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Join us for the 2026 LFTN stocking exchange!
Each participant will fill a stocking for a randomly picked person and mail it to them.

A few rules of the game:

 Try to cap spending at $20
 One item must be handmade
 One item must be able to hang on the tree
 One recipe card

Margo, our Frugality Tip Guru, agreed to help make this happen this year. It’s sort of like a mailed secret santa. Except if you are going to the LFTN Christmas Party on Dec 19, you could hand deliver your stocking if your person is also there.

BE MENTALLY PREPARED TO MAIL BY DEC 1!!

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Today we talk about how Tactical and I stepped away from the Holler Homestead for a full day and applied the #My3Things framework to the bigger Holler Hub/Holler Homestead vision. We’ve been staring at this massive dream for a while now: regenerative systems, community spaces, rentable stays, owner stewards, events, classes, nutrient-dense food, healing, connection. People who experience it often change for the better. But the idea is also so massive, that it is crushing.

So we took a hard pause.

We borrowed a quiet place from friends, sat down with whiteboards, notebooks, and all the accumulated ideas floating around in our heads, and forced ourselves to narrow the focus. What came out of that process was clarity and clearer priorities.

Tales From The Prepper Pantry
Prepped the homestead for two weeks away by organizing freezer meals, emergency food, and making a walkthrough video for Tactical
Garlic scapes are harvested and garlic harvest is right around the corner
Herb drying season is officially underway with oregano, thyme, sage, raspberry leaves, lemon balm, and more
Discussion about properly cooking lean cuts like tri-tip roast without drying them out
Why local pork producers struggle when customers only want bacon and sausage
Thoughts on cooking whole-animal cuts like pork shoulder, roasts, and pork steaks
Updates on pantry usage, freezer rotation, and feeding more people through workshops and community dinners

Operation Independence
Looking seriously at scaling Holler Roast Coffee with a larger roaster
Discussing the realities of expanding into a more formal production facility
Why coffee continues to fuel nearly everything happening at the Holler Homestead
Considering reopening consulting calls to help people navigate personal and business crossroads
Egg sales may officially become a thing because the chickens are dramatically overachieving
Reflections on how community support has helped stabilize the homestead through injuries, growth, and transition
Using the #My3Things framework to simplify the larger Holler Hub vision into actionable priorities

The heart of today’s episode, though, is this: sometimes the vision gets so big that you stop moving. The answer isn’t abandoning the dream. The answer is getting brutally honest about what matters right now.

That’s what #My3Things helped us do.

I think this process may have saved us from building ourselves straight into burnout.

Make it a Great Week

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Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for a homestead happenings show!

Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk this Sunday!

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Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for a homestead happenings show!

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Today we have our first Tuesday Coffee Chat with John Willis of SOE Tactical Gear and Nicole Sauce of Living Free in Tennessee. These discussions are always a wildcard and can go anywhere. We usually hit on some current events of course. We also tend to talk about things like entrepreneurship, homesteading and a ton more. In general we try to inspire you a bit, make you laugh a few times, entertain you and teach you a thing or two along the way.

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Today we talk about how to stop feeding fear, survive beginner discomfort, and build confidence through action. We’ll also cover our usual Monday segments.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Spring Workshop wrapped up strong
Lots of hands-on learning in the kitchen
Reminder that skill comes from repetition, not podcasts
Homestead season is now fully underway
* Time to plant, preserve, repair, and move

Operation Independence
Every real skill you build gives you more options.
Cooking from scratch. Growing food. Preserving harvests. Fixing gear. Building side income. Leading community.

Main Topic of the Day: Less Talking, More Doing
This Is Not About Sauerkraut

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Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for a discussion of life on a homestead.

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Today, I am joined by Sandy Eplett to to talk about setting up systems that fit the season of your life to create your generational homestead.

Featured event: The Homestead Event – April 24 & 25 in the Knoxville area.

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Today, we discuss those cool, simple garden planning memes and why they don’t actually work – and what to do about it.

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Today I am interviewing The Tactical Redneck on the Living Free Podcast. he will tell his story of building freedom into his life which has included overcoming addiction, PTSD from being a combat veteran, and more.

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SelfRelianceFestival.com

@nicolesauce on instagram

@LFTN on youtube

@lftngroup on Telegram

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Today I am interviewing The Tactical Redneck on the Living Free Podcast. he will tell his story of building freedom into his life which has included overcoming addiction, PTSD from being a combat veteran, and more.

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TheLivingFreePodcast.com

LivingFreeinTennessee.com

SelfRelianceFestival.com

@nicolesauce on instagram

@LFTN on youtube

@lftngroup on Telegram

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Today I am interviewing The Tactical Redneck on the Living Free Podcast. he will tell his story of building freedom into his life which has included overcoming addiction, PTSD from being a combat veteran, and more.

Connect with us!

TheLivingFreePodcast.com

LivingFreeinTennessee.com

SelfRelianceFestival.com

@nicolesauce on instagram

@LFTN on youtube

@lftngroup on Telegram

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Today, we talk about the hidden cost of constant distraction, as well as cover all of our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: June 29 Meetup and Rabbit Processing Event. Join us for an in-person meetup and hands-on rabbit processing workshop right here at the Holler. Learn how to humanely dispatch, clean, and prepare rabbit for the freezer or dinner plate.

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Long-term food storage supplies that won’t break the bank.

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN Helping entrepreneurs, homesteaders, and freedom-minded folks handle taxes the smart way.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Added more pickled beets to the pantry this week—trying to stay ahead of the beet wave
Dried a fresh batch of lemon balm, thanks to a special visitor who brought me a beautiful harvest
Testing a new approach to event food and premade meals—moving to stainless steel restaurant trays with lids for things like meatloaf. Easier to stack, serve, and clean
Hoping to score cucumbers this weekend for the next round of pickling

Frugality Tip

A little weekly effort saves you tons of money in convenience food over time. I’ve been making 8 pounds of meatloaf at a time lately—when meatloaf is on the meal plan, I shape and freeze extras for future, easy-to-serve meals.

In fact, once a week, I pick something to batch like this—whether it’s blanching and freezing extra broccoli, or making carnivore pizza crusts. When life gets busy, I can just pull, cook, and serve—faster than driving into town or grabbing premade, low-quality food.

This habit saves money, improves nutrition, and helps prevent impulse spending. It also keeps us healthier, which could mean fewer medical bills later.

So here’s your challenge: Look at your meal plan this week and find one thing you can double and freeze. Future you will thank you.

Operation Independence

I finished my taxes! One more round to go and I’ll be fully caught up.

This process hasn’t just been about checking a box—it’s given me real insight into where money is flowing (and where it’s not). That clarity has helped me reprioritize how I spend my time and energy moving forward. Sometimes, independence means getting your financial house in order—even if it’s uncomfortable.

Main Topic of the Day: If I Were Starting a Homestead Today – a question from Ian who is about to buy his homestead from across the country and move…

FIRST THE BAD STUFF I DID

Make it fun more often and from the start –

Bulldoze the house and build new in a better location –

Emotional attachment to the goats

Maybe Not Get Goats

Moved the garden to zone 1

Retaining wall and French drain system – easy maintenance plan

1 animal or major change at a time until it is easy –

Hard reset on stuff

Infrastructure before animals (see above)

Time on the property to observe the seasons –

Overseen contractors and helpers more closely –

Build with profit in mind – 1 thing financing the next thing

Addressed the negative energy issue –

Better use of on-site resources – like junk trees – morel story –

Get good at compost first – grazing – soil

Water system – repair versus fix once and for all –

Learn from the local community regarding what grows well here, hydrology, local knowledge and dependable contractors

take classes

development relationships

talk to neighbors

Hydrology/water, access, then the rest is the order to plan in

I waited ten years to bring in a permaculture consultant and that was wrong

5 Things You Should Do When Starting a Homestead (From 18 Years of Hard Lessons)

Start With a Big-Picture Plan, Not What’s Already There

Too many new homesteaders try to make existing structures or systems work—even when they don’t. That old house, random infrastructure, or legacy garden spot can lock you into years of wasted time and money. Don’t get emotionally attached to what’s there.

Design from scratch based on what works, not what exists.

Build Soil and Observe Before You Build Anything Permanent

The smartest first year move is not to plant trees, build a barn, or install major systems – unless you just have to as part of your plan. It’s to study your land and build soil health. Hydrology, sun, wind, and microclimates matter more than what you think you want to do.

Compost, watch water flow, graze slowly, and improve soil.

One System at a Time—Fully Functional Before You Add More

Piling on animals, gardens, or outbuildings without the infrastructure in place leads to burnout and chaos. If you’re chasing goats while digging fenceposts, you’re doing it wrong.

Add systems only when the current one runs easily.

Tap Local Knowledge and Outside Experts Early

You don’t need to figure everything out yourself. Local growers, neighbors, county experts, and consultants can save you years of mistakes—if you listen.

The culvert story

Build relationships and take advice. Pay consultants when it counts.

Manage the Energy—Spiritual, Emotional, and Environmental

Homesteading isn’t just physical work. There is a spiritual signature from before you were ever there and you may have attracted some haters over time – take control of the bad energy, get your property blessed or whatever you need to do to protect it, and yourself, from unnecessarily bad baggage. This is ongoing.

Clear bad energy, maintain spiritual health, and set firm boundaries.

The Holler Roast Prebuy is live! Support the shack, get coffee credit, and score digital goodies. HollerRoast.com

Self-Reliance Festival tickets—Only a few left at the $95 price point. Don’t miss it before the next price jump.

Make sure you’re on the newsletter list for updates, events, and all things Holler.

Make it a great week.

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Disruptive energy, sheep ear scab, garlic harvest and more.

Featured Event: SOE PARTY tomorrow! SOEParty.com

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Sheep Ear Scab

Disruptive energy on the Homestead

Rock Garden Installed

Duck Nests

How are we going to shade the garden

Forage: Everything is ready so it is hard to keep up!

1st tomato is close

Arranging to be out of a Saturday and still getting veggies

Nicole’s Garlic

Goat Garlic

Old Garden Getting attacked by goats, on purpose

Canning is ramping up – Broccoli and pickled beets

Time to do cucumbers, but I am booked so here is what I am hoping for

Black Board? How is it working

Garden is getting taxed by sudden heat uptick – add calcium and magnesium?

Discussion of moving the shed

Event update and finanances

HVAC Coffee Pre-Buy

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, I am joined by Cynthia Tina to talk about intentional communities and her journey away from a traditional path via a traditional college to her current life in community, building her own home.

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https://www.ecovillagetours.comSocial media:Instagram

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Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today, we talk about the hidden cost of constant distraction, as well as cover all of our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: June 29 Meetup and Rabbit Processing Event

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2025/06/02/rabbit-processing/

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Long-term food storage supplies that won’t break the bank.

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Helping entrepreneurs, homesteaders, and freedom-minded folks handle taxes the smart way.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Country Store Update
Canning Season Is Started
Dried Herbs For Sale – Packaging Ideas
Broccoli Score and How to Freeze It

Weekly Shopping Report From Joe:

Food City: The pet food aisle was well-stocked. Then we hit the usual places, next stopping at Dollar Tree. The drink selection continues to change, although the shelves remain full. There’s not a lot of Monster left, and I’m seeing a distressing number of “zero sugar” alternatives. These typically contain liver toxins disguised as artificial sweeteners. Fortunately I’m seeing a few choices made with cane sugar. They don’t have caffeine, but I’m trying to cut down on that anyway.

The tag in the store has lately been missing, but the online price of a 2x4x8 stud at Home Depot is still $3.85.

Aldi was last. Other than my preferred chocolate (I had to choose the 85% alternate), we found everything else we wanted. There have been a few more price changes since the last report, with decreases bigger than increases. Staple prices were:

Bread (20 oz. white): $1.39
Eggs: $2.96 (-)
Whole milk: $2.72 (+)
Heavy cream: $5.29
OJ: $4.25
Butter: $3.75
Bacon: $3.99
Potatoes: $3.49 (-)
Sugar: $3.29
Flour: $2.35
80% ground beef: $4.69

Untainted regular gasoline at Weigels is still $3.59/gallon.

No frugality tip this week.

Operation Independence

Attempt to launch the glamper rental LOL

Main Topic of the Day: The Hidden Cost of Constant Distractio

What happened when I deleted tiktok from my phone – it got me to observing.

Every major mistake I have made involved an interruption
Slow progress

So I did a test – I became hardcore about interruptions, including leaving my phone away from me completely for hours at a time, setting alarms for benchmark tasks, and setting better boundaries.

Better sleep, better health, better focus
I pissed off some folks and hurt a feeling or two

Why do people resist stillness so hard?

Fear of rejection
They never learned to be alone
Not following their purpose and they know it
Using distraction to avoid processing trauma or other things

Then it hit me – distractions aren’t just digital—boundary violators are distractions too. We all have encountered people who don’t care a whit about your boundaries because what they need is more important to them. Who push beyond what is reasonable. And who seek to manipulate you when they realize that you are not going to play along.

What happens next is:

Character assault
Temper tantrums
Manufactured crisis
So much more

But what about being available to your true friends and your family?

The delio is this – If you need space to accomplish things, then your true friends and family will not only understand when you create that space, but they will help you do it. And if they won’t one of two things is true:

You are not honoring your commitments to relationships (We’ve all done this)
They arent a true friend or nontoxic family member

Because you are building YOUR life on YOUR terms to fulfill YOUR purpose

And that NEED to be constantly available and responsive? Is it truly a need because your Mom is in the hospital? Or is it a way to feel important? And what price are you paying by letting the distractions happen without end?

Just some food for thought.

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Make it a great week.

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Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Sheep Ear Scab, Zebra Fun, Losing Focus – and recovering from it, Lemon balm and more. Come on out and ask us anything. 12:30pm CT

Featured Event: June 8, 2025, 1pm-4pm – Tomato Wall Hydro Build. RSVP LivingFreeinTennessee.com

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Foxglove Is blooming

Goat gets cut out of fence

Lemonbalm harvest challenges: Better step planning for under 6ft tall people

Mushroom update

Zebra on the loose

Saturday of rest

Standing water audit

Running toilet and the water system

Homestead with profit in mind and tracking – read the email

Sheep ear scab

You got to close the gate…efficiency and sop

INTERRUPTIONS FROM THE PHONE – what is the solution?

Coffee pre-sale goodies from Paul Wheaton

HVAC Coffee Pre-Buy

What we are doing about out of control areas?

Mailbox ants

Black raspberry but not blackberries yet

Yarrow

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast.

Featured Event: Tomato Wall Open House June 8: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/june-8-homestead-open-house-tomato-wall-build-at-the-holler/

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Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Today, I take your questions in an old-school LFTN Variety Show: Pickling beets, more about our new farmstand, how to prioritize what you grow in your smaller garden space, how to prioritize your time on the homestead and more. We will also cover our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: River and Imanee’s Solstice Meetup at Haven Villiage, June 21 – I will be making cheese in case you want to come see that.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

20 quarts of extra tomato sauce from last year
Initiating canning season with round one of pickling
Drying herbs from the garden on rotation – adding it to the homestead store
Preparing meatloafs in advance while also cooking them for now

Weekly Shopping Report

Dollar Tree was first. The drink selection always changes, but there was plenty of stock. That’s all we needed in there this time, after adding a variety of storage containers and the like, and minor health items over the past several weeks.

The online price of a 2x4x8 stud at Home Depot is still $3.85.

Aldi was last. We found everything we wanted. There have been a number of price changes since the last report, but nothing dramatic. Egg and milk prices have definitely come down. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39; eggs: $3.46 (-); whole milk: $2.66 (-); heavy cream: $5.29; OJ: $4.25 (+); butter: $3.75 (+); bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.39; sugar: $3.29 (+); flour: $2.35; and 80% ground beef: $4.69 (+).

I may make an additional trip tomorrow to Walgreens as I recently opened my last melatonin, and I want another wrist brace. I will likely also stop at the adjacent Food City for another bag of Meow Mix (that our cats ask for by name).

Untainted regular gasoline at Weigels is still $3.59/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Down here in Florida we are getting ready for the Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. For two weeks we get to purchase things such as batteries, coolers, tarps, radios, fuel tanks, and generators and not have to pay sales tax. We are currently in the market for a new generator and we are going to save about $100 buying that during this break. So look up your states tax holidays and see what you can purchase during them and save some money.

Happy Savings y’all

Main topic of the Show: A variety show

Tina in Arkansas asks:

“I’ve got more beets than we can eat—how do you preserve them?

Nicole Sauce’s Pickled Beet Recipe

1/4 bushel beets makes about seven quarts

Brine:

1/2 cup pickling or kosher salt

5.5 cups 5% vinegar

6 cups water

Per quart jar spice mix (add to jar)

2 heads dill weed

2-4 cloves garlic

1-2 hot peppers (cayenne or jalapeno)

6 peppercorns

Process method: Cold pack

Process time: 20 minutes for pints, 25 minutes for quarts

(wait 6 weeks before eating so everything tastes well blended)

Aunt Helen’s Beet Pickles with an extra step (Courtesy of Mama Sauce)

1/4 bushel beets makes about 10 pints.

Brine (make enough batched to cover beets)

1 qt vinegar (5% acidity)

6 c sugar

2 TBSP salt (plain, kosher, or pickling: may not be iodized)

2 tsp pickling spice

Lots of beets

Boil beets in water. Skin and slice more thinly than for a regular pickled beet: say 1/8” or thinner. Pack in glass container or containers. Keep track of how many beets you’ve pickled (for backpack portion control.)

Bring brine to boil. Completely cover beets. If you plan to eat these without further processing, pack and seal in wide-mouth Mason jars in the usual fashion. If you plan to dehydrate, why not pickle in a single glass bowl?

Cover and let pickle for 2 weeks. Then you can eat or dehydrate them.

To dehydrate:

Drain beets. You can save and reuse the pickling solution a time or two before you should dump it and make fresh, so you can run successive batches.

Mark from middle Tennessee asks:

“What’s your setup for the new farmstand—how are you building it, and how are you handling payment without having someone there full time?”

Start with what we have
Considering pickup hours beyond opening for the gatherings here
Honor system set up is step 2
Waiting on feedback from the community
Want to add something to the store? Contact me

Lisa from Kentucky writes:

“We’ve downsized our garden space this year—how do you decide what to plant when you’re working with limited square footage but still want to preserve food?”

List
Decide what you like to grow and what grows well
Layer your beds
Develop local relatiionships

David in Texas asks:

“What’s the cheapest way to test a product idea from your homestead before going all-in? I’ve got eggs, herbs, and soap—but don’t want to waste time.”

Wrong question

Nate in Kentucky asks:

“How do you approach banking and online payments without getting sucked deeper into centralized control?”

I dont worry about it. Do you want to build wealth and make a profit in your business? Then you shouldn’t either.
How do we opt out of the system? Become ungovernable
- Relationships
- Cryptocurrency – learn it and use it
- Skills and Homesteading

Rachel from North Carolina asks:

“How do you keep your business tasks organized when your farm life, podcast, and everything else are constantly pulling at you?”

My3Things
Sometimes I don’t

Ian in Alabama says:

“I’m thinking about building a greenhouse—what lessons did you learn from the swim spa greenhouse idea that might save me time and money?”

Im not putting a greenhouse there is what i learned
Tailor it to your needs and climate

Patrick from Ohio asks:

“I want to host a small event on my property—what’s the best way to start without getting overwhelmed by logistics or liability?”

Start with a party

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Resources

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ThunderHillFarms.com

SOEParty.com

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Molasses Crinkle CookiesPreheat to 375°

Ingredients* ¾ cup shortening * 1 cup packed light brown sugar * ¼ cup molasses * 1 egg * 2¼ cups all-purpose flour * 2 TBSP baking soda * 1½ TBSP ground cinnamon * ½ tsp ground ginger * ¼ tsp ground cloves * ¼ tsp salt * Granulated sugar or larger-grained decorator’s sugar

Cream shortening and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in molasses and egg.

In another bowl, combine the flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt. Add to the creamed mixture and stir until thoroughly blended.

Cover and refrigerate for 1½ – 2 hours, until thoroughly chilled.

Grease a cookie sheet or line with a silicon mat. Place 1/3 cup granulated sugar into a small bowl. Have nearby, a bowl of water and a flat-bottomed cup or glass.

Form dough into 1″ balls. Dip the top of each ball into the sugar and place 2 – 3″ apart, sugar side up, on sheet.

Dip the cup or glass in water and gently press the top of each cookie to moisten lightly. There’s no need to flatten the balls; the cookies will spread while baking.

Bake 7 – 10 minutes.

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Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to talk about all the changes at the Holler Homestead as well as to share how we work through conflict here when our priorities do not align.

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CONFLICT

Tree class

Rams working

The Election

Rams leaving

Perimeter fence

Changes afoot at the Sheep pasture land

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

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Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Resources

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Today we talk about five things that most homesteaders deprioritize in their preps as well as out usual Monday segments.

Featured Events – an update

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Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 9:30am: Coffee Chat with John Willis and Jack Spirko

Friday, 9:30am: Homestead Happenings for November 8, 2024

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Best year ever for meat organization – what worked
Harvest chili

Weekly Shopping Report

Aldi was our only stop this week. They still have not restocked wet cat food, in fact I’m not even sure I saw the individual cups. They did have a normal amount of toilet paper. The chocolate I like was back in stock after being gone last week, but there wasn’t much of it. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39 (the tag was back); eggs: $2.15 (-); whole milk: $2.88; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.99; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $3.59 (-); sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.49.

I did check the online price of a 2x4x8 at Home Depot, and it is still $3.85.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip

Halloween is my favorite holiday. We have a big Halloween party every year. I try to pick the theme in advance and then start gathering decorations when Halloween items go on clearance. For Halloween clearance shopping this year (so far) we got $300 retail value of items for less than $100. So hit the stores after the holiday and get more bang for your buck.

Happy savings y’all

Operation Independence

Cheese Class and Other Events

Main topic of the Show: Five Oft-Overlooked Preps For The Homesteader

With all the unrest in the economy, looming worldwide war, accelerating technology and the push from the ruling class (for lack of a better term) to keep we peons unhealthy, just in debt enough that we are too scared to go our own way, and obsessed with the “two” options that are the “only” options so that we fight with ourselves instead of see the true enemy, is it any wonder that, more and more, people want to get out of the cities and homestead?

In a disaster a homestead is where you want to be, right? When you homestead, you go all in on Bugging In.

2 is 1

Appalachia and resilience – it’s not just that it is rural. It is forgotten, abused, walked on, and easily cut off so people there rely on one another already

Typical homestead journey: chickens, garden, canning, wood heat, bigger livestock, hobbies like spinning or woodworking or whatnot.

Homesteaders have food covered – sort of. When was the last time you went to the feed store?

Mindset shift: prepare for the most likely problems, not wwIII and you will weather wwIII better than if you “prepare” for it.

FIVE OVERLOOKED PREPS

Medical: Supplies for humans and livestock TRAINING, EDC – what do you have on you, Organization
Bugging Out: Your plan is to bug in. Heck, my plan is to bug in. What is your plan if you have to leave quickly? Where are you going? How are you getting there? What will you use to travel? What about your livestock?
Security: Beyond carrying a gun. TRAINING. What is the plan (who does what) if there is a two legged threat. What about four legged problems? How hard is it to get to your place? (Thorny hedges, security fencing, etc) Do you know when someone is coming? Can you fight if you have to? Like can you really?
Food for livestock: Be honest. What is the plan? What is it if you can’t just fall back on TSC? How do you regenerate the food? And be honest? How much do you rely on the grocery store for humans. (Community Connections/Underground Network)
Fitness: Can you do everything needed by hand? Are you healthy? What is your plan to get healthy? Is everyone in your family fit? (Dedicated space, nutrition, living apothecary,)
Communication (Bonus item): Does everyone KNOW what the plans are, know where things are, also get training, know how to communicate if you bug in vs bug out?

As a homesteader you are likely more prepared in many ways than preppers in the city with lots of stuff and no skills, but how do we weather things for real? By getting better one day at a time and by eating the frog that we are avoiding so that we dont end up in a situation where we need a skill we could have built and we just didnt because it was distasteful.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Once upon a time, I looked around the kitchen, stumped about what to make for dinner. Shelves, countertops, refrigerator, and freezer held a disparate collection of ingredients: a drying corner of cheddar, a smelly crock of fermented sauerkraut, a can of peas and carrots, and a collection of pork cuts. Without knowing what I was doing, I assembled a German take on smothered pork chops.

The recipe has so many ingredients, it’ll be easy to omit those that violate your special diet.

This has what it takes to anchor your stomach after a long day farming and immediately appealed to my kids. On a cold winter’s night, it’ll make you sing “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly.”

Sauerkraut ChopsServes 3-4

Ingredients 3-4 pork chops
2 cups undrained sauerkraut
1 tsp caraway seed
2 thin-sliced onions
¼ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp nutmeg
3 TBSP sherry
1 c milk
1/3 c flour (choose your favorite type, replace with 2 TBSP cornstarch, or forego thickener)
about 2 cups peas and carrots, fresh, canned, frozen, or a combination
1 c shredded cheese

Brown chops.

Add kraut, caraway, onions, seasonings, sherry.

Simmer 15 minutes.

Blend and add milk and flour. Simmer, covered, until chops are cooked, about 30 minutes.

Add peas and carrots and cheese and stir until blended and heated through.

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Today we have an update on the Holler Homestead: Ram processing incoming, rain, duck compost and more

Filling

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour (wheat or rice)
6 TBSP lemon juice
optional: 2 TBSP lemon zest

Combine.

Pour over crust right after you remove it from oven.

Bake 25 minutes.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Cut while warm. Cool to room temperature before serving.

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Join us today for a discussion on managing a homestead in autumn while also overseeing a major construction project.

Featured event: Advanced Wound Closures with Chuck Peoples (House)

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The Pool Project
Concrete on Tuesday
Our First Garden Bed
Neighbor’s Tractor as an Accelerator
Rabbits Need Nesting Beds
Forage for Amanda Willis
Nostr, Mewe, Discord and Connecting with Community
Cooking in bulk to get more convenience food
Week 1 Carnivore
Still Haven’t Moved Rams – afternoon?
Need more hay
Holler Neighbor Dinner Foiled By Illness
About to offer sheep for sale

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Join me for a group discussion with members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com

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Sponsors:

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Connect With CJ

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HackMyHomestead.com

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

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Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Resources

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Join me for a show on tactics for beating inflation that anyone can work on. This goes beyond “stop buying froo froo coffee” and delves into five places to focus your attention as we navigate quickening technological advances, a transitioning economy, and, well, friggin high prices at the grocery store that are outpacing income increases.

Featured Event: Oct 3 Fight Hacker, Escapeology with Sonny Puzikas in Camden, TN

Sponsor 1: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: TheWealthSteadingPodcast.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday 9:30am: Tuesday Coffee with CJ Killmer and Shawn Mills

Friday 9:30am: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Sunday 6pm: Shoot the Breeze with Toolman Tim Cook and Spags

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Freezer Audit Complete
Livestreams of weird things: beef heart
Collecting much more herbal tea items to dry
Final round of tomato canning up this week to free up freezer space
Canned good reorganization
Prepper Pantry Redo Update

Weekly Shopping Report

Home Depot. The online price of a 2x4x8 there remains $3.65.

Along with the new type, Aldi had some of their canned cat food back in stock, so we got two cases. We found everything else we wanted, but noted they were out of watermelon (not on our list this week). Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39; eggs: $3.77 (++); whole milk: $2.92 (+); heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.99; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.59; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.39 (+).

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Hey y’all. After talking to someone recently I realized there are probably some things that are second nature to some, but unfamiliar to others. This week’s frugality tip is using media mail with the post office. If you are mailing books, movies, music, or educational material you can send them via media mail. Maximum weight is 70 lbs and it is $4.13 (at time of writing) for any size package. But don’t put anything else in the package, they can and will, randomly open media mail packages because some people have tried to skirt the system and mail other things. So send a book to someone and save a few bucks by sending it media mail.

Happy savings y’all.

Operation Independence

That single beef heart yielding 7 meals was pretty slick – especially considering that people all but THROW hearts, livers and tongues at me.

