Bee Project update

Julia Kerrison, a local artist and teacher, putting the final touches to our community-painted bee mural, before its hanging this coming Thursday.

John Tobin, a local farmer and contractor, clearing the area behind our open barn, where the bee education centre will be sited.

Veg boxes 8th July

Small (£6) veg box - new potatoes, mixed salad leaves, rainbow chard, rhubarb, courgette, and a crystal lemon cucumber.
Standard (£10) veg box - new potatoes, globe artichoke, cucmber, garden peas, Hungarian wax pepper, broad beans, rainbow chard, rhubarb, and courgettes.

Hanging the bee mural

Our amazing new bee mural, created by local artists and schoolchildren, will be hung in our under-construction Bee Education Centre next Thursday morning, the 14th July, at 09:00. Anybody wanting to watch it go up, or learn about the project, or visit the farm, or lend a hand if needed, please come along!

Summer camping

Bosavern Community Farm is now open for a few weeks of camping over the summer. Please follow this link to find out our availability and to book your pitch:-

www.pitchup.com/campsites/England/South_West/Cornwall/Penzance/bosavern-community-farm/

This year we have added two new features to our camping field. The top photo shows our new shower cubicle, constructed entirely out of items "upcycled" from various parts of the farm - hot showers are included in the price of camping. And the bottom photo shows our fabulous new cob round-house, which this year will be the wet-weather-shelter and general common room. We also have a farm shop open daily 11:00 till 18:00, a recycling collection point, mains water supply, and newly mown pitches within our hay meadow with sea views. Plus campers can help out with farm tasks, such as collecting eggs and picking vegetables.

Prices are £7 per adult per night, £3 per 5-17 year old per night, with under 5s free. The number of pitches, and the number of nights when we are offering camping are limited, so please book early. Sorry, but dogs are not allowed, and under-18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Bee murals move to the farm

Our bee murals have been created in St Just's Drill Hall over the past week, by farm and community volunteers, as part of our Bee Project (in association with Grow Wild and Kew Gardens). On Thursday morning they moved down to the farm, where they are now on display around the farm shop entrance. They need their finishing touches, and waterproofing, but we think they look pretty amazing already, so please come down and have a look (and get your shopping at the same time).

Veg boxes 1st July

Small (£6) veg box - chard, kale, new potatoes, courgettes, cucumber, and broad beans.
Standard (£10) veg box - new potatoes, fresh basil, broad beans, kale, chard, rhubarb, mixed salad leaves, and courgettes.

Manon

Manon, from Brittany, volunteered on the farm for several weeks, and left on Thursday to return to France. Many thanks to Manon for being a stalwart of our wwoofing team in June!

Manon clearing old salad plants from Imogen polytunnel, with Gilles.