We’ve completed our move to Treraven Farm

Our community veg growing scheme has moved but it’s not gone far! On Friday we had our last ever picking and packing session at St Kew Highway, where we’ve been based for the past 12 years. Our entire growing operation has now relocated to Treraven Farm on the other side of Wadebridge.

What’s in everyone’s veg share this week:
*tomatoes
*aubergine
*cucumber
*red onions
*mixed chard
*basil (bonus item)
*celery (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

So many tomatoes to share out in the veg boxes

What’s in everyone’s veg share:
*tomatoes
*aubergine
*mixed salad leaves
*beetroot
*curly kale
*cucumber (CSA) or courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Another bumper harvest in this week’s veg boxes

What’s in everyone’s veg share this week:
*spring onions
*tomatoes
*aubergine
*cavolo nero (black Tuscan kale)
*cucumber
*sweetcorn (CSA) or courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Lots of chard in this week’s vegetable boxes

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What’s in all the veg shares this week:
*chard
*sweetcorn or fennel
*tomatoes
*aubergine
*runner beans or French beans
*cucumber
*basil
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Top-class fennel in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

We’re harvesting our best-ever crop of fennel this year, thanks to the healthy organic soil on our relocation site at Treraven Farm.

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What’s in all the veg shares this week:
*fennel
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergine
*runner beans
*French beans – yellow or flat green
*cucumber
*kale – red Russian or black Tuscan
potatoes ‘Marfona’ or  ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Camel CSA’s veg boxes are bursting with summer goodness

Each member household has a generous 1kg tomatoes in their share of the harvest this week. The different varieties are Marmande (beefsteak type), Gardener’s Delight (cherry type) and Alicante. The yellow one is Sunrise.

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergine
*carrots
*runner beans
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*cucumbers
*basil (bonus item)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Volunteers help with harvest at Camel CSA

We need every little bit of help to transport harvested veg from our relocation site at Treraven Farm to the packing shed at St Kew Highway – even in a tiny Smart car! All achieved thanks to this week’s picking and packing volunteers – Lucy, Jane, Danny, Charlotte and Claire.

What’s in all the boxes:
*mixed chard
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*cucumbers
*beetroot
*basil (bonus item)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*aubergine / green pepper
*mixed salad leaves
*runner beans

*= grown to organic principles

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

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Tuscan kale in Camel CSA’s vegetable boxes

The cavolo nero (Tuscan kale) in this week’s veg boxes is flavourful and full of health-boosting nutrients. It has a lighter, sweeter flavour than other varieties of kale and is best lightly cooked or used raw in salads.

What’s in all the boxes:
*cavolo nero (Tuscan kale)
*fennel bulb
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*basil (bonus item)
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

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

*= grown to organic principles

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

Need some cooking inspiration?
Browse our A-Z page of vegetable recipes – nearly 400 for you to try.

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Yellow French beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Such a wonderful share of the harvest for our CSA members this week! We have yellow French beans and tomatoes as well as the first of the runner beans and green peppers. Our lead grower Mark Norman is continuing to supply us with courgettes from his own no-dig smallholding just outside Bodmin.

What’s in all the boxes:
*French beans ‘Orinoco’
*cucumbers
*rainbow chard
*red Russian kale
*calabrese or beetroot
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Marfona’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

First of the tomatoes in our veg boxes

Suddenly we’ve got so much summer abundance on our field and in the polytunnels!

What’s in all the boxes this week:
*French beans or peas in pod
*cucumbers
*beetroot or turnips
*mixed salad leaves
*calabrese (CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*courgettes (Mark Norman)
early potatoes ‘Accord’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)