Wonderful wonky veg in Camel CSA’s weekly vegetable boxes

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July 29, 2018

We love our wonky veg! Our veggies taste delicious even if some of them don’t always look perfect and it means we reduce food waste. They’re grown to organic principles and our volunteer picking and packing team harvest them for our weekly veg boxes every Friday morning.

In all boxes:-
*bunched carrots – ‘Early Nantes’
*cucumber
*beetroot
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*pointed ‘Hispi’ cabbage or calabrese (CSA / Mark)
*green onions (Mark)
*new potatoes – ‘Rocket’ or ‘Estima’ (CSA / Mark)

Standard boxes also have:-
*aubergines
*tomatoes
*runner beans (Mark)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Have a look at the veg recipes on the recipes page on our website – we have nearly 400 for you to try.

Sweet aromatic basil in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

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July 22, 2018

What a treat! Beautiful basil and elephant garlic in this week’s vegetable boxes from north Cornwall.

In all boxes:-
*basil
*elephant garlic
*carrots – ‘Early Nantes’
*cucumber
*young turnips or kohlrabi or beetroot
*runner beans (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*courgettes (Mark)
*new potatoes – ‘Rocket’ or ‘Estima’ (CSA / Mark)

Standard boxes also have:-
*aubergine
*salad leaves
*spring onions

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

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Hand-dug new potatoes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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July 16, 2018

Some of the vegetables in our weekly veg boxes are grown for us by Mark Norman on his smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin. Mark also works two days a week as lead grower at Camel CSA, alongside our other grower Bridget Gould and our seasonal worker Ann Smith.

In all boxes:-
*carrots – ‘Early Nantes’ or ‘Amsterdam Forcing’
*Swiss chard
*salad leaves
*spring onions
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new beetroot (CSA / Mark)
*new potatoes – ‘Rocket’ or ‘Estima’ (CSA / Mark)

Standard boxes also have:-
*cucumbers
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*calabrese (Mark)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Basil, beans and early carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes from Cornwall

July 8, 2018

There’s a cracking combination of home-grown local produce in this week’s Cornish veg boxes! Mark Norman is our lead grower at Camel CSA. He also grows some vegetables for us on his smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin.

In all boxes:-
*basil
*cucumbers
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*salad leaves
*spring onions
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes – ‘Estima’ (Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:-
*young carrots – ‘Early Nantes’
*Swiss chard
*calabrese (Mark Norman)

*= grown to organic principles. Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Cucumbers and courgettes in Camel CSA’s weekly boxes

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July 2, 2018

A number of this week’s fabulous selection of vegetables come from our lead grower Mark Norman’s own smallholding on the outskirts of Bodmin. Mark’s providing more for the boxes this year, as well as working two days a week for Camel CSA. This is great news as he cultivates to exactly the same organic principles.

In all boxes:-
*cucumbers
*mixed salad leaves
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new turnips (CSA / Mark Norman)
*green onions (Mark Norman)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
*new potatoes – ‘Rocket’ (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans – ‘Amethyst’
*young beetroot
*red dessert gooseberries

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all produce thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Strawberries and asparagus in our veg boxes this week

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June 17, 2018

This week we have strawberries from Mitchell Fruit Garden to brighten up our day!

In all boxes:-
*cucumber
*salad leaves
*chard
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, St Erme)
new potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-*parsley
*French beans
spring greens (Growfair)

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

New potatoes in our veg boxes this week

June 3, 2018

After a long cold winter and wet spring, at last we have new potatoes in our boxes this week.  Grown by our lead grower Mark Norman on his smallholding in Bodmin.

In all the boxes:-
*broad beans
*peas
*salad bags
*spring onions
*new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
asparagus (St Enodoc Asparagus)

Standard boxes also have:-
*turnips
*spinach/chard
*baby carrots

*= grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg carefully.
All veg grown by Camel CSA unless stated otherwise.

Broad beans and Cornish asparagus in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

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May 20, 2018

So much tasty young spring produce to share this week in our vegetable boxes from north Cornwall.

In all the boxes:-
*broad beans
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*turnips
Cornish asparagus (St Enodoc Asparagus)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
*peas in pod
*rhubarb
*Swiss chard

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg carefully.
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.

Try these ways of preparing asparagus on the recipes page on our website:-
Hugh’s bruschetta with broad beans and asparagus
Simply delicious Cornish asparagus

Radishes in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

May 8, 2018

We have such zingy homegrown spring produce in this week’s vegetable boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*rainbow chard
*parsley
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*rhubarb
*spring greens
onions (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg carefully.
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.

Wild garlic and radishes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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April 15, 2018

Spring has finally sprung! Our volunteer picking and packing team have been foraging wild garlic leaves to go in this week’s veg boxes.

In all the boxes:-
*wild garlic (foraged locally)
*radish bunch
*spring onions
*bean sprouts
cauliflower (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
purple sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
potatoes (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
*parsley
*rainbow chard
leeks (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles.
Please wash all veg carefully.

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Try these ways of using wild garlic leaves on the recipes page on our website:-
Wild garlic pesto
Wild garlic risotto

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