Last night, I ate Chinese food and read my fortune - it basically said Life Goes ON – Being an overanalyzer, I thought about that throughout the night and wanted to talk about the sentiment - some people consider it defeatist, but is it?
Going Live with Toolman Tim on his show at 12:30 today: https://youtu.be/odWS8cSuTGs
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Main topic of the Show: Life Goes On - Defeatist or Insightful?
Failure is not defeat unless you stop trying - in other words Life goes on…
Have you ever been in a really tight place, and someone said to you Life Goes On? And you get mad because it is A: heartless, and B: defeatist?
I know I have….but is it?
Life goes on – defeatist view
Life goes on: the facts
So life goes on…
And since that was a short overanalysis, we had a second fortune: Cooking is easy. Doing the dishes is the hard part.
I really love this one. Have you ever cleaned dishes behind a chef? It can take hours. (BRETT Story)
But what happens when you don’t do the dishes?
Figurative overanalysis
A final thought: Cooperation works better.
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Today we talk about a hurt sheep foot, hogs, garden production, new babies on the homestead, preparing for the dog days, and more…
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Today’s livestream was fantastic. We had so many people join us and ask a ton of questions. Homesteading, acquiring land, prepping, protecting your house from lightning, sourcing seeds, raising livestock, protecting yourself and so much more! I was joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment, Patrick Barnes from EMP Shield, Tag from Life Done Free, and Billy Bond from Perma Pastures Farm.
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EMP Shield (Use coupon code SOE for a discount)
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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
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Today we talk about Money Morning and how I am using them to increase revenue through tricking myself into focusing on something important with a gimmick.
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Listened to the podcast with John Willis, you, and Bear… and since peppers love buckets here’s my tip .
At Walmart you can go to the bakery, and ask for the icing buckets . They are 1 and 5 gals, with lids . They do a quick rinse of them , but they are still oily . They used to be free, my local Walmart recently starting charging $1 for each piece .The lids are a-gamma type with a rubber seal . Very very very sturdy buckets . Before the , plandemic , and I would stop by weekly grabbed about 100 with lids ,over a few months . I live outside a small town of 6,000 people , next town has 10,000 people .So not heavily populated area .in the spring when I plant veggies in the garden , we’ll have a storm come through , ice ,sleet etc .I use these buckets to cover each plant for frost protection , if we get a late snow , I put the buckets on the plants , and then cover everything with an old sheet, tarp, blanket, and put a brick on top of that .Saved my plants many a time , by pushing the season a little .I also use the buckets to store food, use for water bowls for animals , store bird seed in them , blackout kit …..uses are endless …..when they degrade over time I throw them out and have more….
Have a great day ..Debi
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
We made three stops on our trip today. The first stop was Dollar[-twenty five] Tree. No more mackerel, but they have a lot of other canned items, beans and rice (smaller bags), egg noodles, and spices. There were more mugs and other glassware than I've seen in a while. One of the food coolers in the back was completely empty and dark; I did not ask about it. The others were all full.
Home Depot was next. Milwaukee has a uniquely shaped ("hawk-bill") knife that Wife really likes, so I got one too. The shape is great for working in the garden, opening packages, and other common tasks. A 2x4x8 is still $4.98. There was not much on the cull cart this week. We picked up some 30% UV shade cloth we'd ordered; it really helps plants to not bake in the hot sun.
Our final stop was Aldi. Despite a light list with no meat (other than bacon) this week, the bill seemed a little high, but we know that's how it is now. Stock levels were good in all areas except perhaps meat, which was a little light, but not alarming. Some of the prepping channels I watch are reporting some shortages, but fortunately we're not seeing it here yet.
I saw only a few face-diapers, mostly in Aldi. Traffic was fairly light for a Saturday. Untainted regular has gone back up to $5.099.
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Main topic of the Show: Money Mornings
My3Things, Garden30, Frugality Tip, Selfish Sunday, Money Morning are all gimmicks.(Compare to diets)
Why using gimmicks to make progress works.
