We had the first swap outside on a beautiful morning. 5 people attended. Some folks brought several jars of the same item to swap. Some brought one of a bunch of different foods. The swap went seamlessly & everyone went home with a new assortment of foods.
The next swap is "planned" for early November. By then we hope to rustle up twice as many people. Maybe we'll all bring a friend. Hopefully we'll also find some folks in Internetland that want to join us. I'll pick a date soon.
The next swap we'll open up to any FOOD OR GARDEN RELATED ITEMS including plants, cookies, whatever. For the November swap we'll try to be Laissez-faire about what works as swappable items. In otherwords, just bring it. We'll let the swapping market decide if it works.