It’s time to… move our solar panels to Treraven Farm

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September 9, 2019

Our friends at ZLC Energy have relocated Camel CSA’s off-grid solar energy system to our new site at Treraven Farm. Big thanks to Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network – WREN which donated the funds to move the panels and install a solar storage battery.

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Extraordinary tomato and aubergine harvest

September 6, 2019

In all the veg boxes:-
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*basil
*sweetcorn
*French beans or runner beans
red or green cabbage (Camel CSA / (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*beetroot – chioggia
*red onions
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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Sweetcorn in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

August 30, 2019

Fresh, seasonal, local… such a wonderful veg harvest to share among our CSA members this week including the first of the sweetcorn.

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*sweetcorn
*tomatoes – red and yellow
*aubergines
*red onions
*French beans or runner beans
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

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*fennel bulb
*green peppers
*mixed salad leaves

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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Awesome abundance in our weekly veg boxes

August 18, 2019

We’re overflowing with veg this week, so everyone’s getting a bonus item – eight or 11 veg varieties in each box instead of the usual seven or 10. It’s exactly how community supported agriculture works – we share the feasts as well as the famines!

In all the veg boxes:-
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*aubergines
*French beans
*basil
*fennel bulb
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin|)
*green pepper
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*cucumber
*runner beans
*baby carrots

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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Loads of tomatoes in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

August 11, 2019

So many lovely tomatoes to share among our veg box members this week – a whole kilo each!

In all the veg boxes this week:-
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*aubergines
*courgettes or patty pan squash (Mark Norman, Bodmin|)
*cucumber
*runner beans
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans
*green peppers
*mixed salad leaves

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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It’s time to… cover the second polytunnel at Treraven

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August 6, 2019

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Patty pan squash in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

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August 4, 2019

These delightful flying saucer-shaped ‘White Custard’ patty pan squash are a free bonus item in the veg boxes again this week. Our lead grower Mark Norman cultivates them on his No Dig plot outside Bodmin.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*aubergine and tomatoes
*basil
*cucumber
*mixed salad leaves
*spring onions
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*French beans or runner beans
*green peppers
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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It’s time to… carry on constructing the polytunnel

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July 28, 2019

Brilliant work party volunteers sweated through the heat to work on our second polytunnel at Treraven Farm, Wadebridge. Enormous thanks to growers Mark and Jane plus Charlotte, Danny, Finn, Fiona, John and Venetia who dug trenches for the cover, constructed door frames and  cut the grass around the site.

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Stupendous summer veg in our weekly boxes

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July 27, 2019

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*aubergine
*green pepper or tomatoes
*cucumbers
*courgettes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*French beans or runner beans or peas in pod
*mixed salad leaves
*red onions
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Colwith Farm, Lanlivery)

Standard boxes also have:-
*carrots
*calabrese or purple sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA / Mark Norman)
*chard

All produce grown by Camel CSA, unless otherwise stated
* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all produce thoroughly

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It’s time to… harvest the onions

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July 23, 2019

BIG team effort to harvest and store the bumper onion crop, enough to fill our 60 veg boxes for 30 weeks. All thanks to the Monday team –  growers Mark, Bridget and Ann plus volunteers Charlotte, Darren, Finn, Pia and Spencer.

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