Main topic of the Show: Five Tactics To Beat Inflation

Long Term View on Necessary Purchases: Quality – repairable freezer without a computer was $200 more than a good-name freezer. Likely to last twice as long.

Maintenance on a regular schedule
The $5 coffee coffee “problem” and gearing up at home
How can you side hustle this?

From Scratch Cooking: This CAN cost more but doesn’t have to. Do you eat bread? Bake it. Make homemade tortillas. Make them.

How often do you grab something for lunch or dinner from a place. Can you premake things and replicate the ease while getting more bang for your buck
- $15 foot long subway
- Premade burritos in the freezer
Make your own spice mixes
Start where you are and make one change at a time. (eating out and making convenience foods on the weekend, meal planning, learn to cook rice or steaks well. If you dont know what to do, do something)
SavingsNinja on tiktok -2000/ calories a day on $4
Soapless laundry
How can you start a side hustle with this?

Prioritize health whatever that means for you. If you are not getting nutrition, exercise, sleep, health maintenance like regular dental attention, mental health – it is harder to tap into new ways to beat inflation.

Exercise is free. Making time for exercise is in your control even when you are slammed. Excises do not serve you.
Nutrition Reduced Bills, whatever that means for you and your family, when done right will push down the hunger and the bills. Yes. Plenty of people point out that chips are cheaper than vegetables and meats. But in the aggregate ARE THEY? When you cut out the refined sugars, the processed foods and transition to whole foods (yes even if that includes Nicoles nemesis CARBS), the overall grocery bill goes down. At first you may eat more, but your body adjusts. And if you must bake a thing to have a treat, I dont know about you, but it slows me down. Especially since I dont even keep the supplies on hand for something like a cookie.
Learn herbal remedies.
Dr’s and herbalists OH MY. Create access to care for you and your family whether that be insurance, direct care, relationships with herbalists, taking that on at home, etc. Do what you can.
Good mental health = resilience. Hard times are hard to get through and if you are mentally weak, it is EVEN harder. Address your mental health. (Nutrition and exercise helps with this)
How can you make a side hustle out of this?

Produce What You Need: your home can work for you no matter where you live. Growing food, making beer, taking up knitting as a hobby, weld things together for projects, fix things yourself, find the ways to do this that reduce reliance on cheap Just in time solutions that do not last.

Herbs and kitchen garden – lowes barrier to entry
Backyard meats, rabbit, chickens and eggs, quail
If you drink beer, brew beer (Caveat about how much you drink)
Make a list and find things that fit with your lifestyle that you can build into how your household works from a production standpoint
Adjusting by just spending less doesnt address the other side of the battle: You need more income. Side hustle, start a business, etc.
- How can you make a side hustle out of that?

Community – This is what gets it done. No one can do everything but together we can do most.

Trade/sell based on what you are good at (Side Hustles)
Bulk buying in groups to tap into savings without having to buy a WHOLE CASE of chicken
- Jacks show on food pma and the roundtable at SRF
Project blitzes
Tapping into the lows when there are highs and lows (Eg lumber)
Entertainment for free (potluck, campfires, picnics, movie night, etc)
Events and gatherings
How can you make a side hustle out of that?

What ideas do you have?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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I’m ready for something decadent that reminds me of autumns past. When Nicole Sauce was a tadpole, all the neighbor children liked this recipe. Substitute brown and white rice flours for a gluten-free rendition, which tend to be more crumbly than with wheat flours, so also add a little milk or water to the dough.

Triple-Rich Toffee Bars36 bars

Ingredients* 1 cup butter * 1 cup brown sugar * 2 eggs * 1 tsp vanilla * 1 1/4 tsp salt * 1 cup whole wheat flour * 1 cup white flour * 1 cup (volume) sweet or semi-sweet chocolate * 1/2 to 1 cup nuts, chopped

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, salt, and flour, stirring only to blend if using wheat flour.

Spread in 9X13″ pan.

Bake 30 minutes at 350° F.

Melt chocolate and stir it glossy, adding a little warm water if you need it.

Spread on warm cookies.

Sprinkle with nuts, pressing them in.

Cut when cool.

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
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Today we talk about the late summer pantry, some listener feedback, the shopping report, and what to do or say when someone you know is going through grief.

Featured Event: Saturday Open House at Strong Roots Resources, https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/fall-gathering-and-open-house/

Sponsor 1: EmpShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: TheWealthsteadingPodcast.com

Listener Feedback From William

Listening to your winter is coming show and you mentioned storing feed.

incase you or your audience didn’t know the 31 gallon galvanized metal garbage cans hold (3) 50lb. bags of pelleted feed, like chicken or goat. As long as the lid stays closed they are rodent resistant but they are not waterproof around the lid handle so don’t store them outside. Also when refilling pull the old feed that’s left at the bottom out and add it back on top of the new stuff to rotate feed properly.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 9:30amCT, First Tuesday Coffee Chat With John and Jack

Thursday, 10amCT, Own Your Data with Hakeem from Above Phone

Friday, 9:30amCT, Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Tactical collected more herbs for drying
Basil Processing
Still trying to repair my Harvest Right Freeze Dryer
Tomatopalooza in process
Pre-emergency Flight Food Prep

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

2x4x8 at Home Depot, and it is still $3.65.

Aldi: There was still only one rack with eggs in Aldi, but there were more milk products this week, including some half-gallons, and there was also some of the 1% stuff. We found most of what we wanted, EXCEPT my preferred lunch meat, and canned cat food; fortunately we have some extra. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39 (+); eggs: $2.42; whole milk: $2.89; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.79; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.59 (+); sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

I wanted a chalk board to have a visible list for #mythreethings as well as 20 min tasks. I found a magnetic dry erase board at a yard sale for $1. I painted it with two coats of chalkboard paint and glued a magnet to a chalk pen. The dollar tree has chalkboard paint, chalk pens, and a magic eraser type sponge that is the best to clean off painted chalkboards. And you can paint any surface with chalkboard paint. If it’s bare plywood I recommend putting a coat of any old paint you have laying around first and then two coats of chalkboard paint. After a year or so chalkboard painted surfaces start to get a little dingy. So I paint over again. So for less than $5 it is possible to have a fantastic little chalkboard.

Happy saving y’all.

~Margo

Operation Independence

Relationships matter and because we know a concrete person, we are able to pour the pad sooner and for much less than contracting out – but it means work. While we are doing this, we are learning a skill to get more concrete in around the event area.

Main topic of the Show: What Do You Say

It’s been a grueling 3 months. Really a grueling year as we navigated what is a natural part of life: death. This topic is rarely discussed openly which leaves people rather unprepared on what to do when someone you know is going through the process of losing someone they love. In fact, this seems to be so taboo that being on the other side, the person losing someone is also pretty awkward.

When you find out it is happening

To share or not to share?
What to say? What to respond
How can you actually help
- Check in from time to tile
- Mealtrains
- Extend grace
- Talk about it or talk about normal things – just feel it out

What about after it happens?

To share or not to share
There are many things to do – they take time
Dont let your bank know yet!
Have a financial backup plan
Arrangements made with a mortuary in advance is a huge help
A word on hospice
A word on big decisions
Boundaries…
What to say? What to respond
Cards, flowers, food, etc

But what if I meant to do something and I never did?

I am so uncomfortable with the topic I cannot bring myself to reach out. Now what?

What is trite vs not trite.

Really, there is no “answer” but just being kind on both directions goes a really long way.

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Ever have a dib of this and a dab of that, but no good ideas for dinner or a hefty lunch? What about a rich leftover pie without the bother of rolling a crust?

This recipe invites you to mix meats, vegetables, and cheeses as you wish. Photos show what happens with about 1/2 cup each of cauliflower, ham, cheddar, some leftover sour cream, and nearly a cup of yogurt. A little bit of gravy or leftover casserole from a prior dinner also work.

Quick Crustless “Quiche”Serves 4

Ingredients* 3 cloves garlic, minced * 1/4 c onion, chopped * 2 to 3 cups of vegetables, meat, and dairy * 3 to 5 eggs * salt to taste * optional: herbs and spices you know you’ll love * cheese

Grease a pie dish and sprinkle in the vegetables and meats you dig up from the refrigerator.

Use a blender to thoroughly combine eggs and liquid-y ingredients (sour cream, gravy, leftover casserole, …)

Pour wet mixture over the fun stuff in the pie dish. Top with cheese.

Preheat oven to 350° F, add pie, and reduce heat to 325°F. Bake 25-35 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

Let rest 5 minutes before serving.

If you love pie crust, go right ahead: either add 1/2 cup pancake flour (see recipe for Master Mix) to egg mixture in blender or go whole hog and line the greased pie dish with a crust. Adjust the baking time to cook the crust.

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Ducks got sick

Egg production is up with supplementary vitamins

Bottle Lamb Therapy

Accessible bathroom update

New Roof on the Prepper Pantry

Sickee Tea: chocolate mint, mullein, mexican tarragon, oregano, sage

Rose hips are ready to harvest

Canning progress

Paw paws are two weeks early

Goldenrod

Eversole GSD Weekend

Passion flower leaves

Tomato wall Has slowed down – shade cloth roll back season

Meals have been steak or nothing

Bee sting and missing benadryl

Need to separate the rams

Rabbit breeding season

Finances – perspective on eggs

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Join me for a group discussion with Greg Doud from Take The Ride 23 and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

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Join us for a discussion of Paw Paws, pool preparations, temporary electrical fence strategies and more!

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And the workshops!

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What are a few things about running temporary fencing that you have learned over the past 2.5 years
Worms, vaccinations and sheep
What is a paw paw?
The great pool project on 2024
Parasites, new water filters, and finding a real doctor locally
Accelerated forage
Dead chickens and faulty feed
Rabbit breeding weekend (Before the 100 degree days hit next week!
1 Fall raised bed
Holler Neighbor Dinner
Hay debacle (Finance)
Next week’s schedule

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Everyone I know in Tennessee, California, and Oregon has trouble growing dill in recent years, including me. But fresh dill chopped into all sorts of things is so good!

Here’s a hefty slaw with dill and sour cream over potatoes and cabbage to fill you up during an exciting football game. Salad and vegetable dish in one, it’s worth the making.

Dilly Potato SlawServes 6

Ingredients* 1 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled or not, in 1″ pieces * Salt and pepper * 6 c any type cabbage, cored and thinly sliced * 1 c sour cream * 1/3 c oil * 3 TBSP fresh dill, chopped * 2 TBSP vinegar

Simmer potatoes and 1 TBSP salt until tender, about 10 minutes.

Drain.

Cool 15 minutes.

Combine sour cream, oil, dill, vinegar, salt, and pepper.

Toss salad and refrigerate an hour before serving.

Refrigerate at lease an hour before serving. If you leave it in the refrigerator overnight, the taste and texture meld to perfection.

It never hurts to crumble bacon on top!

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Today is a throwback to the days when I talked a bit about policy as well as our usual Monday segments about pantry management, frugality, building local wealth and more.

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Listener Feedback

I just wanted to reach out to you to tell you how much I appreciate your podcast and the experience Russ and I had at LFTN in 2023. Meeting you, John, and Amanda has really changed our lives for the better. We are doing great things on our farm- I even planted tomatoes in our Dutch bucket system that we have in our greenhouse! I am so stoked to see how things grow and what we can harvest this fall.

Your My 3 Things is something that I use daily in order to help me keep things running smoothly on the farm as I work from home. I finished the first year of my program in herbalism and nutrition and am about to start off my second year. It has been so amazing and I was inspired to do better for my family and community through listening to your podcast.

Keep up the amazing work and I look forward to learning more from you.

Livestream Schedule

Tomorrow, 9:30AM – Tuesday Live – Louise Milleman About The Water

Friday: 10:30am – Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Purge
½ jar short on green beans for the winter and calling that close enough
15 jars of salsa put up thanks to local farmer
Bunches of herbs and tea ingredients drying all over the house
Paw paw season
Hoping to get a fall garden in in 2 weeks in our first raised bed

Weekly Shopping Report

Dollar Tree: The food coolers are in decent shape; all are working and probably 60%-75% full.

Home Depot: A 2x4x8 is $3.65, same as last week.

Aldi: There was very little milk; I hadn’t been paying attention, but this time noticed that instead of three full racks of half and full gallons of actual milk plus a couple of varieties with nutritional content removed (2% and 1%), there were perhaps a couple of half-racks with gallons of whole milk and only a little of the fake stuff; few if any half-gallons. There was also only one rack of eggs. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.35; eggs: $2.42 (+); whole milk: $2.89; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.79; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79. In the meat area, the coolers were full but not stuffed.

Gas: A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip

Our vision changes throughout our lives. Some of us need glasses, some of us need multiple glasses, or progressive lenses. Sometimes these cost a lot of money at eyeglass stores. Zenni optical is where I buy my glasses. Single prescription glasses start around $8. I have a pair of polarized prescription sunglasses that I paid $20 for and progressive lens glasses start at $38. So grab your prescription(s) and your Pupillary Distance (the distance in millimeters (mm) between the center of one pupil to the center of the other). And check out Zenni.com. they even have a try on feature.

Happy saving y’all

~Margo

Operation Independence

Coffee Sales Are Through The Roof! Thanks Yall.

Main topic of the Show: You Can’t Unsee It

A friend of mine posted some thoughts on the coming election. Her perspective was that if you live in a state where 70% or more of the votes will go D or R no matter who is running, there is no reason to vote “against” the dominant party mathematically if you like neither candidate.

She’s right.

And therein lies the rub really: the word lead.

And in those processed lie the true power and control – less so the people “overseeing them”.

The funny part is there are different reactions to seeing it:

Denial
Angler
Negotiation
Mourning

And then there is our friend acceptance.

But the fight changes after you see it because you know a few things.

Realistic impact (your role)
Embarrassment is a better tool than force
Mostly, it doesnt matter unless you can physically make a change because you get one step forward here – two steps backward there

And that back and forth is the distraction.

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Join us for a catch up episode from the past to weeks! I have been ill so there has been lots of things happening a little differently of late.

Featured Event: Foraging For Health – Better Than Walmart! A Fantastic Webinar from Sherri Stickler, Herbalist. Thursday, August 22 at 12:30PM Central. Register Here.

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Ducks got sick

Egg production is up with supplementary vitamins

Bottle Lamb Therapy

Accessible bathroom update

New Roof on the Prepper Pantry

Sickee Tea: chocolate mint, mullein, mexican tarragon, oregano, sage

Rose hips are ready to harvest

Canning progress

Paw paws are two weeks early

Goldenrod

Eversole GSD Weekend

Passion flower leaves

Tomato wall Has slowed down – shade cloth roll back season

Meals have been steak or nothing

Bee sting and missing benadryl

Need to separate the rams

Rabbit breeding season

Finances – perspective on eggs

Make it a great week!

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Have you tired of zucchini made into bread, relish, pickles, side dishes, and even main dishes? Gifted family, friends, acquaintances, and enemies? Noted that the local Food for the Needy organization gives you “the look” when you show up with a new basket, even if artfully arranged?

Have you – horrors! – conducted porch-stashing raids?

Still the zucchini plant refuses to slack off.

It’s time either to admit defeat or rise to new heights.

What about an appetizer or snack that tickles your zucchini-jaded taste buds?

Use-the-Zucchini Pesto(and it’s good!)

Ingredients* 1 1/2 lbs zucchini * 2 TBSP olive oil, divided * 2 garlic cloves, chopped * 2 TBSP water * 1 c fresh parsley leaves * 1/3 c slivered almonds, toasted * 1/4 c fresh mint leaves * 1/2 tsp grated lemon rind * 2 tsp fresh lemon juice * 1/2 tsp salt * 1/4 tsp black pepper * 1/3 c Parmesan cheese, grated * 2 c green beans * 2 c grape or cherry tomatoes * 2 yellow bell peppers, sliced * … and any other dipper your imagination surfaces

Shred zucchini. Squeeze dry.

Sauté zucchini, 6 tsp oil, and garlic for 15 minutes over medium-low heat. Add 2 TBSP water during last 2 minutes. Cool.

Finely chop parsley, almonds, and mint (another plant that intends to take over the earth) in a food processor. Add zucchini mixture, remaining 2 tsp oil, rind, juice, salt, and pepper. Pulse until combined but not smooth. Stir in cheese.

Cook beans 3 to 4 minutes in boiling water. Rinse with cold water.

Serve dip with green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, and even chips.

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Join me for a group discussion with Shawn Mills from Hack My Homestead and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

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Today we talk about things you can do now to get ready for winter, as well as the latest news from the Prepper Pantry, a weekly shopping report, frugality tip and Operation Independence update.

Featured Event: August 17 Rabbit Processing, Preserving and Potluck

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Livestream Schedule

Tomorrow 12:30PM Live with Backwoods Butcher
Friday 9:30AM Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Canning Goals: 10 jars tomato sauce, 39 Jars Green Beans (More in process)
Sick Food
The Roof, The Roof, The Roof
Herbal Remedy Collection: Elderberries, Goldenrod, Passion Flower, Mint, Mullein
Deep Freezer Audit
Designing the Mud Room and Food Prep Area

Weekly Shopping Report

Home Depot this weekend, the online price of a 2x4x8 has gone up, to $3.65.

Aldi. We found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.35; eggs: $2.25; whole milk: $2.89 (+); heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.79; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

Food City: They had a decent amount of raw Tennessee honey, including some quart jars, which we prefer. They were $14.99, which if I remember correctly, may be a dollar higher than the last time some months ago.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip

Get yours in! Tomato Argument On TikTok

Operation Independence

Laying plans for a walk in

Main topic of the Show: Winter Is Coming, Are You Ready?

It’s hot, but there is a certain crispness in the evening air. The past two nights, I have even been able to sleep without any AC and the windows open. With the garden at peak production, which is not the usual flush this year, my mind wanders to the winter months.

The old timers are already talking about how hard this one will be based on caterpillars, and other signs. They do this every year.

Getting ready NOW for the coming winter is really what summer on a homestead is all about.

No Kill List

People
Pets
Livestock
Plants

Food – Water – Shelter

Illness

Infrastructure

Energy

Stores

Winter Produce and Preparing for Spring

What do you do to get ready for winter?

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The only time I get this treat is when my flight to or from Nashville lays over at Dallas Love airport. I think it’s time to fix that.

Here’s a meal in a dish that requires only a few minutes of prep time, and even that can be combined with prep for another chicken dinner. The noodles make the salad – but if you’re off wheat, try a can of La Choy crispy rice noodles. Better yet, make your own (recipe below).

Asian Chicken SaladIngredients1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 TBSP soy sauce
2 TBSP honey mustard
1 TBSP grated peeled ginger
3 TBSP vegetable oil
3 TBSP sesame oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken – your favorite parts
1 small head Napa cabbage in bite-size pieces
1 carrot, thinly sliced
4 scallions, thinly sliced
1/4 pound snow peas, cut diagonally
Salt
1/2 cup chow mein noodles

Whisk vinegar, soy sauce, honey mustard, and ginger in a medium bowl, then add the oils in a slow stream.

Marinate chicken 10 minutes to overnight in 1/4 cup dressing.

Grill chicken over medium heat, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Cool slightly, then cut into ½-inch pieces to toss with vegetables or into thin slices to top the salad.

Toss cabbage, carrot, scallions, and snow peas with the remaining dressing in a large bowl.

Adjust salt.

Top with chow mein noodles.

Additives and SubstitutionsRed cabbage
Thin-sliced sweet onion
Colored sweet peppers
Crisp lettuce – romaine, for example
Sesame seeds, peanuts, almond slivers, or cashews
Shaved fresh ginger
Cucumber chunks
Wild salad greens
Leftover cooked beans or corn
Jicama, radish, or water chestnut slices

Crispy Rice NoodlesI simplified this recipe from The Spruce Eats and it works beautifully. After all, La Choy and billions of Asian cooks figured it out somehow!

Ingredients1 package thin rice noodles
1 cup oil

Separate rice noodles into manageable amounts. Use scissors to cut into 4-5″ lengths. Save just a couple of long noodles to test oil heat.

Heat oil over medium-high heat for at least a minute in a pan with sides: the smaller the pan, the less oil.

Test a few noodle pieces by dunking the ends. The oil is hot enough when the submerged parts “bloom” quickly into puffy, crispy noodles.

Drop handfuls of noodles in hot oil. In a few seconds, flip them once, then remove. Drain on paper towels.

NoteIf you immediately sprinkle with salt or other spices, you’ll love these as snacks.

Crispy noodles pick up humidity quickly, and then they’re soggy noodles, instead.

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Mystery explosion noises, late night canning, injuries, and erosion control on today’s homestead happenings show.

Featured Event: Save the date, August 22, 12:30PM Central: Better Than Walmart: Foraging For Health

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Medical Preps, organization and Knighthawk’s Sheet Metal Cut
Green Beans!!
The Canning Explosion – Late Nights With The Canner
Accessible Bathroom In Progress
Pond Erosion Update
More Hip Campers
The Calm but Clear Tone of Voice On The Cue Up
Very Interested Hawk – Bad Bird Barking Abounds
Smoked Meatloaf
Harvest Right Customer Service
Garden30 From the Kitchen
Rabbits Are In Their New Home – nee to make concrete trays
New Sassafrass Tree On Property
Possible Goldenrod patch to Cultivate
Little Sheep Looks Spiffy
Peppers about ready to harvest
Caterpillar Visit
The Wind Damage and The Holler Neighbor 4 Wheeler Adventure

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Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Today we talk about the #myThreeThings method of personal and life planning and how it can be used through hard times to help you choose the most important things. We also cover a pantry update, the weekly shopping report, operation independence and more.

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I listened to this twice. Love the format. I made a version of the tomato soup. Thank you for reminding me that the garden is so tasty. I found the solution to too much trombocino. I just had a baby Muscovy deficiency. They are like a school of pirahna on the seed ball end. I quarter it. They get two quarters twice a day. I have very little rind left. Grated trombocino and the tomato soup, with an immersion blender makes quite the hearty soup. Too much habanero! Bring out the sour cream.

Featured event: Self Reliance Voices: How Resilient Is Your Kitchen
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Livestream Schedule
Tomorrow, 12:30PM – Shawn Mills and John Willis
Thursday Live 7pm: SRF Speaker Highlight
Friday, 9:30am: Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Getting things rolling for the Voiced Webinar
Smoked Meatloaf
Freeze Dryer Mishap – troubleshooting
Freezer Reorganization
Mint and potroast

Weekly Shopping Report From Joe
We went into Dollar Tree for the first time in quite a while this Friday. The food coolers were decently stocked. I didn’t see any big changes.

Home Depot price online of a 2x4x8 is still $3.48.

Aldi. I’ve seen a few new faces in there, both stocking shelves and at the registers. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.35 (+); eggs: $2.46 (-); whole milk: $2.86 (-); heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.79 (+); bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

Rural King. Sonia thought there were a number of empty shelves around, primarily in the livestock area.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Operation Independence
Another Hipcamper is coming through, $25 in the hopper

Main topic of the Show: #My3Things For Difficult Times

We haven’t talked about My3Things in awhile

I mean, that is why we build the life we choose on our terms, right?

NEW FOLKS: What #My3Things is
Best practice: Include Family and Establish Consensus

Tips for #my3things success in hard time
10 minutes a day to re-evaluate the Big Picture and what has changed
My 1 Three Thing
Time method versus completion method
ROI on time and outsourcing
No Kill List
Using the areas of focus to keep good care of yourself and those around you
Listen closely to your body
Redefining weekends and days

Do I do the worksheet every day? (What I really really do)

All in all:
What would happen without #my3things
What has declined
The garden production
Spending more $ so the budget is tighter
Number of events and meetups
Declutter Project
R & D time
Speaking engagements and interviews
Tired

What has gone well
Knowing WHAT to outsource so that I can
Keeping focus on the important over the urgent – but usually addressing the urgent
Preventing things that need not go wrong
Legends, SRF, Operation Eyesore, Coffee, Time with Family, Personal Health Progress, Livestock

You can navigate hard time while preserving your highest priorities, your mental and physical health, and still move the ball forward on important life goals – and #My3Things the best crutch I have found.

Make it a great week!

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When they ripen, is there anything better than a salt shaker, a knife, and a sun-warm tomato?

Well, perhaps. Try this salad at room temperature or chilled, with feta or a tangy aged white cheddar – whichever way your mood runs.

Tomato Basil Salad with Feta CheeseIngredients* 1 bunch basil, stems removed, diced * 20 cherry tomatoes halved, or 10 small (1-1.5 inch) tomatoes, quartered * 1 medium cucumber, peeled and sliced * ¼ cup feta cheese, crumbled * 2 tsp balsamic vinegar reduction (or substitute 1 tsp balsamic vinegar) * 1 tsp honey * 1 tbsp mustard * 1 tbsp plain yogurt * Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients and serve at room temperature. Spice it up with hot cayenne powder for a kick.

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Today we talk about cooling weather, forward progress on house projects, pool planning for extra results on the homestead, the redneck spray fairy and more!

Featured Event: 7pm BILLY BOND on Self Reliance Voices: Learn From Legends

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Labels Matter

Pool Planning

Rain is helpful and the cooling is nice

Ready to Move the Rams

New Fence Charging System is In

Rabbitry Under The Big Chestnut Tree

Gravity Feeding tactical’s Garden

Redneck Spray Fairy

Orchard Update

Delicious Tomato Seafood Recipe

Live Beef Tongue Today

Reseeded the green beans

Cucumbers and Tomatoes Galore

Peppers Are Coming On

Rosemary in the Pond Looks Good

Need to get the Chipper Fixed or Rent One

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

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Today we talk about how to get ready NOT for what is coming this fall, but how to be ready for what happens after both this fall and THE fall.

August 29-31: Homesteaders United (A group with Billy Bond) has a Jamboure in August!

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live With Sonny Puzikas and John Willis
Friday Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Preparing to redo the roof and interior
Resupply run this week (Cosi App)
Canning tomato sauce & Salsa

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Aldi: We found everything we wanted. A few prices dropped this week. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.25 (-); eggs: $2.55 (-); whole milk: $2.92; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.59; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

We didn’t go into Home Depot again this week, but the price online of a 2x4x8 is still $3.48.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip

My frugal tip is not a money tip, it’s a time tip

Watering trees: Hubby and I spent way too much time watering new trees around our property. We found some cheap five gallon buckets, drilled four holes in the bottom using his smallest drill bit. Now to water a tree, we put the bucket beside the tree on the up side if it’s on a hill and fill the bucket up and walk away. Let the bucket do the work. The water slowly drains out of the bucket into the ground to the roots where you want the water, not running off because the hose delivers the water too fast.

Christie

Operation Independence

Trading Lamb for Beef

Main topic of the Show: Preparing For After THE FALL

- Resist
- Real Relationships: Take the time you have to learn about and build true community – and family – groups based on real trust rather than fake marketing to help each other and do better – kind of like a school of fish versus one love fish.
- Alternative Economy: Tap into your inner agorist. We have everything we need to prosper right here. We have the skills, the knowledge, the connections, the tools. We just have to stop depending on THE SYSTEM and start being OUR system (Note this does not mean do not use the tools we have from THE SYSTEM)
- Financial Ducks In A Row: Debt, money enterprise, Bitcoin, etc
- Get Out Of The Way: Moving to the country…
- Health Matters:
- Digital Hygiene: Last week the Internet broke. That is your early warning. Ill be sharing my journey starting with an Above Phone FWIW.
- Grow Your Own Food: Garlic Self Reliant example. If you literally cannot ir will not grow your own food, see item 2.
- Take Security Seriously: The police shooting in Cookeville TN
Resist

Most importantly – STOP PANIC PREPPING

Conclusion

VEVOR Burr Coffee Grinder review

Coupon Code VVPROMO

Product Link

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Fire blight, whey, fire ants and raid – today on Homestead Happenings!

