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What you can trade

If it came from your hands, it belongs in the conversation.

This is not a place for random resale piles. It is for made, grown, raised, cooked, built, repaired, taught, created and honestly earned value.

Wooden baskets of vegetables at an outdoor farmers market

From your hands. For someone nearby.

Plain answer

What can you trade on Local Trade Garden?

You can trade handmade goods, homegrown food, meat, eggs, honey, tools, repairs, skills, lessons, local labor and earth-friendly goods where legal and properly handled.

Trade categories

These categories help people understand what kind of local value belongs here.

Handmade Goods

Soap, candles, crafts, sewn goods, woodwork, useful home items and things made with your own hands.

Homegrown Food

Produce, herbs, seeds, starts, baked goods, farm goods and homegrown food where legal.

Meat, Eggs and Honey

Allowed where legal, properly handled and traded by people responsible for following the rules.

Tools and Repairs

Hand-built tools, repaired gear, sharpened blades, mended equipment and practical fixes.

Skills and Lessons

Music lessons, garden help, canning know-how, repair lessons, tutoring and useful teaching.

Local Labor

Stacking wood, clearing brush, hauling feed, planting rows, loading trucks and neighborly work.

Will Work for Food

Manual labor traded for food, goods or useful local items.

Earth-Friendly Trades

Trades that reuse, repair, grow, restore or reduce waste.

Simple trade rule

All trades must follow local, state and federal laws. Users are responsible for knowing and following the rules that apply to their goods, services, age restrictions, food handling, labeling, alcohol, livestock, meat, honey, eggs and any other regulated item. This site does not approve, inspect, guarantee, broker or become a party to any trade.