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Homesteaders Are Awful Salespeople - Ep 895 0

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Apr 17, 2024

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.

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1. Why are homesteaders awful salespeople?
2. 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!
3. Why is profit so important if my homestead isn't my main job?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. 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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Nicole Sauce Unplugged - Ep 894 0

Apr 15, 2024

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/

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com

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

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Homestead Happenings for April 12 2024 - EP 893 0

Apr 12, 2024

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

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/webinar

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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

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Network Marketing: Scam or Opportunity - Ep 892 0

Apr 10, 2024

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

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Find Michael: MichaelSparks.us

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

1. Why do you think so many people are negative on network marketing/home business opportunities?

2. What's the difference between a legitimate business opportunity and a scam?

3. Can you really make money in the the industry?

4. Approximately How many Direct Sales companies are there?

5. What do you see as the biggest hurdle for people being successful in Network Marketing?

6. What are some negatives about joining a network marketing company. What are things to look out for?

7. What are the sales circles 1, 2, and 3...?

8. What kind of training can one expect when joining?

Bonus, how to pick and choose the right company?

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Episode 891 - Health and Medical Preparedness with Dr. Eric Nager 0

Apr 5, 2024

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

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Find Dr. Nager: OptiHealth Institute

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Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - Ep 890 0

Apr 2, 2024

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

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Homestead Happenings for March 28, 2024 - Ep 889 0

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Mar 31, 2024

Big Pic: Spring Scramble

Schedule Next Week: two shows and a replay the following Monday

Forage

Dandelion flower
Early spring forage: deadnettle, chick weed
Poison hemlock everywhere

Livestock

Baby has a name
Black nosed baby
Four and four or five and three
Bruny let me touch her belly and I got to feel a sheep head in there
Eggapalooza is on
Ducks are hiding eggs
Rabbit mites are gone
Sheep birthing summary - monday show

Grow

Second seeding of peas
1 Pepper plant alive from a cutting
None of my pepper seedlings germinated, trying again
Transplanting the other seedlings
Direct sewing this weekend

Holler Neighbors/Community

Group involved in culling Red
SRF Bin organization

Infrastructure

AC Placement just in time

Finances

$70 on bottle feeding Stormy so far
On site farm sitter costs $$

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Life Work Integration with Keith Phillips - EP 888 0

Mar 30, 2024

Join me for a discussion of work life integration with Keith Phillips from Heartland Bunkies.

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Keith is an ex-army helicopter pilot that cares for 52 acres in Southernmost Illinois with his wife Becky and 6 children. I’m addition to raising livestock and roasting coffee, they run 2 airbnbs and market small cabin kits which other folks can use to affordably start their homesteads or add an additional stream of income.

Keith’s passion is reversing the trend of disintegrating modern families. He believes that people were created to beautify the earth through productive labor. All else being equal, family centered work is the enduring center of family life that is noticeably missing from modern society, and that may serve to draw us together again.

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Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and An American Homestead - Ep 887 0

Mar 29, 2024

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Zac from An American Homestead.

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NicoleSauce.com
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Featured Event:

Don't miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5

Sponsors:

The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- https://selfreliancefestival.com/
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All Creatures Great And Small - Ep 866 0

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Mar 26, 2024

Today, we have a live recording of our Monday podcast. I will catch you up on the sheep birthing week, our usual segments, and more.

Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN $50 off

🎙️ Extra Livestream this week with Tag from Life Done Free today at 5pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO-EDTAinGc

🎙️Live with Ken Eash at 7pm today: https://www.youtube.com/live/2bBdX4D-nD8?si=U_PVaT0KVRGTuoX_

Here's our LFTN Livestream Schedule for the Week - all available on the LFTN YouTube channel:

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

🎙️ Monday, 2pm, All Creatures Great and Small

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Zac, An American Homestead, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Keith Phillips, Bunkie Life

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

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

20 devilled eggs with bacon jam
Elbow length nitrile gloves to the rescue
Tapping into premade foods this close to SRF
Bone Broth to stay healthy
Missing echinacea
Herbal tea collection coming together in the new kitchen
Still need to attain vinegar

Skipping segments this week

Weekly Shopping Report
Frugality Tip

Operation Independence

Making the decision to cull can be hard

Main topic of the Show: "All Creatures Great And Small."

Book Recommendation

Joked yesterday that I wanted to to a live about livestock on the homestead yesterday, then we found a prolapse. The best laid plans.

Birthing week has been trying this go around - tell the stories and just do open narrative

Reminder about our communities and about SRF.

