This weeks box
In small and large boxes there is, Lettuce or mixed salad, spinach, cucumber & pumpkins (from Trevalon), Potatoes (charlotte) and leeks (from Tamar Valley), Cooking apples (in conversion from Cornish Orchards, Duloe), onions and carrots (from Devon). The large boxes also contain turnips, runner beans and Italian kale (from Trevalon).
Local Organic Apples
The fruit boxes contain a combination of apples (from Duloe), Pears (from Devon), Melon & plums (from Spain), grapes (from Italy) & Bananas (from Dominican Rep).
Local eating and cooking apples (in conversion) are now available as an extra for all the veg boxes at £1.50/kg
First frost
This week has seen temperatures drop. We spent Monday and Tuesday covering beetroot, chard, spinach and lettuce with protective fleece in a effort to stop frost damage. Not expecting them to survive the cold snap we have now picked the last of the runner beans and cucumbers and have started clearing the last polytunnel ready for planting with module grown salads.
This week we will be sowing in the propogation tunnel, more oriental salads to be transplanted into polytunnel No5 (under construction), Spring greens and cabbage (for harvesting late spring, broad beans for planting out in one months time and peas for transplanting into the polytunnel for an spring crop.
Website back on-line
After months of being busy with the planning public inquiry and being too busy to update it, I have now retrieved the lost passwords for the Trevalon Blog and have started posting again. So to view the latest information and look at photographs of Trevalon go to www.trevalon.blogspot.com.
Palestinian Olive Oil
We are now stocking organic and fairtrade Palestinian Olive oil, olives, dates, almonds and olive oil soaps. A leaflet is enclosed with a full price list.
Work Day
The first Saturday of each month, there is a regular opportunity to come and help out at Trevalon. Weather permitting there will be a workday this Saturday from 10am, when we will be mulching the apple trees and pruning alder & raspberries (after eating any that are left). Please bring gloves and pruning tools if you have any. Tea, coffee, bread and soup will be provided plus a fire to to keep you warm.
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THE FUTURE OF TREVALON
Trevalon is 16.5 acres of farmland near Herodsfoot. It is south facing with small fields surrounded by mature hedges. There is a stream, woodland, springs, ponds, orchard, vegetable plots and grassland. It is organic certified and is a haven for wildlife.
Currently the land is used to grow fruit and vegetables supplying 80 vegetable boxes a week, delivered to homes in SE Cornwall. We sell four sizes of vegetable box, £6, £10, £13 and £16.
Trevalon now wants to open to the community, and give you the chance to help manage the land, take part in growing your own food on community plots and allotments, and become involved in making Trevalon more sustainable.
This is your chance to become involved in Trevalon Community Supported Agriculture Project (CSA) and create a partnership between the farmer and the community, working together to produce local healthy food at affordable prices.
What are the BENEFITS OF A CSA?
A chance to receive FRESH FOOD from a known local source,
A sense of BELONGING TO A COMMUNITY, an opportunity to CONNECT WITH THE LAND, have access to the farm for EDUCATION, WORK and LEISURE, play an active part in SUPPORTING A LOCAL SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE.
A Community Cooperative has been formed, called Trevalon Organic Cooperative, The public meeting is a chance to come and find out more and get involved. If you want to put forward ideas and discuss the many possibilities you are invited to join and attend the AGM for members.
Small farms are a valuable part of the local economy and landscape. They need your support. Producing food locally is an important part of creating a sustainable future, reducing food miles and carbon emissions and increasing healthy lifestyles.
Its win win - NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE!
ORDER A VEGBOX or go on the mailing list, email: janice@trevalon.co.uk, telephone: 01579326144, or visit the online shop at trevalon.co.uk.