Broad beans and peas in our Cornish veg boxes

There are bees everywher. We like to grow lots of pollinator-friendly annual flowers close to our vegetables as they encourage the right kind of insects. This year’s selection includes viper’s bugloss, English marigolds, feverfew, borage, cornflowers and foxgloves.

In all this week’s veg shares:-
*broad beans or *peas in pod (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new season beetroot
*rhubarb (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
*green onion(s)
*second early potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*radishes – ‘French breakfast’
*summer turnips or *kohlrabi
*wet green garlic or *cucumber

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

Such summer bounty in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

Glowing colours amid shades of red dominate the veg shares this week – radishes, rainbow chard, beetroot, strawberries. We have the very first of the cucumbers too.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*radishes – ‘French breakfast’
*broad beans or *peas in pod or *calabrese
*bag of salad leaves
*summer turnips or *kohlrabi
*new potatoes – ‘Casablanca’ or ‘Kestrel’
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*rhubarb chard or *cucumber
*beetroot
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Tender summer turnips in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Newly-harvested summer turnips are so delicious cooked or thinly sliced raw. They’re very underrated.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*summer turnips
*broad beans or *peas in pod or *spring onions
*whole lettuce
*new potatoes ‘Casablanca’
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*rhubarb chard
*wet garlic
*fenugreek sprouts

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Super-sized spring onions in our veg boxes

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*spring onions
*whole lettuce
*new-season turnips or *beetroot or *kohrabi
*broad beans or *can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
*new potatoes ‘Casablanca’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*spring greens or *carrots
*parsley
*green onion(s)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

We’re pioneering e-cargo bike veg box deliveries

It’s official – we’re the only business in Cornwall making regular use of an electric cargo bike for home deliveries. We’ve achieved this in partnership with bicycle couriers Mike Boucher and Damian Cudmore of Pedal My Cargo in Wadebridge. They deliver more than 30 veg boxes for us every Friday.

We continue to use an electric van for the remainder of our deliveries to pick-up points and homes in and around St Teath, Delabole, Port Isaac, Polzeath, St Minver, St Tudy, St Breward, St Mabyn and Bodmin.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*broad beans or *rhubarb
*calabrese
*spring greens
*mixed salad leaves
*green onion(s)
*purple-topped turnips
*new potatoes ‘Casablanca’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*calabrese or *carrots
*garlic scapes
can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Weekend workday volunteers repair polytunnel

A wonderful team of volunteers joined our weekend workday to tighten a polytunnel cover that got badly stretched when Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin hit us in February.

Broad beans and carrots in this week’s veg boxes

Such abundance! We’re also really glad to have the first of the Cornish strawberries, which come as usual from our friends Jeremy and Claudia Best at Mitchell Fruit Garden.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*broad beans or Chantenay carrots
*calabrese
*spring greens
*mixed salad leaves
*green onion(s)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*sprouted mung beans
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Beautiful spring produce in our veg boxes

Our volunteer picking and packing team made quick work of harvesting the spinach on Friday.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*spring greens
*’Little Gem’ lettuces
*broad beans or spring onions
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*spinach
*radishes
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Crisp crunchy radishes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

We’re justifiably proud of our teamwork! These ‘Cherry Belle’ radishes were lovingly cultivated by the growing gang and  harvested by our squad of pickers and packers.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*carrots (Organic North)
*beetroot (Organic North)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*broad beans
*Swiss chard
can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

First of the broad beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Standard boxes have the very first of the broad beans from the polytunnels and we look forward to plenty more in the weeks to come. We also have another ‘hungry gap’ special – yellow oyster mushrooms  from Forest Fungi in Devon.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*spring greens
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*bay leaves
*yellow oyster mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*broad beans or rhubarb
*mung bean sprouts
leeks (Trerair)

*  = grown to organic principles

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