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Homestead Happenings Hijacked By A Redneck - EP 885 0

Mar 25, 2024

Join the Tactical Redneck for a hijacked episode of LFTN!

Big picture: spring is very involved

Featured forage

1 trees waking up

Livestock

1) rabbits look better

2) 2 sets of triplets

3) assisted birth: shoulder and intertwined with the second: narrow cervix

4) watching for shock in the ewe and having a vet out

5) ram schedule will be fall to better align

6) more time invested in handling

Grow

Peas are up

Potatoes are in

Seedlings are up

We have greens

Infrastructure

Base for minisplit. Challenge is moving it in

Fencing update

Community

Seed exchange was fun but small

Next event is April 13

Holler neighbor dinner

Finance

Spent money on milk replacer and a vet

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How Do You Get Real Information? With Knightsbridge - Ep 884 0

Mar 25, 2024

Today, I am joined by Matt Williams to talk about Open Source Intelligence, getting better information and opting out of the fear-based news cycle while maintaining situational awareness.

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com/Webinar

Sponsor 1: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

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https://www.knightsbridge.ltd/

https://www.twitter.com/kbr_intel

Global Hotspot Report and Briefing - $14.95 (email only 5 days a week)/$24.95 (with weekly 60-90m briefing call)

Coupon Code LFTN for a free month to try it out!!

Matt Williams is the head of intelligence operations for Knightsbridge Research, Ltd., an open-source intelligence (OSINT) company focused on global hotspots. He spent over a decade in Wall Street research and financial operations, later moving to an executive position at a midsized Texas firm. He's learned and applied these techniques in both personal and professional instances for over 20 years. Matt works from his ranch in North Texas raising cattle, gardening, and watching tornados from the front porch.

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Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Alyssa - Ep 883 0

Mar 20, 2024

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.

et's talk about building freedom through following your butchering passion with the guys from Hand Hewn Farm. Both Doug and Andy will join us to talk shop and take your questions live!

Want to grab one of the 8 remaining spots in their class April 4 & 5 in Camden, tn? Here is the link: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/pig-processing/

Connect with us:
OriginalSOEGear.com
NicoleSauce.com
@lamppostcollective on Instagram

Featured Event:

FREE WEBINAR! March 17-21 selfreliancefestival.com/webinar

Don't miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5

Sponsors:

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

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What Do Webinars Bring You? EP 882 0

HandHewnFarm.com

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Mar 18, 2024

Today we talk about lessons learned from the free five day webinar series that was put together by the SRF team and me. We will also go over our usual Monday segments: Tales from the prepper pantry, the weekly shopping report, frugality tip, operation independence

Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo, THIS WEEKEND!

Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee

Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Livestream Schedule

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

🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Lessons Learned from the Webinar Series

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Alyssa, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Matt Williams, Knightsbridge

🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Man when life gets busy, it is hard to love to cook, but we made it
Curing Pork Bellies this week
Found a solution for organizing jars of herbal teas that we grow - the cube
Time to grab vinegar - I can’t put it off any more. I am going to have to go to the store
Made “Not Quite Cottage Cheese”

Weekly Shopping Report, March 11

Saturday's first trip was just by me, primarily to get an oil change for the Santa Fe, but I then went to Hobby Lobby and found a few items I knew Sonia wanted; Saturday was our 17-year Anniversary.

Dollar Tree. Most of the drink coolers are full again, and all of them are now $2.25. I still just grab a drink off a shelf.

Aldi: more crowded than usual. Stock levels were good, and as usual we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.64 (-); whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99 (-).

Home Depot. A 2x4x8 was $3.38, which I don't think is a change (I only put the staples in my notes).

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

When pricing out new appliances, look at the delivery and set up fees. Those hidden little fees can be another couple of hundred dollars. In the last year we have had to replace a spare refrigerator and a stacked washer/dryer.(Side note don't ever buy a scratch and dent washer, ask me how I know). We ended up using one store (Best Buy), because delivery and setup were included in the price of the washer/dryer and if you are nice to people they will put your fridge in too 😉. A family member just got a new dishwasher, but didn't look at the add on fees. What looked like a savings over other stores prices ,ended up being $180 more than the other store with the extra fees. So even if you are handy and are planning on putting your own appliances in, look at that free delivery and setup and let someone else do the work without paying any more money.

Happy saving y'all.

Operation Independence

Missing Chicken

Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Webinar Series

Why we are doing it.

