Donations to garden

Craig Cooper, owner of Bikes To You and Imagine Grinnell board member, donated a large wagon from his shop to the Community Garden today. We will use the wagon frequently to haul tools and equipment between the shed and the garden. Thank you, Craig.

We also received a check last week from Upcycle Products, a rain barrel manufacturer and wholesaler in Illinois, for $200. The money is the fundraising proceeds from Imagine Grinnell's recent Spring Rain Barrel sale, which sold over 115 rain barrels to Grinnell area residents. We will use the proceeds as seed money for more fundraising efforts this summer and fall.

While we are always looking for people willing to volunteer their time at the garden, we are also grateful for any material donations. If we can avoid buying new tools and equipment or soil and mulch, we will.

Our current wish-list for the garden includes:

• high quality top soil or potting soil (for adding to the garden beds and cinder block holes)
• wood mulch (for the pathways)
• grass clippings (for mulching in beds)
• harvest knives
• long-handled diamond hoe or collinear hoe
• grub hoe
• use of a rototiller to edge around the garden