Packing and unpacking your vehicle every hebdomad for thefarmers marketis like compact and take out for a mini vacation — you are doomed to leave something . Having done Fannie Farmer market for nearly 10 years myself , I know this well . We have draw a blank at least one of everything .
So we have determine that it is sassy to excogitate a checklist and keep it close to where we load up . That way , we can make certain to never draw a blank even the simplest or most obvious ( but still forgettable ) of point . Believe me , it happens , especially if you ’re loading after a foresightful harvest day or early in the morn after a farsighted hebdomad .
If this class is your first year at the granger market , this list can help act as a guide for what you demand and for making your own list . Obviously , everyone ’s Fannie Merritt Farmer market tilt is a little different , but here are the items on ours as well as some entropy about each .
1. Cash Box
We always bring $ 100 variety , all tens , fives and ones . We also always make indisputable that we have ourcard readerfor banking company cards , and we also bring a provision of our own business board .
2. Tent(s)
This seems like something you would n’t forget . That said , we always take good care to air our tent out if they get blotto at all to avoid mildew , so sometimes they are not put back into their cases . Not having them in the same topographic point every week ready it easy to forget them .
3. Weights
Several option survive for tent weights . We have used cinder blocks mostly , because they pile easily and are relatively easy to pick up and wed onto . Buckets of sand or concrete are effective . A weighting must be heavy , though finding something attractive can be difficult .
4. Tables
I recommend collapsible tables with easy hold . mass of masses establish their own tables , but they can be laborious , hard to load and severe to move . The 5- or 6 - foot collapsible tables are wanton for us and most convenient for packing .
5. Signs
The signs you expose let in your farm signs and any signs you need for the market . Much of that stuff we personally keep in our securities industry tote as delineate below .
6. Market Tote
The market holdall is our catchall for all the odds and ends that make up the market day . broadly , a small plastic tote with lid holds diminished sign , our tablecloth , labels , twist railroad tie , constituent stickers and even our scurf .
7. Scale
Although this often rides in the grocery holdall , we do regularly expend our scale leaf as we ’re wash and packing so we put this on the inclination as to cue ourselves to make certain we snag it before we leave .
8. Display
If you ’re building or bringing any sort of video display , that should be heel . Also cerebrate about your space before you build a giant exhibit , as this can take up a caboodle of way . Displays can also be basket or berry container , but it should all be light to locate when you ’re packing up .
9. Water Bottle and Sprayer
You and your produce both need water . Also possibly a coffee cup , but that ’s just for you .
10. The Product
twofold stay that you are bringing all of the product that you planned to wreak . We have a small walk - in cooler where everything stays , though sometimes crop such as potatoes , garlic or onions — in the middle of the summer as they cure — might not be in there . So we like to indite those things on a board close to where we mob so we do n’t forget them .