Learning vs selling vs community
Spirit of the world right now
Why I do SRF and LFTN to begin with – lots of why

Assess Your Assets - just like in homestead design

Tap into your community - Cohosts, content creators, and Rebecca

Lessons Learned

People love a freebie - abuse this to your peril (2 schools of thought)
Upfront about upsells - it is in the marketing
The technical and production part always takes more than you thought it would. Always. (Backups on your backups)
The registration form and where did you hear about this question
The landing page and conversion rate - 45% (Why I think this is)
Short term vs long term benefit

All in all Know Your Why, Know Your Brand, And Be Willing To Take A Chance.

SelfRelianceFestival.com/Webinar

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Homestead Happenings for March 15 2024 - Ep 891 0

Mar 15, 2024

Today we talk about things catching on fire that should not be on fire, a surprise home invasion, a rabbit update, and more!

Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck, Tomorrow 1-3pm

Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu

Sponsor 2: SRF Webinar: https://selfreliancefestival.com/webinar/

Listener Feedback

Just listened to your podcast talking about your troubles with the dishwasher and oven. Don’t have any words of wisdom for the dishwasher, but the oven, if the igniter is glowing and the gas is not coming on, the issue still could be with the igniter. If it’s glowing more of a red orange then a white orange, it might be cracked or just not getting hot enough for the controller to bring on the gas. I don’t know if there’s a way to diagnose it other than just by the color or replacing it, but had that issue a number of years ago on my parents oven and replacing the igniter fixed it.

Hope that can be of help,

Andy

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I am listening to a rather new episode.

So this is my pantry porn, it is sooooo bad. You know those Crates for traveling with cats on a plane? Well, when you unscrew them each half takes about 12 mason jars. And they fit under the couch. Lovely. I use screw top bottles - I am not in the States to use the lovely Ball jars, but am able to safely and efficiently pressure can with a canner I had to order in!

These jars are a pint or a pint and a bit (720gr-ish).

The other photo is about managing stock. It is not 100% effective but does work.

I got a template from somewhere and adapted it for us. The table has lines for the items, like tomato or cucumber or meat or whatever, and little empty jars.

When I canned something it gets one line through. When it has been used, a cross.

So this is my inventory (spelling?!) for what my husband and I use in a year (I started it in July last year, so I recorded what I still had. This year will be my second season using a pressure canner, so the volumes I can do at a time is already much higher than a silly 4 jars at a time in my small stock pot... Whoo hoo.

Hope this may be useful. The pictures are horrible, like good pantry porn should be.

Forage

Wild Mustard Flowers are here!
Watercress is still beat back from the flooding
Same early spring greens as last week

Livestock

Rabbit ear mite update
3 am home invasion
Moving sheep
Still on lamb watch
Eggapalooza is on
Something’s on fire

Grow

Seeds germinated!
Still need to plant potatoes
Swiss chard and parsley
Murdering fire ants

Holler Neighbors/Community

Big boost from the Eversoles
Reupping the monthly homesteader meetups

Infrastructure

Fencing

Finances

No update

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Build Your Future with The Canny Couple - Ep 890 0

Mar 13, 2024

Episode 880: Build Your Future with The Canny Couple

Join me at 2pm CT for a live interview with the Canny Couple. We will talk about their move into building a life they want to live on their terms, freedom, homesteading and more!y to it all.

Featured Event: March 17-21, 2024, Self Reliance Voices: Lessons from Legends
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About Aaron and Julia
We are a small homestead family that has been slowly building our homestead for many years, merging homesteading and frugality. We work everyday on being more self-reliant on a budget. We have officially became 100% debt free, which has lead to some amazing changes for our homestead.

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Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Hand Hewn Homestead - Ep 879 0

Mar 12, 2024

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

et's talk about building freedom through following your butchering passion with the guys from Hand Hewn Farm. Both Doug and Andy will join us to talk shop and take your questions live!

Want to grab one of the 8 remaining spots in their class April 4 & 5 in Camden, tn? Here is the link: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/pig-processing/

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Don't miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5

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Three Lessons Learned After 1 Month on Solar - EP 878 0

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Mar 11, 2024

Join me as I share with you three things about being on solar that I did not realize I would experience as well as our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Voices: Lessons from Legends

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Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live with Hand Hewn Farms, 12:30PM CT
Wednesday Interview with The Canny Couple, 2pm CT
Thursday SRF Live: 7pm CT
Friday Homestead Happenings, 9:30AM CT

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

We’ve been eating lots of green beans because I lack motivation to make more effort
Makin Bacon
Still in a use it up phase and I canned so much more bone broth than w e need

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree

Drink coolers are partially empty i
Red Bull products for $2.50.
Plenty of drinks on the shelves.
The food coolers are mostly full too.