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Forage

Nothing new but keeping my eyes on the elderberries and looking for goldenrod
Yarrow is looking stressed

Livestock

Duck molting season
Rats
Ram Preps with the super mega zapper and another $1k in fencing supplies
Havent moved rabbits yet
Feeding Livestock dogs once a day
Vet visit today in the pasture/barn

Grow

Fire Blight in the Orchard, Fire Ants
It rained and will rain a ton next week (Planting beans for the fun of it)
Pepper Plants
Chard is doing well but stressed – calcium and whey foliar spray

Harvest Meals

Smoker Saves on AC
Planning based on what is on hand – sautee, salad, sauce

Holler Neighbors/Community

The Great Tomato Trade of 2024

Infrastructure

Pond Update
Ask about the tomato wall?

Finances

Making a little money from hipcampers: $80

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I love pickles. I love squash. That’s a great combination.

Refrigerator Summer Squash PicklesMake in batches of one or more pints.

Ingredients per pint* 4 stems of cilantro * 1 clove garlic * 1 tsp peppercorns * 1/2 tsp coriander seeds * 1 small hot red pepper or 1 tsp crushed hot pepper * onion, thinly sliced. Red is beautiful but bleeds. * enough summer squash to fill a pint, in 1/4″ thick rounds. Mix colors! * 1/3 cup apple cider or your favorite pickling vinegar * 1/3 cup water * 3/4 tsp pickling salt * 1 TBSP honey

Combine ingredients through squash in a large bowl.

Bring rest of ingredients to a boil and pour over vegetables and herbs.

When the mixture is cool enough, pack into jar. Be sure brine completely covers the pickles.

Refrigerate at least a couple of hours. Gets better after two days. Keeps up to a month in the refrigerator.

This recipe isn’t a good canning candidate because the cooked squash would disintegrate.

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If you’re like me, you love a good cup of coffee, and that means having a good coffee grinder.

With Holler Roast having a commercial burr grinder, I rarely have the opportunity to test consumer grade one, but I got my hands on the Vevor Conical Burr Grinder the other day and there are some things I really like about it – and also a trick I figured out to make sure you get that outer burr seated correctly after cleaning.

Small and Strong
First, let’s talk about the size. The Vevor Conical Burr Grinder is one of the smaller electric grinders I have found. To go any smaller, you are looking and a hand cranked one. It doesn’t take up much space on the counter and it feels strong and sturdy We will see how long it lasts. With very few moving parts, I am optimistic for its durability.

Simplicity Wins

This grinder is super simple to use. It has a dial that you twist to set how fine or coarse you want your coffee to be ground. There’s also an on/off button that you can press halfway to grind and release as you release your finger, or all the way to toggle on and off.

Why Burrs Are Better
The big difference in quality that you get with a burr grinder over a spinning blade style one is consistency in the size of the coffee ground. Yes I am talking that individual spec of coffee that gets hit with the hot (or cold) water, which extracts the flavor. The whirling blade style has variable sized grounds and inevitably some sludge sized ones. With a burr grinder, the size of the ground is more consistent, which improves the quality of your coffee extraction.

This is totally coffee nerd stuff guys. Most people will not notice the difference except the reduction in sludgy grounds being in your cup.

Easy to Clean
Cleaning the Vevor Conical Burr Grinder is really easy. It comes apart quickly, and you can clean it in just two minutes each day. This keeps your coffee fresh and stops gross build-up from ruining your brew.

Reassembly Hack
Here’s the trick you need to know:

when you put the grinder back together after cleaning, make sure you do it the right way. If you don’t, it might only give you a coarse grind. But don’t worry, once you know how, it’s a piece of cake. You can see how I line up the outer conical burr in this video.

Fast forward to minute 3:10.

Great DealThe Vevor Conical Burr Grinder has an excellent cost-to-fun ratio at only $46. Plus, you can get an extra 5% off with the coupon code VVPROMO. You can buy it here with my affiliate link and I’l get a little something something.

And don’t forget, for the freshest coffee beans get your coffee at HollerRoast.com. Fresh beans make a big difference in your cup!

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Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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Today we talk about how to make cheese around three kinds of cheese that are wonderful to eat and from which to learn how to make cheese.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Bootcamp, October 4

Sponsor 1: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Livestream Schedule (All Central Time)

Tuesday Live with Blake Rymer, TN Mountain Farm, 12:30PM
Tuesday Night with Angry Prepper, 8pm
Friday Homestead Happenings with The Tactical Redneck, 9:30am

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Sad Canning Season So Far
Home for a bit so doing “oldest first” from the freezers
Fresh Cucumber Salad Recipe
All the DILL from DAWN

Frugality Tip from Nicole

Using a camper for lodging

Operation Independence

Hip Campers coming this week!

Main topic of the Show: Three Soft Cheese To Get You Started

Why Cheese? Why Homemade?

A Brief History of Cheese (Visual Aid)

How to get started – path of least resistance

Milk, Culture, Acid, Calcium Chloride (1/4 teaspoon of powdered calcium chloride to 1/4 cup of water), Rennet, Cheese Cloth, Strainer, Instant read thermometer, measuring cups, pots, strainer

Homemade Ricotta: ½ gallon mils, heated to 180-190. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and stir. Let cool. Strain and salt to taste
Farmer’s Cheese: Cream Cheese: ½ gallon mil heated to 180-190. Add ¼ cup vinegar and stir. Let cool. Strain. Mix in salt and herbs to taste
Cream cheese upgrade: Vitamix
Chevre: 1 gallon milk. Mesophilic culture, CaChl, rennet. Heat mild to 80-90. Stir in caChl, culture, then rennet. Let sit at 80 for 12 hours. Ish. Strain til the right consistency. Add 1tsp salt and mix in any herbs.

Storing soft cheeses

Sum it Up

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Ah, summer squash. Which variety is your favorite? Capitalize on the ease and speed of this side dish that’s good for most restricted diets. I won’t specify ingredient amounts, but a rule of thumb is one 6″ squash per adult eater.

Simply Scrumptious Summer SquashPreheat oven to 400° F and butter or oil a baking sheet.

Ingredients* summer squash in 3/8 – 1/2 inch “coins.” Mix varieties for color or limit yourself to a single variety. * cherry tomatoes, halved, or chunks of slicing tomatoes * olive oil: easiest in an oil sprayer * garlic, minced * oregano, basil, and thyme; garam masala and curry or smoked paprika; dill; epazote; or any other fun combination of herbs and spices. Fresh herbs are great. * salt and pepper to taste * hard cheese like Romano, grated * (garnishes like chopped scallions or cilantro, lime wedges for squeezing, chopped hot pepper, or crumbled leftover bacon)

Spread squash coins in a single layer on baking sheet.

Spray or drizzle with oil.

Mix garlic, herbs, salt, pepper, and cheese and sprinkle evenly over squash.

Roast on middle rack 25 – 30 minutes. Garnish.

This recipe probably would be wonderful grilled. Since we don’t have a barbecue, I’ll wait to hear others’ comments on grilling.

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Join us for a discussion of gardening when also not there, ram logistics, canning season update and more.

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Pond area

History
Progress report

Forage

Marking jerusalem artichokes
Blackberries are ripe
Usual summer forage: red clover, dandelion flower, day lily
Mulberry leaves to the rabbits

Livestock

Moving rams to my house
Bruny’s tick bite
Discuss moving rabbits temporarily
Ducks on strike
Wasps in the chicken coop (Hanging a fake nest in there)

Grow

Grass growing
Harvested garlic – meh year likely because I planted late
Peppers are doing well
Gardening while away

Holler Neighbors/Community

Hay help goes both ways

Infrastructure

More grounding rods at the house to contain rams
Camper repairs continue

Finances

$1000 on fencing

Make it a great week!

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
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Make it a great week!

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Here’s something to tickle your sweet tooth, even if you limit gluten intake. And there are other benefits: Blueberries are antioxidants, help fight inflammation, boost digestion and brain function, and promote a healthy heart. They contain vitamins B6, C, E, and K; thiamine, riboflavin, copper, and manganese. Cornmeal boasts iron and phosphorus. A combination of corn, squash, and dried beans is a perfect protein – you can include the squash and beans in the meal that precedes this dessert.

Blueberry and Corn CrispPreheat oven to 375° F

FillingFor the filling, toss together in a shallow two-quart baking pan:

5 cups fresh blueberries
⅓ cup sugar
2 tsp grated lemon zest
3 TBSP lemon juice
1 TBSP cornstarch
¼ tsp salt

Topping* ⅔ cup gluten-free flour * ⅔ cup coarse-grind cornmeal * ⅓ cup sugar * 1 tsp salt * 10 TBSP chilled butter, in pieces * 1 cup fresh corn kernels (about one ear)

Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt. Work in the butter to make a grainy mixture that holds together when you squeeze it. Add the corn kernels. Distribute clumps of topping over the filling.

Bake 50–60 minutes, until golden. Cool 30 minutes before serving.

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Today we talk about weaning Little Sheep, what is growing in the garden, time for garlic harvest, canning season kickoff, and more.

Featured Event: East TN Homesteaders Alliance Festival

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Big Picture: How is the new schedule going?

Forage

Day Lillies
Jewelweed story
Scoping out jerusalem artichokes
Thornless blackberries will be ripe next week

Livestock

My golden finch
Weaning Stormy
Fodder trees to Rabbits, Sheep, and Goats
Duck Jail
Sick pets
Fans on the rabbits

Grow

Squash is looking good in the garden
Cucumbers are starting to take off
50% shade cloth
First Ripe Tomato Soon
Longer than usual tomato vines

Holler Neighbors/Community

GSD At Shawn Mills
More Automotive Mix and Match
Bresse Chicken Eggs

Infrastructure

Repairing a wood chipper to begin post treemageddon cleanup
How many wood boring bees can you fit in one shower pipe?

Finances

Operation Eyesore is starting to pay off

Make it a great week!

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
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TheSurvivalPodcast.com

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Today, I run through my ten principles for canning. We will also cover canning basics for those of you who have not tried your own home canning.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 9:30AM, Coffee Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis

Friday, 10:30AM, Homestead Happenings With The Tactical Redneck

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.con

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Canning Pickled Beets
Nervous about green beans
Meal planning, pile of meat style
Organizing meals for when I am away

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

At Home Depot, a 2x4x8 is still $3.48. The store was fairly busy on multiple trips here on different days. On a later trip, I picked up a small Midea window AC unit I had ordered, a very efficient inverter model that I should be able to run with solar power if the need arises. Home Depot’s price on it was actually slightly cheaper than Amazon’s. They also had the blacktop patching “stuff” we needed for a spot on the driveway; sometimes they haven’t had it.

Aldi: They were busy on all three days, with multiple checkout lines going. We found everything we wanted except for cantaloupes, as they were few and miserable. I found a couple of better ones today. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.35; eggs: $2.67 (++); whole milk: $2.83; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45 (+}; butter: $3.59; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip From Christie

My frugal tip is not a money tip, it’s a time tip

Watering trees: Hubby and I spent way too much time watering new trees around our property. We found some cheap five gallon buckets, drilled four holes in the bottom using his smallest drill bit. Now to water a tree, we put the bucket beside the tree on the up side if it’s on a hill and fill the bucket up and walk away. Let the bucket do the work. The water slowly drains out of the bucket into the ground to the roots where you want the water, not running off because the hose delivers the water too fast.

Main topic of the Show: Ten Principles of Canning

Be Fearless – But Not Too Fearless
Know The Why
USDA Tested Recipes Really Are Safer
Fresh Is Best
Don’t Can Things You Don’t Like
Embrace Botulism Basics
Don’t Guess
When In Doubt Throw It Out
Eat What You Most Want First
Have Fun

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Here’s a salad with plenty of protein and taste. So clip the hair of that chive plant, get some turnips, and go to town.

Egg-and-Bean Dinner SaladServes 4 as main dish, 6 as a side

Ingredients* 6 eggs * 4 turnips in 1″ pieces or similar volume of baby turnips * 3 TBSP butter * 2 TBSP fresh tarragon, chopped * 2 TBSP chives chopped * 3 TBSP olive oil * 2 TBSP lemon juice * large bowl of mixed salad greens in bite-sized pieces * 2 stalks celery, chopped * 1 14-oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed * Salt and pepper

Cover eggs and turnips with water and bring to a boil.

Remove from the heat, cover, and let stand 10 minutes.

Remove the eggs; peel and quarter.

Keep turnips in hot water until tender, about 2 – 3 minutes more; drain.

Return turnips to the warm pan and toss with the butter.

Toss with tarragon, chives, olive oil, and lemon juice.

Season greens, celery, and beans with salt and pepper.

Add the eggs and turnip mixture and gently toss.

If you just can’t leave well enough alone, add shrimp, marinated tofu squares, or leftover last night’s meat.

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Join us for a discussion on the new summer schedule at the homestead, forward progress during the heat, garden issues, and more.

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The new schedule

The Salatin Webinar

Forage

Paw Paw Update
MINT
Oyster Mushrooms
Seeing Mullein Blooms
Lambsquarter

Livestock

Fodder Tree and Plantain Morning Ritual
Livestock stopped acting crazy
Rabbit tractor is not great – needs to be bigger squares on the ground
Update on little sheep’s ears
The snapping turtle

Grow

Garden is not great, but I just keep putting in seeds
Greens, chard etc
Tomato Update
Potted peppers are looking good
Wood Vinegar
Garden sprinkler is better but it went through 100 degree days with a non working water system

Holler Neighbors/Community

Vehicle circus
6 trucks, 1 works
Holler Dinner Tonight

Infrastructure

Tree project update

Finances

Saving money by using the fodder trees and augmenting rabbit feed

Make it a great week!

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Resources

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Today we talk about how adjusting when you do things on the homestead can really impact the day to day frazzle.

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Assess the pain points

Put everything on the table

Establish priorities for production, health, happiness

Make the change – Here is what we did and why

Make it a great week!

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Chef Brett
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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/

Show Resources

https://www.youtube.com/@TheAngryPrepper

https://www.youtube.com/@TheAngryTruth

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennesseee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Today, we have a replay of the speech I gave at the Exit and Build Land Summit.

Featured Event: Joel Salatin Webinar TOMORROW

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Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com COUPON CODE LFTN

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Not much coming off the garden this year yet so we are not canning
Preparing easily reheatable meals for the coming weeks of commuting to California

Weekly Shopping Report

This week’s trip started with Hobby Lobby. The store looked normal overall, with the usual assortment of craft items and dust collectors, but there were empty hooks here and there; finding something specific you want may not be a sure thing.

Next stop was Home Depot. They still have a lot of cordless tools from the recent Fathers’ Day deals, but selections are dropping. A 2x4x8 is unchanged from last week, at $3.48. They also have a LOT of solar yard lights, much better than the cheapies you find in dollar stores or even in China-mart. These are potentially good power failure lights or inside guide-lights; put them out to charge during the day, and bring them in at night. Regular batteries also remain in very good supply.

Aldi was last. Produce quality remains a little erratic, but quantities are still good. We found everything we wanted, although there was little pork, and some prices have edged higher once more. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.35 (+); eggs: $1.78 (+); whole milk: $2.83; heavy cream: $5.39 (+); OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.59; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

We did a week long road trip around Self Reliance Festival. Two nights with family, one night with friends and 4 nights in a fantastic little cabin in the woods. I packed half our cooler with frozen meat when we left the house. I grilled and cooked at the cabin. We did not NEED to spend any money on eating out the whole week. (We did choose to support the food vendors at SRF because they were there). So if you are on the fence about the expenses involved in traveling, you can save a lot money buy bringing your own food. The couple of months before we left I grabbed a bag of nuts here, some other snacks there and had a bag of food ready to go when we left the house. With Airbnb we paid for the cabin in installments and it was paid for before we got there. With a little creative planning you can have a week long vacation with little expenses spread out over time.

Also stashed cash for months and came home with enough cash to cover the gas and misc bills that we incurred on the trip.

So take the trip to find your tribe!!

~Margo

Operation Independence

Wholesale adjustments on the homestead

Main topic of the Show: Nicole’s Speech at the Exit and Build Land Summit

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Squashed avocado is a perennial favorite dip for young and old, and avocados ripen in various countries at several times during each year.

Avocado contains at least a little of vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, E, magnesium, manganese, copper, iron, zinc, and phosphorous. There’s quite a bit of potassium. They’re also packed with monounsaturated fatty acids and fiber.

Here’s my favorite guacamole recipe. I warn you: each of the three women in our family has a different favorite recipe. Maybe you’ll use this as a starting point to settle your own “best guacamole” formula.

Olé Guacamolemakes about 2 c

Ingredients3 – 4 avocados, depending upon size
juice of 1 lime
2 TBSP minced fresh cilantro
1 TBSP finely-chopped onion or scallion
1 clove minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried or chopped fresh hot peppers (to your taste)

Mash the avocado meat and stir in other ingredients.

Grab a chip and taste. Adjust salt and hot pepper.

If you prefer to avoid additive-laden (but so good!) commercial chips, use last week’s cracker recipe to scoop this dip. For fun, roll the cracker 1/16″ thin instead of 1/8″ to make a baked chip. You can also replace half to all the almond flour in the cracker recipe with cornmeal or masa harina that you’ve ground fine, but this removes the paleo-friendly nature of the cracker.

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/

Show Resources

Perma Pastures Farm

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennesseee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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You can learn all the things about permaculture and zones and planning and STILL get into bad habits.

For the past 17 years, the Holler Homestead kitchen garden has been in a place affectionately known as Sunshine Plot. Out of sight and behind my home, I try to remember to go up there every day to at least take a look at it. Because it is in such a weird location, we have tried to change where livestock was and other things to make my morning coffee roam pass through there.

The things I grow in my aquaponics system get the most care. The garden that Tactical built for himself outside his back door gets plenty of attention. Sunshine plot is managed through methods to help keep things going even if I don’t drop by – with heavy mulch to keep down weeds and automated watering.

Over the past seven years, we have worked hard to adjust the design of this homestead from its original layout to one that integrates zones so that it is easier to maintain and just flows. For seven years, we have oft discussed ways to stretch my zone one to include that garden. For seven years this approach has been just plain silly and it hasn’t worked.

Then Tactical asked the question: Why, after seven years, have we not just moved that garden into your zone one?

Sometimes on your own land, you stop seeing the big picture for the details and the fact is, that garden was there when I moved in. That is why that garden is there seventeen years later. Even better, that garden was there because it WAS in zone one for the original 1880’s era cabin that was first here. You could walk out its door into the kitchen garden which also integrated chickens. I had to take that cabin down due to termite damage which is why I know this.

So my garden, firmly in zone 2, is there because someone who built a one-room cabin in the late 1800s put it in THEIR zone 1 and no one ever moved it after my house was built.

When Tactical asked me this question, it was very clear where the garden should go.

Timing is everything.

He asked this before we were about to embark on a process of transforming my kitchen garden into raised beds so that they would be easier to tend in 20 years. After he asked me this, it was so clear where my raised beds should go it, that there wasn’t any debate on the topic. Just a plan for how many beds and in which configuration.

Which brings me to today. Having JUST become an affiliate with Vevor, I plan to test their $96 raised beds in that space. They have a $70 one too that is smaller. If you are interested in these beds and you use my links to them, I get a small cut. (Use coupon code VVPROMO for 5% off).

I plan to document the advent of this project as we go. Here’s to putting my kitchen garden in zone 1 where she belongs!

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Today we talk about trees coming down on fences and power lines, funky sheep ears, type 1.5 errors in design and more.

Featured Event: Haven Earth Trade School Homestead Bootcamp This Week

Sponsor 1: Kangen Water Collective

Sponsor 2: Self Reliance Festival

Forage

Berries
Elderflower
Day Lillies

Livestock

Lambs Ear
Escaping Dog
Dog Shed Issue
Rabbit Tractor No kill list
Broody Ducks
Baby Duck Fail
Goats Getting Out

Grow

Tomato Wall Update
Lower ap is back up and running
Garden is growing slow but steady
Garlic is near harvest time
Garlic scape issue

Holler Neighbors/Community

Chicken Class Update
Eversoles Found Land!
Homesteaders Alliance

Infrastructure

Trees
Type 1.5 error

Finances

Paying a tree guy

Make it a great week!

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Community

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Advisory Board

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Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today I am joined by Aron Wagner of American Cloud to chat about digital matters.

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

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Show Resources

American Cloud

Aron Wagner is CEO of American Cloud, a data hosting solution that cares about freedom of speech.

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennesseee

Bear Independent

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Join me today for a look at different ways to preserve food at home and ideas on how to make it work in your busy schedule.

Featured Event: Homestead Bootcamp at Haven earth Trade School: https://www.havenearthtradeschool.net/homestead-bootcamp-haven-village

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: Holler Roast Coffee

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 12:30PM Live with John Willis and Bear Independent
Wednesday, 2:00PM Digital Sovereignty with Aron Wagner from American Cloud
Friday, 9:30AM Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Working through the rest of the pork, three meals a week
Smoked Pork Rib Roast
Bone Broth Overload as it gets hot
Drying herbal teas for winter
(Must harvest the mints)

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Our first stop was Hobby Lobby for some Velcro. Their sewing notions area looked well-stocked.

Next was Home Depot. The store was reasonably busy for a non-weekend day. There is still no price tag on the 2x4x8 studs, but online they have dropped to $3.48. Seems to me I’ve seen some stuff online suggesting the lumber market is “collapsing.” We’ll see…

Last was Aldi. We found everything we wanted. The 70% cacao chocolate was back in stock. It seemed there was more bread than there has been in recent weeks; more pork had returned to the meat coolers, and the cantaloupes were again decent. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.29; eggs: $1.54(-); whole milk: $2.83; heavy cream: $5.29; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.59; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip NOT from Margo

Quality cabinets are hard to find (ask me how I know). If you have a ReStore nearby, you can find some amazing buys. We were able to get a 14 piece set of wood build cabinets. It included 2 tall units and another one with glass doors. Total cost $1800 before taxes.

Have a great day.

Operation Independence

LFTN Community Independence: Chicken Processing

Main topic of the Show: Home Food Preservation For Everyone

As we get into food abundance season, I thought today would be a good time to talk about various home food preservation methods, and how to fit them into your life. Anyone can preserve food and you dont have to invest in tons of infrastructure to do it if you are not yet ready to fully commit.

Growing food and foraging is like printing money when you do it right. Likewise, food preservation is your savings account for winter.

Why Preserve food (Healthier, Saves Time, Savings Account, Skills and resilience)

What are the methods of food preservation

Dehydrating
Fermenting
Curing
Removing Exposure to Air (oils, etc)
Canning
Keeping Cold
On the Hoof

TIME SLIDE

What Works Best Where?

How do I create my preservation plan? (The time money grid)

Preserving on a budget/supplies

Example Plan – store what you eat and eat what you store

Fitting it Into Your Busy Life

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Today we talk about observing your flock, transporting workshop chickens, freezer alarms and sensors, a not so great garden update and more.

Featured Event: Haven Earth Trade School Homestead Bootcamp Next Week

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Sponsor 2: Holler Roast Coffee

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Forage

Elderberry are flowering
Black Raspberry
Mint Harvest 1.0
Dandelion Flower
Red Clover
Jewel Weed
Yarrow
Queene Anne’s Lace
Lambs Quarter

Livestock

Observing your flock and the floppy ear
Hoof Trimming Challenge
Rabbit Update
Duck Drake Culling Season
Chicken Day
Broody Birds

Grow

Garden Slug Update
Runner Beans and the food forest
Fodder Tree Trimming
Weedmageddon
Volunteer Marigolds
Green Bean Challenge – not giving up yet
Duck Coop Compost

Holler Neighbors/Community

Holler Neighbor Chicken Class Help
The livestock trailer
Basecamp will be available some time in the next 6 months

Infrastructure

Camper Roof Update
Slab Estimates
Freezer and a yolink fail
Chicken Gut Compost

Finances

Nothing to report

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Advisory Board

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Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

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Today I am joined by Dalia Monterrosa of Welcome to Chickenlandia about chickens, finding your purpose and more/

Featured Event: June 8 Chicken Class at the Holler Homestead

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Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/webinar

Show Resources

Chickenlandia Website: https://welcometochickenlandia.com/

Instagram: @welcometochickenlandia

Dalia Monterroso is a chicken keeper and a popular teacher on the basics of backyard chicken keeping. She speaks and teaches classes on the joys of chicken keeping and is passionate about broadening the community of chicken keepers to be more diverse and inclusive. She is the creator of the website and YouTube channel “Welcome to Chickenlandia”, podcast “Bawk Tawk”, and an online course called “Chickenlandia’s Backyard Chickens 101”. She also hosted a TEDx talk titled “I Dream of Chickens”.

She is also the author of the book, “Let’s All Keep Chickens! The Down-to-Earth Guide to Natural Practices for Healthier Birds and a Happier World”, a comprehensive guide for both beginners and experienced chicken keepers. The book has also gained popularity among homeschooling families, who appreciate its educational value as part of their learning curriculum. Dalia lives in Bellingham, Washington, with her family, continuing her mission to share the joy and simplicity of chicken keeping to the world.

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Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

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Join me today as I share some ways that we thrive through power outages learned by spending days without power over the years. Some of these tips are things no one thinks to tell you.

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com

Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday: 9:30am Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis

Wednesday: 2pm all about Chickens with Dalia Monterosso of Chickenlandia

Friday: 9:30a, Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Green beans are GONE!
Bone broth every day. Cant wait to get my jars back
Freeze drying eggs and other abundance
Air drying wild herbal teas
Might actually pick and freeze some wild raspberries this week. Might
Looking back at pulling the roof from the prepper pantry and redoing it so things are moisture tight in the next few months

Weekly Shopping Report

Our first stop on this Friday’s shopping trip was Home Depot, primarily for bird seed. There is still no tag on the 2x4x8 studs, but the online price is still $3.73.

Our only other stop was Aldi. They have run out of 70% cacao chocolate again. I saw more trays of salmon than usual, in lesser amounts per tray; it’s priced per pound, so that’s not “shrinkflation,” apparently just a packing choice. Other meat choices looked a little sparse, with no pork butts and not a lot of ribs; fewer trays of ground beef as well. Lunch meat remains in good supply. Over in Produce, there was a big box of cantaloupe, but they all looked sorry, so we passed on those. The bananas (and other fruits and Bidens) looked good. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.29; eggs: $1.79; whole milk: $2.83; heavy cream: $5.29; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.59 (-); bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.49; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Operation Independence

Chicken Processing and the PURGE

Main topic of the Show:

Seventeen years ago, when I came to the Holler Homestead, some of the first things we did to the place was get set up to thrive through power outages. Back then they were rare and often repaired within an hour or two but growing up in a place where ice storms blew through every few years and no one was really set up for them – well that had set a foundation for things I wanted to make certain were handled no matter where I chose to live.

So much has changed from the early days, including how much time it takes to get things up and running when the power goes out, frequency of power outages, and how gracefully we weather these times.

Yesterday, I sold off two inverters that I had. They were intended to turn my car into a generator in the event of a power outage so that I could cool things down in my fridges and freezers and not have to panic pressure can all the meats here. As I watched them find a new home, I realized that we have not done a show with tips on how to thrive (not just survive) through power outages. Especially the kind that last a long time.

This show is for folks who are on grid but who want to do better when the grid goes down.

Embrace the suck (Which is that you will be putting more effort into comfort during a power outage)
Emotional boosts: rechargeable light bulbs, lanterns, hot coco and a way to make it, story time or other entertainment, having a known plan
Have a plan – make sure everyone knows the plan and their roles, be cross trained, bonus points if it is documented (Mine isn’t)
Tips
1. Reduce what you cool or heat (Why I have a wood stove)
2. Use what you have: camping supplies, the propane grill outside, your tent for sleeping in the summer at night, etc.
3. Inverter/generator is a game changer BUT
  1. While they are in use take everything from the fridge that you plan to use for the day and keep it in a small cooler
  2. Countertop ice maker is a game changer
  3. Consolidate fridges and freezers so they are full
  4. Use paper plates and dish bins bins and wash 1-2 times a day WHILE IT IS STILL LIGHT OUT
4. Top off battery operated devices while driving if you will be driving (Cigarette chargers with multiple USB Ports). Bonus points if you have power bricks
5. Fast to cook meals, or low and slow in an insulated bin (or rock pot)
6. What can you function stack? Woodstove is a crockpot and water heater
Some things to consider for long term resilience
1. What do you have that ONLY works with electricity and which of these things need to be handled to keep everyone thriving? (HVAC, Cooking, Drying, Lighting, Internet Equipment, Entertainment, Medical Equipment, Animal Habitat like aquariums or ponds)
2. Can you shift to an alternative? (Gas, Wood, Camping Gear, Regenerative technology, Hard copies, do without)
3. Can you use a battery supply for the things that you NEED? (Built in battery (A rechargeable device), Power bricks, battery bank, solar device)
4. Can you find a way to regenerate the things that take power? (Hydro, wind, solar, gases, wood, gravity, hooking up a bike, composting. Etc.

