Community CROPS Wish List
Below are various items we need for the Community Garden and Growing Farmers Training Programs. (updated March 2013)
Contact us at (402) 474-9802 or info@communitycrops.org if you can provide any of these things.
Tools
- Hand tools including clippers, pruners, forks, rakes, trowels, hoes, shovels, etc.
- Hoses in good condition
- Hand Sprayers (for gardens)
- 10x10 Canopies
- Wheelbarrows
- Tillers
Gardening Materials
- Vegetable seeds and plants
- Perennial fruit plants such as rhubarb, strawberries or asparagus
- Straw and hay for mulch
- Drip irrigation supplies
- Diatomaceous Earth for each garden site
- Compost Tumblers
Farm Program Items
- carts/wagons for farm
- long fold-out tables for CSA
- heavy-duty sprinklers for farm
- shelving units--wire mesh preferred
- large plastic totes to harvest/store veg
- plastic baling twine for trellising
- heavy-duty tomato cages (or materials to make our own)
- first-aid kits
- sunscreen!
- digital camera
- wooden stakes (to label beds)
- mallets
- water coolers
- stainless steel tables
- deep sinks, preferably stainless steel (to wash greens)
- cargo bicycles
- golf cart (for getting around farm, assisting those with disabilities)
- ranger/mules/other utility vehicles
- large upright coolers (electric) to store veg
- gift cards or credit at local printer/designer...to get CROPS merchandising/made
Youth Program Materials
- Park Bench
- Baskets
- First Aid Kits
- Sunscreen
- Market Scales
- Hand Sprayers
- Hoses in good condition
- Straw and hay for mulch
- Heavy-duty tomato cages (or materials to make our own)
- Sprinklers and Sprayers
- New wheel-barrel wheel
- Tools- Hoes, shovels, rakes, etc.
- Buckets for Harvesting
- Water cooler for vegetables at the Farmers Market
Small Items
- Office Supplies
- Working Black Ink Printer
- Gift Cards to grocery stores for refreshment supplies for over 500 people at the garden orientations
- Gift Cards to grocery stores for cooking class supplies
- Gift Cards to grocery stores for refreshments for Farm Training classes
- Supplies for 15 First-Aid kits for the community garden sites
- Multiple Dust Masks (for the 15 garden sites)
- Work Gloves
- Rubber Work Boots
- Folding Tables and Chairs
- Jumper Cables
- Baskets
- Extension Cords
Equipment
- Hoop House
- Custom waterproof container for garden manuals at each garden site
- Used Tractor with roll bars
- Used Truck or Van
- Market scales (for farm)
- Small and medium sheds
- Refrigerated box truck
- Trailer (preferably a dump trailer)
- T-posts
- T-post driver
- Wooden Pallets
- Split-rail Fencing
- Landscaping fabric
- Wire Mesh (Galvanized hardware cloth)
- Coolers for Food-Net donations
- Glass/plastic shower or front doors
Contact us at (402) 474-9802 or info@communitycrops.org if you would like to donate any of these items. Please take into consideration that all donated items need to be in good working condition.
