Superfood kale in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Our picking team got a soaking in the wind and rain as they harvested kale for the veg boxes this week.

In all the veg boxes:-
*kale –  ‘Red Russian‘ or  ‘Cottager’s
*garlic
*swede
*onions
cauliflower (*Camel CSA / Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*spinach or chard
*Brussels sprouts

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

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Uchiki Kuri squash in Camel CSA’s Cornish veg boxes

We’ve now reached the time of year when we start buying in veg again from other local growers. The proportion varies from week to week, depending on what’s available on our two sites.

Mark Norman leads Camel CSA’s growing team and also supplies us with veg grown to organic principles from his own smallholding in Bodmin. The Hore family at Restharrow Farm on the Camel Estuary supply us with additional brassicas and root vegetables up to the end of spring. They don’t grow organically, but we have full confidence in their traditional growing methods.

Surprisingly, there are no wholesale suppliers of organic vegetables grown in Cornwall. When we asked our members they told us they’d rather we bought in veg cultivated locally by people we know than organic veg grown outside the county (or even the UK) and transported long distances.

In all the veg boxes:-
*squash ‘Uchiki Kuri’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*kale – curly
*onions
*leeks (Mark)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
parsnips (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*peppers – green
*cabbage ‘Tundra’
*turnips

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

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Best-ever annual Apple Day at Camel CSA

Red cabbages in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Grower Mark has to use a saw to harvest our gigantic red cabbages as the stems are so thick!

In all the veg boxes:-
*red cabbage
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*chillies
*aubergine
*red onions
*russet apples (Haywood Farm Cider, St Mabyn)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*chard
*peppers – red and green

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

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Gourmet Bonbon squash in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Such autumn bounty in this week’s veg boxes. Bonbon squash has thick orange flesh with a sweet ‘bonbon’ flavour and creamy texture full of vitamin A. Yum!

In all the veg boxes:-
*’Bonbon’ squash
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*peppers – red and green
*garlic
*red onions
*red Russian kale
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

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

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

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Come to our Apple Day at Treraven Farm on 6 October

Come and have fun at our annual Apple Day event at Treraven Farm on Sunday 6 October 10 am – 1 pm.

• Join in chopping, crushing and pressing the apples
• Enjoy a glass (or more) of delicious fresh apple juice
• Bring a small container to take your share away
• Meet the team and see the lovely veg we’re growing
• Find out more about our relocation to Treraven Farm

Please consider leaving your car in Wadebridge. It’s an easy walk to Treraven Farm via the public footpath from the Camel Trail at Guineaport. Or you can cycle via Trevanion Road and Treraven Lane. See MAP

If you’ve got access to apple trees and would like to donate some fruit for juicing please contact us at info@camel-csa.org.uk

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Parisian carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Parisian carrots are a miniature heritage variety shaped like golf balls, which are a gourmet treat in France. They’re best scrubbed gently and eaten raw. Children love them!

We also have the last of the sweetcorn in our boxes and the very last of the courgettes and patty pan squash grown for us all season by our head grower Mark Norman on his smallholding at Bodmin.

In all the veg boxes:-
*Parisian carrots
*sweetcorn
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*fennel bulb
*parsley
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*French beans or runner beans
*calabrese or red Russian kale

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

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Bountiful harvest in our weekly veg boxes

It’s time to… move our solar panels to Treraven Farm

Our friends at ZLC Energy have relocated Camel CSA’s off-grid solar energy system to our new site at Treraven Farm. Big thanks to Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network – WREN which donated the funds to move the panels and install a solar storage battery.

Extraordinary tomato and aubergine harvest

In all the veg boxes:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*basil
*sweetcorn
*French beans or runner beans
red or green cabbage (Camel CSA / (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*beetroot – chioggia
*red onions
*courgettes or patty pan squash (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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