A word on communications.

Mostly make it fun.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Join us for a spontaneous Homestead Happenings today. We talk about the glamper, gardens, food forest, duck cave and more.

Featured event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class

Sponsor 1: TheWealthSteadingPodcast.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Forage

Livestock

Grow

Holler Neighbors/Community

Infrastructure

Finances

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life and I get together for a long overdue catch-up (Not Ketchup) talk. We are much less angry and negative and finding our stride on our homesteads.

Featured Event: June 8 Chicken Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead.

Sponsor 1: Kangen Water (Use my link)

Sponsor 2: Agorist Tax Advice

Show Resources

A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

FortressK9.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

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Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we celebrate eight years of Living Free in Tennessee with a look back at where we started and why homesteading, why coffee, why community.

Direct Download for episode 1: https://traffic.libsyn.com/nicolesauce/NicoleSauce_Podcast_May_20_2016_-_52016_6.52_PM.mp3

Featured Event: Haven Earth Trade School Homesteading Bootcamp, June 14-16 in Old Fort Tennessee (Nearish Cleveland and the Ocoee River).https://www.havenearthtradeschool.net/homestead-bootcamp-haven-village

Live we did yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwreK9qPVKI

Sponsor 1: EMPShield.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Livestream Schedule

BIG Week This week! Spicy Sisters are Back This Wednesday at 2pm, Joel Ryals will share his story about moving from Florida to Ohio on the Tuesday Live and we have our usual Homestead Happenings episode this Friday.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Harvest Right Freeze Drier is back up and running and helping with a plethora of eggs
Affiliate Link For Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
Designing the final part of the house to include pantry storage, a pool, and an outdoor kitchen
Ground Beef Discussion
Time to finish curing the SRF Pork
Garden is finally coming together

Operation Independence

Reduced projects that I am focusing on and as a result finds have also reduced. We are assessing the homestead in terms of what brings value now more than ever. With the extra time, the home is almost back to a source of support rather than a drain. There is a lesson in this.

Main topic of the Show: Why Homesteading and Coffee

May 20, 2016 – an excerpt

Nine years ago, we started on an adventure in the country. What began as a weekend getaway quickly changed into a small homestead with chickens, gardens, laughter, neighbors, and sometimes the opposite of laughter.

The Holler Homestead is known in our area for our home roasted coffee (it takes less time to roast your own than drive to the store), elephant garlic, stone ground flour and hand rolled oats. We also help people learn how to preserve food and are keenly interested in self sufficient living.

Y’all, I have not listened to episode one since about a week after recording it to figure out how I could be a better podcaster. It feels like so much has changed, and it has. But the core, the mission, the motivation is still the same as it was on day one. Do you know how good that makes me feel? Also a bit surprised.

Back in 2016, this podcast was my only creative outlet. It was an attempt to reach more people who were interested not only on homesteading but it taking whatever steps in their life that they could to build something for them, outside the system, to live as they saw fit, without buying into the societal expectaitons – and without asking permission.

GexX on Tiktok and the FIFO approach to life<<

Fearlessness
Hypothesis, test, conclusion
Culture to support others who take that same approach

We live in a time where everything is at your fingertips and some people think that is the problem, but it isnt. The problem is that because everything is at our fingertips, people mistakenly think that theoretical learning replaces practical application. And as we like to say around here: Sheep don’t read books.

The book learning is helpful. In fact, I am 1 lesson in on Spirko’s composting course and that theoretical knowledge will greatly impact how we make compost at the Holler Homestead, but just nerding out on bacteria and fungi on the internet will not make the plants outside my back window thrive.

Today, in celebration of eight years, i wanted to look at some of the reasons why LFTN, and the Holler Homestead have become what they are today –

Why homesteading?

Homesteading Mindset teaches us to create value with what we have so that we set a foundation of bringing value to others and can tap into the value that others bring to us. It is NOT a piece of land.
The threat of our society and economy – Back to the land and preserving heritage skills.
Homesteading’s natural offspring is freedom – like the true kind of freedom you build by no longer GAF about what you used to think you could not live without (which creates weakness)
Your health is the biggest gift you were given and the commercial food system is poison
Heals your spirit through seasonal connection, sun light, bacterial connection and more

As I think back on the past eight years of this podcast, I started out by wanting to share my personal planner with yall. That was the beginnings of My3Things. And the most surprising thing that happened was the community that we have become and that grows as we share episodes, help one another, get together to do GSD weekends and so much more.

8 years ago, I did not think we would become a counter economy and underground network (Explain more about this).

8 years ago, I was lucky if one person would come to Chicken day and new we fill event venues, sell out a spring workshop every year, and keep finding more people who want to opt out of the current “normal” and create a better life for themselves and their families.

Eight years ago, I had no idea I would talk this long, and I only have because of yall.

Why Community

Homesteaders were never alone
It is easy to attack one, but hard to attack many and remain in power (Raw milk story)
We all need to learn to keep building and we cannot do that without one another

Health | Community | Wealth

8 years.

8

WHY COFFEE

The biggest surprise I had when listening to that old episode was the coffee. In 2016, I sorta did coffee roasting as a side hustle to earn a few hundred dollars. That Nicole did not think she could fin 15-20k to get a commercial roaster. That Nicole still thought that changing policy in our current political structure from the inside would work. That Nicole had no CLUE that she would earn the bulk of her income in just eight years from selling coffee through the mail all over the world.

That Nicole already LOVED coffee she just did not see a way to tap into that love.

But that Nicole took a step, started a podcast, set a vision, and walked a little bit each day. And Holler Roast Coffee went from sometimes at the farmers market to what it is today. One steep at a time.

Some of you may wonder why I get a glazed over look when you talk to me about your idea that you are excited about only to tell me why you can’t go for it. In those moments, I am trying to decide how to best give you a little push. Some people love to be tied to the back of a truck on a skateboard and taken for a fast ride around the block. Others will back further away from their dream because it was all they could do to talk to me about it to begin with.

They are almost sorry to admit that they love whatever it is that they are telling me they love. As if it is not OK for them to yearn for a slower, simpler way of life. Or it is not OK for them to love knitting, soap making, bone broth, building things with their hands, and so many other things.

You love what you love and the truly sad thing is that we got programmed to think that loving something as physical as farming, or carpentry, or a gagillion other “non intellectual” pursuits is somehow less.

That is the biggest beast to overcome is that misplaced belief that non intellectual jobs are less. If you are going to spend most of your time building a future based on something you hate because it fits someone elses definition of what is a worthy pursuit, you miss your chance to do something you love. You miss the change for your job to not feel like a job.

Someone once asked me if I thought I would be satisfied just being a coffee roaster. They insinuated that being a coffee roaster was not worthy of my smarts.

To which I answered: yes.

So why coffee? Because I LOVE coffee, plain and simple. I love finding beans, roasting them. I dont love packing and shipping them which is why the new Kcups are done by a copacker.

But the idea that roasting coffee is somehow now worthy as a valid pursuit? Absurd and the day you realize your passion is worthy of your time no matter what anyone else thinks, is they day you choose freedom over programming.

Here’s to 8 years, almost 1000 episodes, and to what comes next.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Join us for an update on the Holler Homestead: Weaning the bottle lamb, gardening update, what wild foods are in the woods around us, coming off the crazy train of Nicole’s speaking schedule and more.

Featured Event: Chicken Processing Class

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar

Sponsor 2: InvestableWealth.com

Forage

Wild rose petal harvest
Dandelion flower
Red Clover
Mushroom city!
Perilla
Re-establishing the watercress patch

Livestock

How we plan to wean Stormy
Spending nights in the pasture like a big Ewe
Harvesting fodder trees
Retrained the ducks
The sitting duck
The sitting hen
Time to trim hooves

Grow

Garden update
Compost tea
Rock garden
Jerusalem artichokes and bee balm
Propagation
Food forest maintenance

Catch up

Duck Coop
Garden
Sheep pasture move
Operation eyesore
Workshop

Holler Neighbors/Community

Sunday Holler Neighbor Dinner
Tracy fed Tactical while I was away
Dog losses

Infrastructure

Rabbits
Cut tree off fence
Ramping Up Compost

Finances

Had to buy vehicles

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

ThunderhillFarm.com

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Chuck Peoples of Homestead Medical.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/

Show Resources

Homestead Medical

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the sho

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a show on things that have been going through my mind of late: workshop preparations, the new truck and more!

Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv
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Resources

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me today for all our usual Monday segments and a discussion of what the next six months look like in the Holler and for the LFTN Community. Changes, they are afoot!

Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event: MidwestPreparednessProject.com

(ROADTRIP!)

Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the WealthSteading Podcast (InvestibleWealth.com)

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar

A word on the audio podcast numbering: Expect extra drops this week and they will be out of order. This week is catch up week

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com – Speaking of feedback: Mullein and Water Hyacinth

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday: 9:30am with Jack Spirko and John Willis

Friday: 930am Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

We are cooking oil free in the Holler
Been Shrinking Pantry Storage to get into a better solution for storing things
Dedicated company freezers vs personal freezers
Transitioning into Storing From Using: Mid Spring Herbals
A word on devilled eggs

Weekly Shopping Report

Thanks to a suggestion on the garden shed, I found a nearby place that does business with both Amish and Mennonite builders. The owner visited us to see our proposed site on Thursday, so our first stop on Friday was to his lot, to finalize details and make a deposit. We’ll be getting a larger (8’x10′) shed, for at least $700 less than Home Depot’s price on an 8’x8′ model.

Home Depot our next stop. They’ve got LOTS of batteries; I grabbed an 8-pack of AA lithium which will be for a label printer that won’t get used a lot, and would likely be destroyed by alkaline leakage. A 2x4x8 is $3.73.

Aldi was last. It was also rather busy. We found everything we wanted. A few prices were actually lower. Staples were: bread (20 oz. white): 1.29; eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.83; heavy cream: $5.29; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $3.99 (-); potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $2.99 (-); flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Operation Independence

What is the emergency fund for and what do you do after using it?

Main topic of the Show: What is Next for LFTN

It happened again. We turned a corner at the LFTN workshop. I kicked off the event with what was supposed to be a talk about using the #my3things method to move forward in life. But guys, I was BEAT. Like more beat that I have ever been. When I stepped in front of everyone to talk I saw much of the same fatigue on so many faces that I stopped focusing on the prepared notes and started a conversation.

By then end of our conversation I realized something: You are no good to anyone if you put yourself in the hospital. Period.

We have spent years helping people stuck in the throes of analysis paralysis just get started and then refine. We have spent years helping people who are having motivation problems, maybe a little depression or other things that keep them from persevering. We have talked about all the ways you can look at an impossible list, set a really big goal, then go for it and keep going every. Single. Day.

We have even talked about adding your personal health, relationships, and other really important things to your daily goals so that you build a happy life.

Why?

Because the problem most of us face as we begin our walk toward independence is not what other people think about us. It isn;t if a spouse is on board or not. It isnt even about squeezing that last nickel out of your day to finally put aside toward something better.

It is the broken promises to ourselves that must change.

We tell ourselves stories like: I will eat on plan, or I will do this thing by that time. Or I will by GUM conquer laundry mountain tomorrow.

Always tomorrow.Then tomorrow comes and it is so tempting to just not do what we set out to do even if we KNOW we feel better if we prioritize what we already promised ourselves (and sometimes others) we would do.

The pressure of the urgent will overpower the prioritization of the urgent if you let it. And that is what you were programmed to do. Programmed by the bell at school. By asking for bathroom breaks. By seeking permission.

Yes a corner was turned at the spring workshop, as it usually is. LFTN has grown as a community.

In fact, someone told me they wished they had a term for the Greater TSP/LFTN/SOE/DELINQUENTS community because we all overlap and we all share core values. I just call it The Community if that helps. That way when another community of doers appears, we dont have to rebrand.

The Community as in the Real Community – not a fake one that has been thrust upon us by outside forces but a group of people we can work with. Who understand the difference between friendly competition and toxic competition. Who DO instead of take.

Yes, LFTN has brown beyond the timid little group of women who decided to step outside expectations and start doing what people told us we couldn’t or shouldn’t do. We’ve grown as mentors, and leaders, and as supporters.

I’ve come to see that homesteads dont do well without women and that many of the best in this space will never be seen because they think that their “small” work on the homestead is nothing. But they are the heart and sole of the homesteading network.

And that is how this homesteading podcast started. It started because I was doing things on my homestead that men are supposed to do and laughing with another friend of mine about how we would have to adjust our approach based on such things as: oversized (for us) tools. Center of gravity differences on big projects. Not having grown up building things and not knowing what we don’t know.

In the case of my friend, her husband works full time and she takes care of the livestock and simply can’t always wait for a helping hand. In my case, I was both earning the income and needing to get infrastructure and processes in place to live what I knew would be in better concert with nature, producing food and peace from this small piece of land.

And here I am a decade later, helping to bring more people into our Community. Connecting folks with the skills they need to start their own homesteads. Like processing chickens or canning.

But the advice has not changed much. If we want something better, we have to figure out how to make that happen for ourselves. We have to move forward no matter what. We have to stop breaking the most important promises we have made to ourselves and just do it.

But because we have grown as a community, we have changed too. No longer is the primary demon inaction. No no no. It turns out that overaction is a bigger problem for us now that we have surrounded ourselves with doers.

There is always more we can do and we need a new skill: choosing to do the things that are most important. That move ourselves and our families forward. Whether your family be biological or chosen.

Most of you missed my talk at LFTN24. Members, you will get it in the portal in about a month. We talked about having three areas of focus to move me toward my personal vision: Health, Wealth, Community.

Three.

Wealth is the thing that most of us hesitate to start building. It is the reason my advice is usually to get off your ass and try. But you have all grown beyond that. And so have I.

Now it is time to get back on your ass and prioritize your three most important things. For me, my health has suffered as a result of delivering on my q1 and q2 promises. That is why I took last week all the way off.

While catching up on home and homestead tasks, it was clear we had turned a very important corner. We have grown to where more action does not build more health, wealth, and community. Focusing more effort on fewer things does. Building back time to keep the promises we make to ourselves (I’m looking at you my “quit smokers” and “more workouts” people) in service of our long-term life vision is important.

Becoming more ruthless about what you might catch from investing time in something – like the news or a toxic relationship – is important.

In short, when we started 8 years ago, we were like a tomato seedling pushing through the soil and putting on leaves. Our flourishing and future depend on pruning to allow for airflow and so we can focus our resources on the most important vines.

What does this mean for LFTN: We are still here and will go back to three shows (and maybe 2 in the future) a week. I will not be speaking at events so much because the cost of being gone from the homestead and from all of you is higher than most speaker fees. In short, we are honing in on the things that bring true prosperity and happiness.

I hope you will enjoy this journey with me – how are you honing in on better ways to bring your homesteading journey to what you want it to be?

Make it a great week!

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To make this in a mug, you have to be okay with microwaving. Part of the appeal of this delicious chocolate dessert it that you can make it by the single serving, without heating up the kitchen, and in a hurry. For those who hate to eat microwaved food, oven-safe ramekins at 350° F for 10 minutes work, too.

Now, about that claim of healthy dessert: it’s not as healthy as a plateful of greens and raw meat, but it’s made of simple ingredients and intended for once in awhile.

Did I mention that this recipe has no down-and-out dairy products (there’s an egg), no gluten, and no terribly processed ingredients?

Chocolate Mug CakeIngredients1/4 cup almond flour
2 TBSP cacao powder
2 TBSP maple syrup
1 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg

Thoroughly beat everything together.

Pour into a smallish mug, if you have one: 8 – 10 ounces.

Microwave time depends upon your oven. It’s in the 45 – 120 second range. Err on the side of leaving a little goo showing: cake will continue to cook after you remove it from the microwave.

This goes beautifully with Holler Roast coffee!

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Looking in the fridge and feel like you’re on an episode of Chopped as you see chicken, feta cheese, and green beans? Let’s turn them into a delicious dinner that satisfies but doesn’t heat the kitchen.

Greek Grilled Chicken with Green BeansServes 4

Ingredients4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 1/4 pounds green beans
2 cups cherry tomatoes or tomato chunks
2 TBSP olive oil
2 TBSP red wine vinegar
8 cloves smashed garlic
1 TBSP oregano
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

Preheat grill to medium high.

Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, dill, and some salt and pepper. Marinate chicken in half this mixture.

Place beans and tomatoes in a foil pan and cover with the rest of the oil mixture.

Grill chicken about 15 minutes, turning halfway through.

Meanwhile, grill vegetables 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.

Present chicken and vegetables on a platter or individual plates.

Top with cheese.

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I will be joined by AJ Harrison and The Tactical Redneck today at 9:30am Central for an update from the Holler and a fireside chat.

Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop – https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com…

Sponsor 1: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN
Sponsor 2: Midwest Preparedness Project

Enjoy this more casual conversation with AJ Harrison from Preparing4Prosperity.

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Shawen Mills of Hack My Homestead about off grid living, solar, wwIII.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Show Resources

HackMyHomestead.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the sho

Make it a great week!

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Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
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Join me for an interview with John Davis from Laughlin Farms all about homesteaders and our hesitation to sell.

Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event

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John Davis is a resident of beautiful Columbiana county Ohio and is a homesteader, rancher, engineer, and owner of a business that is a professional outsourced sales firm for high tech industrial automation companies. On the homestead front, he and his wife and kids raise and direct market St. Croix sheep, heritage turkeys, pasture raised chicken, and heritage Berkshire pork. The Davis homestead also has two horses, and John is training to be a discount wannabe cowboy in pursuit of impressing his wife. Professionally, John is the second generation owner of Paul Davis Automation, and has been a professional salesperson in the industrial automation space for over 15 years.

Connect with John:

www.laughlinhighlandsfarm.com

Instagram – @laughlinhighlandsfarm

Why are homesteaders awful salespeople?
But, aren’t salespeople annoying and out trying to fleece their customers in pursuit of maximum profit? I just want to help people out and sell my stuff as cheap as possible!
Why is profit so important if my homestead isn’t my main job?
How do I even know if I am profitable? What is COGS, gross margin, net margin, how do I calculate them, and how do they apply to my homestead operations?
How do I write a business plan for my homestead? How do I actually go into business? Isn’t this super expensive and complicated? I just want to sell whatever I grow. Why would I overcomplicate my life?
I’m already doing everything we talked about, but I am awful at selling. How do I be a better salesperson for my homestead? Can I practice sales, even if I am an introvert?
A lot of homestead content is focused on the growing aspects of homesteading. How do I actually get my product to market? How do I determine if I should direct market or use the sale barn?

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Join me for a show on anything you ask, plus what has been on my mind of late including wwIII, reacting in fear, Is the homestead life easy, and what to do when your competitor says, “I’m Coming For You”.

Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

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Livestream Schedule

LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams

Monday, 2:00pm, Nicole Unplugged

Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Shawn Mills and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with John Davis

Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness Project and Kentucky Sustainable Living

Friday, 9:30am, Homestead Happenings with Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

AJ is in the house and we are doing a final push in the prepper pantry this week in advance of the LFTN Spring Workshop
Last minute event chili for the potluck this weekend
Tossing the frozen greens
New pantry racks from Grumpy Acres

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree is no longer on our rounds because it is not the best way to get a dose of caffein for our shopping day.

We hit both Hobby Lobby (for Sonia) and Lowe’s (for me). Although we did not go to Home Depot, a 2x4x8 there has gone up again, to $3.73.

Aldi was next. They did not have any lettuce, but other produce was available in normal amounts. They also only had half a case of canned cat food. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09. Despite rumblings I’m reading about a cocoa shortage, the 70% chocolate I like was available, and still at the usual price of $1.99.

We’re out of lettuce, so our last stop was Food City. They had some, although many of the heads were rather light, and some showed more rot than usual. I also grabbed a case of Friskies cans and a 22 lb. bag of the Meow Mix that our cats ask for by name.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Make your own mixes and sauces. I have been making my own taco seasoning for years but today I made enchilada sauce.

Someone loves the ground pork enchiladas I make and wanted to make some, but did not have enchilada sauce in the pantry. So I went to Online (Pinterest) and looked up a recipe. Making it from scratch, you can adjust the seasoning to your own liking and what you have on hand. I used bone broth instead of vegetable stock; I used olive oil not grapeseed oil, I used more garlic and less Cinnamon than the recipe called for. Recipes are guidelines, they are not set in stone. Use what you like to eat and don’t be afraid to substitute or omit ingredients.

I actually have enough to save half for next time. Next I will make homemade tortillas, I know Nicole says they are so easy to make, but one thing at a time.

Go make something you haven’t made before.

Operation Independence

Someone backed out of our ram so we decided to process it ourselves saving nearly $100

Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged

Reacting in fear

wwIII

Is homesteading life easy?

Im coming for you

Membership Plug

Social reminder

Make it a great week!

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Here’s a very simple dessert that tastes as if Great-Grandma made it – as she may have!

Butterscotch Dessert4 – 6 servings

Ingredients3/4 cup brown sugar, divided
3 TBSP cornstarch or thickener you prefer
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, beaten
2 egg whites
2 TBSP butter
1 tsp vanilla

Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt in the upper unit of a double boiler.

Add milk slowly and blend well.

Cook over hot water until thickened.

Stir a small amount of the hot mixture into the well-beaten egg yolks, then add this to the rest of the hot mixture. Cook 1 minute.

Remove from the heat; add butter and vanilla; let cool.

Whip egg whites and 1/4 cup brown sugar until stiff. Fold into the custard.

Serve chilled or barely warm with whipped cream, if you like.

If you don’t have a dedicated double boiler, fear not: nest a smaller pan or heat-resistant bowl in a larger pot that contains a few inches of water.

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Join Tactical Redneck, Preparing4Prosperity and me for a live discussion of life on the homestead post SRF.

Featured event: Potluck meetup and sauerkraut tomorrow 1-3pm

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Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Busy times: All the events, post construction, spring planting and having helpers is great.

Forage

Mustard flower
Morels
Watercress
Hunting oyster mushrooms this weekend

Livestock

Animal birthing over – the last ram and the ear story
Chicken nest 1.0 failed – we do not know why
Babies: 5 girls, four boys (We think)
Stormy is vibrant
Successful sheep shifting
Holes in the metal siding of the duck coop and quarantine duck wholived
Rabbits need to move to their final hutch

Grow

Ken and the tomato wall
Pre Germinating beets
Planting cuttings all over of things we want
Time to manage the food forest and get wood chips in there
Willow fence to get roots in the ground
Garden planning/planting this weekend
Need to make fodder tree guards
Hillside garden snarl

Holler Neighbors/Community

Ashley: Homestead sitting and the bottle baby
Aj: Butchering

Infrastructure

Finances

The dude who backed out of the lamb and why we take deposits
Serving ground lamb at the spring workshop

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a frank discussion with Michael Sparks about network marketing and when it is a scam, and when it is an opportunity.

Featured Event: Exit and Build and Summit: https://livefree.academy/op/land-summit-4/?ref=183

Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

Find Michael: MichaelSparks.us

A generic (non promotional) show on understanding Network Marketing Business Opportunities. Below are some questions

Why do you think so many people are negative on network marketing/home business opportunities?
What’s the difference between a legitimate business opportunity and a scam?
Can you really make money in the the industry?
Approximately How many Direct Sales companies are there?
What do you see as the biggest hurdle for people being successful in Network Marketing?
What are some negatives about joining a network marketing company. What are things to look out for?
What are the sales circles 1, 2, and 3…?
What kind of training can one expect when joining?

Bonus, how to pick and choose the right company?

Make it a great week

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Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
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Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today we have a recorded interview with Dr. Eric Nager about proactively getting healthy, functional medicine and organizing your medical preps.

Show Resources

Find Dr. Nager: OptiHealth Institute

Make it a great week

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Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, water rights in Oregon and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
- Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the sho

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Twitter: @nicolesauce
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

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Today, we have a hybrid Monday show with an interview with Brian from The Lots Project, Along with our usual Monday Segments! Featured Event: The Back to the Land Festival, […]

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Here’s a practical meal-in-one dish with a flair. Roast your own peppers or buy a jar to save time. Add a crisp salad and sherbet for dessert if you’re staying home, or take this along to the next summer night potluck.

Flamenco guitar music and castanets are optional.

Tortilla Española with Roasted Pepper SauceServes 4

Preheat oven to 425° F

Ingredients* 1 lb zucchini in 1/8″ rounds * 2 tsp salt * 1 1/4 c olive oil * 2 lbs potatoes in 1/8″ rounds * 1 onion in 1/8″ rounds * 10 eggs * 1 c Parmesan, grated * 1 c fresh basil, chopped

Toss zucchini with salt in a colander over a bowl. Drain about 30 minutes, pressing occasionally.

Preheat 1 c oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat. Add potatoes and onion and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring and scraping, until potatoes are tender but not browned, 30 to 35 minutes.

Add zucchini and cook until tender, stirring gently, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain this mixture 5 minutes.

Whisk together eggs, Parmesan, and basil and stir in potato mixture.

Wipe skillet clean and heat remaining 1/4 c oil over high heat.

Add egg mixture and reduce heat to low.

Cook until edges begin to set, running a spatula around sides to prevent eggs from sticking, about 10 minutes.

Transfer to oven and bake until center is set and edges are golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Let cool 5 minutes.

Run a paring knife around edge of tortilla to loosen, then invert on a wire rack.

Top with a second wire rack, flip tortilla, and let cool completely, about 1 hour.

Serve in wedges, topped with a dollop of sauce.

SauceIngredients* 1/4 c blanched almonds, toasted * 1 clove garlic * 1 jar (10 ounces) roasted piquillo peppers, drained or roast your own sweet peppers with a little olive oil and salt * 1/4 c olive oil * 2 tsp vinegar

Pulse almonds and garlic in a food processor until coarsely ground. Add peppers, oil, and vinegar; puree smooth or leave slightly chunky.

Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.

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Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more!

Featured event: Homesteaders Meetup Sat at 4:30 here – info at LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
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Forage

Paw paw time

Livestock

Bruny is getting close – her udder is growing
Time to process another round of rabbits
Where to look when the sheep go missing
Almost time to integrate smallest ducks which makes management easier

Grow

Having trouble getting harvest in while working in Nashville on my duplex
Lettuce is germinated just need to keep it going through times of no rain while the plants are small
Fall beets look horrible
Peppers are slow
Storing basil in the kitchen
Ginger is up

Holler Neighbors/Community

Meetup for our local freedom cell on Saturday at 4:30
Played a new game – world without Rule of Law

Infrastructure

New chicken waterer – Cement tray with water – then put in a 5 gallon bucket, drilled a hole in the side to fill with a hose then turn it upside down. Easier to clean all the parts
Installing semi permanent fence through the tree lines in the secondary property. If it works, will do more sections to make rotation easier. _Aluminum wire that will be charged when in us

Finances

Tracking is on point –
Focus on rental and home sale

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today we talk about the Berkey Lawsuit with the EPA, Artificial Intelligence, storing medications past their expiration date, chicken water, plants, homestead data management, Self Reliance Festival and business with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Million Satoshi Give Away Episode Highlight: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2021/12/08/food-freedom-with-billy-bond/

Enter your favorite Episode here: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
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Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
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Twitter: @nicolesauce
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Resources

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Winter is coming even though it is not fall. T is stressed out right now. Time to audit infrastructure, water, firewood, feed hay for the sheep and goats, wood chips and more.

