Years ago I went through a super hard financial disaster and couldn't afford a lawnmower. Being a very good seamstress, I offered to make plaid Bermuda shorts (which were in style at the time and very expensive) for teenagers to mow and trim my large yard. The shorts became so popular that I'd hear a motor outside and look out the window to see random neighborhood youth out there working for their Bermudas.
Just found your website. We are in our 70s but still very active. We live in a very rural place, have a few neighbors, but we all live in near wilderness, but only 15 miles from town. We don't have the physical strength to haul hay, etc. but we do plan on preparing to be fairly self-sufficient. Great ideas in your vid, thanks loads. (New subscriber.)
I have a fantastic idea for a neighborhood/ward project to teach bartering skills. Netflix has this fantastic documentary called The Trader about countryside peasants who have no money. Instead they bring potatoes to use as currency when "the trader" visits with his wares. Every item is bartered for a certain amount of kilos of potatoes. I think it would be so fun to encourage everyone to learn to grow as many spuds as they can, and then at harvest time have a huge neighborhood yard/bake sale where everything is traded for potatoes!
My elderly, widowed mother still lives on a large property in a low income rural community instead of choosing to move to a retirement community (or relocating across country to live with me) and is friendly with the neighbors along her mail route. Over time, she has given neighbors all sorts of men's clothing, power tools, hunting gear and building supplies that my late father had accumulated. Any time she needs a heavy piece of furniture moved or a fence repaired or some other kind of strenuous task done, there are younger neighbors who are glad to help. Those neighbors who are no longer all that physically fit often stop buy to drop off surplus garden produce or game meat or freshly caught fish because that is the neighborly thing to do. This is not so much short-term bartering as it is a longer term investment in forming a network of helpful friends.
The problem is even rural friends can betray you and in fact, not only does God warn you can’t trust anyone but God but He says “Cursed be the man who trusts in man..”
Instead of bartering cooking supplies, how about bartering a cooked meal? Given how prevalent eating out and convenience meals are in our society, I think a lot of people will trade for that. And it's not really that much more work to do large batch cooking it you already have the equipment in place. Qotd: when I was in college I traded tutoring/kid sitting services for home cooked meals and use of a washer/dryer. Traded moving assistance for Dr pepper. I once traded some rarer coins for an engine repair I wasn't able to do myself. When I lived in a smaller community that couldn't afford a full time rabbi (while not an intentional barter)I helped out with leading services, preparing young folks for their bar/bas mitzvah, etc and was frequently gifted meals or baked goods or bottles of kosher wine as a result.
I think winter outerwear is a fantastic surplus item for our area in northern Minnesota. We live in the woods and it never ceases to amaze me how rapidly our mittens, snow pants, boots, and parkas wear out. People don't realize that when you are living off the land, it is hard on your gear! I go through approximately 5-10 pairs of mittens/gloves a year myself. I am Learning to make leather and sew/repair with it. Also I have learned how to tan hides/furs for garment making. Working with it take some practice!
I finally taught myself to make beeswax candles from an 18th century mold. This will help subsidise my income. I understand that llighting is just as important!
Not enough videos out there about bartering, thank you. Another bartering skill: The ability to cut hair. Even in good times, have you seen the cost of a simple haircut? Also, get extra handles for farming tools (all tools for that matter). Tools will break. And get tools with wooden handles, you can't get replacement fiberglass. Thanks again, God bless.
I use a very service for portable communications where you can follow activity in your area. This is a way to find out what is on line to see what is happening in the area and to about 50 miles away. I''m glad you are using this idea now.
The one thing I never seem mentioned as a barter Item or even something you need to stockpile....Books. Having a library of books on food prep, medical practices, growing, building, military books on field craft or weapon repairs, farming, livestock, or butchering. You did touch on it but many hooked on the internet or cell phones just do not understand, that resource will be GONE. If you do not have it in print, you will not have access to it.. period. Now think how desirable said information will be in a bad situation either as a library you can barter for access to your books, or have backups to barter off later.
my favorite barter story is from my neice/nephew family. they bartered 2 dozen eggs for help with electrical on their well system. the electictician was elated for fresh rich eggs and my greatful for the confirmation things were correct and no mishaps should occur. you just never know!
Excellent information. New subscriber here. I just found your channel and have been binge watching. Note that pet food goes rancid due to the fat content. Having canned pet food would be helpful but we can and dehydrate extra meats for our pets.
