Volunteers are the backbone of Camel CSA’s community veg-growing enterprise in Cornwall

July 15, 2017

Our picking and packing team did a grand job on Friday picking veg and lifting more than 50kg of potatoes for our weekly vegetable boxes. Many thanks to Bridget, Charlotte, Mark M, Mark N, Ness, Toby and Trish.

Like to join us and get a weekly share of the harvest? Click here to arrange a month’s veg box trial. We’re a non-profit-making community enterprise.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:- *cucumbers, *basil, *new carrots, *spring greens, *beetroot, *new potatoes, *blackcurrants (Mark Norman, Bodmin), raspberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Standard boxes also have:- extra potatoes, *French beans, salad leaves, *courgettes (Mark Norman)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out lots of ways of preparing vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 380 recipes for you to browse.

Summer delights in our organically-grown boxes of veg

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July 7, 2017

We’ve got the first of our own new potatoes in the veg boxes this week, hand-harvested by Mark, Ness and Toby. This is quite an arduous job in warm weather in Cornwall, so their hard work is much appreciated.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*French beans – purple
*cucumbers
*wet’ garlic
*parsley
*salad leaves – ‘Freckles’, oak leaf lettuce, baby chard
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes
*bay leaves

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*calabrese or spring greens
*turnips or kohlrabi
*red Russian kale

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

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Try out lots of ways of preparing vegetables on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 380 recipes for you to browse.

French beans and cucumbers in our Cornish veg boxes

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June 17, 2017

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*cucumbers
*spring onions
*salad leaves – ‘Freckles’, oak leaf lettuce, baby chard
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, Truro)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Cornish early potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*basil
*French beans – purple
*turnips

* = grown to organic principles

All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out our recipes on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 ideas for you to browse.

Fresh, crunchy carrots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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June 10, 2017

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*carrots
*salad leaves – ‘Freckles’, oakleaf lettuce, chard
*spring onions
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, Truro)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
Cornish early potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*cucumbers
*parsley
spring greens (Growfair)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out these ways of preparing carrots on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 vegetable recipes for you to browse:-
Baby carrots with lemon and thyme
Jamie’s best whole-baked baby carrots

Cornish early potatoes in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

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May 13, 2017

No more old potatoes! At long last we’ve got Cornish earlies in the veg boxes AND more of that delicious asparagus from Tregassow Farm, Truro. We also have newly-harvested baby turnips, broad beans and peas from our own polytunnels.

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*broad beans OR peas in the pod
*turnips
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, Truro)
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
spring greens (Growfair)
Cornish early potatoes (Growfair)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*salad bag
golden beetroot (Growfair)
cauliflower (Growfair)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try out these ways of preparing asparagus on Camel CSA’s recipe page – more than 350 vegetable recipes for you to browse:-
Hugh’s roast new potatoes and asparagus with baked eggs
Nigel’s asparagus and lemon risotto

Broad beans and Cornish asparagus in our veg boxes

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May 7, 2017

In all the vegetable boxes this week:-
*broad beans
*salad bag (Mr Green’s Market Garden, Newquay)
asparagus (Tregassow Farm, Truro)
spring greens (Growfair)
cauliflower (Growfair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*turnips
*radishes (Mr Green’s Market Garden)
onions (Growfair)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try more than 350 vegetable recipes on Camel CSA’s recipe page

New season broad beans in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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April 30, 2017

Our three polytunnels help extend the vegetable-growing season in Cornwall. This week’s standard veg boxes have the first of the broad beans, soon to be followed by mangetout and peas.

In all the boxes this week:-
*Swiss chard
*herb bag
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
onions (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Growfair Cornwall)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (St Lawrence Farm, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*broad beans
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves (golden mustard, lettuce)

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try more than 350 vegetable recipes on Camel CSA’s recipe page

Radishes and purple sprouting broccoli in Camel CSA’s veg boxes from Cornwall

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April 23, 2017

Spring has definitely sprung!

In all the boxes this week:-
*radishes
*sprouted mung beans
rhubarb (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Growfair)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*purple sprouting broccoli
onions (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

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All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try more than 350 vegetable recipes on Camel CSA’s recipe page

Radishes, rainbow chard and rhubarb in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

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April 9, 2017

The vibrant reds and greens of spring are in our vegetable boxes from Cornwall this week.

In all the boxes this week:-
*radishes
*sprouted mung beans
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
*rainbow chard
*mixed salad leaves
*parsley

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

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Try these ways with radishes on Camel CSA’s recipe page (more than 350 recipes for you to try):-
Warm halloumi with radish, apple and pecan salad
Radish and mint tzatziki

Rhubarb in Camel CSA’s veg boxes this week

April 2, 2017

Rhubarb in our boxes is another sign that spring is here.

In all the boxes this week:-
*radishes
rhubarb (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
beetroot (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
red cabbage (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
leeks (Restharrow)
*kale/beet leaves
*mixed salad leaves

* = grown to organic principles
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.  Please wash all vegetables and fruit.

Try this delicious recipe with rhubarb on Camel CSA’s recipe page:-
Rhubarb and custard cake

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