Pickers and packers play a vital role at Camel CSA

April 18, 2023

Massive thanks to our marvellous team of volunteers who pitch up every Friday morning to pick vegetables and pack the veg boxes. They have to be completed by 11am for delivery via electric van to homes and pick-up points around Wadebridge, Bodmin and Camelford and along the north Cornwall coast.

In all this week’s veg boxes:
*spring onions
*mixed salad leaves
*spring greens
*jar of homemade preserves
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)
*bay leaves (donated by a CSA member)

Standard boxes also have:
*radishes
*sprouted fenugreek seeds
swede (Trerair)

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

It’s a good time to plant out kohlrabi

April 9, 2023

Camel CSA’s growers and volunteers are planting out hundreds of spring vegetables on our no dig growing beds including kohlrabi, lettuce, spinach, radishes and more peas.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*spring onions
*mixed salad leaves
*chard
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
can of fava beans (Hodmedod’s)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*wild garlic leaves (foraged)
*radishes
*dried 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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Out with the old leeks and in with the new

March 31, 2023

The last of the overwintered leeks have been lifted for the veg boxes just days after the new season’s leek seeds were sown. The ‘hungry gap’ in Cornwall is almost on us when we find ways of bridging the gap between old and new crops.

Growers and volunteers are continuing to sow, prick out and plant as many vegetables as possible. In the polytunnels the broad beans are flowering well alongside carrot seedlings and newly-planted out beetroot, calabrese, peas and turnips.

Outside the early potatoes are all in and some peas, carrots and radishes sown. Lettuce, spinach and kohlrabi will be planted out shortly.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*coriander
*red Russian kale
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*leeks
*sprouted mung beans
celeriac (Trerair)

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

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Rhubarb’s in season – it must be spring!

March 26, 2023

The rhubarb is ripe and ready for picking. Late winter gales in Cornwall can devastate this valuable early spring crop so we’ve erected an additional windbreak to protect it.

We’re harvesting other new-season vegetables alongside the remaining overwintered crops. Red radishes and purple sprouting broccoli are particular favourites among members of our veg share scheme.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*rhubarb
*radishes
*mixed salad leaves
*leeks
*red Russian kale
swede (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*stirfry mix
*elephant garlic
purple sprouting broccoli (*Camel CSA / Trerair)

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

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It’s time to get growing for the new season

March 19, 2023

Our growers and volunteers are working flat out to sow seeds, prick out seedlings and prepare no-dig beds for the many varieties of vegetables we’re cultivating this year.

Meanwhile we’re harvesting the last of the overwintered crops including our succulent salad mix – currently lettuce, buck’s horn plantain, mustard, red Russian kale, mizuna, land cress and baby leaf beet.

In all the weekly veg boxes:
*mixed salad leaves
*kalette tops or purple sprouting broccoli
red onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*dried olive green lentils (Hodmedod’s)
celeriac (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
leeks (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*wild garlic (foraged locally) or radishes
*sprouted alfalfa seeds
romanesco (Trerair)

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

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Last of the winter roots in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

March 11, 2023

These carrots may look whiskery and wonky but we don’t care as they taste delicious! We’re using up the very last of our overwintered root crops during Food Waste Action Week.

Our growers and volunters are getting ready for the new growing season and preparing lots of no-dig outdoor beds for carrot sowing and potato planting. The pepper, tomato, cucumber, aubergine and chillie seeds have germinated in the heated propagator and are being grown on under cover. 

In all the weekly veg shares:
*carrots
*parsnips
*beetroot or purple sprouting broccoli
onions (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
spring greens (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*mung bean sprouts
*parsley
leeks (Trerair)

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

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Harvesting for the weekly veg boxes on a cold and frosty morning

March 5, 2023

It was so frosty on Friday morning our volunteer pickers and packers had to wait for the ice to melt before they could start working outdoors.

In all the veg boxes this week:
*curly kale
*parsnips
*coriander
*kalettes or sprouiting broccoli or salad leaves
*Jerusalem artichokes
romanesco (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*sprouted fenugreek seed
*shitake mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)

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

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Simply seasonal vegetables in Camel CSA’s weekly boxes

February 26, 2023

We are proud to offer Camel CSA’s members a weekly selection of local, seasonal vegetables.

In winter we don’t grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers as they would require artificial heat. We also don’t deal with food imported from outside the UK.

In all the veg boxes this week:-
*mixed stir fry leaves
*Jerusalem artichokes
*kalettes or purple sprouted broccoli
*sprouted mung beans
potatoes ‘Sagitta’ (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
red onion (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)

Standard boxes also have: – 
*parsnips
*mixed salad leaves
leeks (Trerair)

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

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Lovely leafy mix in this week’s veg boxes

February 19, 2023

Our growing team work very hard to ensure that we have a constant supply of different salad and stir fry leaves available from the polytunnels during winter and early spring.

In all the veg boxes this week:
*mixed stir fry leaves
*daikon (Camel CSA) or beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*shitake mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
red onions (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
‘Sagitta’ potatoes (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*winter salad leaves
red cabbage (Trerair)
parsnips (Restharrow)

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

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Gourmet mushrooms in our weekly vegetable boxes

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February 12, 2023

Such a treat! We all have a bag of gourmet organic shitake mushrooms straight from the wonderful ‘Shroom Rooms at Forest Fungi mushroom farm in Devon. Their cafe is well worth a visit too.

In all the veg boxes this week:
*mixed stir fry leaves
*daikon (Camel CSA) or beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
*shitake mushrooms (Forest Fungi, Dawlish)
red onions (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Trerair Farm, St Eval)
cauliflower (Trerair)
‘Sagitta’ potatoes (Trerair)

Standard boxes also have:
*winter salad leaves
red cabbage (Trerair)
parsnips (Restharrow)

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

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