Today, I talk about some of the mental instability that is increasingly visible because of tools like Mewe and Facebook - and to encourage reactions in kindness.
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Main topic of the Show: Kindness and Sweeping Generalizations
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A look at the homesteader as a whole person. What makes a homesteader successful or not successful? Well, it turns out that there are some things that many successful homesteaders have in common and today we will talk about four of them.
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Main topic of the Show: 4 Essential Characteristics of the Successful Homesteader
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Today we talk about today and its role in building the life you choose to live on your terms. Because today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Main topic of the Show: The First Day of the Rest of your Life
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Today is Friday so we have a thought of the walk and there has not been one of these in quite awhile since I took Fridays off in July. And today’s topic was sparked as part of a conversation over on our Mewe group about bullying. Because kids are mean, right? Or is it the artificial situations we put them in? But we will talk more about that in the main content of today’s show.
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Janet Szabo is collecting links of listeners who have blogs, podcasts or what have you content sites - reach her in the Facebook Group or the Mewe Group.
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Main topic of the Show: Thought of the Walk on Bullying
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Today, we will address a set of homestead/food freedom related questions: What to do with too much squash, composting outhouses, keeping your animals alive in the heat of the summer, small business finance, self-publishing and more.
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Main topic of the Show: A variety show
Tamlynn: How to keep animals alive in the hear
Jenni: A series of Aquaponics questions
Ken Eash: Composting Outhouse
Joel: When and how should I harvest plantain and mullein?
Ryan: Business finance 101
Jenni againi: What's the best way to season a natural carbon steel wok?
Ken again: How finely do you ground your coffee for a french press?
Chuck and Barbie: How do you self publish
Thesia: Combining two flocks of ducks, or introducing young ones with adults.
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Today, I am on vacation so we have a replay episode and this is one from just about a year ago. It is all about #My3Things. This was the initial kickoff of that concept on this podcast and I thought it would be fun to revisit it a year later and think about how things have grown over this past year, the relationships you have developed with one another, and how many things we have all gotten accomplished in that time!
Now...off to sip a cocktail by the pool!
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Today, we have a fun interview with Tamlynn Clyde about lessons learned from the July Grocery Challenge - you remember right? The challenge where we decided not to go to commercial grocery stores for a month to test our pantry strength, our community relationships and ability to feed ourselves.
Remember, if you want to join us for an interview, you can do so by filling out the guest form here.
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Tamlynn Clyde and her family currently live in North Texas on a 5 acre homestead. They raise honeybees, dairy goats, chickens, fruits and vegetables. She hates humidity, chiggers, and going to the grocery store.
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And today we got 15 baby ducks and so must juggle the super small babies and the less small babies who cannot be raised as a flock yet because they are too far apart. And as I got to thinking about it, I realized that I have never shared how we seek tp protect our ducks from predators, so today I will review our 4 strategies for protecting our ducks from predators while free ranging them.
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Main topic of the Show: Protecting Ducks from Predators
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Today, I really wanted to step back and take a look at something we do not talk about much here on Living Free in Tennessee - and that is reasons WHY people do not start their businesses. Or rather the top 5 excuses I see people using to not get started.
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Main topic of the Show: 5 Excuses for
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And here is a fun topic for the summer: 3 ways to combat loneliness on the homestead. Because now it is summer. But winter is coming
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Duckling Update - what really happened --- 2 ducklings have survived.
Main topic of the Show: 3 Ways to Combat Homesteader Loneliness
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Today we talk about canning, jamming, drying and freezing peaches along with tips I have learned over the years to make things go smoother.
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Main topic of the Show: Preserving Peaches
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Song: Thanks Dave by Sauce
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Today I will catch you up on the duck hijinks at the Holler Homestead and talk about mail ordered ducks and the trials and tribulations that can happen with them.
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July Challenge Update
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Main topic of the Show: Mail Order Baby Ducks
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And the topic I have set up for today is one that people have been asking be to cover for quite some time. 5 ways to make good conversation. You may wonder why the asked me of all people to do this. I mean, I can talk for an hour at a time and it ends up being a podcast - and this narration does not a conversation make.
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Main topic of the Show: 5 Ways to Make Interesting Conversation
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Song: Burned by Sauce
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Originally, I had planned to talk about hand tool maintenance, but then I kept getting lots of questions about tomatoes - like what to do if you get too many, or not enough, or if your salsa is runny, or how to preserve them so I thought, why not talk about one of my favorite topics? Canning tomatoes and other ways to preserve them!
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Ken Eash - A Good Carpenter
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Main topic of the Show: Canning, Using and Preserving Tomatoes
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I stared and stared at the blank screen today, trying to figure out what to write about. I talked to Autofab and Tactical this morning and nothing specific came out. This almost never happens and the challenge is that what I want to share is something that doesn’t happen much but should. And it has to do with hard work, community, fellowship and forward progress. And I wasn’t sure if it was different enough from my episode on hard work.
But then 3 pm rolled around and all I had were my usual segments, coffee orders shipped, and a big, blank screen.
So today, you get the story of Basecamp, the cleanup project and the GSD crew.
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Main topic of the Show: Helping Hand Days Are Normal
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Song: Wolf by Sauce
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What else to talk about in a week where I am processing a bushel of cucumbers than making pickles?! So today, I will talk to you about making pickles a few ways, as well as share a fun relish recipe.
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Main topic of the Show: All About Pickles
QUICK PICKLES
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Hot Pickle Relish
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Hard work. We sometimes underestimate the impact that hard work has on us. And I don't mean just the hard muscles, but the spiritual benefit of working hard and getting things done. And after you work hard, you play hard right? So today, i thought we would examine that a bit more.
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Main topic of the Show: Hard Work Matters
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Song: Tripped Out by Sauce
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Today, I wanted to give you what you were supposed to get on Monday - a walk through of this side hustle life and how, over time, they can lead you to your passion - that is assuming that you are at a place where you are ready to find it.
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Main topic of the Show: A Side Hustle Life
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Song: Cilly Song by Sauce
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Today, I needed a reminder about living my life on my terms, not society's so we have a replay. We will take a walk through the benefits of simply living. Simply living – as in simply living your life, not letting others live it for you. Why Simply living and not simple living? You gotta listen to find out!
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Today we explore investing in family and what it means to build your dynasty, why that is not a bad thing, as well as who your family should be.
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Main topic of the Show: Investing in Family
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Song: Grandpa's Song by Sauce
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Today we will talk about the 8 projects you can do to master canning. Because canning is a great way to tap into abundance and enjoy your results all year long. But canning, like any skill, works best as a progression.
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Main topic of the Show: Steps to Mastering Canning
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Today, we cover some ways to get started in cooking with what you have rather than a recipe.
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Main topic of the Show: Cook with What You Have
Book Recommendation from the show: Ratio
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Song: Dr. Feeley, Dr. Skinner by Sauce
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Today I examine a bad cultural habit we have of demanding that others give up their rights just because we had to give up ours. This is a thought of the walk episode so it is short.
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Main topic: Thought of the Walk on Power Abuse
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Today, I have invited the Tactical Redneck to come on the show and talk to us about small motor maintenance for three items: a push lawnmower, a chainsaw, and a weed eater (not the goat).
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Main topic of the Show: Small Motor Maintenance on the Homestead
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Sometimes, we must push back on repugnance, learn or try something new, because if we stop learning - we stop growing. And if you are not growing, atrophy quickly follows.
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Main topic of the Show: If you’re not learning something new, you’re doing it wrong!
Song: Calling My Name - by Sauce
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