Homegrown Evolution recently posted about time banking and vegetable trading.
Time banking is about labor exchange - here’s some info from the TimeBanks site:
What is Time Banking All About?
At its most basic level, Time banking is simply about spending an hour doing something for somebody in your community. That hour goes into the Time Bank as [...]
It’s legal to keep bees in Seattle proper, but my yard isn’t big enough to comply with the setback regulations. Also, I love the little critters, but kidlet is terrified of them, so no bees for me - maybe someday! If you do have a big enough yard, you can keep bees yourself, or do [...]
I interviewed Seattle blacksmith Louie Raffloer for the Make blog a while back - he has the coolest shop, Black Dog Forge, in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood (I’m still all giddy about the induction forge). We talked recently about barter - blacksmithing is a really useful skill to have these days, and I was curious about [...]
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Consumerist has a post about bartering making a comeback - there are a couple bits of food for thought.
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