March 12, 2022
Spring is on the way and our polytunnel-grown salad leaves are making enormous growth spurts.
Thank goodness also for purple sprouting broccoli at this time of year. It’s a real favourite among all of us. Our own broccoli is still recovering from the hammering it received from Storms Eunice and Franklin, so this week’s offering is is a mix of ours and from the Backway family at Trerair Farm, St Eval.
In all the veg boxes:-
*mixed salad leaves
*kale – curly or Cottagers
*parsnips
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
onions or leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*wild garlic leaves (foraged)
*mung bean sprouts
*daikon (mooli)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 5, 2022
We get very creative with our veg boxes at the end of winter as we cast our net wider to source additional seasonal vegetables. For the first time in our veg shares we have gourmet organic mushrooms from Forest Fungi in Devon.
In all the veg boxes:-
*curly kale
*mung bean sprouts
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
*mixed mushrooms – Shiitake, Grey Oyster, King Oyster (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
leeks (Trerair)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*mixed oriental stir fry leaves
*parsnips
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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February 27, 2022
Camel CSA’s picking and packing team put together some spectacular veg boxes for us this week.
In all the veg boxes:-
*red Russian kale or *purple sprouting broccoli
*coriander
*mung bean sprouts
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
swede (Trerair)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*chard
*can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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February 19, 2022
Storm Eunice seriously got in the way of this week’s veg picking, packing and delivery schedule. Fortunately we managed to harvest all the vegetables and pack the veg boxes on Thursday ahead of the storm. Big thanks to our growers and volunteer team. Deliveries were delayed till Saturday.
In all the veg boxes:-
*sprouting cavolo nero
*leeks
*Jerusalem artichokes
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA) or kalettes (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*mixed salad leaves
*chard
squash *Crown Prince (Camel CSA) or Harlequin (Restharrow)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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February 13, 2022
What a difference the increasing light levels make to our overwintering vegetable crops at this time of year!
In all the veg boxes this week:-
*oriental stirfry mix or salad leaves
*sprouting cavolo nero or *purple sprouting broccoli
*celeriac
*onions
*jar of chilli and crab apple jelly or jar of blackberry jelly
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*carrots
beetroot (Restharrow)
*purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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February 5, 2022
In all the boxes this week:-
*kalettes or purple sprouting broccoli
*onions
swede (*Camel CSA / (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
red cabbage (Trerair)
can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*pakchoi
*leeks
*parsnips (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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January 30, 2022
We have such stupendous kalette stalks in our veg boxes this week from Restharrow Farm at Trebetherick. Kalettes are a hybrid of Brussels sprouts and kale.
In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*beetroot
*Jerusalem artichokes
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
*onions
kalettes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*daikon (mooli)
*oriental stir fry mix or lettuce salad mix
leeks (Restharrow)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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January 23, 2022
All our vegetables – both indoors and out – were frozen into the ground on picking and packing day. That’s unusual for North Cornwall! So NO salad leaves in the veg boxes this week. Fortunately we’d got most of the harvesting done earlier.
In all the weekly veg boxes:-
*cabbage
*leeks
*celeriac
jar of homemade apple chutney
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
Brussels sprouts (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*carrots
*onions
* = grown to organic principles
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Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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January 16, 2022
Don’t you love the subtle skin shades of Harlequin and Crown Prince squash? They’re such a contrast to the bright orange flesh.
In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*pakchoi
*spring onions
*parsnips
*sprouted mung beans
kalettes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
squash – *Crown Prince (Camel CSA) or Harlequin (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*coriander
*onions
beetroot (Restharrow)
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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January 8, 2022
Healthy mixed oriental leaves are brightening up our veg shares on January’s short, dull days.
In all this week’s veg boxes:-
*mixed oriental str fry leaves
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
Brussels sprouts (Trerair)
swede (Trerair)
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)
Standard veg boxes also have:-
*kale – Cottagers or Red Russian
*onions
*daikon (mooli) or white turnips
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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