What is Money Mornings?
Why did you start them?
How do you decide what makes money?
Does it preclude you from making money in the afternoon?
How do homesteading afternoons help you reach your goals if you are not making money?
What has been the result of Money Mornings?
What does this mean for me?
Land on gimmick as a tool for focus.
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Today we talk about an update on the drought, green bean palooza, succession planting in the garden, what to do when you only get male squash flowers, a hurt pig and more.
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Today I am joined by Bear Independent and John Willis as we talk about prepping with an eye toward progress instead of panic.
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Today we talk about homesteading in the dog days, the business of summer, preserving food and more.
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Today is a conversation with Tori frow out Mewe group about what her family eats, and how to extrapolate form that to developing a better food savings account.
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Today we talk about how to contact content creators, a cool new podcasting app, livestock, weathering drought and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
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Today we walk through the week on the homestead: drought, lack of rain, growing plants in drought, preparing the chicken workshop, and lack of water.
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Today we talk about choosing freedom through geography, the criminal justice system, differences in the West versus the South, music, and more with Tesstimona, John Willis and NIcole Sauce.
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Today I walk through #my3things as well as discuss why LFTN came to be and also why preparing for life is what is needed to thrive.
Epoch Times covers Self Reliance Festival - welcome the new folks
Fall Events
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Frugality tip for extension cords from Strider47
Weekly Shopping Report for 06/25/2022
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Main topic of the Show: Revisit #My3Things
You read that on our mewe group and you wonder - what is this all about? How does it work? Often people respond with a list of five or six things. Because doing more is better right? I mean, we talk about going the extra time, doing better, AND THE VALUE OF HARD WORK.
But does working harder really pay off?
What is My3things
Why it works and what it will bring you
How to get started - big picture goal
Is go to work a my3thing?
What to do when there are more than 3 things
How to balance the list (maintenance vs new territory)
I only have 1 three thing
Night time to do list and journal
Monthly review, annual review
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Today is a homestead update where we discuss what happens next with the sheep, discuss the impact of this year’s drought, share another livestock loss, and more.
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Today we talk about permaculture, swales, livestock, bug out locations and more with Billy Bond and John Willis.
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Today, we take a step back to the basics. You know, the shoulds, the coulds and the I cant’s. The things that are relatively easy to handle but get pushed aside.
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Weekly Shopping Report 06/18/2022
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Main topic of the Show: Back to the Basics
Story of “Google doesn’t work anymore…”and other observations.
The programming is working even though we don’t want it to, and retreating into the woods as a hermit is not a viable life choice for most of us - especially if we are focused on building the life we want to live on our terms.
If the recession turns into a depression, if food shortage predictions turn true, if this is a purposeful reset of the economy – not if the why matters. What does matter are priorities, expectations, and community.
Back to the basics:
Back to the basics is something we should think about from time to time - especially if we see that we are starting to crack, to be exhausted, to fear, to become frantic, to tell everyone that we can’t because we don;t have time. By going back to the basics, we get a break, we hone skills we may have neglected that then got sloppy, and we set a better foundation for ourselves and our community.
So, write that letter by hand, make time for a walk in the park, dive into laundry mountain, and look at what basics you’ve forgotten to keep - because all that other mess out there is not worth your attention or time.
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Today is the weekly homestead update including successfully addressing bloat in a ram, rabbits, pigs muscovys, weedmageddon and more.
Self Reliance Festival, Fall Edition, Oct 1 & 2, Tickets, etc. here.
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Today we talk about growing food the easy way and more with Michael Whisler of Easy Peasy Gardening and John Willis.
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Today I am joined by Jake Robinson to talk all about freeze drying - a thing he has been doing for years. If you are wanting to know MORE about freeze drying, this is a great episode to listen to!
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Long time TSP member & contributor
Vocation Flipping Raw Land
Enjoy learning new self-reliant skills
Married, working to become more detached from systems of dependence
Beekeeper, mead and kombucha maker, working on developing animal production to win the
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Are there some function-stacking ideas that fit in with FD?
