSA)
*crab apple and chilli jelly (Camel CSA)
kale (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick) Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
purple sprouting broccoli (Total Produce)
potatoes – ‘Wilja‘ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*spinach (Camel CSA)
*heritage beetroot (Camel CSA)
*Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

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

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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.

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

Neeps in Camel CSA’s veg boxes for Burns Night

It’s Burns Night this Thursday 25 January so the packing team has made sure we’ve all got “neeps” in our weekly veg boxes. If you’re celebrating Robert Burns’ birthday we hope you enjoy your Burns Supper of haggis and bashed neeps and chappit (mashed) tatties. And don’t forget to have a wee dram of whisky!

In all our veg boxes this week:-
*sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA)
neep (swede) (Restharrow Farm,Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
cauliflower  (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Electra’ (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*parsley (Camel CSA)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all vegetables carefully.

Try these upmarket ways of preparing neeps on the recipes page on our website:-
Spiced creamy swede
A cake of swede and potato

Frisee/curly green endive in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Do you call it frisee or curly green endive? Like tomayto or tomahto, you takes your choice!

Frisee/curly green endive leaves are excellent scattered in a mixed green salad. This week we’ve all got a whole one. We’ve grown an awful lot of them, that’s why. Something to do with the Cornish weather.

Bridget, one of our growers, has come up with this delicious dish – frisee and panchetta with spaghetti.