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Maine is colder but this sucks more because it is rare here.
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Today we talk about winter, Tactical’s thumb, sheep infrastructure, managing woon on the homestead and more.
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Update on Tactical’s Thumb
Morning meeting - Morning routine got disrupted, now what
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Today, we talk about midwinter on the homestead, a new segment on homestead planning 101, lots of drama in the Holler, the new financial tracking system with Tactical Redneck and Nicole Sauce.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival April 6-7 in Camden, Tennessee
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Mild Winter
Homestead Planning 101 - The 15 Minute Homestead
Tagline: Small Steps and Doing Less Give You More On Your Homestead
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It is the last week of the year and I am home, tucked into my end of year regeneration project. My goal for myself is to set a foundation in the home for a fantastic 2024. To motivate myself, I set of a five day series of motivational episodes.
Today, we hear from me right after my grandma died recapping the year and choosing to follow my dreams.
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Today we talk about projects on the homestead, sheep, coyotes, squirrels, homegrown meals and more.
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Winter is here — brr
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Long term picture is coming together, repairing things all the way
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Today we talk about meat, meat finances, balancing all the things and the phrase “when we catch up on large projects on the homestead
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Today we talk about reducing drama in your life, Gen X language and childhoods, The Clown Circus, and energy generation with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
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Today, we dive more deeply into why having a home that works for you is so important to overall success.
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Tuesday, 9:30 Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis
Friday, 9:30 Live Homestead Happenings
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Weekly Shopping Report: None posted
Frugality Tip: None Sent
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Usually when I talk about this topic, I am explaining how to transform your home from something that costs you money into something that brings YOU money - or at least pays for itself. A cornerstone of homesteading is finding ways to create value from your home no matter if you have 20 acres and a flock of sheep or if you live on a small urban lot or apartment, there are ways to glean value from your home.
But today, we have a different perspective. Remember how I said it is the many small choices you make each day that matter much more than the ones that seem huge?
>Roaster story vs. spending an extra hour each day communicating about what Holler Roast has to offer for the holidays
>Building a root cellar vs making your meal plan each day or week BEFORE you are hungry
Which brings me to today’s true purpose: Your home provides a solid foundation for your success when done right, and it can hinder your progress if done poorly. #funfacts
Look at power couples: often one addresses the domestic foundation either through personal attention or outsourcing so that the other is freed to focus on financial success - but both are successful at what they do.
Each day, we need some things to happen and this list can be different for everyone, but there are themes:
And for the solopreneur: Uninterrupted time to accomplish important tasks (I would say this is necessary for everyone, really) which means nOt hAvinG tO Put oUt fYres aLL tHe thYme.)
Why I am thinking about this topic:
Why is this a thing?
SOE Land: the brilliance of the Employee Lunch
Thoughts on a MESSY vs a CLEANY and how to transform your home into something that works for you (Choose standards you are OK with vs museum standards – or embrace your museumness)
Things you can do to address this - my initial list while I put my life back together
>Land on something that includes OMG THE CLUTTER
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Today we talk about asking for help on the homestead, escaping sheep, much needed rain and more.
Featured event: Dec 3 gathering at Kerry Brown’s, 12pm-5pm near Knoxville,
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If you got silence on episode 819 - here is a copy of the audio for you. Sometimes Fountain will not replace the file when I fix it. We actually do not know why it published with just a billion minutes of silence. This seems to be happening oddly from time to time.
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Today we talk about colder nights, harvest abundance, livestock hijinks and communications between the Redneck and Nicole.
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Today we talk about colder nights, harvest abundance, livestock hijinks and communications between the Redneck and Nicole.
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Today, we share the weekly update and a continuation of last week's homestead visioning discussions, as well as take many questions from the livestream participants.
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Today, I am joined by Mary Bryant Shrader from Marysnest.com to talk about from scratch living as well as discuss highlights from her book: The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.
Features Event: Save the Date: LFTN Spring Workshop
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Mary Bryant Shrader, is the founder and host of the Mary’s Nest YouTube channel which has nearly 54 million views and 1 million subscribers all over the world who want to learn traditional cooking skills. She’s also the author of the bestselling The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, a traditional foods lifestyle manual covering bone broths, ferments, sourdough and more.
