Have you ever wanted to learn more about growing healthy, nutritious vegetables? Spring is only just round the corner and you’re welcome to join our volunteer team at Camel CSA.

This week we’ve been busy weeding and preparing no-dig veg beds, stripping out spent crops in the polytunnels and harvesting the last of the leeks on our nature-friendly site at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge.

Join us and you’ll learn from Melanie Broomhead, our skilled community grower. She’ll help you find out more about soil care, natural mulches and fertilisers, seed sowing and planting, compost making, crop maintenance, and harvesting techniques, from our skilled community grower.

It’s not all hard work. You’ll be rewarded with fresh clean air, an abundance of nature, good company, regular breaks, and delectable treats like homemade vegetable soup and cake!

If you’re interested in volunteering on our friendly team, please get in touch. If you know anyone else who might be interested, please share these details with them.

In this week’s veg shares:
*baby leeks
*red Russian kale
*rhubarb chard
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
*can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
swede (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

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

The cut-and-come-again oriental salad leaves in our polytunnels at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge, are thriving now the light levels are increasing. They’re a very valuable and welcome crop in our weekly veg boxes at this time of year.

Our volunteer pickers and packers focused on the spicy mizuna, rocket and frilly mustard leaves on veg box day while leaving the overwintered lettuce to grow a little more.

After harvesting it’s really important we weed and water the beds so the plants can produce plenty more leaves for the boxes in the weeks to come.

If you’re interested in volunteering on our friendly team, please get in touch.

In this week’s veg shares:
*oriental salad leaf mix
*sprouted mung beans
January King cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
curly kale (Trerair)
parsnips – Devon (Continental Wholesale Fruits)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

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

Like to join us? Our pickers and packers harvest the vegetables and prepare the veg boxes on Thursdays and Fridays.

They volunteer for the task because they love being outdoors, enjoy teamwork, like good company, and really appreciate working with fresh, seasonal produce. (Plus the promise of homemade cake at crib time!)

It’s a job that constantly varies along with the seasons. At this time of year they’re harvesting, preparing, weighing, and sharing out the outdoor winter vegetables like kale, leeks and Jerusalem artichokes and indoor crops in the polytunnels like salad leaves, chard, parsley and coriander.

If you’re interested in taking part, please get in touch.

In this week’s veg shares:
*kale – cottager’s or curly (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*squash – Crown Prince
*coriander
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
parsnips – Devon (Continental Wholesale Fruits)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*leeks
*tin of fava beans (Hodmedod’s) or jar of green tomato chutney (Camel CSA)
tenderstem – Devon (Continental)

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

That’s it till next winter! Our pickers and packers harvested the very last of the kalettes for this week’s veg boxes. Yet again we’ve enjoyed another abundant seasonal crop of this delicious nutty-tasting cross between kale and Brussels sprouts.

In this week’s veg shares:
*kalettes or *chard
*carrots
*sprouted mung beans
*turnips
tin of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
white cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*mixed salad leaves or red Russian kale
white onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
swede (Trerair)

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

Our growers and volunteers are now back and all geared up after a well-earned short festive break. Come rain or shine, we’re very proud to provide our members with seasonal, local vegetables 51 weeks of the year.

In this week’s veg shares:
*squash – ‘Crown Prince’ or ‘Jack Be Little’
*leeks
*mixed salad leaves
*parsley
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
white onions – (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*leafy kalette tops
*Jerusalem artichokes
beetroot (Restharrow)

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

It’s such a mild autumn in Cornwall our Friday picking and packing team can still enjoy their break outside once the veg boxes are ready to go.

The kalettes are already being harvested although it’s only November and we still have a few cucumbers and green peppers in the polytunnels as well.

In this week’s veg shares:
*kalettes
*salad leaves or parsley
*cucumber or *green pepper
*tenderstem broccoli
*Bramley apples (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm)

Also in the standard boxes:
*elephant garlic
*rhubarb chard
*green pepper or *cucumber

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

We have an interesting seasonal mix in this week’s veg boxes – ranging from radishes to red Russian kale..

In this week’s veg shares:
*radishes
*butternut squash
*green chillies
red cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks (Trerair Farm)
swede (Trerair Farm)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm)

Also in the standard boxes:
*green pepper or cucumber
*beetroot
*Bramley apples (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

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

We LOVE autumn – especially when it’s the right moment to bring in the Halloween pumpkins and winter squashes.

Our growers and Thursday volunteer team had great fun picking them and laying them out to ‘cure’ under cover. The pumpkins will go in the Halloween veg boxes, and the squash will be put in the cool store for winter use.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*green chillies
*aubergines or *green peppers
*tenderstem broccoli or *red Russian kale
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*melon ‘Blenheim Orange’
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*beetroot
*French beans or *white turnips
*salad leaf mix

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

We’re almost at the end of our summer crops grown in the protection of the polytunnels. Tomatoes, basil, aubergines, cucumbers, and sweet peppers will soon be a sweet memory as we begin harvesting our selection of winter brassicas.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*cottager’s kale
*fennel or *beetroot
*black Spanish or *red English radishes
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*French beans or *basil
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*aubergines
*melon or *green peppers
*salad leaf mix


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

It’s lucky dip time! There’s a melon for some in the veg boxes this week. We really do try to share them out fairly so nearly everyone gets one.

The melons are ripening very late but they’re just as juicy as in previous seasons.

In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*melon or *aubergine or *green pepper
*black Spanish radishes
*salad leaf mix
*tomatoes
*cucumbers
*onions
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Also in the standard boxes:
*calabrese or *rhubarb chard
*sweetcorn
*French beans

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

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