Fresh overwintered salad leaves in our boxes this week

February 27, 2014

All boxes have: –
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* purple or white sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA/Restharrow)
bay leaves (Bridget Gould, St Tudy)
swede (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* curly kale (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow)
red cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens

Spring onions and white sprouting broccoli in veg boxes

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February 20, 2014

Signs of spring? The site’s still waterlogged, but light levels and temperatures are improving all the time.

All boxes have: –
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA/Mark Norman)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
white sprouting broccoli (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
white cabbage (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
kale (Camel CSA)
* Brussels sprouts (Camel CSA)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

  • Fortnightly boxes also have a cauliflower, to make up for the missing onions.
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More mixed salad leaves in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

February 13, 2014

Now we’ve solved the mystery of the missing onions, we’re all getting an additional vegetable this week.

All boxes have: –
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* red Russian or black Tuscan kale (Camel CSA)
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
carrots (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts  (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)
Jerusalem artichokes (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA)
golden turnips (CamelCSA)
red cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens

Carrots from the polytunnel in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

February 6, 2014

Our field is still sodden so the picking and packing team are glad to be working mostly indoors this Friday.

  • UPDATE – I’m afraid we are not able to supply onions this week – they’ve gone missing! An extra item
    will go in next week’s boxes to compensate. Fortnightly boxes will get a replacement the week after.

All boxes have: –
* carrots (Camel CSA)
beetroot bunches (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
sprout stalk  (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA)
curly kale (Restharrow)
red cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

Savoy cabbage in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

January 30, 2014

Another great selection of  fresh winter greens and roots in this week’s vegetable boxes.

All boxes have: –
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* leeks (Camel CSA/Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* parsnips (Mark Norman)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
onions (Restharrow)
carrots (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* sprouted mung beans (Camel CSA/Mark Norman)
* Jerusalem artichokes (Mark Norman)
* kale (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocket,  red mustard and golden mustard greens

Selected winter salad leaves in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

January 23, 2014

In spite of the lack of warm sunlight, our indoor winter salad crops are going strong in the polytunnels. All vegetable box members are getting a bag of freshly-picked mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens, thanks to our picking and packing team.

All boxes have: –
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
onions (Restharrow)
carrots (Restharrow)
beetroot (Restharrow)
potatoes (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* black Tuscan kale – cavalo nero (Camel CSA)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens

Lovely leeks in this week’s Cornish veg boxes

January 17, 2014

Vegetable farmer Richard Hoare at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick is Camel CSA’s main external supplier at this time of year while we get ready for the new growing season. He cultivates an amazing variety of winter and spring vegetables that thrive in the mild climate alongside the Camel estuary in north Cornwall.

This week all boxes have: –
* carrots (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow )
swede (Restharrow)
potatoes (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
* parsnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
beetroot (Restharrow)
curly kale (Restharrow)
white cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

Red cabbage and red Russian kale in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

January 9, 2014

A great selection of winter staples this week. Standard boxes have the added luxury of some winter salad leaves from our polytunnels. It’s hard to believe there’s been enough light to encourage them to grow.

All boxes have: –
Red Russian kale (Camel CSA)
red cabbage  (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
* Jerusalem artichokes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* onions (Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja‘ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* cauliflower (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens

Fresh cauliflowers in our New Year vegetable boxes

January 2, 2014

UPDATE: The artichokes are completely waterlogged, so we have replaced them with turnip ‘Golden Ball’.

Our veg growing site is waterlogged and the seeding tunnel is flooded, but the show goes on…
All boxes have: –
* cauliflower (Camel CSA)
* leeks (Camel CSA)
* Jerusalem artichokes (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
carrots  (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja‘ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

Camel CSA’s own tomato chutney and Cornish honey in our Christmas vegetable boxes

December 19, 2013

Our bumper Xmas boxes contain a fabulous selection of seasonal vegetables to see us into the New Year.

There’s also a tasty jar of our homemade tomato and apple chutney in each double-size box + honey from Lewis Cox of St Mabyn and his grandson Chris Tamblyn in Helland. You can’t get more local than that!

A very merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all.

All boxes have: –
* tomato and apple chutney (Camel CSA)
* cavolo nero – Tuscan black kale (Camel CSA)
* squash – Crown Prince or Bon Bon
* small salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* parsley (Camel CSA)
* onions (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
carrots (Restharrow)
potatoes 1.5kg ‘Wilja‘ (Restharrow)
Cornish honey (Lewis Cox, St Mabyn / Chris Tamblyn, Helland)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
red cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocketred mustard and golden mustard greens

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