[shearling]

Given our glut of damson, plum, pack choi and needing to cull more sheep than the freezer or us can cope with I wondered what we could do with the surplus. Family (friends) is not that large... I wondered how to go about swaping food stuffs. We live in a hamlet not village. Any thoughts about how and what to wtch out for?

[egglady]

we just ask folk.....and ask them to ask folk......we live in a hamlet too

[lachlanandmarcus]

you could find out who sells something locally you would like and see if they want to swap. For example I swapped some of my goose eggs and was given some jars of jams/preserves. And my OH did some free professional work for a local chap and altho we didnt want anything in return our farm gate mysteriously turned into a shiny new marvellous one from the old rusty dragging thing it had been :-)))

With the damsons and plums your local jam maker (who often make other things too) might well swap them for something tasty :-)). If you cant track them down try WI or farmers markets organisers for contacts?

[JulieS]

I'm in Devon and open to swapping some pork or eggs for produce people might have.

[geebee]

Have you a local LETS group  (Local Exchange & Trade System/Service??) where people do exactly that. I joined one in our area years ago, offering dog grooming & lifts by car, but only enquiries I got were when I wasn't available! In theory it's a great idea. You get a cheque book worth so many tokens & build up an account of tokens,. But it just seemd to fold up & disappear. Have just googled & there are some groups not far from me so might look into that myself. It's maybe worth a look for anyone with surplus, or a skill they could offer.