April 30, 2009
Members of the Camel Community Supported Agriculture project are hosting a stall at the Friends of the Earth Green Fair in Wadebridge this Saturday.
Do come and speak to us and find out more about our exciting new local food growing group. We welcome new members and would love you and your family to get involved.
Or visit us in the Cornwall Food and Farming Pavilion at the Royal Cornwall Show from June 4 – 6.
Watch the latest video from Camel Community Supported Agriculture to find out why some of us decided to join Cornwall’s first community food growing project.
A big thank you to the 17 volunteers who turned up last Sunday to work on the Camel Community Supported Agriculture project.
In three short hours our community food growing group achieved what one person working alone would have managed in a week! That’s one of the big advantages of belonging to a co-operative.
Grateful thanks to the three volunteer expert growers – Jane, Jeremy B and Mark N – and to volunteer members Alex, Cath, Charlotte, Diana, Fiona, Ian, Jeremy S, Jerry, John, Kitty, Mike H, Mike S, Mark M and Yvonne.
Together we spread compost, hoed weeds, tended the broad beans, shallots and onions, planted out cauliflowers and cabbages, sowed radishes and dug up yet more dock leaves. More seeds were also sown in the polytunnel.
Unfortunately a whole row of peas had been eaten by predators, but our enthusiastic volunteers got some new seeds planted in just a few minutes. It would have taken an allotment holder most of the morning.
Jeremy B, one of our expert growing team, thinks we should blame slugs rather than our resident cock pheasant. Fortunately the rabbit netting has proved secure so far.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you again this Sunday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. We’ll be preparing additional beds, spreading compost, planting out more brassicas, and sowing calabrese and leeks.
Remember to bring strong shoes or wellies, waterproofs, gardening gloves, drinks and a snack. Also tools, ideally wheelbarrows, shovels, spades, forks and rakes. If the weather’s good you might need suncream and a hat!
Click here for directions to the site. If you have any questions call Antonina at St Kew Harvest Farm Shop on 01208 841818.
April 19, 2009
The next six weeks are crucial for Camel Community Supported Agriculture as we have so much work to do on our two-acre site at St Kew Highway.
We’re holding an additional volunteer session this Thursday 23 April from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Our usual weekend session is next Sunday 26 April from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Please make an extra special effort to come and help out at one of these times. We need to prepare a number of vegetable beds, sow more seeds and plant out cauliflower and cabbage seedlings.
Remember to bring strong shoes or wellies, waterproofs, gardening gloves, drinks and a snack. Also bring tools, ideally wheelbarrows, shovels, spades, forks and rakes. If the weather’s still good you might need suncream and a hat!
Click here for directions to the site. If you have any questions call Antonina at St Kew Harvest Farm Shop on 01208 841818.
Mark Norman, one of our three-strong team of expert growers, has this stark message for us:
“If we don’t get all the planting done in the next six weeks we won’t have enough vegetables later in the year to fill our boxes .
“We need as much volunteer help from members as we can get at this stage so we make the most of the planting season.”
Today we spread another 30-metre-long bed with compost and planted kohl rabi, turnips and radishes. We hoed between broad beans and onions to get rid of annual weeds, and earthed up the early potatoes.
Grateful thanks to expert grower Mark and volunteers Cath, Charlotte, John and Mike S.
April 13, 2009
Broad beans, early potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes and onions are beginning to show above the ground on the field being cultivated by Camel Community Supported Agriculture at St Kew Highway.
We shifted a mountain of compost in glorious sunshine on Easter Sunday. Beetroot seed and red onion sets were sown in the new growing beds.
Special thanks to our three expert growers – Jane, Jeremy and Mark – and to volunteers Antonina, Catherine, Charlotte, Danni, Mike H and Mike S.
We hope to see even more of you between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m next Sunday.
Watch our latest video to find out why some of us decided to get involved.
April 10, 2009
It’s time to flex those muscles!
We’re hoping for a good turnout from Camel Community Supported Agriculture members on Easter Sunday to get more seeds into the ground. We also need strong people to put in some hard labour spreading compost on the beds.
Jane Mellowship, one of our team of expert growers, looks forward to meeting you on the field.
“Jobs include planting second early potatoes, preparing beds and sowing red onion sets, beetroot and turnip. We’ll probably be sowing in the polytunnel as well.”
Join us this Sunday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the site behind St Kew Harvest Farm Shop. It’s going to be sunny, so do come!
Please bring strong shoes or wellies, waterproofs, gardening gloves, drinks and a snack. Also bring any tools, ideally wheelbarrows, shovels, spades, forks and rakes.
If you would like more information or have any questions call Antonina at St Kew Harvest on 01208 841818.
Click here for directions to the site.
April 2, 2009
There are lots of reasons why members of Cornwall’s first community-led agriculture project decided to get involved.
Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s latest video features different people explaining what inspired them to join in.
Click here to watch an earlier video about our first volunteer day in March.
Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s spring planting programme continues apace. We’re relying on volunteers to tackle a whole lot more jobs this Sunday 5 April.
Expert grower Jane Mellowship says:
“There’s lots of sowing to be done and more compost to put on beds. We plan to do carrots, parsnips, turnips, swiss chard and plant another bed of onion sets. Also dock leaf removal for the willing!
“A new seed order is being prepared. It includes broccoli, fennel and sweetcorn.”
We would love it if you could join us this Sunday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Our expert growers will be waiting for you at the site behind St Kew Harvest Farm Shop.
Do come and help out. You will learn what’s involved in preparing a vegetable plot, what’s on the planting schedule and also work up a good appetite for Sunday lunch.
Please bring strong shoes or wellies, waterproofs, drinks and a snack. And don’t forget some gardening gloves! Also bring any tools, ideally wheelbarrows, shovels, spades, forks and rakes.
If you would like more information or have any questions call Antonina at St Kew Harvest on 01208 841818.
Click here for directions to the site.
April 1, 2009
Camel Community Supported Agriculture is featured in this week’s Cornish Guardian – Group sows the seeds of first community plot.
March 31, 2009
Above you can see some of our growing team regulars (left to right) Gav, Jane, Diana, Kitty, Charlotte, Jeremy
We feel we’re starting to get somewhere!
There was a good turnout on the field on Sunday. The Camel Community Supported Agriculture team worked hard to create additional seed beds, spread loads of compost, and get broad beans, peas and onions into the ground.
More seeds were planted in the polytunnel. Some of us tackled the remaining dock leaves with a vengeance.
Many thanks to Kitty, Ian, Mike, Jane, Gav, Jeremy, Charlotte, Frank, Mark and Diana.