I did not know the base of the Kelley Kettle could be used for alcohol cooking. Thank you!!! I have found the replacement for that morning cup of coffee. I love the taste of "masala chai" spices. I will now be collecting and storing Ceylon cinnamon, freeze dried ginger root, black peppercorns, whole cloves, cardamon pods, star anise, and allspice in addition to my other herbs and salt. Now I need to make friends with a cow owner to barter for heavy cream I like in my drink. Do you have a link or info for that heater you had on the table?
When we ran out of canned cat food I decided to try cheap brown gravy mix and only added 1 can of cat food while boiling...... took them a minute to get used to it But 1 pkg gravy,1 can cat food Feeds all 3 cats for 6 days!
Some times, you just can not give back enough. When I still had my hobby farm, I was often called by the retired folks around the two lakes near my cabin to do all manner of projects. A widow asked for me to take down a tree that was precariously leaning over her winding drive. This was a very quick project done out of the back of the old beater hatchback I drove. She showed up in front of my cabin the next day and handed me warm cookies from her morning baking. She also asked if we could use her late husband's pick-up truck. We pumped up really nice tires, removed a load of pine needles and a lot of pine pitch from the window glass. That truck was babied by it's one and only owner. It looked rough and was old but what a trunk. My son drove that beast until he earned enough to purchase the 4x4 and plow he wanted for winter work. My guess is that truck, or at least the engine is still in service? How could we repay that? Our friend did not use a lot of firewood but I used my tools to brush out her flue each year and we delivered to her a 1/2 cord (one pick-up truck box full) of seasoned hardwood for emergencies and for her family to enjoy a fire during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. I only hope we gave back enough?
I always enjoy your videos. I learn so much. I'd like to know where I can purchase the Armageddon Medicine book. I tried Amazon and eBay, but it is unavailable.
I help my friends when they harvest their chickens. In addition to a nice meal they also give me all the chicken necks which I use as treats for my dogs.
You guys are awesome. Everyone should be part of the solution so when the governments decades of horrible policies cause the ultimate collapse we don’t have utter mayhem.
Great video as always. Im setting up a mobile power station using some batteries and a 100 watt solar panel. My question is with power how would you measure the amout that you would trade. Theres a huge difference between charging a flashlight vs a 20000mah battery bank.
I would charge by amount of power they need. If you have a tool to measyre the wattage...i would do a before and after and figure out a scale. You can also charge by time. It'll take LESS time to charge up a flashlight...versus charging up a battery bank.
I just want to say that it is HIGHLY unlikely that fast food restaurants will ever shut down and people will have to cook for themselves and even more unlikely that toilet paper will EVER be in short supply. I mean, seriously, what kind of scenario would that be? *cough* VID-19. Ahh, satire.
I need some Go Cart assembly skills. Have lots of survival skills... even a shorty school very low miles bus 77k. And so much more. Ask me. Even solar panels. I need out of my situatiin badly. No drugs, alcohol, food.. only assembly Go kart assembly I have knowkedge and tools, but not health. I have survival equipmtnt including tents - teepees, saws, camping supplies etc. Security stuff, cameras etc Solar power 160 watt panels and more. And i need so little... go cart transport assembly.... lehigh acres FL area Battery recharge lights etc/ with batteries even some tools
I would say a good barter skill would be chef. Some have food but can't cook so maybe for wealthier people it could be live in chef and there family gets to live on property well now that kinda sounds like indentured servant but that's not what I mean
Nice job on reviewing the items and areas where people are going to have needs and where bartering items might be especially valuable. However, you never touched on the actual bartering skills needed to conduct a bartering transaction. How do you protect yourself from being taken, to remain safe during negociations, and how to "read" the person you're bartering with?? Nice try.... best wishes..... Ax
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you kindly for your length and detailed answer. I"d sure love to hear you and hubby discuss that in greater detail in one of your RUclips episodes. Thank you for your hard work and willingness to spread information that may some of our... maybe many of our... bacon... LOL. Best wishes..... Ax
Years ago I went through a super hard financial disaster and couldn't afford a lawnmower. Being a very good seamstress, I offered to make plaid Bermuda shorts (which were in style at the time and very expensive) for teenagers to mow and trim my large yard. The shorts became so popular that I'd hear a motor outside and look out the window to see random neighborhood youth out there working for their Bermudas.
Hehehe funny 😆
Love your families inspiration!
Just found your website. We are in our 70s but still very active. We live in a very rural place, have a few neighbors, but we all live in near wilderness, but only 15 miles from town. We don't have the physical strength to haul hay, etc. but we do plan on preparing to be fairly self-sufficient. Great ideas in your vid, thanks loads. (New subscriber.)