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Today, we have a show on the lessons I have learned from this year's remodel that apply to homesteading in general. I will also cover our usual Monday segments.
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We took the short version (no Home Depot stop) of our usual trip on Saturday.
Dollar Tree was first. Still no energy drinks in the coolers, but they have plenty on the shelf. The food coolers are pretty full, the drink coolers perhaps a little more than half full now. They've been generally a little busier than in past months, with a single line generally insufficient for the number of customers. It's not food they're buying; I still see a lot of party-crap being sold.
We didn't stop at Home Depot, but looking online, a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big drop, to $3.18. Their Black Friday deals have apparently started, so we'll make a point of visiting soon.
Aldi was the second stop. I saw a couple more price drops, and no increases since last week. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11; milk: $3.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $2.99 (drop #1); bacon: $4.49; potatoes: $3.49; flour: $1.99 (drop #2 but might have dropped last week); sugar: $3.09. I may add ground beef to the list; 80% was $4.19/lb.
A gallon of untainted regular remains at $3.899. I really like that the Kona gets ~28-30mpg.
Frugality Tip from Steven with a video
Turn your basket into a lift: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#label/Frugality+Tip/FMfcgzGtxdWzDxsZqqfvCBFWKfszrcpr?projector=1
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Thoughts on living in the glamper and why it is a good thing.
Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Holler Homestead Remodel
Background on the perpetual remodel of 2023
Why now?
What I tried before and what happened?
Lesson One: Home is the source of rejuvenation +what it means
Lesson Two: Advice: Take a year before making BIG decisions on your homestead, or take 16, whatever. You need to know what you really want and that can change over time. +what it means
Lesson Three: The Power of Community, Connections, and Know Thyself. +what it means
Lesson Four: Time an advance, long term vision make living with the chaos much easier. (The plans, the schedule, the camper) +what it means
How this related to living the life you choose on your terms and the perpetually changing kitchen. Also thoughts on how this will impact unpacking +what it means
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Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to have a big picture conversation that was inspired by a house being listed on our little back country road for $519k. What started as a "what if" conversation turned into future visioning. We will also go through some of the stories that have erupted from the homestead over the past two weeks while i was away.
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Today, we have an update on my word of the year: Breakthrough and some late breaking lessons. How is your word of the year going.
We also cover all our usual Monday segments.
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We made our trip on Saturday, as usual. The first stop, also as usual, was Dollar Tree. Stock looks good there, from the shelves to the coolers, for both food and drinks. The store was busy enough for the one woman working a register to holler for "All to the front!"
Our second stop was Hobby Lobby, where Sonia added some stencils for her crafting. She actually found the ones she wanted in the baking area, and those are a lot cheaper than the ones in papercraft aisles.
We skipped Home Depot, but looking online a 2x4x8 is unchanged this week, at $3.48.
Aldi was last. I don't think the produce looked anywhere near as good as in recent weeks. Most of the bananas were very green. The cantaloupes looked old and wrinkled, and the few bags of green grapes left just didn't look that good, so I got a bag of dried dates instead. The chocolate section continues to diminish, but an alternate I like was available. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11, milk: $3.02, heavy cream: $4.69, OJ: $3.19, butter: $3.29, bacon: $3.99, potatoes (10 lbs.): $5.59, flour: $2.19, and sugar: $3.09.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip from Margo
Traveling can end up costing a lot of money. With the choice of hotels over Air BNB, hotels sometimes look like a better choice. But when you get a house you have a kitchen and most of the time a washer and dryer. A trip to a local farm stand and/or a grocery store to buy food to cook will actually save you money over eating out. And you know what you are eating. So way in your meals on you choice of hotel vs. Air BNB and you will find a few more dollars for a house, is actually a savings.
~Margo
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Main topic of the Show: Breakthrough Word of the Year
What is the word of the year
Why I chose breakthrough
Key points through the summer:
Latest lessons
What’s next
Also, I WILL get a pool!
