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Make It Easy:  What do you barter?  |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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 Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:48:05 AM
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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?
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:20:09 AM
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I haven't done much but my MIL has bartered quilts for medical care...
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 12:58:08 PM
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If you have craft items,material,patterns, ect. that goes well. Just about anything. Just try it out and you'll find what is going or not. Have fun.
Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
1547 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 6:20:05 PM
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I barter art lessons for kids with a couple of friends. One husband is going to fix my porch. I trade lots of homemade things for supplies, herbs, etc. I have traded jam, herbal remedies, sewing and am working on a piece of wall art for a trade. I also trade with some of my guy friends.... pies or cookies for help with things. it's only as limited as your creativity. =)
Do what you love, love what you do. |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 05:19:35 AM
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I barter eggs for fancy coffee at our locally owned coffee shop.
My neighbor and I swap suppers for helping each other with various projects.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 12:07:54 PM
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I''ve bartered my homemade vanilla extract, along with some bath products. I hope to start bartering for cookbooks and fabric soon.
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com |
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 10:46:55 PM
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I barter my Energy Healing & Wellness Coaching sessions, handmade herbal soaps,herbal products, books, plants, etc. I have recieved art lessons, canning jars, books, material, yarn, landscaping. I love bartering. It's exciting and I hope to do more in the future. I have alot of rubber stamps, mostly education related, as they were my mother's and she retired from teaching. Any interest?
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many, Herbalist, Master Energy Healer
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
139 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2010 : 2:11:19 PM
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I am not crafty at all so I would barter granola for some handcrafted items...
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. |
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts |
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
1308 Posts
karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
1308 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 12:01:44 PM
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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. |
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MaryLD
True Blue Farmgirl
861 Posts
Mary
New Braunfels
TX
USA
861 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 1:05:12 PM
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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!) |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
139 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 2:01:53 PM
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I wonder how someone could start a community barter???
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. |
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MaryLD
True Blue Farmgirl
861 Posts
Mary
New Braunfels
TX
USA
861 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 4:30:31 PM
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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!) |
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MaryLD
True Blue Farmgirl
861 Posts
Mary
New Braunfels
TX
USA
861 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 4:33:28 PM
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But check out www.barternetworkinc.com!
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
( I'm just one short of a drill team!) |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
139 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 08:00:34 AM
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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. |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 10:09:24 AM
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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". |
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vintage saver
True Blue Farmgirl
323 Posts
oleta
wheelersburg
ohio
USA
323 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2010 : 06:32:06 AM
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| 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. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2010 : 12:55:59 PM
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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 |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 10:55:59 AM
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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 |
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lulu
True Blue Farmgirl
240 Posts
Connie
Geuda Springs
Kansas
USA
240 Posts |
Posted - Apr 24 2010 : 1:04:10 PM
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Oleta,
What are redwork embroidery patterns?
Connie
LULU
Take care and write soon.
When you wish upon a star...Jiminy Cricket |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 08:08:24 AM
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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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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2010 : 08:36:33 AM
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| I barter my jewelry....I also barter homemade jam and wine for freshly baked pita bread! |
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katalind
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Kathy
Chapin
SC
USA
177 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 5:19:36 PM
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| 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. |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2010 : 8:34:40 PM
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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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