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| Rea231 |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:48:05 AM
My goal in 2010 is to try to barter as much as possible. So far I have bartered for all my next years winter supply of firewood. (which is a huge deal for me because I live alone and do not have the ability to cut it and I use alot of it in the Michigan winters with the woodstove as my only heat source)
I also just canned beef stew ans bean soup for a friend in exchance for beef.
I have been trading homemade granola for eggs. What do you barter?
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| countrygirl10 |
Posted - Feb 24 2011 : 12:22:15 PM
I've always loved animals and have 2 dogs. So I had started just watching friends dogs when they were on a trip or needed someone to help and it turned into bartering. They didn't want me to do it without compensating me, even though I was happy to, so they started bartering. I now barter massages for dog watching and help around my house and hope to expand on that! |
| earth mama |
Posted - Feb 23 2011 : 5:12:55 PM
I barter photography and design services for my CSA veggies, karate lessons for my husband, and a course on herbalism that I'm about to start. Love to barter, and the design services work long distance, so if you have something you like to barter and want some logo work or web design, contact me and let me know what you've got ;-)
Blog: http://wayfaringartist.com
Photography and Design: http://dailyikon.com |
| theoldecrone |
Posted - Feb 06 2011 : 08:27:57 AM
I currently have a barter arrangement with my hair girl. I edit her monthly newsletter in exchange for haircuts for my family, as needed. It works out great for both of us. We both make each other "look good." Any service that you can provide may be worth something to someone. Sewing is a good one to offer. Writing or editing services are also valuable--many people do not have refined skills in that area. I would imagine that any handy-skills would be valuable for barter: fixing running toilets, hanging new curtain rods, etc.
Amy Kalinchuk
Author, Making Soap in Your Own Kitchen
http://www.crafte-revolution.com |
| batznthebelfry |
Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 01:43:50 AM
I barter as much as I can, not because i don't need the money but some people need help now & I love that I can do something for them in trade for something else.
I give eggs to the neighbor girl in trade for her lovely homemade bread, I took care of a sick dog for another neighbor & he put in my chimney cap for me. I cleaned out 2 very nasty coops for a friend in trade for 50 lbs of raw oatmeal.
I bartered my eggs for apples from another neighbor who had apple trees.
I grow up bartering in Oregon in the 1970's when I was in high school, my family thought it was better than cash for a lot of things & our neighbors & friends loved it so I have always kept it up when I can. Michele' #2622
The Old Batz Farm |
| kluckingbear |
Posted - Jan 11 2011 : 1:57:38 PM
At first I was thinking that I don't barter much at all, but I guess I do in a way. My friends and I bake each other things in return for swim practice pick-up and babysitting. I guess that is bartering in a mom way. I do wish there were some more opportunities to barter where I live, but I haven't run in to much.
~Come visit me at my blog www.kluckingbear.blogspot.com |
| Montrose Girl |
Posted - Jan 07 2011 : 06:38:35 AM
We barter peaches and apples for eggs. It helps keep us supplied all winter, but the egg person gets fruit when it is fresh and can put up what they need.
Best Growing |
| Room To Grow |
Posted - Jan 06 2011 : 5:07:24 PM
My DH says that the government has there hand in the Bartering Business. It is hard to start a Bartering Community. They cant tax bartering so they make the Bartering Companies to use a w-9 for you to fill out so you have to be taxed. Which I think is terrible.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
| HookAngel |
Posted - Jan 05 2011 : 12:11:52 AM
I used to barter alot.... my aunt was a member of a barter group kind of like the "cash" system mentioned here... it was lots of fun..we bartered from her Bridal and Formal consignment shop... sewing services, I bartered cleaning services, needlework, data entry, childcare for many things both material and services. I wish I could hook up with such a group again or at least find a good local barter outlet again. |
| MTNSunshine |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 10:45:31 PM
I've barterd eggs, peaches, grapes, firewood and gold panned from our creek for dental care.
Proud FarmGirl #914 ;o) |
| momdrinkstea |
Posted - Sep 01 2010 : 9:30:02 PM
You can set up your own bartering group as a yahoo group for free.
Just log onto yahoo (you need a yahoo email), and you can set it up
like a "Freecycle" group, with "WANTS" and "OFFERS", ex.:
WANTED: hay, perennial plants, or eggs - HAVE: strawberries
OFFER: used baby swing - NEED: used plastic wagon
Users can email each other anonymously through the group.
We put up flyers at local schools, medical offices and community sites
to advertise the yahoo group, and get members. Good luck! It's fun!
Also, craiglist.com usually has a barter section.
We barter with lots of local farmers and neighbors.
I've swapped baked goods, chickens and divided perennials
for beef, eggs, pork, animal sitting, and lawn mowing.
Think of all the tax money you save, both ways, buying and selling!
