Learn about using compost extracts for no-dig vegetable growing

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September 11, 2022

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.

Tasty tomatoes in our weekly veg boxes

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September 10, 2022

Volunteers of all ages come to Treraven Farm on Friday mornings to pick and pack our vegetables. It creates a fantastic community spirit.

In all the veg shares this week:-

*tomatoes
*carrots
*aubergine
*green pepper
*onions
*melon or cucumber (Camel CSA) or courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*potatoes (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*sweetcorn
*French beans or runner beans or mangetout
*turnips

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

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Bounteous basil for every Camel CSA member

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September 4, 2022

Such a copious crop of basil this week – plenty for everyone to make homemade pesto.

In all the veg shares:-
*basil
*tomatoes
*beetroot
*cucumber
*onions
*green beans or *pepper or *aubergine
*potatoes ‘Estima

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*sweetcorn
*mixed salad leaves
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

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

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Sweetcorn in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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August 28, 2022

The growers and volunteer picking and packing team worked flat out to get all the veg delivered early for Bank Holiday weekend.

In all the veg shares:-
*sweetcorn or carrots
*tomatoes
*cucumber
*French beans
*green pepper
*aubergine
*mixed salad leaves
potatoes ‘Setanta’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*peas in pod or mangetout
*radishes
*courgettes (Mark Norman)

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

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Phew! What a scorcher

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August 12, 2022

Spare a thought for the efforts of our growers and volunteers as they carried on working outfoors and in the polytunnels during the heatwave.

In all the veg boxes:-
*tomatoes
*cucumber
*French beans or *peas in pod
*green pepper or *aubergine
*spring onions or carrots
*mixed salad leaves / microgreens
potatoes (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Standard veg boxes also have:-
*mixed beetroot
*fennel bulb
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

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

Need some cooking inspiration?
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Fennel in Camel CSA’s weekly boxes

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August 7, 2022

Also basil and tomatoes – what a cracking combination! All grown by us at Treraven Farm.

In all the veg shares:-
*basil
*tomatoes
*cucumber
*fennel bulb or *aubergine
*new potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
*mixed lettuce leaves / microgreens
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*summer carrots
*Red Russian kale
*French beans or *fennel bulb

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

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First of the tomatoes in this week’s veg boxes

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July 31, 2022

Such summer plenty!

In all the veg shares:-
*tomatoes
*cucumber
*rainbow chard
*beetroot
*new potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
*mixed lettuce leaves / microgreens
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*aubergines
*spring onions
*French beans or *broad beans

*  = grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

Need some cooking inspiration?
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Microgreens in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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July 23, 2022

Our volunteer pickers and packers are getting very nifty with the scissors! Microgreens are simply the seedlings of a variety of vegetables and herbs. They’re loaded with nutrients and full of intense flavours and textures.

In all this week’s veg shares:-
*French beans
*spring onions
*radishes
*new potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
*mixed lettuce leaves / microgreens
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*cucumber (Camel CSA) or *calabrese (Mark Norman)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*tomatoes
*peas in pod or *broad beans
*garlic

*  = grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

Need some cooking inspiration?
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Heads down to pick veg and beat the heatwave

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July 17, 2022

Our growers and volunteers are starting at the crack of dawn to cope with the heat and harvest all the delicious produce for our weekly veg boxes.

In all this week’s veg shares:-
*French beans
*cucumbers
*spring onions
*summer carrots
*new potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
*mixed lettuce leaves or *radish bunch
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*basil
*peas in pod or *broad beans
purple sprouting broccoli (Trerair Farm, St Eval) or *calabrese (Mark Norman)

*  = grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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What’s not to like in our Cornish veg boxes?!

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July 9, 2022

We reckon Camel CSA’s vegetable box delivery round in north Cornwall is one of the most beautiful in the UK! It takes in coast and countryside from surf mecca Polzeath to Rough Tor on Bodmin Moor.

In all this week’s veg shares:-
*basil
*new potatoes – ‘Kestrel’
*spring onions or *green onion(s)
*kohlrabi or *summer turnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*broad beans or *podded peas or *can of carlin peas (Hodmedod’s)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
strawberries ((Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard veg shares also have:-
*beetroot – ‘Chioggia’ / ‘Golden Boldor’
*cucumber or *courgettes (Mark Norman)
cavolo nero – black Tuscan kale (Trerair)

*  = grown to organic principles

Please wash all produce thoroughly.
Produce grown by Camel CSA, unless indicated otherwise

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