May 8, 2023
As the ‘hungry gap’ continues it’s all in the timing! Fast-growing crops like radishes, lettuce, spinach, coriander, chives and spring greens help fill the vegetable boxes at this time of year.
In all the weekly veg bags:
*radishes
*mixed lettuce leaves
*spinach
dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
tub of Cornish seasalt (Cornish Seasalt Company)
Standard boxes also have:
*spring greens
*chives
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
April 30, 2023
We’re right in the middle of the ‘hungry gap’ when we’ve eaten almost all last year’s vegetables and eagerly await the spring harvest. Our volunteers and paid growers work so hard to ensure Camel CSA members get a fair share in their veg bags each week, even at this busy time while we sow, plant and nurture the new season’s crops.
In all the weekly veg boxes:
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*sprouted mung beans
can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*carrots
*broad bean tops
swede (Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
April 22, 2023
There’s such a crispy, crunchy, leafy selection in this week’s seasonal vegetable boxes including radishes, chard and the last of the foraged wild garlic leaves.
In all the weekly veg shares:
*rhubarb
*mixed salad leaves
*Swiss or rhubarb chard
*mushrooms ‘Shiitake’ (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*radishes or foraged wild garlic
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
dried British olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
April 18, 2023
Massive thanks to our marvellous team of volunteers who pitch up every Friday morning to pick vegetables and pack the veg boxes. They have to be completed by 11am for delivery via electric van to homes and pick-up points around Wadebridge, Bodmin and Camelford and along the north Cornwall coast.
In all this week’s veg boxes:
*spring onions
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*jar of homemade preserves
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
*bay leaves (donated by a CSA member)
Standard boxes also have:
*radishes
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
swede (Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
April 9, 2023
Camel CSA’s growers and volunteers are planting out hundreds of spring vegetables on our no dig growing beds including kohlrabi, lettuce, spinach, radishes and more peas.
In all the weekly veg boxes:
*spring onions
*mixed salad leaves
*chard
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*wild garlic leaves (foraged)
*radishes
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 31, 2023
The last of the overwintered leeks have been lifted for the veg boxes just days after the new season’s leek seeds were sown. The ‘hungry gap’ in Cornwall is almost on us when we find ways of bridging the gap between old and new crops.
Growers and volunteers are continuing to sow, prick out and plant as many vegetables as possible. In the polytunnels the broad beans are flowering well alongside carrot seedlings and newly-planted out beetroot, calabrese, peas and turnips.
Outside the early potatoes are all in and some peas, carrots and radishes sown. Lettuce, spinach and kohlrabi will be planted out shortly.
In all the weekly veg boxes:
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*coriander
*red Russian kale
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*leeks
*sprouted mung beans
celeriac (Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 26, 2023
The rhubarb is ripe and ready for picking. Late winter gales in Cornwall can devastate this valuable early spring crop so we’ve erected an additional windbreak to protect it.
We’re harvesting other new-season vegetables alongside the remaining overwintered crops. Red radishes and purple sprouting broccoli are particular favourites among members of our veg share scheme.
In all the weekly veg boxes:
*rhubarb
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*leeks
*red Russian kale
swede (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*stirfry mix
*elephant garlic
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 19, 2023
Our growers and volunteers are working flat out to sow seeds, prick out seedlings and prepare no-dig beds for the many varieties of vegetables we’re cultivating this year.
Meanwhile we’re harvesting the last of the overwintered crops including our succulent salad mix – currently lettuce, buck’s horn plantain, mustard, red Russian kale, mizuna, land cress and baby leaf beet.
In all the weekly veg boxes:
*mixed salad leaves
*kalette tops or purple sprouting broccoli
red onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
celeriac (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*wild garlic (foraged locally) or radishes
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
romanesco (Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 11, 2023
These carrots may look whiskery and wonky but we don’t care as they taste delicious! We’re using up the very last of our overwintered root crops during Food Waste Action Week.
Our growers and volunters are getting ready for the new growing season and preparing lots of no-dig outdoor beds for carrot sowing and potato planting. The pepper, tomato, cucumber, aubergine and chillie seeds have germinated in the heated propagator and are being grown on under cover.
In all the weekly veg shares:
*carrots
*parsnips
*beetroot or purple sprouting broccoli
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
spring greens (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*mung bean sprouts
*parsley
leeks (Trerair)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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March 5, 2023
It was so frosty on Friday morning our volunteer pickers and packers had to wait for the ice to melt before they could start working outdoors.
In all the veg boxes this week:
*curly kale
*parsnips
*coriander
*kalettes or sprouiting broccoli or salad leaves
*Jerusalem artichokes
romanesco (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
Standard boxes also have:
*sprouted fenugreek seed
*shitake mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
* = grown to organic principles. Please wash all veg thoroughly
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise
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