Author Archives: Gill Lewis

Harvest Feast now will be held on Sunday October 2nd, from 2pm. Come and relax with good company and good food at the farm. A COCA communal Sunday Lunch/ Harvest Feast to celebrate the year, the veggies, and the people that … Continue reading →

The Harvest Feast planned for next Sunday is postponed to a weekend in October (tbc) because a number of VERY IMPORTANT  people couldn’t come on the date first planned. Sorry for the change of date, but we will still have the Feast, at … Continue reading →

As its the last Saturday in the month coming up , we invite all the COCA members to come along to the field to help with tasks better done en masse than alone. Bring the kids, bring food to share … Continue reading →

Caz is away, there are no WOOFers, the rest of the Harvest team is away or not well … we are down to just one person, Agnes.There is far too much to be done by her alone! Thursday and Friday … Continue reading →

An Invitation …. … to all COCA members and families…… …to join us on Sunday September 25th at 2pm….. in Cartref (the new straw bale building) at Caerhys Farm ….. …. for our very own COCA HARVEST FEAST. We will lay … Continue reading →

This is the wonderful season of max produce …..the GLUT!  The veg shares are worth far in excess of what we are paying for them, and there are TOO MANY COURGETTES AND CUCUMBERS!!   But we all know this is … Continue reading →

Amanda, Andrew and I give a cheer having set up the beautiful Salad Bar at the Harvest Party on Friday.  With thanks to the  salad-makers: Emma, Molly, Dorothe, Anna, Rosie, Gabrielle and Serena, . Almost all the veg was organic and grown … Continue reading →

So  this was our all-organic supper tonight … fresh from the COCA share box today.  Wonderful! Courgettes, tomatoes, salads, broad beans and new potatoes all grown at Caerhys, with onions and red peppers supplied by our friends at C and M … Continue reading →

 November 2015 A busy growing season!      Increased membership : COCA , based at Caerhys Farm near Berea, overlooking Abereiddy,  is coming to the end of its sixth growing season., and looking back over a very,  very busy year.  The … Continue reading →

  A belated Xmas pic of heroic Caz, Gerald and Lesley at the end of the pre-Xmas harvest with some glorious surprise cauliflower heads they found.  Not enough to share with everyone, unfortunately (…. caulis always seem to keep us … Continue reading →

Have you seen the pumpkin risotto in the Recipe section of the COCA website?  check it out if you are wondering what to do with the large orange slice in your share this weekend!

Leslie, Gabriella, Nathan and Gill setting the challenge to others to beat our record …. 520 lettuce seedlings planted out in 1 hour 15 minutes! And planted in (almost) straight lines and watered in.  Woo Hoo! Lovely volunteer work day … Continue reading →

100gr Orza “rice macaroni” per person (its a pasta in tiny bits like rice) about 500gr  Spinach, Chard, Kale or Spring Cabbage (or a mixture) for 2 people cooked chicken Philadelphia cheese seasoning : grated nutmeg, tarragon, salt and pepper … Continue reading →

Thanks to two grown-up volunteers and one under 5 plus our trusty long-term winter WOOFA, Yvon, the new polytunnel dig was completed on Saturday … the first volunteer workday of 2014.  The picture shows Ian and Yvon doing a celebratory … Continue reading →

The Full Share amounts : Potatoes   2kg Onions     750gr Carrots    370gr Parsnip  (bought in)   380gr Swede  (bought in)     1 each Stir- fry greens  50gr (bagged) Cabbage   1 very large one (or 1 … Continue reading →

With the rest of Wales covered in snow we are lucky to still be digging our own veg from the Caerhys field …. it was lovely (very fresh!) out there this morning, and we had a small collection of willing … Continue reading →

January 12th A pile of us have just had a good time on this crisp sunny morning, picking and sorting the veg for you all.  And while we are at it … a HUGE THANK YOU to George and Zenka … Continue reading →

21st December veg share: Everything sorted by this afternoon as weather forecast dire (again) for the weekend … so come and get your share as early as possible to enjoy at its freshest Full share : Potatoes      2kg … Continue reading →

Harvested Friday August 3rd (in the rain!) for you all ….   broccoli / calabrese  :   260gms (fabulous solid heads ) lettuce :  1 green little gem head plus 1 loose red head carrots :  300gm broad beans : … Continue reading →

Week’s Veg harvested 4pm – 6pm 27th July thanks to Dave, Gill, Jenny, Kate, Brigit and Anne for the harvest this week (and almost every week) Your full share is : New pots – 1.5Kg Beetroot – 90g New carrots … Continue reading →

Week’s Veg 20th July at last the sun has come …. what a contrast harvesting in the field yesterday afternoon (warm, balmy air, clean dry veggies, blue sea and sky) compared to the week before (lashing rain, mud, digging spuds … Continue reading →

week’s veg share July 6th New potatoes 1kg carrots (bought in ) 600gr onions (bought in) 500gr mangetout peas (COCA!) small handful (and we mean small… sorry) new carrots (COCA) 150gr   there are definite signs now that new crops … Continue reading →

Midsummer 2012 New Caerhys potatoes      750gr fresh Lettuce  100gr Swiss Chard    (very little to harvest …first come gets all!) Carrots (Netherlands)    300gr Onions  (Spain)   300gr   Well this is what we have been waiting for … Continue reading →

The Full Share this week is : Potatoes 2kg Onions 500gr * Swiss Chard 150gr Carrots 500gr* Radish 350gr Mixed Lettuce 100gr Stir Fry greens   handful There are also left-over last week’s broccoli , carrots and onions to help … Continue reading →