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Community CROPS Wish List

Below are various items we need for the Community Garden and Growing Farmers Training Programs. (updated March 2013)

Wish List.pdf

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.