Extreme weather events are becoming the norm

We keep saying this, but it is indeed a funny old growing season that’s giving us a great deal of uncertainty. Field crops like cavolo nero and carrots are doing really well while tomatoes in the polytunnel are yet to come fully on stream.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*cavolo nero (Tuscan kale)
*tomatoes
*basil
*carrots
*cucumber
*courgettes
*French beans – yellow ‘Orinoco’
*new potatoes

Harvesting vegetables in a howling Cornish gale

Our volunteers brought in this week’s harvest as Storm Evert raged across Cornwall. It’s been such a contrast to last week’s sweltering temperatures.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*cucumber
*courgettes
*lettuce
*French beans – yellow ‘Orinoco’
*mixed chard
*spring onions
*new potatoes

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In all the veg boxes this week:-
*peas in pod or broad beans or French beans
*salad leaves
*calabrese
*parsley
*rhubarb
*‘wet’ green garlic
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Peas and broad beans in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We’ve got some mouth-watering new-season veg in this week’s boxes cultivated by our awesome team of growers and volunteers.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*peas in pod or broad beans
*salad leaves
*mixed chard bunch
*spring onions
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
British-grown olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*‘wet’ green garlic or kohlrabi
*broad beans or peas in pod
*calabrese or spring cabbage

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

Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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New season carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

After one of the most difficult starts to the veg growing season in living memory we’re suddenly reaping the benefits of all our hard work.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*bunched carrots
*calabrese
*green onions
*podded peas or broad beans
*beetroot or kohlrabi
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*rhubarb chard
*mixed lettuce leaves
*parsley bunch

*= grown to organic principles.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

Please wash all produce thoroughly.

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Rainbow chard in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

What’s in all the veg boxes: –
*rainbow chard or *sprouted fenugreek seeds
*broad beans or *calabrese
*mixed salad leaves
*new-season white turnips or *baby beetroot
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*spring onions
*parsley
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

*= grown to organic principles.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

Please wash all produce thoroughly.

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Spring veggies in our weekly boxes

What’s in all the veg boxes: –
*broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*rhubarb (Camel CSA) or can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
cauliflower (Rest Harrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Lady Anna’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*new-season white turnips
*sprouted mung beans
onions (Rest Harrow)

*= grown to organic principles.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

Please wash all produce thoroughly.

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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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What’s in our weekly veg boxes?

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*mixed salad leaves
*parsley
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
asparagus bunch (St Enodoc Asparagus)
maincrop potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*broad beans or spring cabbage or radishes or chard
*tin of black carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
*onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

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

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