I'M BACK! didn't realize how long it's been since i put up a post. *cringy face*
but yesterday i went to my first backyard barter at the NW solar fest in shoreline. what a super awesome idea and fun thing to do. you bring handmade stuff; canned items, baked items, homebrew, stuff from the garden, crafts, whatever; and you barter for other people's items. so fantastic!
there were about 4 rows of tables set up for people to display the items they wanted to barter.
this wonderful woman brought kimchi and handmade bowls and cups. i bartered two jars of my marinated veggies for the cup by itself in the 2nd row there. this was my favorite thing bartered for!!
here's everything i traded for. i had lots of marinated veggies and plum butter from last year to trade with:
- worm tea (i'm gonna use it on my houseplants)
- tart aronia jam
- dilled green beans
- rhubarb vanilla early grey jam
- peach rosemary sauce
- green chili salsa
- oatmeal lavendar soap
- cottonwood salve
- a bunch of lavendar
- matchboxes
- a delicious brownie
- the most awesome handmade cup
and the NW solar fest was pretty cool. i didn't look around at it much, but i did see this sweet bus:
and GOATS! i petted some goats!
I am so glad you came to barter-- can't wait to see you in Beacon Hill for Beacon Rocks on the 26th, and there will be another event as part of the Tilth Harvest Fair on Sept. 8th. Let's talk soon about how you'd like to be involved as a volunteer. Thanks for getting the word out about Backyard Barter-- hope some of your friends will come, too! Details for the events and other bartering opportunities are on the website: http://backyardbarter.org/ or Facebook. See you soon.
ReplyDeletewow! i like this! i wanna make sure i got the day off and will have some stuff to barter with!
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