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Parisian carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes
Posted on September 20th, 2019 No commentsParisian 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 kaleWeekly veg boxes camel community supported agriculture, Camel CSA, cornwall, local food, Parisian carrots, seasonal food, st kew, vegetable boxes, wadebridge, weekly veg boxesBountiful harvest in our weekly veg boxes
Posted on September 13th, 2019 No commentsThere was a fabulous volunteer turnout to assist growers Mark and Bridget with picking and packing veg boxes on Friday. Big thanks to Anna, Charlotte, Craig, Darren, Fiona, Jane, Janet and Toby.
In all the veg boxes this week:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*parsley
*chard / spinach
*red onions
*mixed salad leaves
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard boxes also have:-
*carrot bunch
*French beans or runner beans
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin)All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
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Extraordinary tomato and aubergine harvest
Posted on September 6th, 2019 No comments
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
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Sweetcorn in Camel CSA’s veg boxes
Posted on August 30th, 2019 No commentsFresh, seasonal, local… such a wonderful veg harvest to share among our CSA members this week including the first of the sweetcorn.
In all the veg boxes:-
*sweetcorn
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*red onions
*French beans or runner beans
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard boxes also have:-
*fennel bulb
*green peppers
*mixed salad leavesAll produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
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Awesome abundance in our weekly veg boxes
Posted on August 18th, 2019 No commentsWe’re overflowing with veg this week, so everyone’s getting a bonus item – eight or 11 veg varieties in each box instead of the usual seven or 10. It’s exactly how community supported agriculture works – we share the feasts as well as the famines!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 carrotsAll produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
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Loads of tomatoes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes
Posted on August 11th, 2019 No commentsSo 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 leavesAll produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
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Patty pan squash in Camel CSA’s veg boxes
Posted on August 4th, 2019 No commentsThese 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
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It’s time to… carry on constructing the polytunnel
Posted on July 28th, 2019 No comments
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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Stupendous summer veg in our weekly boxes
Posted on July 27th, 2019 No commentsIn all the veg boxes this week:-
*aubergine
*green pepper or tomatoes
*cucumbers
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*French beans or runner beans or peas in pod
*mixed salad leaves
*red onions
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)Standard boxes also have:-
*carrots
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
*chardAll produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
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It’s time to… harvest the onions
Posted on July 23rd, 2019 No commentsBIG team effort to harvest and store the bumper onion crop, enough to fill our 60 veg boxes for 30 weeks. All thanks to the Monday team – growers Mark, Bridget and Ann plus volunteers Charlotte, Darren, Finn, Pia and Spencer.
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