The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird was complaining yesterday that we “don’t have any food.” Booo Hooo. So I went over to Mrs. Hillbilly’s house to try to score some “food.” You know, the kind that doesn’t have dirt all over it.
Bartering with Mavis – How to Trade Heirloom Carrots For a Free Lunch
Yesterday, Angela and Heather invited me to lunch at Panera. For those of you who don’t know, Panera happens to be my favorite restaurant in the whole wide world. But the thing is, it costs money to eat there. This whole trying to feed your family on $100 a month thing can kind of be Read More >>
Bartering With Mavis – How to Trade Garden Vegetables For Non Perishables
Yesterday I received a call from my neighbor Girly Girl. Her daughter Lulu had just harvested 2 lbs 8 oz of red potatoes. Potatoes I had helped her daughter plant earlier this spring. Girly Girl wanted to check to see if I needed to know the poundage for my 2000 pounds or bust tally. I Read More >>
Bartering with Mavis – How to Barter For Food
Yesterday, my friend Heather dropped by with her two kids. Heather and her husband are in the process of building an urban chicken coop, and when she asked me last week where she could find some chickens, I offered to barter with her. I ended up trading her 3 of our chickens, for $30 in Read More >>
How to Barter For Food Like Pilgrims and Indians
Do you ever wish you could go back in time? Personally, I think it would be a blast to go back just so I could wear the same outfit everyday and barter with my neighbors. Sure, not having any running water, toilets, or medicine would stink… But I could barter every day of the week. Read More >>