Featured event October 16 Chicken Processing: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/poultry-processing-october-16/

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Forage

Shake the Paw Paw Tree
Watercress is back
Mullein Seeds
Oyster mushrooms
MInt and other herbs are still with us but the time is soon that a frost will come

Livestock

Pregnant Ewe
Male sheep are settled here – trying to eat bark of fodder trees
Baby Ducks going outside of the chicken tractor for the first time today
Chicken Eggs should start soon
Max fd around and found out
About time to breed rabbits

Harvest Meals

Saute with wild mushrooms
Holler Stew
The Pork Tenderloin thing

Grow

Lettuce has germinated
Fall beets look sad
Still getting beans and tomatoes off the garden but they are slowing down
First brussels sprouts harvest ever
Time to start prepping the garlic patch for the year
Peppers are very slow, unlike former years
Tomato horn works and other caterpillars have arrived (WHy and what we are doing about it)
Planning to just maintain the lettuce patch into the fall as things get super busy here

Holler Neighbors/Community

Tested a prepper game: WROL
Traded coffee for eggs

Infrastructure

Getting ready to work in Nashville on drywall next week we could not find anyone to do work there so it is up to us
Staining tajmaholler
Rabbit redo starting

Finances

Started the new tracking system: meeting post errand run as a policy, spreadsheet, immediate reimbursements.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more. Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com: […]

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Over the weekend, I got y’alls attention with a post about bookkeeping software. And I FIRED QuickBooks Online. Based on your response, I think it is time to have a […]

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It’s safe to say that people attending the LFTN Spring Workshop 2022 enjoyed the food as well as the nearly perfect weather. The kitchen crew kept us full and healthy […]

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AC is my friend this week. We finally had a set of days above 100 and Autofab reminded me that this happens every year between mid August and Mid September. […]

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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like. Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: […]

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Try one of Nicole Sauce’s signature dishes, as enjoyed in recent weeks at Hatch Chili Weekend. Green Chili Stew Serves many! Ingredients 1 quart stewed or diced fresh tomatoes 1 […]

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Today, we return to our interview show series with a chat with the Renegade Butcher. Josh joins us from his overly hot studio, in the heat of summer, in Texas […]

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Today we talk about the great duck reset of 2023, a new way to do green curry, community fun and more. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project: https://www.midwestpreparednessproject.com/ Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: […]

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Today we take your questions on trombincino squash, songs, society, building your business, and more. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Senior […]

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It’s time to celebrate! We have had our first million downloads at LFTN. Today we reflect on how we got here and how we want to celebrate! Featured Event: Oct […]

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We did it! We surpassed a million downloads a little while ago. This week, we are launching a one-month celebration of this milestone at LFTN. How will we celebrate? Well, […]

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Much like a walking taco salad or 7-layer dip, this is a party-worthy main dish salad with innumerable variation possibilities. Colorful Cornbread Salad Ingredients A batch of cornbread 1 cup […]

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Best baked wings recipe, funny new “found” livestock and more. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Festival Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html Forage Watercress is back Pawpaws are about three weeks […]

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Today we talk about public policy in the US, what motivates police from an arresting and ticketing standpoint, why girls should do gun training, and more with Dana McLendon and […]

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Today we talk about real estate, AI, community gardens and more with Davian McKnight and John Willis. Featured Event: Wednesday, August 9 – Meetup in Medford, Oregon at 6 pm. […]

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When cold or flu threaten, and even if they’ve caught hold, this folk remedy does the trick. In our family, if one person catches an upper respiratory or fevered ailment, […]

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Today, we talk about surprise baby rabbits, baby ducks in training, garden abundance, food preservation, ruining cheese, and more. Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Chance: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: The […]

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Today we talk about content creation, tools, new ideas, and building your business with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu Sponsor 2: […]

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Today, I share the benefits of having completed #75Hard, as well as talk about what life has been like AFTERWARD. We also will have our usual Monday segments on pantry […]

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So simple and so good when the tomatoes are still warm from the vine! Recipe comes from Bon Appétit. Picnic Tomato Salad Ingredients 2 pounds tomatoes in ¼” slices Salt […]

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Today we talk about proper tire selection, the oven turning on, getting ready for fall, and the race to make salsa. Event: Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/poultry-processing-october-16/ Sponsor 1: […]

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Today, I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Toolman Tik Cook to talk about building your empire, using social media and YouTube to grow your audience, […]

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Today, I am going to talk about being ready for first aid needs on the homestead. Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: […]

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Today we talk about the overall gardening season Featured event: Foraging Walk by Kerry Brown On Saturday August 12th, around 10 am at Solomon Park in Wartburg, TN I’ll be […]

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Today, we talk about learning new things and how that fits in with a happy and productive life. I also highlight a new side hustle that one of our community […]

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Today we give a midsummer update on the homestead, talk about community, and celebrate some things that have made life a little easier this year. Featured event: Pressure Canning Class […]

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Today we talk about what an economic crash looks like, discuss if we are in the midst of one, and explore what you can do to navigate the current economy […]

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Paul Wheaton and our friends at permies.com are offering a limited-time Permaculture Adventure Bundle that can kickstart your journey into natural building and homesteading. This fantastic offer has the potential […]

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Join me as we explore what seven years of podcasting has taught me about getting started, gear, monetizing and more. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading […]

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Today we talk about exiting the system, increasing personal freedom, building community, off grid living and freedom with Tag and John Willis. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in […]

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Today we talk about the heat of summer, interesting new forge things I have discovered here, chicken nuggets, baby ducklings, and processing garlic. Featured Event: Sunday at 4pm Central, A […]

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Toolman Tim and I are hosting a four-hour live show to help raise money for Jenni Hill. Jenni is my close friend and a Holler Neighbor who has cancer. A […]

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Today we talk about we talk about one of the most important things you can do to opt out of having your life lived for you, and beginning to build […]

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Today we talk about the busy season of the homestead, poison hemlock, garden abundance, weeds, chicken graduation weekend and more. Featured event: October Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin, Oct 16 […]

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Forge Your Path to Self-Sufficiency Are you over it? Over relying on unstable commercial food sources? Longing for a resilient and self-sufficient lifestyle? Explore the Homesteading Starter Pack, an online […]

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When you are making lots of policies, you need to fire someone, and other words of wisdom. Featured event: The Homestead Starter Pack, a 7-week course: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/homesteading-starter-pack-a-seven-week-course/ Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: […]

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Today I welcome Shawm Mills from Hack My Homestead to talk about the Holler Homestead solar project as well as talk about how to approach off grid planning in a […]

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Shawn Mills of HackMyHomestead.com is running a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary that does deep research on pumping water with just the sun. Support for his project starts at just […]

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Today, we will cover our usual Monday segments and discuss the connection between Mind and Body. Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Senior […]

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Today I welcome Jason Sparks and Jake Snyder from Kentucky Sustainable Living to talk about how their community grew in just three years, what it takes to be a homesteader, […]

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Today we talk about the abuses of the foster system in the US, how men are treated in family court, starting and growing your business and we take listener questions […]

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Today, I talk about when to train to your weakness, rather than outsource to it because I just took Fighting Pistol at Tactical Response in Camden, Tn and was blown […]

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Want to keep up on when we are livestreaming? Following is the schedule for this week.

Tuesday, 9:30am CT: First Tuesday Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis:
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Wednesday at 12pm CT: Sustainable Living with Jason Sparks and Jake Snyder
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Wednesday evening, time TBD: The Holler Homestead Solar Build with Shawn Mills from HackMyHomestead.com
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Thursday at 6:30 Central: SRF Live, hosted by Toolman Tim
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Friday at 10:30am CT: Homestead Happening streamed from FLORIDA!
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b

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Join me for an early summer update about what is happening on the Homestead. Chicken processing class is coming soon, more babies than we know what to do with, garden update, dry weather and more.

Featured Event: John Willis’ Chainsaw Event, June 17 in Camden, TN

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.comm

Forage

Honeysuckle
Last wild rose harvest (until there are rosehips in the fall)
Day lilies
Harvesting seed heads from pasture grasses
Perilla
About time for wild raspberries but I haven’t seen any

Livestock

Breeding one rabbit
28 babies so far this year, starting raw diet
Baby chicken and duck update – looks like all female ducks but we are waiting before I claim that
Meat birds are about ready to process – Join our 6th annual Chicken Class, June 24
New dogfood for lgd’s, costs less and better quality – pairing with rabbits

Grow

It has been dry
1st fodder tree harvest
Strawberries are slowing down
Chard, scapes, peas, broccoli, nasturtium
Last round of lettuce
Tomato wall update (1st flowers)
Slowly managing the food forest from a pioneering species standpoint
Harvested: peppermint, tarragon
Garlic almost ready to harvest
Time to thin out strawberries

Harvest Meals

Sautes, salads, and time management
Bone broth

Holler Neighbors/Community

Gun class and shooting range
Coyote hunting Meeting – coyote call, plans, etc
SMART Homesteading Webinar – group

Infrastructure

Kitchen forward momentum
Solar water is a thing now – grounding and breakers were addressed
Runoff adjustments – keeping water on property even though it is dry
Final push on perimeter fence

Finances

100% eating off the homestead

Thoughts on the busy season and keeping sanity.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about making money, starting your business, the debt ceiling and more with John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, October 14-15 in Camden, TN

Today’s Sponsors:

Discount Mylar Bags

Freesteading.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

InvestableWealth.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead.

Featured Event: The LFTN 7th Annual Chicken Processing Class

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code: LFTN

Forage

Mullein
Wild rose petals
Oyster Mushrooms
Day lilies should come in shortly
Faux strawberries

Livestock

Update on the egg hatching
Baby ducklings and chicks are growing fast
Put feeders in pots to cut down waste – much less waste
Moving the tractor a bunch with the chickens:
May process all but the class chickens early
Wing clipping
Strawberry experiment – fail
Sheep are well, Bruny is on pregnancy watch

Grow

Broccoli looks great, getting cabbage worms though
Squash, peas, onions, chard, herbs beginning to take off
Tomato wall is up and we are working on balancing nutrient
Time to rotate the late spring plants where the early spring plants go
Beets look terrible
30 minutes a day on the food forest is required due to weed growth: thoughts on leaf mulch
Strawberries are slowing, may water the patch and see if the rejuvenate (A word on “june bearing”

Harvest meals

Garden salad season – how they change
Quick meal: steaks
Shoulder roast in the crockpot

Holler Neighbors/Community

Pew Pew Class

Infrastructure

Nothing new or big to report

Finances

Cashflow low this month

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about building from a small side hustle to a full time business with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

Featured Event: The SMART Homesteading Webinar, $45

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

Strong Roots Resources

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we have an interview with a former colleague of mine, Mark Johnson. Mark has just purchased land to develop into a retreat for veterans in Sparta, Tennessee. Where there is a will there is a way!

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com

Show Resources

LibertyOakOasis.com

Facebook.com/LibertyOakOasis

libertyoakoasis@gmail.com

Main content of the show

Former interwebs political consultant. Photographer. Historian at heart. Nine year Army National Guard Veteran. Former Blog Talk Radio host covering Illinois Politics. Married to Vicki who is a nurse of 33 years. Proud West Highland White Terrier Owner: Named Willow. Relocating to TN to escape Illinois and create a retreat space for Veterans and Ministry leaders struggling with life issues.

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today is a homestead happenings show and I have NO IDEA what will happen because the Tactical Redneck is hijacking my show.

Enjoy!

Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk with Kerry Brown in Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, rsvp to strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Make it a Great Week!

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Today, Niti Bali and I catch up with a nice, afternoon chat. It has been some months since we last had a conversation and this one was great!

Featured Event: Chicken Processing Workshop at LFTN, June 24, 2023 in Lancaster, TN

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/chicken-processing-workshop/

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code: LFTN

Show Resources

Farm To Fork Meat Riot

Main content of the show

Niti Bali is the Founder and CEO of Farm to Fork Meat Riot, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as a catalyst for reestablishing the regenerative small family farm food system. Her strategically designed CSA program educates eaters to harness the power of life giving force through regenerative foods. Niti’s Farm to Fork Meat Riot CSA simultaneously supports regenerative livestock production based on consumption that results in a zero-waste system.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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What happens when you get John Willis, Joel Salatin and Nicole Sauce together? We have a conversation about heritage skills, the economic fragility of the US, developing community, knowing your neighbors, and growing clean food.

Featured Event: Mike Shelby’s Surveillance Event in Nashville, TN, June 2-4, 2023, $500

https://grayzonestore.com/store/p/isr-nashville-2-4-june-2023

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Show Resources

Get Tickets for The Self Reliance Festival

The Lunatic Farmer Website

Polyface Farms

Joel’s Books & DVDs

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
Pastured Poultry Profit

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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How has my homegrown cooking world been with an on site freeze dryer? Join me today as I talk about that and all our usual Monday topics!

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com

Harvet Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday

Join John Willis and I as we talk with Joel Salatin about the state of the world, building resilience into your lives, permaculture and more.

12:30 Central:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g

Friday

Hijacked by a redneck! Tactical Redneck grabs my channel for our weekly Homestead Happenings update at 10:30 Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhk2HWA-byY

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Drying herbs and flowers this week, particularly rose petals and red clover (explain why)
Packaging up dried morels
Meal planning from the freezer
Getting ready to be gone for five days – meals here and on the road
Have not restocked since the spring workshop and probably will not for a bit if at all
Next week is home canned good audit week

Weekly Shopping Report, May 13

Dollar Tree was first. They’ve added a couple of cases of Monster to the rear drink coolers. In addition to my usual caffeine-delivery mechanism, I noted a decent stock of plastics while picking up a few other items. The food aisles seemed a little less haphazard, and there were a couple of people in there stocking shelves. The health aisle had a lot more stuff on it.

Next was Home Depot. There was no tag on the stacks of 2x4x8 studs, so I looked online and found the price still at $3.35.

Last on this trip was Aldi. We found everything we wanted. Eggs are down another dime, to $1.87. Whole milk was $3.50/gallon

I did notice that people were friendly with no one seeming tense or worried. I think I only saw one muzzled sheep, during the second trip. Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margot

Hey all. I’m going to tell you to spend some money. But this is a frugality tip….yes it is. Sometimes you need to spend money to get something of value. We just got back from our first LFTN workshop and the ticket price was well worth the value we received. The price of the ticket can not buy the connections we made. The bonus was all of the things we learned. If you feel like you can’t afford a ticket to a workshop, grab a can, and everytime you break, let’s say a $20, put the change in a jar. Before you know it you will be able to “afford” things you didn’t think you could. I can not stress how important community is, and without going to workshops that follow your interests, you will not find your most important community members. (You have almost a year to save up for the next LFTN)

Operation Independence

Nothing to report

Main topic of the Show: Homegrown Cooking with a Freeze Dryer

Why I got a freeze dryer (originally)

What I learned getting started

Noise and heat
Oil changes, deep cleaning, resources for how to freeze dry what
Gloves
Alternative trays: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C1XX7NH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Pre freezing versus using the FD to freeze
Load to load smell and taste transfer

Frequency of using the machine year one versus now

Every time I could run it, I did
- Left overs
- Surplus garden things
- Surplus milk and eggs
- Candy experiments
How I use it now
- Goal to use the food within 2 years (why, resilience = regeneration)
- Keto travel snacks (cold cuts, etc)
- Targeted surplus
- Herbs, herbs, herbs, garlic, onion
- Frequency of use: Once a week when not pressed for time

Is it worth it?

Quality
Convenience
Longevity
Business ideas: candy, whole meals, load rental

There is a webinar on getting started in the membership portal for those who decide to get one this year. A word on Harvest Right and customer support. (Keep calling)

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Resources

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Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project.

Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor number 1: Permies.com – PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO

Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off

Forage

Red clover (Harvesting recommendation game)
Vetch
Wild rose petals
Dandelion flower
Last chance on watercress for awhile (Flavor is quite peppery)

Livestock

Keeping an eye on the sheep with the spring rains
More baby rabbits due – and our space challenge
Incubator project update
Goats and garden weeds
Still no bresse babies…

Harvest meals

Spring greens and mouth feel
Holler Stew goulasch style

Grow

These 3 peas!
Strawberries are off the charts, too many to eat
Brassicas look good (finger’s crossed)
Catching up on the garden when you are behind
Worm castings
Comfrey Harvest 1.0
Planting more fodder trees propagated from the first round

Holler Neighbors/Community

Quiet week

Infrastructure

Major leaps forward on fencing at the holler
Hipcamp is open: https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/tennessee-holler-homestead-woodsy-retreat-wz6h7zqd/sites/356763?shareid=ef2kmtjouc
Water calming efforts

Finances

Auctioned off things to buy a zero turn mower – not sure how that went yet

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, we get real about handling existential crisis, homesteading, proofing yeast, and more. Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce do not hold back the spice when we get together.

Featured Event: TheAgoraFest.com, May 13 in Chattanooga Area

Today’s Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Today’s Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com

Show Resources

A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, I share some lessons learned after one week of the #75Hard challenge.

Featured Event: May 27 & 28 Fighting Pistol Class at Tactical Response in Camden, TN

https://www.tacticalresponse.com/collections/training/products/fighting-pistol

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: LFTN Chicken Processing Workshop, June 24, 2023

Main topic of the Show:

Why do a challenge at all
What my motivation was
What is the #75Hard Challenge
https://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info
Follow a diet. This can be the diet of your choice, but it must be a structured plan designed with a physical improvement in mind.
You must complete two 45-minute workouts. One of those workouts MUST be outdoors.
Absolutely NO alcohol or cheat meals.
Take a progress picture every day.
Drink 1 gallon of water.
Read 10 pages of a book. **Audiobooks DO NOT COUNT.

ZERO COMPROMISE

ZERO SUBSTITUTION

You have until you go to sleep to complete the day.

If you fail, you MUST start over on Day 1.

What I thought about the few weeks before starting
Why I started when I did
Observations
- Quiet during workout (E&B Outline)
- Building time for yourself – prioritizing yourself
- Boundaries are not just for other people
- Sometimes it is hard
- Everyone has different demons and the pop up
- Success will depend on if I choose to succeed

Join me? #LFTNChallenge

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Resources

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Every Year, we host the LFTN Spring Workshop and folks wonder why should they invest three days of their time in something that souls like one big camping party? And each year, I watch people’s lives change. I watch the lights turn on. The decisions get made. I see super shy people stand up in front of a group and speak into a microphone. And each year, there is a different “spirit” at the event.

Today, we will talk about the cool things that happened at #LFTN23, the breakthroughs and lessons learned and I post a question – What Are You Doing Next.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit

https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Content includes, exiting the healthcare system, exiting the cities, how to raise money for land when you think you can’t, seed saving and food preservation, PMAs and more.

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Coffee Chat With John, Nicole and Jack, 930am Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHWRGu1CdA
Wednesday #75hard, One Week In, 10:30am Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTog8n43i0
https://www.facebook.com/events/905348000550142
Thursday Spicy Sisters, 1pm Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycXtGYBn34s
Thursday Self Reliance Festival LivestreamTonight, 7pm Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZa6cWJPLU
Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30am Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKCnR_JL8Y
https://www.facebook.com/events/138519009205251

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Workshop Leftovers
Redoing the shelving strategy in the mudroom and prepper pantry – plans are underway
Time for a full round of freezer audit
Smoked pork from the homestead this week
Transitioning to filling the pantry from emptying it – the time is now
Death of a Farmer’s Market

Frugality Tip from Janet

Save slivers of soap and make my own hand soap every couple of months. I add the slivers to a grated bar of Dr Bronners.

Operation Independence

We will start finding out how much the new solar system saves on power compared with last year, and deduct that from the capital investment of $5000
Considering adding a farm stand and targeting the nearby marina

Main topic of the Show: What Are You Doing Next?

The LFTN Spring Workshop always ends with exhaustion of a kind that is difficult to describe because I always feel both empowered, motivated and ready for a long nap. Each year, I am not quite sure what the BIG THING is that came from the workshop and yet, each year something does.

In 2020, we realized that grow is a state of mind, not state of the economy. It is your choice.

In 2021, we realized that our connections are already the foundation for a parallel society – as in we already have one.

In 2022, we realized that we are the people with normal relationships and the unhealthy anchors in the “real world” must be tossed off

So what is next?

The phrase that is beating through my head today as I prepare the show notes is What Are You Doing Next?

It reminds me of the day my roaster caught on fire…

How does this relate to #LFTN23

Poverty mindset
Make money despite the recession
Business q and a with John Willis
Sewing best practices and demos
Cheese making demo
Fencing tour
Holler Roost
Solar Build
Impromptu rabbit processing
…melding of the minds

Get off your ass

BreakTHROUGH

“I dont want to leave – also I CANT WAIT to get home and start some things.

And the whole time I was kicking around doing 75hard, and talked to a participant about it – turns out she has tried twice,

The shift was to How Can I

It wasnt the fellowship, the hijinks, the rum tasting, the torrential rains help at bay by Tajmaholler.

We didn’t care – we asked what next?

It wasn’t the fabulous food from right here, or the build your niche business presentation, or dog bite demo – we asked what can we do?

It wasn’t the quiet morning coffee because we had late sleeps, or the roasted pig, or the wild edible walk, we asked what do I want to build – then we turned to someone close to us and talked about it.

New connections

Better ideas

A fire lit under our butts

So, in the words of John Willis, I ask: What Are You Doing Next? I am doing 75Hard to increase my mental discipline – and whatever else it brings.

What are you doing today, tomorrow, next week? What thing are you ready to tackle? What do you want to build?

Really, I ask you – What are you doing next?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a homestead happening episode, including a discussion about how some folks in Chattanooga have set up a PMA to BE THE AGORA! What does that have to do with homesteading? You will find out.

Featured Event: theAgorafest.com

Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Forage

Hairy Vetch
Strawberries
Mints
Watercress
Wild Rose petal
Fodder tree trimming
Found the first poke

Livestock

Baby Sheep arrived – twin girls
Rabbit explosion
Incubator update
Duck Jail
Hoof trimming getting scheduled

Grow

Enjoying: Lettuce, chard, pea chutes, radishes
Got potatoes in
Beets are planted, half the spring plants transplanted
Cardboard soil update
Removing ill placed filbert trees
Need to chop and drop things on the swales
Cloning desired plants for the food forest
Need a creative mulching solution

Harvest Eating

Daily saute season is here (How that works)

Holler Neighbors/Community

LFTN23 was a HUGE success and would not have been without community
The electricity story

Infrastructure

Connecting the fence to Holler Roost – May have plans for sale soon
The grounding issue – hole, poop, burm – water is starting to infiltrate the ground

Finances

Hip Camp will open soon
Collecting ALL metal scrap to bring in cash for a zero turn mower

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today John Willis and I welcome Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal to talk about his struggles with Youtube monetization, forest fires, trolls and homesteading.

Featured Event: Oct 12-13 Zero to Hero Ham Radio Training by Radio Made Easy

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

PorterhouseandTeal.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today I am joined by Rebecca and John Bush to talk about their journey from poverty to prosperity and how they have used their experiences to create a vast network of people ready to exit the cities and build homestead communities in the country.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, Texas
https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

Live Free Academy

Main content of the show

Rebecca and John Bush built their life from tiny home, city living to a 10 acre homestead in Bastrop Texas with grit, determination, work and love of community. They founded and run the Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas and connect thousands of people with practical skills through The Live Free Academy.

Interview

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee

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Today we have a collection of questions from you, the listeners, mainly on early spring topics and the Holler Roost project completed by Steve Eversole. This is a combination of two questions and answers sessions with Holler Neighbors.Featured Event:

Wild Edible Walk

Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

RSVP to: strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, I am joined by Thecia Ellis to discuss how persistence has taken her from the brink of bankruptcy to a developing homestead.

Featured Event: The 2023 Health Expo hosted by Barron County Patriots on May 6 in Chetek, WIToday’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

Show Resources

https://www.grandmashomestead.farm/

This Grandma’s Life Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ywkimBphxuAqn7rwx9hQg

Farm Animal Life

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkUUHdXKN8OUGiODPXEupg

Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KinziesCandleShop

Main content of the show

Thecia Ellis is a grandmother of three that has settled in NE Oklahoma after a lifetime of moving around Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas and Southern California with a very short move to Venezuela as a toddler.

She and her husband own 26 acres of the 40 acre plot of a reclaimed coal pit. After her husband became severely depressed that morphed into bi-polar depression, their lives slid backward for several years nearly losing everything.

Through sheer stubbornness and persistence, Thecia is slowly clawing their way forward again and even has begun to enjoy the journey.

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, I am joined by Ryan Steve of TheHomesteadConsultant.com to discuss how critical thinking is done and why it is important to sharpen this skill.

Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s PTJ Event in Missoula, MT

Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

ClarityHomeInspection.com

www.instagram.com/inspectionsbyclarity

www.facebook.com/inspectionsbyclarity

youtube.com/@lovefarm9862

Main content of the show

I grew up in rural Wisconsin with lots of room to roam, experiment and explore. I was home schooled before it was cool. After a departure from the corporate world, I now make my living as a home inspector and homesteading consultant. I love to innovate solutions and I am passionate about building soil, building community and building better, more resilient food systems.

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today I talk with Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast about – well – everything!

Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, TX

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Show Resources

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Jack Spirko and I hopped on a two hour livestream to field a bunch of questions from gardening, to ammo, to storing fuel. Enjoy

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about spring not coming on the homestead, cats, and life priorities with Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life on our monthly Spicy Sisters show.

Talk about the week’s schedule.

Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28

Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources

Show Resources

A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about the duck egg incubation experiment, another coming frost risk as predicted, pre planning for healthy meals, rabbit procrastination.

Featured Event:

Wild Edible Walk

Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

RSVP to: strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Show Reosources

Chicken Processing class

Forage

Hairy vetch is blooming
New mullein is popping up
Dead nettle and chick weed is still around but getting old
Bee balm is popping up, as is lemon balm

Livestock

Epic Muscovey Battles
Rabbit procrastination
Time to rotate goats but we are waiting til after the Spring Workshop
Meat chicken update – whey and milk, class
Sheep escaping the fence – weird electrical fencing problems
LGDs need to go to the vet

Grow

Tomato update
Hardening off seedlings, why it is important (Sunburned leaves)
Spring garden salads

Holler Neighbors/Community

Steve and the outhouse trim
Holler Roost T Shirt
Share what you are accomplishing on TG
A word on Nostr

Infrastructure

Holler Roost is finished
Focusing on food forest maintenance (Trying to get the ground cover I want over ground cover mother nature wants
Garden planting time

Finances

No update

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for a discussion with Toby Truman of Discount Mylar Bags about how he grew his business on Amazon, ran into roadblocks, and ultimately shifted focus beyond the Amazon community. Lots of lessons learned in this show today!

Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28

Today’s Sponsor: Discount Mylar Bags

We are pleased to welcome a new sponsor today! I thought it would be fitting to announce this sponsor the same day we speak with its founder. Discount Mylar Bags has been providing quality mylar solutions and other packaging for over a decade, as well as linking folks up with food preservation systems such as the Harvest Right Freeze Dryer and more! A family run business, DMB loves its customers and they operate out of Tennessee. in fact, early on in Holler Roast’s live, Toby from DMB reached out to me to offer to connect me with coffee packaging at a high volume rate, but without having to store 50,000 bags in the Holler. For five years, we have exclusively sourced the Holler Roast bags from DMB.

It is without hesitation that I welcome Discount Mylar Bags to our sponsorship rolls! Find out more at DiscountMylarBags.com.

Main content:

What makes someone want to sell Mylar bags for a living? What were you doing before that?
What were your goals for the business starting out?
How much did it cost to start your business?
Have you had any other side hustles?
Now that you’re ‘retired’ at 52, what does your life look like?
What do you attribute your success to?
What do you want us to know about your products or company?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about building your niche business with Joel Ryals and John Willis.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-22, Bastrop Texas (Near Austin)

Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

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Make it a great week!

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We go through winter and it seems to linger on. We start our seedlings inside and they want to be set out, but the nights are oft too cold. Then the switch gets thrown and animals are born, seeds and plants must go in the ground. Somehow at this same time, we discover broken waterers, or spring cleaning needs. And the morels call loudly from the forest hiking trails.

How do you handle the spring rush? I will share some of our strategies.