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Today we talk about growing food, monleypox, food plant fires, and the real things we should be talking about in relationship to guns with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
This episode is explicit
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Today we ask a simple question: What are you preparing for? I will share with you what I am preparing for, and what I am NOT preparing for and why I have made these decisions.
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The weather should be reasonable all weekend, but warmer tomorrow than today, so off we went. We made four stops.
The first stop was Dollar Tree. They have no more mackerel. We saw a few other "second-choice" options, but the only thing I got there was a cold drink.
Second was Home Depot. The price of a 2x4 has dropped further, to $5.48. Ryobi Days is still ongoing, so if you have any interest in their 18V One+ line, now's the time. My wife and I have many of these tools, and none have let us down. The savings on the batteries is great right now. We found the 40 lb. bag of bird seed and 60 lb. bag of blacktop patch we wanted.
Third was Aldi. A few prices had dropped: English muffins $1.29-->$1.15, bacon $4.35-->$4.29, eggs $2.26-->$2.21. Pork prices were unchanged, so I got a couple of loins for the freezer; I will can what was in there tomorrow. We found everything we wanted.
The final stop was Food City for cat food. They had a decent amount of Friskies cans, and a good amount of various bagged kibble.
Overall, stock levels looked good in all of the stores, with no glaring holes.
Untainted regular has jumped though, to $4.699/gallon; that's up 14c from a week ago.
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Main topic of the Show: What are you preparing for?
What are you preparing for? Is it rumore of shortages? Normal things that happen to most people? Zombies? Nuclear War? Economic collapse? What is the thing you have in mind?
This weekend, as I say in my garden doing my “Daily Thirty,” which equates to half a row of weeding and cultivation, I say what was doing well, and what was not. It got me to thinking about this question: What are you preparing for?
You see my reaction could have been fear and panic as I saw some plants looking sad, or the blank places in the garden where nothing has germinated. Or I could look at the things that have taken off and ask myself WHY? Why are they doing well and how can I replicate that in this blank spot?
I mean, this year, we are in drought conditions in TN which means the water is NOT wicking as well through the soil into my plants, in part because I did not cultivate the plot for five years and it is a little out of balance.
Yet other places here have thriving plants completely ignorant of this drought.
TELLING.
As I sat there, listening to the sheep baaah, to the goats bray, to the bees buss and to the world filled with life, it triggered the next question: What are you preparing for?
As gas prices climb above 4 and 5 dollars, more and more people reach out with questions. SO many questions. Some feel fear. SOme are just feeling lost - like what ELSE can I spend less on in order to still go to my job. They are seeing parts of their garden no longer germinate and fill with plants and they are focused on the problem.
So I ask: What are you preparing for?
What I am preparing for:
What I am NOT preparing for
BUT WHY??
Something we like to focus on here is lots of homesteading things. Why? Well, because I LIVE on a homestead. But another thing that is important to keep in mind is that not everyone wants to live like I do, but you can still have the kind of life you want. And building various bank accounts helios add stability: food bank accounts, cupply bank accounts, skills bank accounts, relationship and community bank accounts, your actual bank account, crypto bank accounts, regenerative bank accounts, energy bank accounts - the list goes on an on.
But you will never know where to focus if you are preparing for WWIII. SO I ask again today, what are you preparing for?
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Today is a homestead update about rabbit ears, incoming livestock, emergency room visits, food success, and more.
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Today we talk about upselling, self reliance and more with Toolman Tim and John Willis.
LAST CHANCE:
Paul Wheaton has a Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/free-heat?ref=1f3rkb
Chicken Processing Workshop, July 2 9am-2pm
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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
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Today is a response to a question from a listener who wanted to know how it is that the LFTN Community is so functional, mostly spam and scam free, and able to talk about hard things in a productive way. Rather than just answer that one person, I thought I would share some thoughts on how to foster a functional community.
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