It’s a bit of a lottery this week as Camel CSA box members randomly get one of three broccoli varieties grown on our site in Cornwall. Both small and standard boxes have:-

* calabrese or sprouting or tenderstem broccoli (Camel CSA)
* sweetcorn (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* red Russian or red curly kale (Camel CSA)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also get extra potatoes plus:
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **

* = grown to organic principles
** salad bag – lettuce, mibuna, mizuma, baby leaf beet, rocket

The bountiful autumn harvest continues! Both small and standard boxes have: –

* sweetcorn (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* curly or black Tuscan kale/cavalo nero (Camel CSA)
* basil (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* bunched turnips (Camel CSA)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* peppers (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles
** salad bag – lettuce, mibuna, mizuma, baby leaf beet, rocket

Camel CSA’s kale harvest is about a month early this year. Both small and standard boxes have: –
* red Russian or black Tuscan kale (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* flat-leaved parsley (Camel CSA)
* salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* runner beans (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* green peppers (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* radishes (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles
** salad bag – lettuce, mibuna, mizuma, baby leaf beet, rocket

What an amazing selection of freshly-picked herbs and vegetables! Small and standard boxes have: –
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)
* basil bag (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* onions (Camel CSA)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* red Russian kale (Camel CSA)
* sweetcorn (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles
** salad bag – mixed lettuce, mibuna, mizuma, baby leaf beet, rocket

We have such a glut of tomatoes at the moment to add to the cucumber mountain, the parsley lake…

This week both small and standard boxes have: –
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA /Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* carrots (Restharrow Farm)
* salad bag – mixed lettuce, baby spinach, mizuma, mibuna (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)
* aubergine (Camel CSA)
* runner beans (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
* courgette (Mark Norman)
* rosemary sprig (Janet Hulme, Wadebridge)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes and salad leaves as well as more cucumbers / courgettes / tomatoes plus:
* calabrese (Camel CSA)
* green pepper (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

Try: Felicity’s perfect tomato soup

Apologies for the lack of a vegetable list or a recipe last week. Pressure of work (the day job) is to blame. Yes indeed – in sunny August in sunny Cornwall (where David Cameron is on holiday).

• UPDATE: Glut means extra tomatoes, parsley, basil, bay leaves in all boxes

This week both small and standard boxes have: –
* runner beans (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* courgettes(Mark Norman)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* calabrese (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag – lettuce, baby spinach (Camel CSA)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* basil / parsley (Camel CSA)
* bay leaves (Janet  Hulme, Wadebridge)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* french beans (Camel CSA)
* aubergines (Camel CSA)
* green peppers (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

This week we’re all enjoying freshly-dug carrots and potatoes grown by one of our local suppliers. Richard Hoare cultivates seasonal vegetables at Restharrow Farm overlooking the Camel estuary. His farm shop is on the lane between Polzeath and Rock, above Daymer Bay.

Camel CSA’s small and standard boxes have: –
* bunched carrots (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm)
* french beans (Camel CSA)
* onions (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* basil (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* mixed salad bag – rocket, lettuce, baby spinach (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

The pickers have been very busy on their hands and knees, so we’ve all got plenty of coriander and parsley in our vegetable boxes this week. And yes – the French beans are meant to be yellow!

Every box has: –
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* french beans (Camel CSA)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* onions (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* flat-leaved parsley (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
*  rocket / mixed lettuce leaves (Camel CSA)
* cauliflower (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

Thank goodness it’s rained in Cornwall at long last! The outdoor crops have been gasping for water.

Every box has: –
* basil (Camel CSA)
* potatoes (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
* onions (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* cucumbers (Camel CSA)
* carrots or French beans (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have extra potatoes plus:
* mixed lettuce / rocket (Camel CSA)
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

This week’s veg boxes have a stunning variety of summer vegetables: –
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* blackcurrants/gooseberries (Camel CSA/Mark Norman)
* cucumber (Camel CSA)
* flat-leaved parsley (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* Swiss chard (Mark Norman) 

Standard boxes also have extra new potatoes plus:
* salad (Camel CSA)
* calabrese (Camel CSA)
* peas/broad beans (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

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