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

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

Broad bean tops in our veg boxes

All standard boxes have a delicious treat this week – broad bean tops! The tender leafy tops are delicious eaten raw in salads, steamed lightly or sauteed. They’re a great addition to pasta, frittata or quiche.

Broad bean plants are prone to attack from blackfly when they mature, but pinching out the non-flowering tops of the young plants ensures these pests are discouraged.

As the ‘hungry gap’ continues, we’ve also got beautiful Cornish cauliflowers from Trerair Farm in the boxes as well as organic British-grown dried lentils and canned carlin peas from Hodmedod’s.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*spring onions
*mixed salad leaves
*Shiitake mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*broad bean tops
*can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
swede (Trerair)

*  = grown to organic principles

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

Lots of green leaves in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

It’s a hive of activity on our site at Treraven Farm at this time of year. Our growers and volunteers are busy preparing indoor and outdoor veg beds and sowing or planting lots of salad leaves, ‘Little Gem’ lettuces, spring cabbage, peas, beetroot, spinach, spring onions, calabrese, turnip, radishes and carrots.

A total of 15 potato beds have been planted up with first and second earlies and dressed with our own lovely compost made from a mixture of green waste and woodchip.

In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*Swiss chard or perpetual spinach
*mixed salad leaves
*coriander
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks (Trerair)
can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*purple sprouting broccoli  or Red Russian kale
*radishes
*sprouted mung beans

*  = grown to organic principles

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