Volunteers Nick and Stan are busy building us a new insulated cool store at the back of the packing shed on our site at Treraven Farm. We really appreciate their input as they’re both highly skilled and super efficient.

The store will be used mainly for winter storage of vegetables like squash, pumpkins, onions, beetroot and various root crops that are harvested earlier in the growing season. It will protect them from extreme temperatures and attacks from rodents until they are needed in the veg boxes. It’ll also be useful for storing apples once our newly-planted orchard becomes productive.

The timber and insulating materials were financed from Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network – WREN‘s community benefit fund with money donated by Wadebridge energy firm CleanEarth.

In all this week’s veg boxes:
*peas in pod
*beetroot
*rhubarb chard
*green onions
*French beans (Camel CSA) or broad beans (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*cucumber (Camel CSA) or *courgettes (Mark Norman)
new potatoes ‘Swift’ (Camel CSA) / ‘Foremost’ (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes also have:
*lettuce / *cucumber
*turnips (Mark Norman)
*calabrese (Camel CSA) or purple sprouting broccoli (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

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

Sharing out the vegetables is an important part of our weekly routine at Camel CSA. In their veg box every Friday each member household gets an equal share of what’s available and ready on our field at Treraven Farm.

Quantity and quality vary from week to week depending on nature, the weather and the changing of the seasons. It means CSA members share in the risks and rewards throughout the year and have a better understanding of how challenging and unpredictable the growing experience can be.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*carrots
*beetroot
*lettuce
*spring greens or chard
*green onions
*broad beans (Camel CSA / Francesca Iliffe, St Teath)
new potatoes ‘Swift’ (Camel CSA) / ‘Foremost’ (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes also have:
*coriander
*peas
*cucumber or *calabrese

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

Community vegetable growing requires people power and fortunately we’ve got plenty of that! Our team achieves amazing results with a balance of paid workers and dedicated volunteers.

Additional vegetables this week were grown specially for us by two long-term members of our paid growing team – Ann Smith in Burlawn and Mark Norman in Bodmin.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*spring onions
*carrots
*lettuce
*spring greens
*peas (Camel CSA) or *mangetout (Ann Smith, Burlawn)
*broad beans (Camel CSA / Mark Norman, Bodmin)
*new potatoes ‘Swift’ (Camel CSA) or ‘Foremost’ (Mark Norman)

Standard boxes also have:
*parsley
*beetroot
*radishes

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

Our growers and volunteers have been planting out celeriac, fennel and sweetcorn for us to enjoy later in the season. Meanwhile we’re continuing to harvest beautiful fresh spring crops for the veg shares.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*garlic scapes
*carrots
*broad beans
*lettuce
*peas (Camel CSA) or *mangetout (Ann Smith, Burlawn)
new potatoes ‘Foremost’ (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:
*calabrese
*beetroot
*radishes

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

We have the first of the podded peas as well as mangetout in the standard veg shares this week.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*broad beans
*spinach
*mixed salad leaves
*radishes
*calabrese
*white turnips
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Standard boxes also have:
*sprouted mung beans
*peas (Camel CSA) or *mangetout (Ann Smith, Burlawn)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

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

Our veg box members can’t get enough of this colourful salad leaf mix. The growers and volunteers are constantly sowing and planting out more seedlings to meet demand.

It’s such a staple in our veg bags during the ‘hungry gap’ in late spring while we wait for this season’s main crops to be ready.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*mixed salad leaves
*radishes
*broad beans
*spring onions
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)

Standard boxes also have:
*spring greens
*chard
jar of homemade preserves

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

More new-season crops are starting to mature. At the same time we’re harvesting the last of the overwintered chard.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*chard
*mixed salad leaves
*mushrooms ‘Shiitake’ (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
can of carlin beans (Hodmedod’s)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*broad beans / radishes
*sprouted mung beans
leeks (Trerair)

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

As the ‘hungry gap’ continues it’s all in the timing! Fast-growing crops like radishes, lettuce, spinach, coriander, chives and spring greens help fill the vegetable boxes at this time of year.

In all the weekly veg bags:
*radishes
*mixed lettuce leaves
*spinach
dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
tub of Cornish seasalt (Cornish Seasalt Company)

Standard boxes also have:
*spring greens
*chives
*sprouted fenugreek seeds

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

We’re right in the middle of the ‘hungry gap’ when we’ve eaten almost all last year’s vegetables and eagerly await the spring harvest. Our volunteers and paid growers work so hard to ensure Camel CSA members get a fair share in their veg bags each week, even at this busy time while we sow, plant and nurture the new season’s crops.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*sprouted mung beans
can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
cauliflower (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*carrots
*broad bean tops
swede (Trerair)

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

There’s such a crispy, crunchy, leafy selection in this week’s seasonal vegetable boxes including radishes, chard and the last of the foraged wild garlic leaves.

In all the weekly veg shares:
*rhubarb
*mixed salad leaves
*Swiss or rhubarb chard
*mushrooms ‘Shiitake’ (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
leeks (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*radishes or foraged wild garlic
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
dried British olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)

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

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