This week’s Cornish veg boxes

October 7, 2010

Contents are from Benbole Farm, Mark Norman,  Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest, and Camel CSA’s own plot.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* mixed beet leaves (Camel CSA)
* tomatoes (Jeremy)
* leeks (Mark)

In addition to this, standard boxes will have extra potatoes plus:
* parsnip (Mark)
* squash (uchiki kuri, pumpkin or butternut) (Mark)
* swede (Jeremy)

* = grown to organic principles

Bean feast in veg boxes

borlotti-beans-camelcsa-301009

September 30, 2010

Borlotti beans from Jeremy Brown at St Kew Harvest are making an appearance in this week’s veg boxes. The rest of the contents are supplied by Jeremy, Benbole Farm and Camel CSA’s own plot.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* sweetcorn (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* leeks (Jeremy)
* borlotti beans (Jeremy)
* mixed kale (Jeremy)

Standard boxes will have the same with extra potatoes plus:
* red cabbage (Jeremy)
* harlequin squash (Jeremy)
* parsley (Jeremy)

* = grown to organic principles

Beetroot in our Cornish veg boxes …

September 24, 2010

… is from the Camel CSA’s own plot, as are the carrots, garlic and chard. This week’s other contents come from Benbole Farm and expert grower Mark Norman.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
* ‘uchiki kuru’ squash (Mark)
* sweetcorn (Mark)
* coriander (Camel CSA)

In addition to this, standard boxes will also have extra potatoes and sweetcorn plus:
* chard (Camel CSA)
* celery (Mark)

* = grown to organic principles

This week’s veg boxes from Cornwall …

September 17, 2010

Contents are from Benbole Farm, Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest, and the Camel CSA’s own plot.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* salad bags (Camel CSA)
* french beans (Jeremy)
* leeks (Jeremy)
* baby leaf cabbage (red, primo and savoy) (Jeremy)

Standard boxes will have the same with extra potatoes and:
* swede (Jeremy)
* tomatoes (Jeremy)
* ‘uchiki kuru’ squash (Jeremy)

NOTE: When preparing a pumpkin or squash, save the seeds which can be washed, dried and then roasted. They are high in proteins and minerals so make a great little healthy snack.

Read more at Suite101: Pumpkin Seeds, Soup and Roast Pumpkin Recipes: How to Use Pumpkins and Squashes, Store Them and Dry the Seeds

 * = grown to organic principles

Tomato allsorts this week in our Cornish veg boxes

September 10, 2010

The contents of this week’s veg boxes are produced by Mark Norman, Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest, Benbole Farm and the Camel CSA’s own plot.

Small boxes have:
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* courgettes (Mark)
* runner beans (Mark)
* sweetcorn (Mark)
* tomatoes (Jeremy)
* carrots (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will have extra potatoes and:
* celery (Mark)
salad leaves (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles

Our own crunchy carrots this week in veg boxes

September 3, 2010

This year’s been a good growing season for carrots as you can see from our vegetable boxes – remember last year’s tiddlers? This week’s produce is mostly from Jeremy Brown at St Kew Harvest and from our own Camel CSA plot.

Small boxes have:
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* chard (Camel CSA)
* beetroot (St Kew Harvest)
* french beans (St Kew Harvest)
* red cabbage (St Kew Harvest)

Standard boxes have extra potatoes plus:
* salad bags (Camel CSA)
* leeks (St Kew Harvest)
* kale (St Kew Harvest)

* = grown to organic principles

Carrot recipe ideas from Camel CSA members

Tasty tomatoes in this week’s veg boxes

August 27, 2010

The contents of this week’s veg boxes are produced by Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest, Benbole Farm and the Camel CSA’s own plot.

Small boxes have:
1kg potatoes (Benbole Farm, St Kew)
* salad bags (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* leeks (Jeremy)
* savoy cabbage (Jeremy)
* tomatoes (Jeremy)

Standard boxes also have:
extra 500g of potatoes
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* swede (Jeremy)
* parsley (Jeremy)

* = grown to organic principles

Sweet corn on the cob

August 20, 2010

The contents of our vegetable boxes this week come from Mark Norman, Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest, Benbole Farm and our own Camel CSA plot.

Small boxes will have:
* sweetcorn (Mark)
* runner beans (Mark)
potatoes (Benbole Farm)
* coriander (Camel CSA)
* swiss chard (Camel CSA)
* salad bags (Camel CSA)

Standard boxes will have larger quantities of potatoes and runner beans plus:
* garlic (Camel CSA)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* courgettes (Jeremy)

* = grown to organic principles

More of our own baby carrots this week

August 12, 2010

Most of this week’s veg box contents come from Jeremy Brown at St Kew Harvest.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes –  Estima (Benbole Farm)
* carrots (Camel CSA)
* salad bag (Jeremy)
* french beans (Jeremy)
* red cabbage (Jeremy)
* parsley (Jeremy)

Standard boxes will have extra potatoes as well as:
* mixed summer squash (Jeremy)
* leeks (Jeremy)
* marrow (Jeremy)

And next week we can look forward to sweetcorn and the first of the cauliflowers.

* = grown to organic principles

Summer’s first runner beans this week

August 5, 2010

The contents of our Cornish vegetable boxes this week are provided by Mark Norman, Jeremy Brown of St Kew Harvest and Camel CSA’s own plot, all of it grown to organic principles.

Small boxes will have:
potatoes – Estima (Mark)
courgettes (Mark)
runner beans (Mark)
carrots (Camel CSA)
salad bag (Jeremy)
savoy cabbage (Jeremy)

Standard boxes will have all the above plus extra potatoes and:
garlic (CSA)
chard (CSA)
beetroot (Jeremy)
swede (Jeremy)

Large boxes will have double the amount in the standard box plus red cabbage (Jeremy) instead of two savoys.

Follow us on FacebookFollow us on XFollow us on InstagramFollow us on Threads
Cornwall Development CompanyLeaderDEFRA
Okay, thank you
This website uses cookies, to read our privacy policy please click here.