What are you willing to sell/barter

Wow, ouch is right!!!! I've seen it for $7 around here, and some places give discounts on 10+ bales.

But that's one thing we still have plenty of around here... alfalfa fields. A couple years ago I was talking to a feed store owner about the absence of alfalfa bales in his yard. He said the growers were shipping it all to the south, because even with the cost of transportation they could get more than they could locally.

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Completely spaced out on earlier response by not adding skill and labor. Was reminded last night when a neighbor had an electrical issue...a sliced power cord for her electric moped....LOL. She had no idea how to fix it, and the first thought was..."Go to Matt". Fixed in 5 minutes. No cost, just neighborly. That's what will help a lot in the future...help when you can, and see what happens.
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We been doing little swap type deals.
We have relative who is a neighor that we give eggs to, and my hubby gets to hunt on his farm. Wasn't set up that way, but if they are good enough to let hubby hunt with a couple of his friends, then we can do some things for them. We also get a few extras from their huge garden. Recently we were given some sweet corn by another friend, just go and pick. So we took the relative along so he could pick some for his family. Got about 2 bushels each.

At the produce market a week ago, I was helping another relative do her booth. I do this once in awhile as I am trying to learn so maybe next year, I can set up at the market myself. I took down a few extra eggs to sell. End of market day, and I watched the swapping start among the venders. I ended up swapping 2 dz eggs for 2 berry pies. Watched the cousin swap some of her frozen pork for baked goodies and some homemade cleaning products.

What are you willing to sell/barter to further your goals homesteading?
I obtained my land in Virginia by bartering three parcels in another state for it. I barter for many of the things I have or want. Specifically to further my goals in homesteading, per OP's question, I would trade part ownership in my land for actual physical work I can't do or pay for myself such as widening my access road to fifty feet by grubbing out stumps, dropping some pipe in the Death Trap and hauling in and spreading stone. Or designing and building fences and animal housing or planting trees or rehabilitating my apiary or, best of all, paying my taxes!!! Yeah, and I'd throw in a bread machine for boot!

I really like bartering. Something about not turning loose of cash!
I traded a Nubian buckling for a chicken coop earlier this year.
That was a wonderful trade. We have really enjoyed having chickens!
I currently have an ad on the Athens, GA. craigslist. Need to get
rid of a table saw. I have a few things listed that I could use.

Hubby and I are pretty much "at" where we want to be as far as homesteading.........both going to get SS this year. We barter our good meat for 60 pounds of fresh salmon from girlfriend who fishes. We get a nice, 3 week old Jersey calf every year for caring for their dog at fair time in the summer/fall. Cut neighbors wonderful woodlot of hardwoods for 70-30 split and hubby LOVES to do wood. Great 1st and 2nd cutting hay in our barn for grooming two lovely collies every 6 weeks year round. These barters are every year, also do lots as different things come to us.
This year we also have bartered two OUTSTANDING Nubian doelings for great woven fencing that friends had left over from doing their farm.....great trade as the rolls now sell for $289 per roll before shipping! Plus have, through the barter developed a wonderful friendship with this couple. Trading breedings later this year too...two sheep breedings from them for two goat breedings from us. We both have closed herds and the quality of animals is outstanding!
Working as a personal assistant for the summer, couple cleaning out 20 years of things. I get a nice hourly salery plus, WHATEVER I want I can have free.......I take blueberries, homemade wine etc. I have received some lovely and expensive things, latest was a lap-top computer.
We have 1/2 a pig, a purebred Finn ram lamb, a purebred Katadhin ram lamb and a market lamb not spoken for this fall..............any takers?

I'm with Texican on this.

If we have it here, we got it through work or scrounging (which is also work), and it will have a use one day. That "one day" will generally be the day after we trade for it. LOL!

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I've been thinking about something like that, with a couple of our residential rentals. Cool to know that people actually do that

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in our home business--a repair shop where we fixed farm equipment mostly, and did sheet metal, welding and machining. Now I'm set to REALLY retire, and have some stuff we don't need for our own use. Will keep most of the shop, but need to make some room here.

Have a cylinder head grinder, an old Van Norman to sell, and some inspection and gauging stuff: a Brinell hardness tester made by Tinius Olsen, a height master (gauge for surface plate work), several dial bore gauges, micrometers from 0 to 12", and some other stuff. One old South Bend lathe and a drill press is spoken for--goes to a friend of mine. Also have lots of drills, reamers, taps, dies, and other cutting tools in larger sizes that could go, but don't have to.

If I can peddle some this stuff, it will go into things like a chipper to grind up corn stalks for the garden, a lard kettle, and a cider outfit. I'll build the cider setup, but it will have some cost for the parts. Will also probably add to the solar PV system, if all goes well, but that is pricey.