hi guys

Great to see folks looking at what they are wanting to bring to the barter table, I encourage everyone to think outside the box on this one..

Go to a second hand shop and take a wonder around..

Just a few things I saw in my last "church" basement walk though..

Fermenting glass one gallon jugs to make fermented drinks.
A metal setup that could be used to heat food or water with a tea light or over a small fire or flame
different sizes of camo rubber boots barely worn as they were in kids sizes ( on sale for 2 dollars, they were high end hunting boots, 50 to 70 dollar range)
A great backpack
A wool blanket
a number of travel mugs
a couple older heavier thermo's
A small lantern for outside that holds a tea light safely
a leather pair with fake sheepskin of barely worn winter slippers

As long as its cleaned up and in good shape, its not required that the barter table items are new.. hit the local garage sale, the local second shop, the dollar store etc.

And if all else, fresh baking is good but do smaller portions for ease of bartering..

I have already put together a few boxes of things along those lines - tins, meat grinders, etc

Oddmott:

Not sure if you got my text. If you've changed your number let me know and I'll pm you..

Does anyone have a wish list of things that they are looking to barter for?

I'm always looking for mylar bags/o2 absorbers/buckets with lids.

What size mylar bags?

need 5 gallon specifically...

need 5 gallon specifically...

I've got lots of 02 absorbers and 5 gallon mylar bags
http://www.rapidsurvival.com/product-category/survival-food/mylar-bags/
Shoot me a PM or an email I'm sure we could work out a deal of some sort.

UPDATE: We have had to make a few changes in the timing of the presentations.

8:00 to 9:00 am Setup and informal Coffee and Chat (Coffee substitute challenge)
9:00 to 10:00 am Introduction and Meet and Greet
10:00 to 11:00 am Beekeeping
11:00 am to noon Tree and Bush Pruning to maximize fruit production
Noon to 1:00 pm Potluck
1:00 to 2:00 pm Egg Hatching using an Incubator
2:00 to 3:00 pm Wool Spinning from Raw Wool
3:00 to 4:00 pm Barter and Chit Chat
4:00 to 4:30 pm BOBus Show and Tell
(Including homemade generator)
4:30 to 6:00 pm Corn Roast
6:00 pm Camping at Whispering Pines
(Overnight camping and/or only chat by the fire)

Denob will you be bring your ham radio to meet? If yes What frequency and band should I monitor? If that's ok?

Denob will you be bring your ham radio to meet? If yes What frequency and band should I monitor? If that's ok?

Bringing the HAM for sure...
Let's use a simplex frequency of 144.440Mhz for local comms when we're all in the area and use the Mont Rigaud repeater for longer distances...147.000Mhz negative 600hz offset.

how many are hoping-planning on trying to do some hands on spinning in the wool -yarn event?

I'll try the spinning - should we bring gloves?..

No need to bring gloves that I know of, but you can if you want to do so just in case..

An observation if you will :)..... should we have clear sky's that weekend a nice meteor shower is scheduled.
shooting stars and a campfire.....I like it.

Thanks Grouchy for letting us know, we are booked into a darker quiet area of the campground, so yes, we should have amazing sky watching if the weather is being kind to us, here is hoping it will be 🙂

That sounds pretty cool. Not only could we be camping under the stars but possibly under a meteor shower.

I am going up on the Friday. Anyone interested in meeting for dinner in Ottawa on the 12th

Oldschool and I are meeting for dinner on the Friday evening, likely in South East Ottawa vicinity. Is anyone else interested?

Sorry i will have to pass as i will be setting up camp at whispering pines late Friday afternoon.