It’s a wrap! A grand bunch of growers and volunteers got the bumper Christmas vegetable shares ready for collection and delivery on Friday from our site at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge.

As usual, it was a fantastic team effort. Thank you so much to everyone involved – all the people who turn up week in, week out in all weathers to grow and share climate-friendly veg with our local community in north Cornwall.

In all the festive veg boxes:
*carrots
*Crown Prince squash
*leeks
*bunch of fresh herbs (sage, rosemary, bay)
green tomato chutney (made by Camel CSA volunteers)
jar of Cornish honey (Wadebridge Beekeepers Association)
sprouts stalk (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
Cornish parsnips (Continental Wholesale Fruits)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have :
*elephant garlic
swede (Trerair)
golden beetroot (Continental)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

We’re very fortunate to have a very good squash harvest this year and they’re storing well.

We grow lots of different varieties and Crown Prince has always been our first choice, with Uchiki Kuri a close second.

Now we’re wondering whether gorgeous blush pink Kabocha will become a firm favourite too!

In this week’s veg shares:
*squash – ‘Kabocha’
*leafy kalette tops
*elephant garlic
*can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
red cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
red onions – Cornwall (Continental Wholesale Fruits)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*rhubarb chard
*beetroot
*kalettes

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

The kalettes have surpassed themselves this year. They just keep on coming. They’re a wonderful cross between kale and Brussels sprouts and are highly nutritious.

There’s a wider selection from elsewhere in this week’s veg boxes. Organic field-grown vegetables are in short supply in Cornwall. Rather than source organic vegetables from much further afield, we choose to support other trusted local suppliers

In this week’s veg shares:
*kalettes
*bean sprouts
*bay leaves
purple sprouting broccoli(Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks – Cornwall (Continental Wholesale Fruits)
parsnips – Devon (Continental)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair)

Also in the standard boxes:
*coriander or salad leaves
*kale
white cabbage (Trerair)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

One of our staple crops is kale as it’s so resistant to Cornish wind and rain. We grow several varieties throughout the year – Cottager’s, curly, red Russian, and black Tuscan (cavolo nero).

In this week’s veg shares:
*Cottager’s kale or calabrese
*butternut squash
*garlic
*Jerusalem artichokes
*can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
Romanesco cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm)

Also in the standard boxes:
*onions
*swede
*beetroot (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

Brrrr – what a change! The first frost of the winter was visible on the kalette tops in the early morning as we harvested veg for the weekly veg shares.

At the same time we have the last of the green peppers in all the boxes and the remaining cucumbers in the standard boxes. It’s been a very strange season.

In this week’s veg shares:
*kale – ‘Cottager’s’
*green pepper
*onions
*beetroot
*Jerusalem artichokes
savoy cabbage (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Manitou’ (Trerair Farm)

Also in the standard boxes:
*cucumbers
*salad leaves or parsley
*squash

* = grown to organic principles.  Please wash all veg thoroughly  
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise indicated

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Want to find out about growing vegetables in a climate-friendly way? Come to our FREE event on Thursday 15 September at 17.30.

Join us for a tour of our no-dig growing site at Treraven Farm and learn how to make compost extracts to promote plant and soil health.

Please get your free ticket here.

Can’t make this date? You can sign up for a similar workshop we’re hosting for the Westcountry Rivers Trust on Thursday 22 September. Same place, same time. Details here.

A wonderful team of volunteers joined our weekend workday to tighten a polytunnel cover that got badly stretched when Storm Eunice and Storm Franklin hit us in February.

We had a brilliant day connecting, learning and sharing about all aspects of food growing at the CSA Network UK gathering in Cornwall.

Big thanks to hosts Soul Farm and fellow participants Goonown Growers, Bosavern Community Farm, Tamm Field Farm, Community Roots Cornwall, and Lazy Meadow Vegan Farm.

Our volunteer growers have planted more than 40 metres of native hedging on our site at Treraven Farm and mulched it with a thick layer of woodchip. The extra hedgerows will protect our soil and veg crops from damaging winds while providing food and shelter for a wide variety of wildlife.

The hedging mixture is mainly hawthorn interspersed with plenty of hazel, bird cherry, dog rose, field maple and crab apple. It’ll have a long flowering period to attract pollinators followed by nutritious haws, hips, fruits and nuts.

Big thanks to volunteers Alex, Bryony, Charlotte, Claire, Francesca, Jo, Mark, Susan and Steve.

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