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Share your Have & Need
Post the eggs, seedlings, tools, goods, skills, or time you can offer—and the useful help or supplies you are looking for.
Have goods or time. Need practical help.
Trade locally. Thrive together.
A photo-first place for homesteaders to turn a little extra into useful goods, skills, or a few hours of help—right around the corner.
Free to joinYou decide what is fair
Around you
Matches made nearby
25 miles
Within your radius
Nearby counties
Start a useful swap
Name what you have—or the time and know-how you can share.
Active goods and labor listings appear here as neighbors share them—without exposing an exact address.
Create a listingPhoto-first listings that show the real thing
Discovery built around your local roads
Neighbor-to-neighbor conversations, not noise
Live nearby
Real offers from the Homestead Swap community.
Browse active Have and Need listings for goods, skills, and labor. Members share only their general area, never a home address.
Simple by design
More useful goods and helping hands stay in motion when neighbors can find each other.
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Keep it close to home
Set a radius that works for your roads and routines. Explore nearby listings across the counties you actually visit.
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Make a neighborly match
Find overlapping needs, check trusted profiles, and message directly to agree on a swap that feels fair to both sides.
A little more trust
Know who you are trading with.
Thoughtful profiles
See a member's interests and exchange history.
Clear conversations
Work out the details before anyone drives over.
Built for real life
Bartering feels better when it is local, clear, and neighborly.
From a spare wheelbarrow to a basket of tomatoes, every listing starts a practical conversation. Homestead Swap keeps those conversations close to home.
- Set a radius, not an exact public address
- Find complementary Have and Need listings
- Use messaging to make the plan together
Membership
Help grow the exchange from the ground up.
Neighbor is free to join today. Homesteader Plus is $8/month for neighbors who want to support early development and receive community updates.
Neighbor
For getting started nearby
$0 / month
- Have and Need listings
- Goods, skills, and labor swaps
- Local browse and messages
$8 / month
Homesteader Plus
An optional monthly membership for neighbors helping seed the exchange's early development.
Join the membership community and receive updates as Homestead Swap continues to grow.
Join Homesteader PlusPractical details
Questions before your first swap?
The good stuff is in the details. Here are the answers neighbors ask most often.
The next useful thing—or helping hand—may be nearby
Let your extra, know-how, or time become someone else's just-right.
Create your free Neighbor account, share your Have and Need lists, choose your radius, and start making local connections today.