I have a fantastic idea for a neighborhood/ward project to teach bartering skills. Netflix has this fantastic documentary called The Trader about countryside peasants who have no money. Instead they bring potatoes to use as currency when "the trader" visits with his wares. Every item is bartered for a certain amount of kilos of potatoes. I think it would be so fun to encourage everyone to learn to grow as many spuds as they can, and then at harvest time have a huge neighborhood yard/bake sale where everything is traded for potatoes!
My elderly, widowed mother still lives on a large property in a low income rural community instead of choosing to move to a retirement community (or relocating across country to live with me) and is friendly with the neighbors along her mail route. Over time, she has given neighbors all sorts of men's clothing, power tools, hunting gear and building supplies that my late father had accumulated. Any time she needs a heavy piece of furniture moved or a fence repaired or some other kind of strenuous task done, there are younger neighbors who are glad to help. Those neighbors who are no longer all that physically fit often stop buy to drop off surplus garden produce or game meat or freshly caught fish because that is the neighborly thing to do. This is not so much short-term bartering as it is a longer term investment in forming a network of helpful friends.
This used to be normal, people used to live like this… In big cities, you don’t even know the neighbors from your own building, even the same floor.
The problem is even rural friends can betray you and in fact, not only does God warn you can’t trust anyone but God but He says “Cursed be the man who trusts in man..”
Instead of bartering cooking supplies, how about bartering a cooked meal? Given how prevalent eating out and convenience meals are in our society, I think a lot of people will trade for that. And it's not really that much more work to do large batch cooking it you already have the equipment in place.
Qotd: when I was in college I traded tutoring/kid sitting services for home cooked meals and use of a washer/dryer. Traded moving assistance for Dr pepper. I once traded some rarer coins for an engine repair I wasn't able to do myself. When I lived in a smaller community that couldn't afford a full time rabbi (while not an intentional barter)I helped out with leading services, preparing young folks for their bar/bas mitzvah, etc and was frequently gifted meals or baked goods or bottles of kosher wine as a result.
I think winter outerwear is a fantastic surplus item for our area in northern Minnesota. We live in the woods and it never ceases to amaze me how rapidly our mittens, snow pants, boots, and parkas wear out. People don't realize that when you are living off the land, it is hard on your gear! I go through approximately 5-10 pairs of mittens/gloves a year myself. I am Learning to make leather and sew/repair with it. Also I have learned how to tan hides/furs for garment making. Working with it take some practice!
i plan on bartering so I can help others. What will be needed is jobs that need doing. People need to work to feel worthy of the food they get.
Great video! Thanks for sharing such wise insight!
I'm very impressed with this video. And I'm very hard to impress. You thought of some things I didn't. Thank you so much
You guys are the best prepper so the internet. Thanks!
I finally taught myself to make beeswax candles from an 18th century mold. This will help subsidise my income. I understand that llighting is just as important!
Thank you
Not enough videos out there about bartering, thank you.
Another bartering skill: The ability to cut hair. Even in good times, have you seen the cost of a simple haircut? Also, get extra handles for farming tools (all tools for that matter). Tools will break. And get tools with wooden handles, you can't get replacement fiberglass. Thanks again, God bless.
GREAT Video! Thanks
Aloha from Hawaii 🤙😊 I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've gained so much knowlege from you all. MAHALO NUI and God Bless!
I use a very service for portable communications where you can follow activity in your area. This is a way to find out what is on line to see what is happening in the area and to about 50 miles away. I''m glad you are using this idea now.
The one thing I never seem mentioned as a barter Item or even something you need to stockpile....Books.
Having a library of books on food prep, medical practices, growing, building, military books on field craft or weapon repairs, farming, livestock, or butchering. You did touch on it but many hooked on the internet or cell phones just do not understand, that resource will be GONE. If you do not have it in print, you will not have access to it.. period. Now think how desirable said information will be in a bad situation either as a library you can barter for access to your books, or have backups to barter off later.
You did mention it, but very lightly for a subject I sort of feel is VERY important. Not quite the level of chocolate, but close...smile
jist found yer channel and subbed,, thank ya fer the video
I’m not even comfortable talking to people face-to-face NOW. I don’t know how I’d ever manage to talk to them when it became critical.
Very good video!
my favorite barter story is from my neice/nephew family. they bartered 2 dozen eggs for help with electrical on their well system. the electictician was elated for fresh rich eggs and my greatful for the confirmation things were correct and no mishaps should occur. you just never know!
Excellent information. New subscriber here. I just found your channel and have been binge watching. Note that pet food goes rancid due to the fat content. Having canned pet food would be helpful but we can and dehydrate extra meats for our pets.
