What a difference ten days of sustained warmth and sunshine can make! Just two weeks ago, our growing team were in despair. Torrential rain, leaden skies, mud, mildew, slugs, snails…

Now, in the space of a week, we have some spectacular heads of calabrese and some enormous cabbages on our plot.

In the polytunnel the French beans are cropping prolifically and the cucumbers are doing well. The indoor tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and chillies are coming along nicely.

The field-grown peas and beans are a bit of a mess and we have few outdoor carrots. But we have plenty of Tuscan and red Russian kale and purple-sprouting broccoli in modules ready to be planted out.

All the boxes this week will have: –
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* calabrese (Camel CSA)
* French beans (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* cabbage (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes (Growfair
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)
* turnip or beetroot (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)

 * = grown to organic principles

The picking and packing team are looking forward to working in the sunshine for once this Friday. Last week we all got soaked in the constant heavy downpour. The veg have suffered in the rain too, but the Florence fennel is doing rather well. 

All the boxes this week will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
* chard (Camel CSA)
* green onions (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* fennel (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* wet garlic (Camel CSA)
* blackcurrants (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes (Growfair
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)
* French beans or beetroot and basil (Camel CSA)
* cucumber (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)

 * = grown to organic principles

It may be raining cats and dogs outside (again) but the cucumbers are starting to come on in the warmth of the polytunnel, along with the carrots, French beans, spring onions and mixed salad leaves. However to get them cropping well we need more SUN!

All the boxes will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
* cucumber (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* spinach (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes (Growfair
* calabrese / cabbage (Camel CSA)
* French beans (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)

 * = grown to organic principles

It’s a gourmet’s delight – straight from our plot! During the continuing downpour, we’ve rather appropriately got homegrown “wet” garlic in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes. Green garlic, as it’s also known, is bulbs of fresh garlic that are harvested young and eaten whole.

All the boxes will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
* wet garlic (Camel CSA)
* green onions (Camel CSA)
* baby carrots (Camel CSA)
* spinach (Camel CSA)
* turnips (Camel CSA)
* lettuce or mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes (Growfair
* calabrese (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* homemade runner bean or green tomato chutney (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

We’ve all got freshly-harvested green onions in our veg boxes, along with gooseberries from expert grower Mark Norman’s smallholding in Bodmin. Some of the standard boxes also have the first of the French beans grown in the polytunnel.

All the boxes will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
* green onions (Camel CSA)
* baby carrots (Camel CSA)
* spring greens (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)
* gooseberries (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes (Growfair
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* broad beans or French beans (Camel CSA)
* turnip bunches (Camel CSA)

UPDATE: As there aren’t many beans, standard boxes also have a bunch of  red and yellow leaf beet.

* = grown to organic principles

The polytunnels are proving their worth in this inclement June weather. In spite of the cold, wet conditions outside we have another stunning selection of seasonal vegetables in this week’s boxes.

The mixed salad bag contains at least four different lettuce varieties as well as baby beet leaves.

All the boxes will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
cauliflower (Growfair)
* baby carrots (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* spinach (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* broad beans (Camel CSA)
* kohl rabi or turnips (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

Camel CSA’s veg boxes contain a typical mix of freshly-picked, seasonal vegetables this week. Some were cultivated on our own plot at St Kew Highway and some were supplied by other Cornish growers.

All the veg boxes will have: –
potatoes (Growfair)
* broad beans (Camel CSA)
* baby carrots (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes
strawberries (Growfair)
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* mange tout peas (Camel CSA)
tomato marmalade (made by Camel CSA member Henrietta Danvers)

* = grown to organic principles

Our veg boxes are overflowing with new season’s produce. All the vegetables – bar the potatoes – are from Camel CSA’s own plot. Our growers have been working very hard to beat the “hungry gap“.

All the boxes will have: –
new potatoes (Growfair)
* broad beans (Camel CSA)
* mangetout peas (Camel CSA)
* salad leaves (Camel CSA)
* spring greens (Camel CSA)
* spring onions (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will also have: –
extra potatoes
* kohl rabi (Camel CSA)
* baby carrots (Camel CSA)
* parsley (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

Apologies for the absence of a veg list last week. Our attention was elsewhere – garden open (Trish); walking holiday (me).

All the boxes will have: –
new potatoes (Growfair)
cauliflower (Growfair)
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* turnips (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad leaves (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will have: –
extra potatoes
strawberries (Growfair)
swede (Growfair)
* mangetout peas (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

As the “hungry gap” continues, we’re getting inventive. Each standard box has a punnet of strawberries and a jar of the pickle Camel CSA members made from surplus veg last autumn.

Apart from that, we’re relying on new season salad leaves, beetroot and turnip grown in our polytunnels. Also more freshly-picked Cornish asparagus, and bean sprouts from our expert grower Mark Norman.

All the boxes will have: –
new potatoes (Growfair)
Cornish asparagus (Lower Croan, Sladesbridge)
* beetroot bunch (Camel CSA)
* turnip bunches (Camel CSA)
* salad bag (Camel CSA)
* sprouted mung beans (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes will have: –
extra new potatoes (Growfair)
strawberries (Growfair)
* Swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* homemade Camel CSA pickle – sweet apple and ginger, runner bean or sweet cucumber

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