Featured Event & Today’s Sponsor:

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Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live with Joel Ryals, 12:30 pm
Wednesday Interview Show with Toby Truman of Discount Mylar Bags, 1pm
Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30 AM

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

1 freezer down, three to go!
Reassembled the prepper pantry post construction
Use it up list!
Workshop Temporary Food Shelving (Why we are trying this)
Easy steaks and chops this week
Started feta cheese

Weekly Shopping Report

Could not find one this week

Frugality Tip: Reusing ribbons from Janet

I save all kinds of ribbons. I have been known to save ribbons from gifts at baby showers I attend because I cannot bear to see them tossed. I also save narrow strips of fabric for tying up tomatoes.

Operation Independence

Spring Garage Sale and Purge on the Homestead! (Check the post on mewe)
The tyre fund

Main topic of the Show: Handling the Spring Frenzy

Story of my first spring as a homesteader, the chickens, the plants, the weather

Spring Frenzy is Upon Us

Backlog:

Gardens
Seedlings
Fast growing chicks and their unique trait this go around
Food forest maintenance
Baby Bunnies
Pregnant sheep
Aquaponics and hydro systems
New humanure
Organizing the canning and preserving system
Bird in the cabinet I want to get rid of
Firewood needed
Incubating ducklings
New egg business
GOATS
Strawberries and the need for red rocks
Monthly speaking engagements
Wild edible bonanza season

Upshot: each time something breaks it is a HUGE DEAL that results in a family meeting…

Step 1: Reset

Step 2: Identify the critical bottle necks – tag team their elimination (The dryer story)

Step 3: remember why we do this (sitting in the sun with Cycy)

Step 3: Align on priorities: keep alive, future keeping alive, all the rest – also ALL THE REST

Step 4: Bring in help

Step 5: Prioritize self (Vitamins, walks, rest)

This all requires siloing for me – and I know that in another month and a half it will be over. The tempting thing at that point is to just keep pushing more and more things onto my plate. But this is a trap that leads to a frenetic fall – so remember == all the things you start this spring also have a time when they finish and require processing, preserving, selling, etc. Choose wisely, remember your goal, and take time to enjoy the spring.

How do you handle the Spring Frenzy?

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Today we update you on the things going on this spring at the Holler Homestead including new life, loss of life, foraged plants and more.

Featured Event: Saturday, 2pm — BOGO Deal for the Permaculture Technology Jambouree!! https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496

Paul Wheaton is extending a once in a lifetime deal for his Permaculture Technology Jamboree this summer. When you buy your ticket before Tuesday April 18th at 2pm MT, you can get a ticket for your friend absolutely free. Don’t miss out on the Buddy Bonanza, buy your ticket today: https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496

Today’s sponsor: Strong Roots resources

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Forage

Watercress
Rocks
Hairy vetch
Blackberries and raspberries are leafing out another time
New mullein plants

Livestock

Lambing watch
Water bowl is a bed (Need to do something about some rabbits
Handling the rabbits
Chick update: Time to move so we are 911 fixing the chicken tractor
Bees have moved on (Failure discussion)
Duck babies died and I am going to incubate eggs (Series on snort.social)

Grow

Pollarding worked great
Hardening off the plant starts
Peas, radishes, brassica look great
Getting slugs drunk
Tomato start problem

Holler Neighbors/Community

Holler Roost Update
GSD Light Weekend
Linner

Infrastructure

Tractor
Brainstorming time for the rabbitry

Finances

Being purposeful about tracking and sales tax exemption
LFTN23 workshop meat all came from here excepting the quail and the seafood
Buying from the farm

Make it a great week!

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Community

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Chef Brett
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Resources

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat poison, sheep, \

Today’s Sponsor:

Agorist Tax Advice

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Featured Event: April 27-29 Spring Workshop in Lancaster, TN

Make it a great week!

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Today, I share thoughts about how important it is to pivot when things come up.

Featured event: June 24 Chicken Processing Workshop in Lancaster, TN

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant, TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Main topic of the Show: A Freestyle Discussion

Make it a great week!

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Join me for an update on how the Word of The Year is going, and what I have learned about the Break in Breakthrough. We will cover all the usual segments for a Monday show as well.

A word on the guest form: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/guest-interview-application/

Available through midnight Central today! https://livefree.academy/op/the-great-financial-reset-response-webinar-3/?ref=52

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton and Permies.com

Kickstarter: Low Tech Laboratory – FOUR MORE DAYS!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 12:30pm CT – John Willis and I welcome Joel Salatin

Thursday, 1:00pm CT – I am joined by Amy Dingmann for an episode of Spicy Sisters

Friday, 10:30am CT – Homestead Happenings Livestream

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Easter Linner – Leg of Lamb, roasted squash, mashed potatoes, gravy, wild edible salad, homemade dressing, cheeses, meats, pickled things
Sun Tea Season has arrived with all the mints
It is GREAT to have a real kitchen again from a Harvest Cooking standpoint
Pantry audit is moving slowly but in progress
Making sauerkraut for the Spring Workshop

Weekly Shopping Report

There were again two trips this week. We took our first trip on Sunday, which is different than our usual time on Saturday. This could affect stock levels, depending on store schedules, however I saw no large changes that could mean a deeper problem.

Traffic was rather heavy; I’d have thought it would be lighter on Sunday. It did not look like churchgoers, at least not dressed in their “Sunday Best.”

Dollar Tree was first. They were looking a little unkempt. Stock levels didn’t look too different, but were a little lower in some shelves in the food aisles. Other than some browsing, I think I just grabbed a drink in there.

Home Depot was next. The store was weekend-busy. There was plenty of stock all around. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35.

Aldi was next. We found everything we wanted, including heavy cream. While I didn’t see any new price jumps, the bill was certainly higher than it used to be.

Food City was last. I got one of only three 16 lb. bags of Meow Mix (that our kitties ask for by name), a box of Friskies cans, and a 2-pack of waste-free peanut butter. Just that was $61. Maybe we should get some Vaseline…

Today’s trip included Walgreens and Weigels (gas). Walgreens is affiliated with Kroger. Think convenience-store pricing but a larger selection. Two sections of coolers were covered, indicating new products coming soon. I was there for Rx; we don’t get food there, but it would be a backup backup source if things got desperate.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999.

Frugality Tip from Janet

I have one of these and it works for more than just ketchup; I use it for shampoo and anything else that will fit.

https://www.amazon.com/Barproducts-com-Inc-KS-Ketchup-Saver/dp/B00FG8S1NO

Operation Independence

Pretty sure “Tweedle Dum” (T calls her Amy I believe) is going to give birth this week

Main topic of the Show: The Break in Breakthrough

What is the word of the year

Why do I do it

How to Find Your Wod of the Year

What is the TRAP of each word

Why I chose Breakthrough

Q1 Lesson: BREAK – as in shatter all the things

House breaks
Relationship breaks and boundaries
Personal, internal break
Awareness of breaking in the world
The OTHER kind of Break

What I am doing about it

Well, what CAN I DO?
Boundaries & Communication
Tapped into network experts and paid some of them for help
Stopped telling people why
Simplification
Working ahead
Clarified availability
Identified two things the I will mentally adjust
Made the decide list

The Good: conversations and new expansions (SRF creative arm, Toolman Tim and the radio show, sought after to speak, doing fewer things better and finishing them)

What is next

Can you choose a word of the year in April or do you need to wait until december

Make it a great week!

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Today we talk about more babies on the homestead, a chicken update, the poultry processing class, being behind on the spring garden, and more.

Featured Event: LFTN Poultry Processing Class, June 24

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

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Forage

Watercress
Plantain
Raspberry and blackberry leaves
Wild mustard flower
Oyster mushrooms

Livestock

2 forlorn Muscovy drakes
Baby ducks
Baby chick update: 5 dead of 50. Chick ICU
Brooder Tray Cleaning
Time to breed rabbit A
Sheep have integrated well

Grow

Things that are planted are growing well
Hoping the banana will come back
Time to transplant the first rounds of seedlings
Behind on planting and starting at this point – strategy to move forward anyway

Harvest Cooking – WE ARE BACK!

Baked chicken with lemon garlic dill & freeze dried broccoli

Holler Neighbors/Community

Easter Linner
Time to talk projects with the neighbors

Infrastructure

Holler Roost
Major home wiring redo is about done (there was fuckery afoot)
Need to repair the chicken tractor
Need to set up brooder 2.0 for chickens

Finances

Not buying anything for Easter Dinner

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

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Chef Brett
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Resources

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Today I welcome Reed Richard, a fellow anarchist living the dream on an island off the western shore of Canada. We talk about his journey, the intentional community he has joined, island life, and the reality of living as an anarchist.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-22

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton and Permies.com

Kickstarter: Low Tech Laboratory

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Show Resources

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Reed Richard is a father, permaculture enthusiasts, gardener/conductor, rouge thinker/philosopher, musician/dancer, bitcoin curious, novice builder/plumber/electrician, author, the list goes on…

Living on a semi small island on the Salish Sea on unceded territory, Reed enjoys life with his family of 5, all home births, in a community on 20 acres of land, celebrating the pagan sabbath in attempt to rekindle a connection through the generations. He also tends a 3/4 acre plot of which 4000 square feet is planted in a combination of berries and food forest along with bigger patches of squash and potatoes. 3 greenhouse structures, one of which is currently uncovered, handle tomatoes, cucumber, ganga, and various other edibles and medicinal.

Reed has lived in community for over a decade and spent 4 years studying collective living in North America.

Reed is a trained musician, saxophone being the primary instrument, and has been dancing in the ecstatic dance, dance temple, contact dance worlds for 16 years. Utilizing this sense of listening, Reed has turned his focus to the natural world to listen to the pulses of nature to assist with cocreating a thriving place of being.

Reed enjoys fatherhood, encouraging his 11& 2 year Olds, and 3 month old to live an embodied, hands in the earth, emotionally agile, engaged in discovery life.

His current home has space for chickens, with 60 birds coming in January to augment the 10 hens currently in the coop and run. Thoughts of ducks and pigs, to work the land are actively being spoken of with his other landmates.

Reed is also part of a weekly Manventure group. Engaged in a wide array of activities, the manventure group builds trust and fun into being healthy men and a strong network of doers.

Make it a great week

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Chef Brett
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Resources

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Today I am joined by Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. We talk about the death of the Petrodollar, BRICS GDP surpassing the G7 GDP, and how to build a great small business. Seem unrelated? They are totally related!

Featured Event: June 24 Chicken Processing Workshop

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

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LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
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Every time there is an incident that causes death, whether it be a hurricane, earthquake or tornado – or something else, people say things like:

“I could never live there.”

Or they ask: “How can you live in tornado alley?”

Today, we will talk about what it is like to live in a tornado prone area, what we do to prepare for them, and why we stay.

Featured Event: 2023 Permaculture Technology Jambouree in Missoula, MT at Wheaton Labs

July 3-14 – multiple tracks. Tickets range from

$1600 to $2500 depending on the options you choose.

Natural Building
Cooking and preserving
Homesteading
Beekeeping
Rocket Mass Things!

https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=495

Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources:

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Build Food Freedom outside your front door.

Permaculture assessments and support.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday: 9:30am Live with Jack Spirko
Wednesday: 9:30am Live with Reed Richard
Friday: 9:30 Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

The pantry looks like an angry toddler got in there and ripped everything out
Kitchen Normalcy has returned – Thanks Tracy and Mama Sauce; Matt, KH, T
Deep pantry audit – webinar being prepared for members

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

03/27/2023

Saturday’s trip included a couple of extra stops as well. Dollar Tree was first. We’ve been buying single-use applications of superglue there, which has avoided a lot of waste. The coolers were all in good shape; all pretty much full less typical usage. Other shelves were also well-stocked. For those interested, they now have seed packages.

Our second stop was a little ethnic Mexican store we visit from time to time for things Sonia particularly likes, such as plantains and a vanilla flavoring she adds to her coffee. I like their small bags of pasta noodles. Here, we paid the price for a late start to our day, as it was lunchtime and the store was packed. Their shelves are always full.

Next was Hobby Lobby. They were busy as well. Sonia only wanted a couple of mixed media pads, so it was a quick in and out, but I didn’t see any empty areas.

Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. They looked busy as well. If I had to guess, people are ramping up their gardening.

Aldi was lastWe found heavy cream this week. I definitely noticed higher prices. The meal replacement shakes I get are at least $2 higher.

I stopped in Food City. There is still very little choice in larger bags of dry cat food; I saw mostly generic that I wouldn’t feed a dog. There are a lot of recipes online for mug cakes, but we like the simplest, which is to combine one box of angel-food cake mix plus one box of any other kind; no oil needed. They’d had little angel-food cake on recent trips, but today they had multiple boxes of two different brands.

Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.

Frugality Tip

(none)

Operation Independence

Holler Roost – Function Stacking, Getting Into Eggs Again

Main topic of the Show: How Can You Live in Tornado Country

Weather this weekend – What living in tornado land is like

Situational awareness, getting information

Jokes vs taking responsibility for your welfare

Zello, FB, TG Communications Throughout the State

Weather Radio

Preparing

Avoidance is the number one goal (mountain views, building quality, driving in it, leaving an area, staying in an area)
Likelihood
What happens when a bad set comes through:
- Power Loss
- Road closures
- Need for assistance
- Water system failures
- Communications knocked out
Be ready to: Take care of yourself and your community, render aid to those nearby, provide temporary shelter, go help if you can (Share photos/video as an emotional processing thing)

Why do we stay?

Odds of being killed in a tornado are relatively low and other locations have different things that are risks. Floods for example.
It is beautiful here
People become nonchalant about risks with more time spent near a danger
Where else would we go? We accept the risk, take what steps we can, and go on

How about you? Would you stay somewhere where tornadoes happen?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Advisory Board

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Chef Brett
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Resources

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Today, I talk about new chicks on the homestead, THE SNAKE INCIDENT, garden update, sheep matters, rabbits for dogs and more.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival March 2023 Recordings!

Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Forage

Watercress
Dandelion
Mushrooms

Livestock

Snake
Reuniting the sheep
Pigs gone
Rabbit escape – babies
2 muscovies setting eggs (6)
Baby chicks
Watertown feed source

Grow

Brassicas made it through the deep freeze and there is a lesson there
Some Rosemary is still alive
Strawberry plants are blooming
Onions are up
Pea chutes
Seedlings are doing great

Holler Neighbors/Community

Saturday dinner
SRF
Kitchen Surprise

Infrastructure

Chicken coop is going in
Rabbit cage temporary solution
Pneumonia

Finances

13 rabbits = 28 days of food for one dog ($50 in crappy feed savings)

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Resources

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Pat Watson of Uncensored Tactical and I intended to talk about how he turned a lock picking hobby into a full time income. Instead, we talked about addressing the poverty mindset, how to build your empire, and taking ownership for your future.

Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit

https://livefree.academy/checkouts/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii/?ref=52

Today’s Sponsor

The Homestead Consultant

At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Show Resources

UncensoredTactical.com

Main content of the show

Pat Watson spent over a decade in military operations overseas and federal and local law enforcement including large scale counter narcotics seizures and anti-piracy off the coast of Somalia. Pat left his government careers behind to pursue real Liberty and to bring high quality tactical skill set development training to people regardless of their employment or badges.

Make it a great week

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Today I toss around some ideas for how we could fund medical care in our communities. One of the big fears many have is getting ill and losing everything to the costs associated with medical care. How can we do this better?

Featured Event: The Gorham Homestead Workshops in Dickson, TN

Today’s Sponsor: The Self Reliance Festival Digital Passes

Livestream Schedule this week

(No livestreams after Monday due to the Self Reliance Festival. We will be back next Tuesday)

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Having an organized pantry is racist – having that opinion is classist
Mostly been cooking straight from the jar into the crockpot
Late freeze beat back the early spring greens
Purging things that we no longer use to make space for things we do use

Weekly Shopping Report

Frugality Tip: Ross or Homegoods

Do you have a Ross near you? Is there one on your travels? Stop in. Things like sneakers on clearance are great buys, camp chairs are half of Walmart prices, name brand garden tools are crazy cheap. My little secret is to check out the food section where I buy pink Himalayan salt for $4.99 for a 5# bag (they usually have rock and fine ground). You can get some really good buys in the spice section.

Happy hunting y’all, Make it a great week.

Margo

Operation Independence

Kitchen redo update

Main topic of the Show: How can we fund medical care in our communities

The problem and how we got here

Conflating health insurance with healthcare and the resulting limiting beliefs (“I can’t”)

What is healthcare? What is health?

How to foster innovation and bring prices under control

Separate lobbying from health care
Cash and trade
Subscription model
Community supported health care
Become realistic about care
The banker/irs mentality of health service billing

Funding ideas

Transparency in pricing/getting costs under control
Getting the regulator out of the way (Certificate of need for example)
The HOA Model
Patrons
Health share/community health care

But wouldn’t rural communities suffer?

How would you fund things if taxes were not an option?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me for an update from the Holler Homestead. Friends leaving the farm, new arrivals, winter returns 1.0, and more.

Featured Event: SquatchFest June 21-25: https://foodforestfarms.com/store/p125/TheSquatchFEST_-_Solstice_Celebration_June_21-25_2023.html

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

In today’s chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Forage

Watercress, dead nettle, stinging nettle, chick weed
Morels and other mushrooms
Ramps are up
Pea shoots and other early spring greens
A word on the frost

Livestock

Lady Pig and LB are leaving the Holler Homestead
Rabbit 2 is making a nest about 5 days later than we expected – this is why you wait a week to be sure
Sheep moving to the barn in advance of SRF to making things easier for the farm sitters – can do this because the grass is back
Getting ready for chicks in two weeks
Rats are a renewed problem

Grow

Seedlings are doing well
Brassicas made it through the freeze just fine
Rosemary and lavender is still with us
Strawberries are blooming

Holler Neighbors/Community

BIIIG help on the kitchen redo (See thumbnail)

Infrastructure

Holler Roost
Pump House Update

Finances

Sold some lamb in the network

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we have an interview show with Spags Unfiltered one of the folks behind the Midwest Preparedness Project, a growing community of folks looking to build REAL community and REAL resilience. We talk a ton about choosing freedom and building community.

Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event, April 26-30 in Perry, Kansas.

Todays Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice/LFTN

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Show Resources

Spags Unfiltered Youtube Channel

Midwest Preparedness project

Main content of the show

16 years military, 3 private security, 8 years US House of Representatives, 3 military contractors, now EMPS. Was the Vice President of Kansas Prepper Expo and Full Spectrum Preparedness. Now works with the Midwest Preparedness Project and Freesteading to spread the word about being prepared, community and divorcing the state.

Interview

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we have John Pugliano from the Wealthsteading Podcast and Investable Wealth and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment to talk about what is up with bank closures, navigating the recession, building wealth no matter what and more.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas

Brave Botanicals

You all know John Bush from our time together in the Unloose the Goose podcast and also the webinars we do with Live Free Academy. But did you know that John has another company that provides organic herbal products?

Brave Botanicals offers top-quality, organic CBD and Kratom products along with other herbal resources.

This month, we are highlighting the kratom, an herbal supplement that comes from the coffee family, minus the caffeine. It grows in Southeast Asia and is traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Its leaves contain compounds that can have psychotropic and it has gained popularity in the Western world for its potential to help with the management of chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, and some people use it to try to overcome addiction to opioids or to reduce the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms.

If you want to learn more about kratom, head on over to BraveBotanicals.com to learn about its many uses and dig into the different varieties and dosage.

Interested in trying it out? John Bush also offers a free ounce of kratom, plus 50% off your first order through his site, FreeOunceofKratom.com.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Wealthsteading Podcast

Investable Wealth

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about what homesteading IS, trying new things and so much more in a return episode of THE SPICY SISTERS with Amy Dingmann.

Featured Event: SRF Digital Passes

Paul Wheaton is about to launch a new Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday March 14, 2023. If you’re new around here, you may not be aware that Paul’s kickstarters always give away a massive amount of amazing stuff for just a buck. The caveat – you have to back the kickstarter in the first 48 hours of the campaign to get all the earlybird rewards. The only way to make sure you don’t miss out is by clicking “notify me on launch” on the kickstarter page.

Click “notify me on launch” here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3&token=23631798

The kickstarter is for the Low Tech Laboratory Movie, featuring innovations in homesteading, woodland craft, hot tubs, kilns, forges, textiles, bees, foraged clay pottery, mycelium, solar power, off-grid solutions, and more.

The earlybirds alone are worth well over $100 bucks. They gave me an exclusive sneak peak of what’s included:

-Videos about heating Greenhouses with Rocket Mass Heaters, and Truly Passive Greenhouse Design

-The fourth issue of Living Woods Magazine

-The Hidden Half of Nature, a microbial presentation by Anne Bikle and David Montgomery

– Toby Hemenway’s excellent Permaculture Voices keynote, ” Backing Off an Energy Cliff”

– An issue of Modern Homesteading Magazine

– An ebook about practical homesteading

– Tiny house magazine issue 121

– And issue of Permaculture Design Magazine

– A Kelly Hart film about natural building

Don’t miss out on this ridiculous offer. Everything you need to up your homesteading and self-reliance knowledge, for as little as $1. But you have to click the “notify button” to get it . . .

click “notify me on launch” here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3&token=23631798

Show Resources

Living Free in Tennessee

A Farmish Kind Of Life

Main content of the show

Discussions guided in part by our notes and in part by viewer questions

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we celebrate new life on the homestead, discuss seedlings, talk about managing overwhelm and depression and more.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Forage

Dandelions
Comfrey is up
Blackberry and raspberry leaves
Wild mustard
Morels
Dead nettle is past its prime

Livestock

Rabbit ear mites
Baby rabbits
Duck setting eggs
Baby is healthy (Name: cloudy)
Reuniting girls with the boys
Dogs stayed put when the fence was grounding out

Grow

Three kinds of broccoli
Peas are up
Spring greens and radishes
Caught up on seedlings and the most important things have germinated
Still need to plant potatoes, but onions are in
Garlic looks great
15 rosemary plants have been put in the food forest
Oregano and Thyme overwintered

Holler Neighbors/Community

Weekend kitchen demolition push while I was singing a concert
Electrician came by
SRF Helpers

Infrastructure

Chicken coop ready to move but the rain is in the way
Pump house story
Kitchen update
Rewiring for solar is underway

Finances

Sold half of the lamb that just got processed

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today is an interview show with Louise MIlleman of Forgotten Ways PMA. Learn about the what and why of private ministery associations as well as her off grid living experiences.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival Digital Pass: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/digital-pass-march-25-26/?aff=nicolesauce

Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Show Resources

Email Louise: info@forgottenwayspma.com

Main content of the show

Louise Milleman is an earth-loving, tree-hugging, un-schooling, freedom-fighting, world-traveling citizen of the entire world who has went from being a full-time digital nomad, traveling this big beautiful globe with her family for the last 5 years to building a regenerative off grid homestead with her husband and her 2 little girls. She is the founder of Forgotten Ways PMA as she believes that the best way for us to protect our future is to take a step back into the forgotten ways of the past. They spend their time connecting with the land while they connect with each other. She believes that life IS learning and that learning IS life. There is no distinction. By living a slower-paced life and stopping to provide guidance along the way, they are “teaching” their kids real life skills by living out their real life dreams!

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about USDA and FDA being called upon to fix the processed food epidemic, life skills, woke stuff and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Zero to Hero with Ham Radio at Tactical Response

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton’s doing it again – He’s giving away more than $100 worth of resources for as little as a buck when you back the Low Tech Laboratory Movie Kickstarter in the first 48 hours. But you have to click “notify me on launch” to get in on these early bird rewards.

click “notify me on launch” here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3&token=23631798

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

https://www.youtube.com/live/gwnQ7O8sRiM?feature=share

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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The key to survivalism is survival first so we recorded this show later in the day. Why? I wanted to drive home from Chattanooga before the crazy March 3 weather passed through. So I did.

Today, we talk about early spring herbal tea ingredients a growing in the yard, the importance of community, my kitchen tear apart, the financial aspect of the ram we processed and more.

Featured Event: Refuge Medical training March 24

Today’s Sponsor: Brave Bontanicals: BraveBotanicals.com, FreeOunceOfKratom.com

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today I have a GREAT interview with Dr. William B Burkhart who has a practice in the Knoxville area. Do you have good direct care practitioners in your area? Let’s share who they are!

Featured Event: Chattanooga Voluntaryist Society Meetup, This Month’s focus is herbalism.

THE EDNEY INNOVATION CENTER 1100 MARKET STREET, FIFTH FLOOR, CHATTANOOGA, TN

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Show Resources

www.beacondpc.com

William B. Burkhart completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at UT Knoxville in 2008. After several years as a band director, general music teacher, and orchestral conductor, he began pursuing medicine as a career path. He graduated from ETSU Quillen College of Medicine in 2019 and completed residency at UMKC Community and Family Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri in 2022. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr Burkhart is now the owner and founder of Beacon Primary Care, a direct primary care practice located in West Knoxville. He is expanding the scope of his practice to include functional and integrative medicine components.

Main content of the show

Awesome discussion!

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about the ways of local politics, how to start an area study and more with Mike Shelby and John Willis.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival (SelfRelianceFestival.com)

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant (TheHomesteadConsultant.com)

In today’s chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Forward Observer

Main content of the show

https://youtube.com/live/K3R-jPtFRNQ

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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What do you do if you find yourself in the middle of a media shit storm? Or if something goes horribly wrong on your watch? Or if you are wrongly accused of doing something? Today, we will discuss a few things about communications during a crisis that can help you weather the waves.

Featured Event: Responder1 Medical Training at Self Reliance Festival, March 24, 2023

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/rm-responder-1-1/?aff=nicolesauce

Today’s Sponsor

Paul Wheaton wants to show you how to build a shed quickly, out of materials right off your own land. The coolest part? Nobody will even know it’s there… Check out The Berm Shed Movie at

https://permies.com/w/berm-shed?f=495

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Found boxes at Uline for canning jars and redid the jar storage system
Spring reset for canned goods is done – and we have a TON of broth to use up
This week of no kitchen: focusing on crock pot meals, roasts, and maybe a few steaks on Friday if all goes well
Starting to see early spring medicinals so it is time to get rid of dandelion flowers that are dry and replace them with a new round (Annual rotation of medicinals)

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live

Mike Shelby from Forward Observer and a whiz at helping people create area studies and implement better situational awareness will join John Willis and Nicole Sauce Tuesday at 12:#0 PM Central. Join is for this live discussion.

SOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8px_NkECKQ

LFTN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3R-jPtFRNQ

SRF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngRQyVmWd8

Wednesday Interview

Ever hear the term Direct Primary Care? Today, we will discussion what int he heck that is and why it is so important in these times of federal overreach in medicine. I am joined by Dr. William B Burkhart, founder of Beacon Primary Care.

9:30 AM Central

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0CFY69WUNc

Thursday Live

Join me for updates and questions about the March Self Reliance Festival at 7pm Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiknS_HqgA

Friday Homestead Happenings

Join me for a homestead happenings update: seedlings, processing, firewood and more. 9:30AM Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBrAwE00RY

Friday Night Live with Tag

I get to be a special guest on Tag’s show this Friday at 7pm Central! I can’t wait to see what we cook up.

https://www.youtube.com/@LifeDoneFree

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

First stop was Dollar Tree. Stock in the frozen food coolers has notably increased; they’re probably at least half full, with a decent variety. The drink aisle and coolers also were a lot more full, with good variety. There were more vitamins in the health area too.

Home Depot was next. Sonia stayed in the car, so I just ran in and out. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. I also picked up a long Diablo reciprocating saw blade for use on some saplings in the yard.

Aldi was third. I thought the shelves looked more stuffed than usual; there was plenty of product. We found everything we wanted. Eggs have come down, perhaps to $2.7x? We also found heavy cream, and there were multiple boxes of it. We got a case of their canned cat food, leaving at least two more.

Weigel’s was last. My usual station is running on a backup pump, and the flow rate is so low that I aborted a fillup on Thursday evening after just five gallons. The other station is running just fine. The price is the same, with a gallon of untainted regular still $3.999.