Gotta love it! :)
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." -Albert Einstein |
| Celticheart |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 8:34:40 PM
We barter quite a bit. Eggs for barley and red wheat, machine quilting for lamb chops, quilting lessons for an hour massage--that was the best barter ever! Hauling for baling hay.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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| katalind |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 5:19:36 PM
I barter with my chiropractor, hair cuts for adjustments. Unfortunately I haven't had time to go and I need it more than ever now. |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 08:36:33 AM
I barter my jewelry....I also barter homemade jam and wine for freshly baked pita bread! |
| sherrye |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 08:08:24 AM
day there was a post on craigslist.
yes what are redwork patterns? i have to say this is where i live. i barter and barter. i traded yesterday for a 300 gallon water tank for our dexters. i traded 22 pounds of pork and 50 dollars. he would have traded for all pork but i do not want to run out. gotta move first then pigs. we sure do not want a post that says pigs on the run lol. i trade all resources here. if i see something for sale. i call and barter.soap plants beef chicken pork turkey eggs our labor our tractor and dump trailor our tools for use. the list is immense. i also dog sit do grooming, chores on farms clean houses. it is the small things that make the big ones count.we traded block work for our first 2 cows. our best mama coes. buttercup a mini jersey and hippo dexter belted naturally polled.i would trade my shoes if i thought it was a good deal for all. its a hobby. since i am a talker this is easy as pie.i have SO much fun. i do it every am online. i am so known for it people call me to network what they have to barter.just my way sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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| lulu |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 1:04:10 PM
Oleta,
What are redwork embroidery patterns?
Connie
LULU
Take care and write soon.
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| Room To Grow |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 10:55:59 AM
I have bartered Massage for many things I have been interested in. Also I have bartered doing hair and nails for my husband to go to the chiropractor.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Apr 09 2010 : 12:55:59 PM
I love to barter...will always be willing to barter for anything in my etsy shop. I barter fresh milk for hay, and fresh lettuces and home baked goods from time to time, fresh eggs for peas a few times, I love bartering! I even traded babysitting for wild rice one time in Minnesota years ago.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| vintage saver |
Posted - Apr 08 2010 : 06:32:06 AM
I would like redwork embroidery patterns. I've been wanting to try this for a while. I have cookbooks, a few scrapbooking supplies, mostly paper, small fabric pieces for scrap quilts and probably lots of other stuff. Just tell me what you would like. |
| Faransgirl |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 10:09:24 AM
I have bartered sewing and horse back riding lessons. I think with this sight the best thing to do is list what you have and see if anyone is interested. I have done sewing for someone else to do bead work etc. Magazines for embroidery patterns. Everyone has a skill of some kind you just have to find someone interested.
Farmgirl Sister 572
When manure happens just say "WOO HOO Fertilizer". |
| Rea231 |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 08:00:34 AM
I spoke with people at the local health food store and they are pretty interested!
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. |
| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 4:33:28 PM
But check out www.barternetworkinc.com!
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
( I'm just one short of a drill team!) |
| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 4:30:31 PM
I'm sure there's a model out there somewhere. The one I was in AVEC , closed in 2000 or so. We did have to pay a small fee every time we earned ACES. That helped pay for the cost of renting the central office, which had a showroom. I just don't remember if we paid a joining fee or annual dues. Whatever it was, it allowed me and my son to have health care when I was a single mom and in school.
Try googling " how to form a barter network" I have to unload hay and feed horses.
Mary LD
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
( I'm just one short of a drill team!) |
| Rea231 |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 2:01:53 PM
I wonder how someone could start a community barter???
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. |
| MaryLD |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 1:05:12 PM
I have bartered my midwifery related fees ( gyn care, fees towards homebirth) for help when I moved, handmade items, childcare, massage, haircuts, graphic design, horse training, horse chiropractic, and also clothing items at a client's store. Before I was a midwife, I bartered my homemade pickles for just about anything. People just always said yes! Now I keep them all, LOL! I've bartered homegrown veggies and homemade dairy products towards the cost of other services, kind of like getting a discount. I bartered house cleaning for car repairs when I was in school and drove an old clunker. I did some sewing in exchange for childcare.
I was once in a barter network in my local community, up until it closed when the founder moved away. We traded in " Aces", a kind of " currency." There was a whole system for keeping track, and the deal was, you could earn Aces and then spend them with anyone in the network. It did not have to be an across the board trade with the person who needed goods or services from me. We had over 600 members. I was in school, and did home health care, housecleaning, and events help to earn the Aces. I got all manner of trades- care with a Naturpath/ Homeopath, restaurant vouchers, gifts to give , office supplies. I even got a gift certificate for a hotel room in San Diego, that I gave to a friend who was going there with her family, and had done me a million favors.
Mary LD
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
( I'm just one short of a drill team!) |
| karla |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 12:01:44 PM
I have even bartered for a perm at my local salon stylist many years ago-all you have to do is ask!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. |