Aldi was rather crowded. Stock levels looked good, and we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were:

eggs: $2.78;
whole milk: $2.86 (-);
heavy cream: $5.19;
OJ: $3.29;
butter: $3.69;
bacon: $4.25;
potatoes: $3.99;
sugar: $3.09;
flour: $2.29;
80% lean ground beef: $4.59 (+).

Home Depot has a lot of bulbs, vines, and onion starts in a row of islands in the front. The tool islands have lots of empty compartments. There are still specials going for Milwaukee 12V "Red Lithium" tools and batteries, with just a few of the Ryobi USB-charged tools left, and some 18V One+ items. Fire extinguishers area was full, including various smoke and CO alarms.

A 2x4x8 remains at $3.38.

Untainted regular has dropped a dime to $3.599/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margo without a t

Ever tried a new recipe and it ended up not what you thought it was going to be? Don't throw it out, do something else with it. I recently tried a new humus recipe and it turned out like a soup.

So I made some pasta, poured this roasted red pepper chickpea sauce on it, added some roasted tomatoes and a little homemade Italian salad dressing and boom, it is now a pretty darn good pasta salad. Maybe add some roasted chicken to it. The possibilities are endless... And now after writing this, I could have made a soup too.

It can be frustrating to make something that doesn't turn out like you want, but to me it's more frustrating to throw good food away. Get creative, who knows you might accidentally make something you will make again one day.

Operation Independence

Avoiding the need to buy a new appliance through appliance repair
Mechanical appliances and helpful video - NEED LINK FROM T - Sorry guys i will update it here when he sends it!!

Main topic of the Show: 3 Lessons Learned after 1 Month of Solar

Reference: HackMyHomestead.com

Background on the solar system and how we sized it.

How long it took for it to work right and barriers to functioning that we ran into.

The lessons:

Know Your Why, Don't Be Rosy Eyed About The Savings, Choose Wisely
1. Sized based on budget for resilience
2. Developed to be scalable as in we can add batteries and panels if we like
3. Reputable companies for equipment means we got a free upgrade when a new model came out
Installing solar into an existing home will teach you things about the wiring that you had no idea about.
1. Found Bad Wiring
2. Found Bad Grounding
3. Needed to get some other things up to code for safety not just because of codes
Access to the real time data helps you make wiser decisions
1. Time of day to use water and why I have changed
2. The clogged spin down filters
3. Cloudy days make me even less happy than they used to
4. Trimming Trees and the Big Picture
5. Frosty mornings
6. Snow and dust and panel cleaning

Bonus observation: Knowing the why and how it fits into my long term energy resilience plan has really helped me embrace the system, learn more about solar, and not have dispatched expectations. Also, batteries are WAAAAAAAY more important than panels. You do get a tax credit FWIW.

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Homestead Happenings for March 8, 2024 - EP 877 0

Mar 8, 2024

Today we talk about fencing decisions, the training center, a seed exchange next week and more with the Tactical Redneck.

Featured Event: March 16 seed exchange and potluck: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/seed-exchange-and-potluck/

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Forage

Lots of chickweed and deadnettle
Watercress has been wiped out by flooding (But it will be back)
Dandelion flower and greens (Bitterness)
Plantain is up
Violet greens (A word on stems)

Livestock

Rabbit ear mites and ivermectin
Baby lambs are due so we keep expecting to see some
Duck coop daily hoe
1 dozen chicken eggs for sale - just one
Eggs are back at enough volume for T’s second dinner
Sheep look skinnier than we would like - increased their pellet
Goats looking for a new home

Grow

Seedlings are in
15 minute homestead: Microswale 1 is fully prepped for mulch application and half way mulched
Round 2 of seedlings will happen this weekend/early next week
Longevity Spinach is putting off shoots for planting

Holler Neighbors/Community

Steve helping with the ac foundation
Shooting day and holler neighbor dinner

Infrastructure

Pond fencing
AC Foundation
Rabbit coop

Finances

We finally have eggs for sale which means I need to make a sign
Time to launch to processing class

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LFTN Meet The Network - Ep 876 0

Mar 6, 2024

Janet Szabo from The Straight Stitch and Kerry Brown from Strong Roots Resources join me today to talk about building your lifestyle business and other things in this member spotlight episode.

Featured Event: https://selfreliancefestival.com/workshops

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Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - Ep 875 0

Mar 5, 2024

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, 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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