Frugality Tip

Home repairs can be overwhelming. Some times you need to “hire a guy”. You have to be ok with knowing your limits. I know I can’t (yet) do framing and stucco, but I can paint. I saved us $300 by buying a gallon of stucco waterproofing and a gallon of paint. It will take me longer than if I paid a guy, but any time I can shave a few bucks off a project I will.

P.S. I watched the stuccoing process, and feel pretty confident that I can do a small project or repair next time.

Make it a great week

~Margo

Operation Independence

Ram for sale versus processing – an update
Processing workshop launches in one week

Main topic of the Show: Crisis Communications

What is crisis communications

Why did I think of it? (Dentist)

What should you do if you find yourself in a tense situation? (Photoshopped head on a campaign photo, Al Gore)

Acknowledge that providing facts as soon as possible is key and communicate that you are gathering facts so that you can explain the situation
Do NOT make up answers to anything. Not ever. Not even if you think you know
Clarify who is qualified to speak on this matter (Is it you, someone in your organization or family, etc). Ensure everyone KNOWS who to send inquiries to
Release the facts to the media, on your communications platforms etc. (Media statement vs press release)
Never repeat the accusation – we do not need out of context audio clips of you saying you did something that you did not say
Handle interview requests as you usually should, by first researching the media outlet before agreeing to an interview
Schedule down time
Rely on the facts in every communication and get good at being called a liar, a poopy head, etc
Set a communications schedule moving through the crisis and STICK to it

Why should this matter to a homesteader? (Pig picture)

What about the people who lie all the time? They don’t rely on facts

Pre-writing crisis content

Security

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Jack Spirko and CJ Kilmer sat down this week and discussed what it would look like if the nation split up into different countries and how could this happen in an amicable way. I this this episode is so important that I asked Jack if I could replay it to my audience.

Let me know what you think after you listen.

Replay of EP 3255 from The Survival Podcast

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Today we talk about spring springing forth, community connections, taking a capital loss on purpose and more.

Soy poisoning

Featured Event: Kerry Brown’s Swap on March 5th –

| Please RSVP to Kerry: strongrootsresources@gmail.com so we can keep a head count |

Brave Botanicals

You all know John Bush from our time together in the Unloose the Goose podcast and also the webinars we do with Live Free Academy.

Interested in trying it out? John Bush also offers a free ounce of kratom, plus 50% off your first order through his site, FreeOunceofKratom.com.

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Forage

Dandelion Flowers
Dead Nettle
EB are growing leaves
Green onions and garlic up

Livestock

Early Spring forage for sheep has reduced need for hay
Sheep to the top of the 16 acre lot
Ducks are in full egg laying throes, but not the muscovies yet
Hesitant to bring baby back over to the others because of LGD things
Weaning rabbits today

Grow

Planting onion bulbs
Seed potato prep
More seedlings

Holler Neighbors/Community

The great coop build of 2023
Kitchen repair project
Fat Tuesday was fun
Lowes: Drug deal (4 wheeler parts)

Infrastructure

Mobile sheep shelter in progress
Workshop repair

Finances

Processing another lamb – will have some for sale
Liquidating a land holding in Colorado and applying the funds in the best places here (Capital loss)

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about building your life, preparing, entrepreneurial advice, sheep and more with Bear Independent and John Willis

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Direct Link to Bear’s medical training class the Friday before SRF

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Refuge Medical

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, I share some thoughts about imposter’s complex, changing mindset and owning your future.

Canine Trainers Collaboration Workshop

Date: April 19-21

Location: Oviedo, FL (near Orlando)

Website is fortressk9.com/workshop

Today’s Sponsor: FreeOunceofKratom.com

Brave Botanicals provides quality CBD and Kratom products for all your needs. If you are looking for a source for Kratom or CBD AND want to support the show, check out the product line at BraveBotanicals.com.

John Bush is so confident you will love his products that he offers a free Ounce of Kratom at FreeOunceofKratom.com. Head over there and cover shipping to give it a try.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live

This week, we welcome Bear Independent back to our Tuesday live show! 12:30 Central.

Soe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3TbQjzfrNc

LFTN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaN0XM0vncE

Thursday Live

Join me for updates and questions about the March Self Reliance Festival at 7pm Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHoZIKEo6s

Friday Homestead Happenings

Join me for a homestead happenings update: processing sheep, last chance to buy pigs, our first 80 degree day and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6tkFxR_1oM

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Turkey Au Vin – with pork
Spring Canned Food Shift
What’s that smell
Thoughts on storing carbs as a ketovore

Weekly Shopping Report

None this week

Frugality Tip from Margo

Different stores have different prices and I make a separate grocery list for a couple of stores. Things like eggs, produce, and baking supplies all come from Aldi. If I’m running into the grocery store that is closer to home, I also make it a point to check out their BOGO section, you can save a few bucks right there. Make a list of the things you buy often and check the prices at different stores, you would be shocked at some of the differences.

I use a specific coffee creamer that they have the grocery store, but Walmart has it for $1.50 less, so I’ll grab a couple when I’m there.

Operation Independence

Selling a ram alive vs in packages
Headed to Next-steps.info – you can still get tickets!

Main topic of the Show: Imposter’s Complex

This was inspired by a talk with Amy Dingmann over at a Farmish Kind of LIfe

I have been reading a book called Dotcom Secrets by Russle Brunson -it was recommended by John Bush

John’s selling and email system vs what we do here
Keeping an open mind

People getting mad about me making money, or not wanting to know when things are for sale.

Decision: The few who are mad at me for selling things don’t really support me so I need to be ok with leaving them behind

Current email list will have no changes
News lists will happen over time

What has happened with training webinars over the past two years – we do them better and why<<<

The Big Decision: If I invest more in training, there are better results for the people I want to help – a win/win

Which brings me to imposter’s complex: Did a live Radio Show Last night and the feedback was that Tim and I were inspiring.

We had no idea what we were doing!

Enter Imposter’s Complex.

Concept: you just need to be a chapter or two ahead of the people you are helping to be able to teach them and do NOT need to be an “expert”. To them you are an expert. In fact you probably teach it bette than someone who is miles ahead.

Ways I have used this:

Going on autopilot – and getting out of it
Writing Marketing Copy – fake it til you make it
Launching the podcast
Being “OK” with losing listeners because I sell things, have sponsors, etc (It hurts but wont in the long run)
Reminding myself to be disciplined with #my3things (Free webinar)

When you get up and post something like: Going for a daily walk can change your life, and you realize you only went on three last week, are you an imposter? Or are in the fake it til you make it time?

Feeling Imposter’s complex is normal. Not moving forward because of it though, that is a huge mistake/

Make it a great week!

Song: None

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about the transition time on the homestead, solar and community, animal losses, eggs and more.

Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Featured Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Permies.com

Paul Wheaton over at permies.com and Wheaton Labs wants you to see how easy permaculture can be! This week he’s released his Garden Master course trailer check out the YouTube video at https://youtu.be/FQz_BbaNfTU

If you want to get really deep into gardening for market, community, or your own homestead, you’ll wanna see the whole Garden Master Course. Here’s 35 hours of quality instruction on better-than-organic garden practices PLUS the 150 page Garden Master Guide

https://permies.com/s/nsgmc?f=495

NOTE: In the recorded version of this episode I stated that it was episode 670, but this is really episode 700!

Radio Show This Sunday with Toolman Tim, tune in at the LFTN Youtube channel!

Forage

Grass
Mullein looks good
Comfrey s starting to grow – comfrey mouthwash
Wild garlic
Likely stinging nettle is up but I have not seen any

Livestock

Rabbit babies died
Rabbits are bred again
Baking soda/minerals to sheep
Have not posted animals for sale but will this week
Duck eggs are back – 3/day from old ducks (Muscovys not laying yet)
Baby chicks on the way and a processing class in June

Harvest meals

Sausage from the Eashes
Blended foods – lesson about ailments

Grow

Peas, carrots, broccoli and radishes are in the ground (seed roulette)
Seedlings STILL are not started – yikes

Holler Neighbors/Community

Shawn and the solar panels
The solar build plan (spending less than $400 more for better long term results)
Animal care rotation – we got to give back

Infrastructure

Getting ready for the coop build
Diving into the plucker to make sure it is tip top for the class

Finances

No major expenses the last two weeks, no major sales either
The only food i “need” to buy is milk

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about preserving food, chemical spills, self defense, fitness, and more with Joel Ryals of FortressK9, Ed Hubbell of the Iridium Group, Stephen Boone of SHTF Fitness, and Angela Allard of Grumpy Acres Farm.

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

In today’s chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, March 25 & 26

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

FortressK9

The Iridium Group

SHTF Fitness

Grumpy Acres Farm

Main content of the show

Original Video was recorded here:

https://youtube.com/live/mIFh-hVnjto

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Twitter: @nicolesauce
IG: @nicolesauce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we discuss how to apply the SWOT method to your own life plan, cover our usual Monday segments on pantry management and financial progress, and cover a question from a listener about erosion.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live with Many Awesome Folks, 12:30 Central
Wednesday Live Interview with Thecia Ellis, 1pm Central
Thursday Evening Live for SRF, 7pm Central
Friday Homestead Happenings, 9:30am Central

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Redoing the storage system with bins due to putting off the prepper pantry roof replacement
Venison Story
Spotted the first dandelion bloom
Comfrey tea
Canned good update
About to pack up the whole kitchen

Weekly Shopping Report: 02/11/2023

Dollar Tree was first. I’m beginning to see some thinning in the main food aisle, although there are more products in the drink aisle, and the drink coolers are a little better stocked than last week. The frozen-food coolers in the back remain mostly empty. The store was pretty busy today, with two cashiers open, both with lines.

Next was Home Depot. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. They were rather busy around the contractor entrance, but I did not look around the rest of the store, as Sonia was waiting outside while I checked.

Our final stop was Aldi. We found what we wanted. There were at least two cases of heavy cream. I noticed that flour had gone up, and is now $2.18. Our careful buying habits caught up to us this week in a good way, and we escaped the store for less than $50.

Untainted regular at $3.999/gallon. Sonia commented that she saw more people with fuller carts.

Frugality Tip: Keto Friendly Cheese Snack from Dylan

Cheese squares baked at 350F for 10 minutes makes darn good cheese crackers. Perfect keto snacks and salad toppers!

Dylan

Steady Presence

Operation Independence

Repairing the joists in the kitchen in advance of a countertop redo and bar build – keeping the existing cabinets
Book larnin’

Main topic of the Show: Choose Your Focus with #My3Things

Let’s review what we have already done:

Defined your Vision
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/01/02/establishing-your-vision-my3things-step-one/
Defined you Purpose
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/01/30/develop-your-purpose-with-my3things/
Updated and adjusted both with feedback

Today, we use the SWOT method to prioritize three areas of focus.

What is SWOT?

Internal:

Strengths

What are you good at?
What do you have of value in your household?
What would your mom say are your best talents?

Weaknesses

What are you bad at?
What are your weaknesses?
Where are you vulnerable if things go wrong (like a job loss, etc)
What limitations do you have?

External

Opportunities

What trends do you see in the big wide world that can create opportunity?
What external factors provide opportunities for you/your family?

Threats

What trends in the big wide world do you see that are threats?
What external factors limit your opportunities?

Choosing 3 priorities –

Clump and Bump
Finding Connections
Identifying 3 in each category
Reduce to three total areas to address with goals

Creating goals from your SWOT

BHAG – bigger picture – timeline 3-5 years or even evergreen

Example: Create enough local, ongoing revenue that we are able to support the vision of the Holler Homestead.

Annual SMART goals: LFTN Podcast Monetization

Book 6 paid speaking engagements in 2023 in networks that are new to LFTN resulting in 150 leads each entering our sales funnel for the podcast.
- Specific: increase funnel entrants
- Measurable: by 900
- Achievable:

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Today we talk about the balloon, fnords, CBDCs and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: FREE Workshop – the Opt out of CBDC Challenge

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs

Paul Wheaton over at permies.com/?f=495 and Wheaton Labs wants you to see how easy permaculture can be! This week he’s released his Garden Master course trailer check out the YouTube video at https://youtu.be/FQz_BbaNfTU

If you want to get really deep into gardening for market, community, or your own homestead, you’ll wanna see the whole Garden Master Course. Here’s 35 hours of quality instruction on better-than-organic garden practices PLUS the 150 page Garden Master Guide

LINK TO COURSE https://permies.com/s/nsgmc?f=495

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Video on YT

https://www.youtube.com/live/GwgIdW0Y8yI?feature=share

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we have an interview with Leigh Murphy about art and prepping and her journey from a poverty mindset to prepared.

Livestream Schedule This Week

Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko, John Willis
Wednesday Live with Louise Milleman
Thursday, SRF Live with Tag from Life Done Free
Friday Homestead Happenings will be rescheduled to Saturday

Today’s Sponsor: Brave Botanicals

FreeOunceofKratom.com

Featured Event: CBDC Opt Out Challenge FREE Five Day Workshop

Show Resources

www.artbyeighmurphy.com

Main content of the show

www.artbyleighmurphy.com has an abbreviated but much longer bio. Long time fine artist with over 100 awards for her art, over 20 museum shows of her work, art in collections on three continents, Who’s Who of American Women for accomplishments in art, signature member of the American Watercolor Society and Florida Watercolor Society (not that it means much outside that world), published writer in the art periodical genre. Etc.

6-8 Questions for Nicole to Ask

•Why I think more artists/creatives should be preppers, they probably are but would not admit it.
•What is a “Veblen good” and what that means for those who create them in this economic climate
•selling art changed drastically (for me anyway) when the Great Recession happened and it really has not come back since then.
•What it’s like to be an artist who is a prepper/survivalist and how isolating that can be.
•going it alone, and so many of the pitfalls of being single and the importance of setting boundaries. Being seen as an expendable resource and/or your priorities are not important.
•along that same thing, dealing with the perception of being a prepper/survivalist and handling the usual contempt of others – until they are in a bind and come to you to save them. This and the previous bullet point tends to be far more of a problem with women.
•TSP has been my “safe space” for years and I can say stuff there that I could never talk about to other artists and creatives.

Interview

Membership and Coffee Pitch

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today I talk about a homestead loss, improving myself and my business as a “successful” solopreneur, THE BALLOON, and more in a freestyling podcast!

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Today’s Sponsor Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Show Outline

Building when you are already successful
1. TSP This Week
2. Next steps
  1. Mentors, goals, employees, focused work, content planning)
Baby Rabbits Died
From Scratch House
1. Organizing
2. Time savers
3. Clutter
The Balloon

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about new life on the homestead, eggs, spring planting, old stuff, and more.

Featured Event: Feb 22-24 – Lanier Island, GA (Near Atlanta) Next-Steps.info, use coupon code Sauce10

Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

Forage

Grass again
Baby chick weed

Livestock

Baby Rabbits
Eggs are back! (Old ducks)
New paddock for the sheep
Getting ready to order chickens

Grow

One final garden bed to be prepared
Weekend planting in the bed we set up in the fall
Early spring flowers are poking up
Still have not started seedlings

Holler Neighbors/Community

Fencing with a friend
SRF Just added a bio char presentation: SelfRelianceFestival.com
Community solar panel purchase

Infrastructure

Map of paddocks for the future
Top wire is complete
Setting up semi-permanent fencing next door (video forthcoming)

Finances

Fixing old vehicles vs difficult to repair new vehicles (Planned obsolescence)

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about permaculture, how to decide what is next on your homestead, rabbits, getting out of a J-o-b and more with Nick Ferguson and John Willis.

Featured Event:

Canine Trainers Collaboration Workshop

Date: April 19-21

Location: Oviedo, FL (near Orlando)

Website is fortressk9.com/workshop

Today’s Sponsor

https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-design-course/?f-495

Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs

Paul has a permaculture design course coming in June along side some other pretty cool In Person trainings over at https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-design-course/?f-495 If you have been thinking about taking a course of this nature, consider heading to Montana to learn from a host of great instructors, Like Alan Booker, at Wheaton Labs!

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

HomegrownLiberty.com

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

Tuesday Live with Nick Ferguson

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join Nicole Sauce for a one-hour webinar on the #My3Things method for taking control of your future success! This is the method she used to cut through the noise and develop a more independent life through small business endeavors, debt elimination, homesteading and community.

Feb 26 at 6pm

This webinar includes:

Introduction to the #My3Things Life Strategic Planning Method
My3Things Workbook
How to Develop Your Vision
How to Develop Your Purpose
How to Assess the Strength of Your Plan
Three Audio Podcasts
What to Do With Your Plan To Keep Building Toward Your Goals

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Today is another #my3things episode with the primary focus being to develop your purpose. We will also include the usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: Opt Out of CBDC, a free 5 day webinar series that covers

Sign up here: https://livefree.academy/op/cbdcoptoutchallenge/?ref=52

Speakers: Derrick Brose, Sal the Agorist, Jack Spirko, Rebecca Bush, James Corbett, Richard Grove

The TRUTH about CBDCs and what must be done to survive the financial transition
Set up a cryptocurrency wallet, acquire crypto anonymously, and trade with others (Bitcoin & Monero)
Join the Freedom Cell Network and find like-minded people to connect with in your area
Buy and sell goods and services in underground markets with alternative currencies,
Put everything you learned into an actionable plan to break free from CBDCs

Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.com

Live this week:

Tuesday: Nick Ferguson and John Willis, 12:30pm Central
Wednesday: Interview on The Survival Podcast, 12pm ISH
Thursday: Self Reliance Festival Weekly Live, 7pm Central
Friday: Homestead Happenings, 9:30am Central

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Spring is coming: Eating Only Stuff from here (I may have over canned last year)
Freeze Drying the rest of our 2022 herbs that are stored in the freezer (why this schedule)

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree. The store has changed for the better. Maybe they added r borrowed some staff, but the store has been neatened up considerably. The drink coolers are probably at least 50% stocked, with (imho) a better product mix, including Venom energy drinks. The shelves are a lot neater too, and the Health aisle has had a lot of products added, and nicely organized. The place no longer looks “picked and sad,” which is good.

Home Depot was #3, just to check the price of a 2x4x8. It is unchanged from last week, at $3.35. The store was normal-busy.

Aldi was last. They still had heavy cream. We found everything we wanted, and my debit card was warm but not smoking.

Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Charles

Test the limits of the TONER LOW notifications that you get on your printers. The HP Color printer that I have has been warning of impending doom for over 2 weeks now…probably 100+ pages have been printed with the existing cartridge.

At ~$100 per cartridge…well worth running it until the print quality gets bad.

On some older printers, when you get the low toner warning, you can remove the cartridge, shake it gently, and reinstall it, getting a another day or so of light printing…

Operation Independence

The Rat Infestation and Simplifying Life

Main topic of the Show: Develop Your Purpose with #my3things

Develop Your Purpose

In the early years of developing the #my3things method, we would go out to corporations to help them create strategic plans and marketing foundations so that they could establish a way to grow their impact, grow their sales, and improve the quality of their products or services. Before each engagement, my cofacilitator and I would create the coursework for the group, customized to what we thought they most needed.

Sometimes, we would run the groups through activities that would result in a Vision Statement and other times, we would run them through developing their purpose first. In the end, after trying both ways multiple time and with different actives, we realized that developing the Vision first, followed my the purpose helped our customers come to consensus faster. Often, they would revisit their vision statement after developing the purpose statement, but time spent crafting both was reduced over time.

Why bring this up? Because as you develop your purpose statement, you may decide that adjustments are needed to your Vision statement and that is part of the interactive process to come up with your life strategic plan. Sometimes it takes seeing the same thing through multiple lenses to fully refine your direction.

Your purpose takes the vision you have developed and boils it down to the SO WHAT? Why do you exist in this world? How is the word better because you are in it. If you are wildly successful and disappear for ten years, how do things look different in a good way when you return?

To get to this, you first deconstruct your vision statement by analyzing the key elements present in this statement that MUST be there. Basically, you *start with your narrow Visions statement and pull out elements or characteristics that are important to its success and list them.

The short cut would be to go back to the list that you made before you crafted the sentence, but this would be limiting. Instead, pull out a new list of characteristics or elements. You will find that they have subtly changed with the crafting of your visions statement.

In the case of the Holler/LFTN Community, this is how that list looks:

The Holler/LFTN COMMUNITY provides an inviting supportive place where aspiring agorists and homesteaders can connect, rejuvenate, share best practices and prosper together in freedom.

Key Elements:

*Inviting, safe place

*supportive community

*Connect aspiring homesteaders

*Connect aspiring agorists

*Healing and rejuvenation

*best practices

*Mutual aid/ helping one another

*True freedom is a choice

With this list craft your purpose statement in terms of what you or your family or your project is. Start by getting the concept crafted, then refine the language so that it is direct, clear and concise.

Some things to keep in mind while you craft your purpose statement:

Remember to include high-level information on how you are achieving your vision within the purpose statement
Make sure that your purpose statement explains the “what” of your life plan or project
This statement should also cover your why – why are you focused in these ways

Living Free in Tennessee (Holler Neighbors) is a community that supports healing and mutual prosperity by connecting agorists and homesteaders with knowledge and resources so they can build an alternative to the violent systems currently used to support modern society.

Once you have a draft purpose statement, refine the language to be clear enough that a 6th grader can read and understand it, with as many tangible and visual words as possible. As with your vision statement, seek to reduce and remove unnecessary words through grammatical and vocabulary refinement without making it esoteric and jargon.

Once you have your final statement, take a week or so to shop it around to people and ask them to say back to you what the statement means to them. Listen carefully to the words they say and choose which new words make your statement clearer.

With both statements in hand, type them into a single document for future reference and prepare to develop your first most important areas of FOCUS that will move you forward in your journey.

SWOT

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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today, we have an interview with Paul Wheaton about integrating permaculture ideas into your business and a bunch of other cool things.

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com March 24-25

Agorist Tax Advice

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Show Resources

Permies.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about getting seeds started, big news from the duck coop, dealing with a sick duck and more.

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Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton

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Forage

Watercress got beat back
Grass is coming in slowly
Garlic is poking up

Livestock

No baby rabbits yet
The egg
The sick duck
Listing animals
Sheep rebellion
Baby is getting into toddler trouble

Grow

Still getting beds ready
Beginning to AP relocation project
Starting peppers and herbs this weekend

Harvest Meals

Pork Rib Roast

Holler Neighbors/Community

Dinner was HUGE for Tactical at the Eversoles
Came home to firewood moved and a rainstorm
Helping a friend set up electrical fencing for new animals

Infrastructure

Electrical fencing update (permanent, zoned)
Solar install preparation

Finances

Catching up on warranty claims – an important part of finance
Clerical Friday

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Hijacked by the Tactical Redneck. Join Tactical as he covers what it is like to be HOMESTEAD ALONE in the Holler.

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today we have an interview show with Jake Weinhagen, author of the Primal Primer, a book about integrating primal self care into your life. What is primal self care? Stay tuned to find out!

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Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

Promotional blurb: In today’s chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com

LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.

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Luke Weinhagen is a Certified Situational Awareness Instructor, former United States Marine, Founder of Core Human Competence LLC, and the creator of Dangerously Competent, a self-defense and self-sufficiency training program.

For over fifteen years, Luke has taught individuals, families, and organizations to assess risk, respond swiftly, and win. He is the author of The Primal Primer and an Applied Theory Fellow at the Natural Law Institute.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
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Today we talk about sheep care vs the STUN method, managing expectations when 2 people work on one homestead, early spring growth and more.

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Agorist Tax Advice

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Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

Event Feature: LFTN Spring Workshop – released 10 more tickets when I realized what we are doing for the build! Get the word out. LivingFreeinTennesse.com

Forage

Dandelion leaves are here (and what this means)
Same root things as last round
Lemonbalm has baby leaves
No chickweed or dead nettle yet but they will closely follow
Regrassing of the ripped up land is in process

Livestock

Caring for sleep vs the STUN method (The tail story)
Putting girls together so we have “two” herds and can control birthing timing
Hoping some baby bunnies arrive in the next 2 weeks
Still no eggs and T is investigating if they are being stolen from the coop (A word on the Dumore nutrition rumors on Youtube)
LGD update
Still needing to list pigs and the St Croix with West Coast genetics

Grow

Trees are budding out (and what this means)
Seedlings, an update
Final garnered bed preparation while it is warmer in January

Holler Neighbors/Community

Chicken coop project
What it is like to work with 2 people on one homestead
LFTN Network events – get yours submitted here: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/network-event/

Infrastructure

Preparing for the solar installation
Finally was able to order more step in posts (30% time savings no paddock shifts)
Trailer care needed to maintain the livestock trailer (There is always something)

Finances

No update

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about history and how to use it as a lens for current day decisions, the rise and fall of empires and more with CJ Killmer and John Willis.

Today’s Sponsor: Brave Botanicals

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Brave Botanicals offers top-quality, organic CBD and Kratom products along with other herbal resources.

This month, we are highlighting the kratom, an herbal supplement that comes from the coffee family, minus the caffeine. It grows in Southeast Asia and is traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Its leaves contain compounds that can have psychotropic and it has gained popularity in the Western world for its potential to help with the management of chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, and some people use it to try to overcome addiction to opioids or to reduce the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms.

If you want to learn more about kratom, head on over to BraveBotanicals.com to learn about its many uses and dig into the different varieties and dosage.

Interested in trying it out? John Bush also offers a free ounce of kratom, plus 50% off your first order through his site, FreeOunceofKratom.com.

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

ProfCJ.org

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we have an interview show with Harold Thornbro of the Urban Homesteading Podcast! This was a great talk about how to use the homesteading mindset to do what you can in just about any living situation.

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton – https://permies.com/s/lftn

Get ready for Spring by planning out your garden designs with a permaculture twist! Plus, learn all about rocket heat, solar, and other permaculture technology. All this for a fraction of the cost of a live permaculture design course:

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Event Highlight: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Show Resources

RedemptionPermaculture.com

Main content of the show

I’m a husband to my wife Mary for 30 years, I have 3 adult daughters, and 3 grandkids that I feel as though I would have never met if it wasn’t for the homesteading lifestyle.

In 2012 at the age of 39 I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer caused by a lifestyle of poor eating of fast food daily for many years while working as a truck driver. I went against doctor’s advice for the treatment and decided to make radical changes to my life with exercise and diet by growing most of my own food.

I have built a productive urban homestead over the last few years that provides an abundance of meat, vegetables, and fruit on less than a quarter acre.

I was inspired to help others have better health and a happier life through homesteading so for a few years I have hosted The Modern Homesteading Podcast and blog at RedemptionPermaculture.com

Interview

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Today we have a great conversation with Toolman Tim Cook, who will be featured at the LFTN Spring Workshop in April!

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Today’s Sponsor: Brave Botanicals FreeOunceofKratom.com

Show Resources

ToolmanTim.co

Main content of the show

Interview

Membership and Coffee Pitch

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: Fencing, sheep, recipes and so much more.

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Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvuce.com/LFTN

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today is a homestead happenings discussion with Baby being one week old, another cold front coming, and things going on sale!

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Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com

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The days are getting longer, and spring is on the way, which means it’s time to plan the garden! If you’re looking to do something a little different this year, like establishing some low-maintenance and high-producing permaculture food systems, then check out the Permaculture Design Course at permies.com/link/lftn!

Not only will you learn about earthworks, water harvesting, perennial food systems, and so much more, but you can also bundle this PDC with the Appropriate Technology Course so you can learn about rocket heat, solar cooking and preserving, and other amazing technology that will save you money and effort.

All 177 hours of video from this course can be yours for as little as $65 if you visit permies.com/link/lftn

Forage

Mullein
Jerusalem Artichokes
Wild Garlic
Other root things

Livestock

Baby is good
Fence charger crapped the bed and LGD dogs got out
Rabbits are due
Still no duck eggs – they should start any time
Soy free feed fiasco

Grow

Spring is coming (Seedling time here for cold weather crops)
Getting the last beds ready

Harvest Meals

Massive Beef Stew – it exploded (and what I did about that)

Holler Neighbors/Community

Late Christmas is this weekend!
Bathroom update
Spring Workshop Highlights
- Dining Things: Venison Roast,

Infrastructure

Posts are back in stock (and ordered)
Rabbit update for TSC – the collapse too easily so T added J clips to keep them from doing that. Initial feedback – he likes them but time will tell
The stupid fence charger
Power meter to measure pump house electrical usage and cabin usage in preparation for storage and solar options
Goat bathtub cracked in the cold (Should have put the stock tank heater in there or at least empty gallon jugs or wood)

Finances

Expenses are more than income at the moment and we have no Product we are selling that is year round. Brainstorming on that

Membership Plug

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GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Join me today for a freestyle discussion about fencing, homestead unpredictabilities, refrigerators, my3things, and many other topics.

