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HOMEGROWN Holiday Swap

OK, let's get organized in here! I've got pints of apple butter and dilly beans - who wants to swap what they've got? I'd love some dill pickles, or some kind of fruit preserves - cherry jam! Whatcha got?

**11/13 Update** Aliza and I have come up with an idea: Whomever would like to join in a swap for the holidays should comment here. In a few weeks, on, let's say, December 7th people will be randomly assigned a swapping "partner". You will then exchange addresses privately and send each other a box of preserved goodies.
So far, we have the following swappers:
Aliza
Torry
Megan
Cornelia
Jessica White
Rachel Fowler
Adriana
Magpie Ima
John C. Scott
Emily Soulliere
Janice Kubo
Janis Freeman
Maria Jett
Blue Sandefur
Steve Racz
Cyndi
Mo
Cindy Whittaker Putnam
Chef Edmund Patrick/aka Hobokeneddie
Ellen C
Sharon
Charles Hudson
Kim Bennett
Carolyn

I'll update this list as people leave their comment. Fun!

Tags: fall, preserving, swap

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Chef Edmund Patrick/aka Hobokeneddie on November 17, 2009 at 2:26pm

i am eddie from hobokeneddies.com i have a very hot pepper sauce made from my garden called homegrown, it's unbelievable EDDIE, WOULD LOVE TO SWAP,I MAKE ALL MY SAUCES PERSONALY, CHECK OUT WEBSITE

Permalink Reply by Ellen C on November 29, 2009 at 10:44am

I'd like to join. I have homemade jams & relishes and I make homemade bath & body products or I make an awesome maple walnut fudge.

Permalink Reply by Sharon on December 4, 2009 at 11:16am

I have handmade baskets, dried flower art, seeds ,plants ,jellys and love bartering . You can visit my listing on www.localharvest.org/farms/M6681 to see photos . :)Sharon

Permalink Reply by Charles Hudson on December 5, 2009 at 7:07am

Please add me to the holiday swap. I have smoked tomato jam and trout jerky. Both produced in a small commercial kitchen. The trout are are sustainably raised on a commercial aquaculture operation in the mountains of Western North Carolina and the tomatoes are from a farm 5 miles from the trout farm. Thank you, I look forward to some fun surprises from this swap.

Permalink Reply by Cornelia on December 7, 2009 at 6:19pm

OK, here are the matchups! I'll send each of you a HG mail as well just to confirm. It is now up to you to exchange addresses and decide if you'd like to have the element of surprise in your swap, or if you'd like to discuss what each of you have. Happy swapping!!

My methods: I assigned every participant a number based on time of signup (the last two people being the exception - Kim commented in the main section, and Carolyn told me she wanted to participate in person). I then created a random number sequence between 13 and 24 (the second half of the group) and assigned those numbers to the numeric sequence of the first half. If that doesn't make sense, or if I did it wrong, please let me know.

Permalink Reply by Aliza Ess on December 9, 2009 at 10:00pm