What will your word of the year be next year?
MeWe reminder
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Today we have a recording of the SMART Homesteading presentation I did for the Midwest Preparedness Project. I talk about organizing your projects in small segments and in a good order to get things done in your busy homesteading day.
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo:
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry in Busy Times
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe on Mewe
Main topic of the Show: Smart Homesteading From MWPP
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How things went while we were away, winter is coming, escaping rams and more on today’s homestead happenings show.
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Today we have a content creator’s roundtable, with Brian Aleksivich from The Lots Project, Backwoods Butcher, and Toolman Tim Cook.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Tuesday, 12:30 PM: Tuesday live with John Willis and Risky Chrisky
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Frugality Tip from Dan
My first tip is to have gorilla tape, wherever you go. If you have quality pens that you can replace the ink, wrap it with as much tape as is comfortable for writing, and keep it until you use it. You never know when some formally tape is the difference between driving home and getting towed, which is a big difference of time and money. Also, who knows what other problems can be fixed for long enough to replace or properly fix the issue. It has saved my butt.
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Today, we talk about the definition of Homesteading and cover some principles that will help you build it into your life.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Festival going on right now in Slough Creek West-G2 Group Camp Site, Dr b, Ozawkie, KS 66070, USA
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Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, 9:30am CT Tuesday.
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Frugality Tip from Margot
Don't you hate it when you reach for that tube of glue and it all hardened and you can't squeeze any out, then you pop it with a pin and glue your fingers together. Yeah me too!!
I now buy multi packs of small tubes of crazy glue (cheapest is the 4 pack at the dollar tree) or e6000 for ceramics and glass (cheapest I've seen this 4 pack is on Amazon, unless you got to JoAnn or Michaels with a coupon). The multi packs are usually the same price and you don't really cry when one of the little ones is hardened up, because you you have extra tubes.
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Main topic of the Show: Defining Homesteading
You know what is outrageous? People telling other people that they are not “real” homesteaders for stupid reasons. Reasons like they do not have enough land. Or their barn is not cool enough. Or they don’t raise ALL their food from their land. Or they outsource butchering. Or they use electricity and are not off grid.
There are many reasons WHY people attack fellow homesteaders for not being PURE.
And it bleeds. It bleeds into the psyche.
I have heard from some of the baddest assedest homesteaders that they “feel” like they are not really homesteading. I mean, we are talking people from whom I have learned to make sourdough, or a better way to compost. People who have GIFTED me seeds they saved.
People you probably follow.
THEY are starting to doubt if they are homesteady enough.
What is behind all this, anyway? I started digging through some comments that I found online about “real” homesteading and, not surprisingly, I found a bunch of accounts with few to no followers, no content, and probably run by the same person or small group of people.
Guys, some people are just better and the best thing you can do for your future is learn to step around bitter people. And this means NOT taking on any emotional baggage from some rando on the internet telling you how you must define “real” homesteading.
It’s hard enough to keep all these heartbeats going without worrying about wether or not what we are doing is real.
So what is REAL homesteading - some things that have tapped into the homesteader’s spirit in the last 150 ish years?
The question is NOT are you or are you not a “REAL homesteader, but rather how are you tapping into the homesteading spirit?
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Being gone every single day, forward momentum, jerky roosters, preparing the homestead for being gone, and last round of harvest.
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Today, I talk with David Hughes about how he built a successful nut tree empire!
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My name is David Hughes, AKA Farmer Dave. I have been a market grower for 25 plus years and nurseryman for 14 plus years. I own and operate Rock Bridge Trees on 8 1/2 acres in Bethpage, TN, selling to customers all over the country. We specialize in Pecans, Hazelnuts, Hickories and other nut producing trees and would love to teach the small-space homesteader how to make their property self-sustaining through the power of nut trees and growing slow food.
Why grow nut trees on the homestead?
What kinds can be grown?
Where and how can they be grown?
Do I grow for myself or for a market?
How much work is involved in growing nut trees?
How do nut trees work with livestock?
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Lamb husbandry, new life, getting ready for fall, fire ants!
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Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push.
Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it.
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Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more!
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