I did not know the base of the Kelley Kettle could be used for alcohol cooking. Thank you!!! I have found the replacement for that morning cup of coffee. I love the taste of "masala chai" spices. I will now be collecting and storing Ceylon cinnamon, freeze dried ginger root, black peppercorns, whole cloves, cardamon pods, star anise, and allspice in addition to my other herbs and salt. Now I need to make friends with a cow owner to barter for heavy cream I like in my drink. Do you have a link or info for that heater you had on the table?
When we ran out of canned cat food I decided to try cheap brown gravy mix and only added 1 can of cat food while boiling...... took them a minute to get used to it But 1 pkg gravy,1 can cat food Feeds all 3 cats for 6 days!
Some times, you just can not give back enough. When I still had my hobby farm, I was often called by the retired folks around the two lakes near my cabin to do all manner of projects. A widow asked for me to take down a tree that was precariously leaning over her winding drive. This was a very quick project done out of the back of the old beater hatchback I drove. She showed up in front of my cabin the next day and handed me warm cookies from her morning baking. She also asked if we could use her late husband's pick-up truck. We pumped up really nice tires, removed a load of pine needles and a lot of pine pitch from the window glass. That truck was babied by it's one and only owner. It looked rough and was old but what a trunk. My son drove that beast until he earned enough to purchase the 4x4 and plow he wanted for winter work. My guess is that truck, or at least the engine is still in service? How could we repay that? Our friend did not use a lot of firewood but I used my tools to brush out her flue each year and we delivered to her a 1/2 cord (one pick-up truck box full) of seasoned hardwood for emergencies and for her family to enjoy a fire during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. I only hope we gave back enough?
I always enjoy your videos. I learn so much. I'd like to know where I can purchase the Armageddon Medicine book. I tried Amazon and eBay, but it is unavailable.
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you so much! :)
@@TheProvidentPrepper thanks for the link :)
I help my friends when they harvest their chickens. In addition to a nice meal they also give me all the chicken necks which I use as treats for my dogs.
You guys are awesome. Everyone should be part of the solution so when the governments decades of horrible policies cause the ultimate collapse we don’t have utter mayhem.
Wool blankets.
you don't need to feed your cats if they are hungry. You just need to let them outside, cats are one of the most efficient hunters.
Tequila would have an exponential increase in value in a barter situation, so would coffee. Nutella, not so much.
What can I trade with you to get that nice looking tie?
Great video as always. Im setting up a mobile power station using some batteries and a 100 watt solar panel. My question is with power how would you measure the amout that you would trade. Theres a huge difference between charging a flashlight vs a 20000mah battery bank.
I would charge by amount of power they need. If you have a tool to measyre the wattage...i would do a before and after and figure out a scale. You can also charge by time. It'll take LESS time to charge up a flashlight...versus charging up a battery bank.
I just want to say that it is HIGHLY unlikely that fast food restaurants will ever shut down and people will have to cook for themselves and even more unlikely that toilet paper will EVER be in short supply. I mean, seriously, what kind of scenario would that be? *cough* VID-19. Ahh, satire.
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I need some Go Cart assembly skills. Have lots of survival skills... even a shorty school very low miles bus 77k. And so much more. Ask me. Even solar panels. I need out of my situatiin badly.
No drugs, alcohol, food.. only assembly Go kart assembly I have knowkedge and tools, but not health. I have survival equipmtnt including tents - teepees, saws, camping supplies etc. Security stuff, cameras etc Solar power 160 watt panels and more. And i need so little... go cart transport assembly.... lehigh acres FL area
Battery recharge lights etc/ with batteries even some tools
I would say a good barter skill would be chef. Some have food but can't cook so maybe for wealthier people it could be live in chef and there family gets to live on property well now that kinda sounds like indentured servant but that's not what I mean
The take home lesson is don't eat unhealthy foods like subway sandwiches and pizza.
Toilet paper you should not be picky with! At least you have some. That's just my thought
Nice job on reviewing the items and areas where people are going to have needs and where bartering items might be especially valuable. However, you never touched on the actual bartering skills needed to conduct a bartering transaction. How do you protect yourself from being taken, to remain safe during negociations, and how to "read" the person you're bartering with?? Nice try.... best wishes..... Ax
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank you kindly for your length and detailed answer. I"d sure love to hear you and hubby discuss that in greater detail in one of your RUclips episodes. Thank you for your hard work and willingness to spread information that may some of our... maybe many of our... bacon... LOL. Best wishes..... Ax
Too bad the bartering system is not beneficial like this in my country