This was recorded right after a bunch of stuff went sideways this morning on the Homestead.

Thanks to ALL our Sponsors:

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HollerRoast.com
Permies.com/link/LFTN

Make it a Great Week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Today, we have an interview show with Toolman Tim Cook as we talk about his 24 hour radio show, expanding a supportive community of creators and ideas for building your alternative path to a successful small business.

Today’s Sponsor: Brave Botanicals

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Y’all know John Bush from our time together in the Unloose the Goose podcast and also the webinars we do with Live Free Academy. But did you know that John has another company that provides organic herbal products?

Brave Botanicals offers top-quality, organic CBD and Kratom products along with other herbal resources.

This month, we are highlighting the kratom, an herbal supplement that comes from the coffee family, minus the caffeine. It grows in Southeast Asia and is traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Its leaves contain compounds that can have psychotropic and it has gained popularity in the Western world for its potential to help with the management of chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, and some people use it to try to overcome addiction to opioids or to reduce the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms.

If you want to learn more about kratom, head on over to BraveBotanicals.com to learn about its many uses and dig into the different varieties and dosage.

Interested in trying it out? John Bush also offers a free ounce of kratom, plus 50% off your first order through his site, FreeOunceofKratom.com.

Reminder – LFTN Tickets go on sale NEXT WEEKEND!

Show Resources

Toolman Tim’s Workshop

Main content of the show

Toolman Tim Cook hales from the TSP and LFTN network. With over 15 years of experience in the construction and home improvement industry, Tim has the knowledge and skills to tackle any project with confidence. From little jobs to fixing up old houses and everything in between, Tim’s expertise and attention to detail make him the go-to guy for all your repair and maintenance needs. When he’s not working on projects, Tim can be found sharing tips and tricks, and developing strong community at his website, Toolmantim.co, and on his YouTube channel, where he inspires others to roll up their sleeves and get to work.

Interview

Make it a Great Week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Today we talk about new life on the homestead, losses, big projects getting bigger, the FREEZE, and more.

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AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation

Coming Events

Jan 14 at 9am – LFTN Spring Workshop Tickets go on sale! LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Speaking at next-steps.info Feb 22-25 near Atlanta. Use Coupon Code SAUCE10 for a ticket discount.
SelfRelianceFestival.com

Forage

Desperation rations in the creek
Dandelion root
Jerusalem artichoke
Always in winter: Mullein which is good if you get a cold

Livestock

Baby lamb and stillborn lamb and the related lessons
Rabbits are bred, we think – white rabbit on probation
Ducks still not laying eggs – WTF
Brownie is for sale
Pigs getting listed for sale (Never posted them before)

Harvest Meals

All cooking is in the crockpot (not cold enough to run the woodstove)
Red Curried Venison with Turnips

Winter is coming (IS HERE)

We all survived – even the animals outside with no heat (no heat on ducks, stock tank heater with fish, water heater for rabbits, babies in mudroom, boys in the barn, pigs with a cover – all with lots of extra straw. (There is still straw getting tracked into my home all the time)
Water was the biggest pain: animal water and my pipes
Heating was just fine – even through rolling blackouts
Ducks like to hang in the pods during cold times
Lessons learned: Want better water by next year

Holler Neighbors/Community

ALL THE HELP on the bathroom – and the story of the bathroom
Christmas and New Year was fun
Toolman Tim’s stream in the LFTN community

Infrastructure

Testing new $30 rabbit cages from TSC
Fencing Weekend Workshop Coming
Adding Insulation
Making long term plans so that we can focus on 1-2 at a time (#my3things)
Spring planting is beginning

Finances

Spent $100 on straw
Found a soy free feed source since MPS no longer makes it

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Today we talk about the economic outlook for 2023, ideas for starting businesses, science that isn’t science, better health, and more with Jack Spirko, Dr. Ken Berry, and John Willis.

Sponsor of the Day: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com

Paul Wheaton over at permies.com has put together a robust bundle of homestead goodies this week.

35 ebooks, videos, and more, including my Cook With What You Have ebook, all for only $35. The bundle is only available at this special price until January 5th, and it’s got stuff on chickens, gardening, cooking, cleaning, building, and more!

With over $285 worth of stuff for only $35, you’ll wanna get your hands on this bundle today, before the price goes up. That’s 35 awesome pieces of digital media to help you realize your homestead dreams, for basically $1 each! Visit permies.com/s/homesteading to check it out now

LFTN Workshop Tickets Coming January 14, 2022 at 9am Central at LivingFreeinTennessee.com

Jack’s First Episode of 2023 – The Coming Shitstorm of Opportunity

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

DrBerry.com

SelfRelianceFestival.com

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

First Tuesday Coffee Talk with Jack Spirko, John Willis, Nicole Sauce

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today, we talk about what the #my3things method is, why a strategic plan for yourself and your life is a powerful tool, and we cover how to create a vision statement for your life strategic plan. (Or your family strategic plan).

This is the first in a series of episodes explaining how to use the #my3things method to become more successful, productive and to build the life you choose on your terms.

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Join me for a reading of the Night Before Christmas, Cajun Style – read by the Elender family.

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Today we have Michael Leonido (also knows as the chef at the Spring Workshop) reading the Intellectual Night Before Christmas followed by the traditional text in song. Merry Christmas Y’all!

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Join Aussie Ro as she reads the Night Before Christmas, Australian style.

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Today, we have the Scottish version of The Night Before Christmas, read by Jaggy Little Thistle.

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Today we talk about preparing for a house fire, resilient living vs “prepping,” how to build a following on Youtube, and more with with Ed Hubbell of Iridium Solutions and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

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Show Sponsor:

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Get ready for January!

SRF Tickets, Sponsorships, and Vendor Booths
LFTN Spring Workshop
New YT Channel: Harvest Cooking
More…

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Special Operations Equipment

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Iridium Solutions

Make it a great week!

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The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
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Resources

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Each year we read variations of the classic poem, The Night Before Christmas. Today’s version is the Redneck Night Before Christmas read to us by The Tactical Redneck.The post The Redneck Night Before Christmas appeared first on Living Free in Tennessee - Podcast.

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Today is our last Monday Show until after the New Year is upon us! In keeping with tradition, I will share with you the word of the year, why it was chosen, and what I hope it will mean – even though we all know we find different lessons along the journey.

I will also let you know what is happening during the time between Christmas and New Years for content.

Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton od Permies.com and Wheaton Labs

https://permies.com/link/lftn

Paul Wheaton has developed a truly passive greenhouse that can grow through the winter with no additional heating. Not only that, but it won’t overheat in the summer months! How’s that possible?

Find out by watching the Truly Passive Greenhouse movie:

https://permies.com/link/lftn

Livestream Schedule this week:

Tuesday Live with John Willis and Ed Hubbell from IridiumSolutions.ca
LFTN Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGZgu0AKUSI

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Every Nook and Cranny in the deep freezers are stuffed, as is the fridge with things to cook (Managed to decommission the two outdoor appliances)
Almost through the potatoes from the garden (had half a bushel)
End of year restock is primarily complete
Christmas Dinner from the pantry: Leg of lamb, roasted turnips and carrots, charcuterie and pickled things (Holler Neighbor Style)
In purge mode for a last push before the end of the year – lost the crap, keep the things we use

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

The first stop was Walgreen’s for some vitamins. Stock was mostly good, but there was only one left of a large size of “D,” so we had to choose another size in order to use their buy one get one free.

Food City was next. Dry cat food was very limited, but they had a couple of 16 lb. bags of Meow Mix. They had a lot of Friskies boxed cans, so we added a box of those too.

Dollar Tree was next. We found some large 9Lives cans in there for the first time in months, and grabbed a few; not all our cats like those. The frozen food coolers were really sparse and most of the drink coolers are back to being nearly empty; I think it’s the worst I’ve seen it. The health aisle is beginning to look picked again, but most other areas looked well stocked; there were less unrefrigerated canned drinks though. Both of the two lines they had open extended back into the aisles.

Same at Home Depot, which I ran in just to check the price of a 2x4x8. It’s still $3.75. I did not look over any other areas, but it was fairly crowded, as spending season is at its peak.

Aldi was last. We got a few extra things in case we decide to put off next week’s shopping, but grocery crowds shouldn’t be too bad, so we’ll likely go. We found what we wanted, including heavy cream. I didn’t see any notable holes, but both lettuce and grapes did not look as good as usual.

Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Here’s a frugality tip on one of the most valuable things to me…..MY TIME (AND SANITY). For your holiday menu plan it out a month or so in advance. Gather the things you need and start cooking some things early and freeze it (and then take it out of the freezer the day before to thaw) Make sure you have all of the things you need the week before the holiday. I did not make rolls this year, I bought rolls and put them in the freezer, FYI Hawaiian rolls freeze and thaw very well. And save your sanity during the holidays and keep a stocked pantry y’all!

Operation Independence

The 3% checking account, emergency fund, and discipline

Night Before Christmas Countdown
Replay episode will not be replays – start your 2023 on the right foot. The importance of downtime.

Main topic of the Show: What is my 2023 Word of the Year

No year has ever been so hard as this year for finding the right word. Even last night, I knew the concept but not the word. Part of the problem is that I knew the concept I wanted but was not finding a single word to describe it. And the two word option I had was only a close fit, not the full breadth of what I wanted to focus on.

What is a word of the year?

Why do it?

Past words:

Grow (It is a choice and it is up to me)
Balance (You have to want it and boundaries)
Courage (The power of no. Letting go of insecurities. Sooner is better.)

Then we have this year. I strove for MORE. I worked harder. I played harder. I undid every lesson I leaned in the year of balance. I GREW my businesses. I made it over a really important personal hump: Increased cash flow to where I could finally take some from the businesses.

What the last five years have been like building LFTN and Holler Roast Coffee.

Had to have the courage to

Say no to things I was doing to earn money but that are distractions from the primary objective
Address conflict head on
Openly admit weaknesses
Stand my ground
Build personal talents from good to great
Become unapologetic

Where it has led –

Priority on things that are important to me on the non business side like the food forest, redoing my bathroom, box seats at the symphony, hiking, relationships
More opportunities of the kind I want
I am singing rock n roll again
Poised for fast growth

The words that did not change: Step-change, 10x

What it means
Problem: Balance

So what could I do? There is a glass ceiling that is not ok and I need to break it. It isnt due to my gender, my background, my level of education or what anyone thinks of me. It is there because of me. My mindset. My perception of what is possible. My hangups. The glass ceiling is of my own making.

The worst part is this: It is glass so I can see through it.

There are lots of reasons why it is there. Every one of them is an excuse.

The other side of that glass ceiling looks great. I want to go there. But there is this glass ceiling that needs to be broken.

And the cool thing about glass is that it will break. And 2023 is the year I break it. With whatever I can use to do so. My hands, a hammer, a rhinoceros, my head. Whatever it takes.

For every word there is a flip side too: The sharp shards that will hit me as I make my way through the glass. I expect that to be there too.

So my word of the year, which encompasses both the goal to move beyond my perceived constraints. The word that also prioritizes balance and priority to my spirit, body and heart. The word for 2023 is .

I don’t know exactly how things will go, but I am excited to start, have already started. And you will see the first steps in January

This is the last non-interview podcast before the break so rather than our usual closing, I leave you with this – Make it a great break yall.

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: favorite holiday cookies, where to prioritize investments into your homestead as a new homesteader, how many pets are too many, and more

Sponsor of the day: Agorist Tax Advice

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Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?

Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.

Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.

Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.

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Main content of the show

@Nicolesauce What do you think about the role of “pets” (non working/producing animals) on the homestead and when do you draw the line of “no more pets”?

@Nicolesauce what’s everyone’s favorite holiday cookie

@Nicolesauce if you were starting over on a homestead with all the knowledge you have now, what’s the first thing you would choose to sink larger amounts money into? (ex. Fencing, buildings, garden, machinery…)

@Nicolesauce what one important thing you’ve learned about yourself or your land this year

@Nicolesauce straw or pine shaving for ground cover during the cold months for animals, either in runs or enclosures?

@Nicolesauce Are you planning any new perennials at the Holler in the spring?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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The LFTN Spring Workshop is April 27-29 and includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Learn homesteading skills, permaculture, business, off-grid projects and more. Meet people who are DOERS! The relationships you build at LFTN are the best benefit.

SOLD OUT OF PRESALE TICKETS. Check back in January.

This December, we are releasing TEN TICKETS. Grab your presale tickets while supplies last!

Featured this year:

Janet Szabo, Big Sky Knitting Designs
John Pugliano, The Wealthsteading Podcast
Joel Ryals, FortressK9
Nicole Sauce, Living Free in Tennessee
Patrick Roehrman, MT Knives
Many more!

Features this year:

How to build your online training business
Fencing
Defense animals
Building connections that matter
Creating wealth through any economy
Sewing, knitting
Food forest development
Getting started in homesteading
Small scale animal rotation
Power pantry development in good times and bad
Off-grid build
Property walk
Wild forage walk
Barter blanket
Food and fun!
More topics TBD

All tickets include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and camping.

Total cost is $500, deposit of $150 required to grab one of these TEN tickets. Get them while you can!

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Today we talk about the BIG DEEP FREEZE, babies on the homestead, brainstorming local revenue ideas and more.

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Forage

Pasture seed is germinated and looking good
Next week is time to trim/pollard
Juniper Berries
Wreath evergreens
Jerusalem artichoke

Livestock

Baby bunnies – 3 or 4 – are doing well (We are very hands off right now)
Sheep Birth Watch
Preparing the pasture sheep for incoming ice (We are actually growing more grass now than we did this summer)
Ducks still not laying – chicken is and she is OLD
Hoof trimming this weekend

Harvest Meals

Eggs and bacon (2 weeks)
Beef Neckbones
Red curry turkey

Homesteading in Winter

Single digit deep free and snow on the way
Stacking Osage logs inside as I find them
Removing all stuff from outdoor freezers and fridge, unplugging
Testing the kerosene heaters and staging them
Setting up electric heater in prepper pantry
Stuffing holes in the pump house
AP System drain
Extra sump needs a stock tank heater
Water heat tape and heating systems (electric JUST finished for goats)
More mulch

Holler Neighbors/Community

We’ve been innerly focused (Final coffee push is right now)
LFTN Spring Workshop Presale

Infrastructure

Close to perimeter fence
electric

Finances

Rental

Membership Plug

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about farming, lifestyle design, getting off your dime and more with Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal and John Willis.

Today’s Sponsor: Live Free Academy – Check out this free webinar on Crypto Currency

Reminder: SPring Workshop Prerelease tickets go on Sale Saturday at 9am

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Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FMGRoZKwVAg?feature=share

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Chef Brett
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Today I talk with Sue Zoldak about how she has built the life she wants, her transition into Manhattan Living, and her new project counteracting big tech censorship.

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Livestream Schedule This week

11:00 CT Tuesday Interview with Leigh Murphy on Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Zij38xC_c
12:30 CT Tuesday Live with John Willis and Porterhouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMGRoZKwVAg
9:30 Friday Homestead Happenings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBu6rt3RSQI

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Main content of the show: Interview with Sue

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Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast.

Main content of the show

From Jenni

advice on being patient for the big picture when you want to see movement on your goals

From Ken

and when to make a decision to take a loss and switch to a different goal

From Nathan

How do you prioritize your task list?

Filling in the available time with forward progress and achievables, when things like {shortness of available time segments}{supply chain issues}{weather}{missing piece of puzzle} might otherwise leave one in a frozen “paralysis analysis” state. ?What helps you realize, that which might have temporarily sidelined does not necessarily grind you to a halt on every bit of your life simultaneously–unless YOU yourself DECIDE to stop your own progress.

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today we talk about new winter lives on the homestead, pregnant sheep, MUD SEASON, the portable sheep shelter and more.

Today’s Sponsor: Freesteading.com

Surprise live with Sue Zoldak at 5pm Central today: https://youtu.be/fTBL3IaOxqo

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Forage

Lettuces from the Aquaponics system
Red Sorrel is coming back (dragged the pots out into the rain)
Ground Nuts
Watercress died back but is reappearing

Livestock

2 rabbits gave birth, 1 litter is still alive
Pregnant sheep has an even bigger udder but no lamb yet
Pairing off of other ewe with the ram is not going well so far (She runs away)
Still have not clipped muscovy wings but it is time
LGDs are sitting on command better – it is all we have worked on
Need to trim hooves
Conserving hay as best we can – boys just moved to grassy area
Chicken egg 3 in the last week – all we are getting
Mortimer pulled his dewclaw open – treating it with topical antibiotics

Harvest Meals

Brisket baked in the oven
Venison roast – bone in
Lamb Shepherd’s Pie

Winter on the Homestead

Grass is coming back in
Working on improving the animal water set up for rabbits (heat tape) and other anti water freezing things
Nice warm spell right now – if it stays dry will do the final two garden beds
Restocked on winter clothing during Black Friday sales

Holler Neighbors/Community

Game night was fun
Animal Care Fill in for my concert

Infrastructure

Sheep shelter saga
Update on fencing workshop
Electrical for the shed – outlets not working and we are not certain why
Cleaning out the workshop

Finances

$50 temporary shelter cost $50 and lasted 2 weeks, lumber that is not strong enough cost $ $ too so it is disappointing to have the failures of this kind

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

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Membership Sign Up
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Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Today we talk about food shortages, inflation, aquaponics and aquaculture, panic prepping, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

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Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

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The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/HKfWAOy8kSI

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
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Today we talk about some homemade holiday gift ideas put together by the Holler Neighbors for this year.

Today’s Sponsor, Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com

Love listening to podcasts? Check out Paul Wheaton’s huge bundle of podcasts, videos, and stuff so you can learn all about permaculture from The Duke of Permaculture himself!

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Livestream Schedule

9:30CT Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, TBD LINK
Friday Homestead Happenings will be at 2pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-dYtvlhFjo)
LFTN Weekly Mail
LFTN Spring Workshop Presale Dec 17 at 9am

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Cow is safely in the freezer
Meal plan by broken vacuum seal
VakPakIt brand Vacuum Sealer Update (No longer recommend and why)
Cruisin’ through the canned goods (Almost out of stewed tomatoes, using green beans)
Still need to do the year end resupply and the Cozi Tool I use

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

There’s likely to be yucky weather off and on all weekend, so we went during a pause in precipitation this afternoon (Saturday). Friday evening, however, a lot of the pumps at the Weigel’s I use most often were bagged. I went to my secondary choice, and it was fine. A gallon of untainted regular had dropped to $3.999; this was at both stations.

Today’s first stop was Dollar Tree. The drink coolers were in better shape, but still had a lot of empty spaces. They had lots of canned goods, but we didn’t see any of the lentils we’ve previously seen there, and the only beans were Northern White. We hadn’t bought any lentils in a while, so I don’t know if they’ve been missing for longer. The store was otherwise normally stocked. It was also busier than we’ve often seen it, especially for a poor-weather day.

Home Depot was next. Every open area had islands with a lot of smaller items. The prices looked reasonable. We found the couple of items we wanted without difficulty. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.75.

Aldi was last. We found everything on our list, including heavy cream (at least two boxes in the cooler). Stock everywhere looked good. They have more of that generically-packed chicken.

Frugality Tip from Christina

I find myself traveling quite a bit. Recently, I found myself on the road without good coffee (gasp!!!). Long story short – and leaving out the scary days of gas station coffee – I went to the store and bought a pack of coffee filters for $1.50 and a cheap coffee grinder. Someone could do this without the coffee grinder by also buying pre-ground coffee but I had a couple pounds of whole bean bouncing around the truck. I took out my trusty Coleman thermos, put a coffee filter in the top so it was hanging over an inch or so then filled it with coffee. I heated water and poured it through the filter. Voila! Redneck pour-over coffee. Hope this helps someone! I’ve learned so much from you and this community. I’m grateful to have a chance to give back.

Operation Independence

Turned a corner from panic minimums to progress

Main topic of the Show: Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas

Past episodes on this topic:

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2016/12/12/episode-15-five-country-holiday-gift-ideas/
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2017/10/23/episode-54-five-homemade-holiday-gift-ideas/
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2018/08/27/christmas-gift-ideas-emotions-winter-preparation/
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2019/08/28/four-christmas-gift-ideas-to-start-now/
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2020/10/21/four-homemade-gift-ideas/

Why homemade?

Thoughts on the expectations surrounding gifts

Declare independence from debt, but have fun gifting people

Toxicity and gifts

Ideas

Pine shaving ornaments (Reference)
Preserved lemons and decorated jar (10 lemons, ½ cup salt, water or lemon juice to pack) Clean lemons, put 2 tbsp salt in quart jar, cut lemons into a blooming onion in quarters, sprinkle with salt, pack, press, fill with liquid, seal and refrigerate)
Juniper berries (Or other spices)
Handmade walking stick
Homemade granola (reference)
Homemade tea blend in mason jar, or in a decorative bag with a tea infuser

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Holler Roast Coffee
Harvest Right Affiliate Link

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Download Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.com LFTN on Free Steading: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Forage Watercress Creek Mint Garden lettuce and chard Roots Must plan garlic this week Livestock Still no baby sheep […]

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Today we talk about homesteading, community, using your mind to set yourself up for success, hard work, and more with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis of Special […]

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What are you waiting for? The New Year? Monday morning? Your next physical exam? The end of a particularly stressful time? Today is the day to start. Download Show Sponsor: […]

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Join LFTN listener, permaculturist, and Still Side Hustling Sam Billings as he tells the story of how he realized that a JOB is part of what he needs in place […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: Livestock […]

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Today we talk about what Thanksgiving was like at the Holler Homestead, update you on the state of the livestock, talk about fermenting garlic and more. Download Email feedback […]

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Today we talk about food shortages, owning your life, logical preparedness and more with Black Scout Survival and John Willis. Download Boost O Gram Wednesday! Show Resources Special Operations […]

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Today, I am joined by Gretchen Catherwood to hear about the progress that has been made on the Darkhorse Lodge project. Download Show Resources Darkhorselodge.com Main content of the […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat […]

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Today we talk about livestock adjustments, cold weather, garlic and more! Download Power Pantry Workshop Freesteading.com Forage Persimmons Watercress has frost burn Mullein Roots Rest of food forest planted […]

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Today we talk about the current state of things, Russia bombing Poland and rapid news overreactions, real solutions, and more with Bear Independent and John Willis. Download Sponsor: Paul Wheaton […]

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Today, we have the episode you have all been waiting for: The LOST Episode. Dawn Sutton joins me to talk about raising sheep. St. Croix in particular. We recorded this […]

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Today we have an interview show with Kevin Fitzgerald all about mushrooms. Kevin runs a mushroom side hustle turned full time hustle from his home in Arizona. Download Show Resources […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: canning, dealing […]

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Today we talk about the food forest installation, a faux pig birthing, getting ready for winter, and more. Download Forage One final round of mint to harvest Watercress Persimmons are […]

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Today we talk about twitter, the fake meat market, Paulgate, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Save the date: Nov 19: Develop your deep power pantry system – […]

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Today is the first day of work after the Food Forest Workshop at the Holler Homestead. We had a great time with everyone and learned some unexpected things while here. […]

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Today, we have another transformational story, this time centered around how to prepare for a long absence from your farm or Homestead. Lana Stenner joins me to share her […]

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Today is an interview with Joel Ryals all about building your life from nothing – rather like a phoenix is reborn from its own ashes. Download Show Resources Fortressk9 Website […]

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Hey everyone, today is Friday, May 31, 2019 and this is episode 138 of LFTN. Today we talk perseverance, prepping and homesteading with John Willis and Rob Kaiser. Download Show […]

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Today is a recounting of a conversation between Tactical Redneck and me about long-term solutions on the homestead versus short-term fixes. When is it best to invest the time and […]

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Today is an interview with Jason Sparks all about starting a homestead from scratch, being a carpenter, building community and more. Download Show Resources Kentucky Sustainable Living: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267335831465407 Main content […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat poison, […]

The post Episode 641: A Variety Show for Oct 22, 2022 appeared first on Living Free in Tennessee - Podcast.

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Today we talk about cross training, banana care, the future of the Holler bees and more on today’s show. Download Food Forest Class Sponsor of the day: Freesteading.com LFTN Community […]

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Today we talk about starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, dog poop and more with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free […]

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Today, we will talk not about being forgiven, but about why it is so important to forgive those around you if you want to build the life you choose. Download […]

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Today we have an interview with Steven File all about strategic home defense. Download Show Resources Strategic Home Defense: https://www.strategichomedefense.com/ Instagram: @strategichomedefense Main content of the show Steven File is […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: sheep, dealing […]

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Today, we discuss sheep finances, livestock in the fall, growing food, a new segment and more. Download Sponsor of the day: FreeSteading.com Forage All going underground Nuts Harvest comfrey and […]

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How does crowd funding work? What does Paul Wheaton, the DUKE of permaculture have in the pipeline as far as his next project? We cover this on today’s livestream. Paul’s […]

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After a week to assess SRF, today is the Great Debrief of the event. The good, the bad, the ugly, the money. Download Live streams this week Tuesday Interview Show […]

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Today we talk about the Self Reliance Festival, poverty mindset, creating success, Ukraine, natural disasters and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Download Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living […]

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Today we have an interview show with Robert Ralston – a man who has approached prepping with a family member with special needs. It changes the equation. Download Show Resources […]

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Today we take a bit of a dive into finding like-minded people should mean, if it is a good idea, and how to make community work. Download Livestream Schedule: Joel […]

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Today is a Sunday so we have an interview show and today’s guest is someone I have wanted to chat with for a long time: Survival Punk! His is a […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: disappearing sheep, […]

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Today we talk about disappearing sheep, the light at the end of the fencing tunnel, why you will lose livestock if you do not check in every day, and the […]

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Join us as we talk to a revolving set of folks who will be coming to Self Reliance Festival in a week and a half! Ask us anything. Billy Bond, […]

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Today, we talk about working against nature and ask an important question: why? Download Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com Paul Wheaton over at Wheaton Labs just […]

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This takes some preparation but no exotic ingredients. It fills the tummy and is well worth 45 minutes in the kitchen. You’ll need lots of eggs! Recipe and photo below […]

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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat poison, […]

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Today we talk about the SHTF, relocation, Self Reliance Festival, The Midwest Regional Meetup, Being 60 and Homesteading, preparedness and more with Bear Independent and John Willis. Download Show Resources […]

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It is a tradition in August to talk about what we are doing to get ready for winter here at the Holler Homestead. Why? Because waiting until that first frost […]

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What would it be like to go off to a very remote location in Fall 2019 and not return until Summer 2022. Remote as in no news, no social media, […]

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Today we talk about the mysterious link between humans and plants, permaculture, current events, and more with Xavier Hawk and John Willis. Download Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free […]

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Today we talk about permaculture, current events, coming events, and more with Billy Bond and John Willis. Download Sponsorships Launching – Who the first one is. A word from our […]

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Today we talk about starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, Self Reliance Festival and more with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis. Download Show Resources Special Operations Equipment […]

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Today we catch-up on integrating LGD’s with our sheep, homestead bootcamp, creating a new garden bed, getting ready to leave, and more. Download A word on next week – Nicole […]

The post Episode 609: Homestead Happenings for August 18, 2022 appeared first on Living Free in Tennessee - Podcast.

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Today we talk about getting ready for our first round of homestead bootcamp with a listener who purchased land and wants to come here and see up close and personal […]

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Want to learn how to plan a food forest, do the earthworks, and plant it out? We will start with the theory in the classroom, then head outside to do […]

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In this week’s update, we will talk about sheep recovery, new animals coming to the homestead, planning a food forest, and late summer garden bounty. Download Forage Elderberry Mint, late […]

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