Today, I share my journey of dealing with loss on the homestead because if you enter into livestock, some will die – and some will die because of you. If you grow plants, many will die - and they will die because of you.
Network Update: Open House and Homesteader Swap Meet Last Weekend.
Save the Date: Tickets go on Sale Saturday for the Food Forest Class at my place. Oct 28-29
DEADLINE WEDNESDAY! Email community events and meetups to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Frugality Tip
Another time saver: Setting up your canning system
Shopping Report Update - 08/04/2022
We missed a couple of things on Tuesday, so did some more shopping last night, since we've got the replacement refrigerator to restock.
Right after leaving work, I went to the Aldi which is not our usual one. I only rarely visit that one, because some of their prices are a little higher than the two Aldi stores we regularly visit. There were holes all over the place. The store looked rather picked and sad. Entire produce bins and shelf sections were empty. There was very little meat, and almost no fish, but they did have some chicken thighs, and I got the last pork loin. Their pet food area has always been paltry.
After dinner, we went to our usual Food City. Most shelves looked full, but there were a few things missing or limited. There was very little natural peanut butter, and none of the large jars. Even the stuff with waste added was limited to small and medium jars. There was a lot of flour, but very little unbleached. They had decent amounts and variety of cat food. Some varieties of eggs were in short supply or absent.
The changes I am seeing are not in a good direction.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: 4 Phases of Loss on the Homestead
Why
Phase One: Deeply Hurt, Debt
Phase Two: Deeply Hurt, Self Loathing or Blame
Phase Three: Deeply Hurt: Anger
Phase Four: Deeply Hurt: Acceptance
What about you?
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Today we catch up on 2 weeks of homestead updates, discuss a sick lamb, produce overwhelm, and more.
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Today we talk about international and US politics, monkeypox, growing food, the swale class, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://youtu.be/_imqfsQ9Jlw
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Today we have a fun conversation with Bradley Bleasdale: Raw milk producer, freedom fellow, and founder of a preparedness training center.
Open House: Saturday 9am-1pm. Bring a dish to share. 605 Long Branch Rd, Lancaster, TN
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Frugality Tip
TIME SAVER
This tip saves time, which IS money, right? If you think this idea applies to your Frugality Tip section, here's what I got:
I have a printout of all of the recipes that I use frequently. It's called my Frequent Recipes Cheat Sheet. ALL of the recipes (at least 50) are on 1 sheet of paper (front and back). They're not detailed at all, just the ingredients and oven temp, basically. Since I make them so often, I don't need all of the individual steps. This saves me tons of time because I don't have to look up recipes on my phone, computer, or big ole recipe book. Bonus tips: you can keep it in a plastic sheet protector so it doesn't get dirty, AND you can use a magnetic clip to hang it or stick it to your upper cabinet handle right in front of your face while you're cooking. Saves me so.much.time.
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Working on a video project with Billy Bond from footage gathered at the Swale Workshop.
Main topic of the Show: Choosing Liberty with Bradley Bleasdale
About Bradley:
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Would you be able to physically handle it if services stopped for a few weeks and you had to carry all your water, chop wood for heat, or walk ten miles to get to a new place? Today, we talk with Stephen Boone of SHTF Fitness about getting our bodies in shape.
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https://www.shtffitness.com/
https://boone.fitness/
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Stephen has been coaching clients in person for years in his studio. His passion for helping others become the best version of themselves has led him to start SHTF Fitness so that he can help like-minded, freedom loving individuals who may not have access to a gym.
Stephen specializes in strength training and corrective exercise. He blends conventional strength training methods with Chiropractic corrective movements in order to create a strong, mobile, and pain free individual.
Stephen wants to provide value to the prepper community by teaching them how to be physically prepared for the future. Stephen feels that this is currently extremely lacking in the prepper/homesteader space where most things are considered except for physical fitness. This is done without the use of a gym, since most preppers and homesteaders will not have access to a conventional gym.
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Today we talk about butchering with Josh the Renegade Butcher and John Willis.
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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://youtu.be/rMEZvNs0he8
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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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Frugality Tip
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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.
Thank you to the community for supporting an anonymous need - we made an immediate difference.
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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…
Open House (As seen in the monthly newsletter)
Canning Workshop Sunday at 4pm (https://livefree.academy/checkouts/how-to-pressure-can-beef-with-nicole-sauce/?ref=52)
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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)
Main content of the show
Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://youtu.be/aNNLKjiNadw
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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.
Webinar: Canning Beef - Members, log into the portal to get set up. Non members, we will sell the webinar at Live Free Academy - link to come tomorrow.
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Frugality Tip
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.
Operation Independence
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.
ONLY 5 SEATS LEFT! Swale Workshop: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/swale-workshop/?aff=nicolesauce
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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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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi3b79U5eo
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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.
Swale Workshop
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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
Operation Independence
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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Replay of the Live on Youtube.
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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.
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Shopping Report from Joe
Weekly Shopping Report 06/18/2022
Frugal Tip
Operation Independence
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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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UcF8_JYbbw
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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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My Harvest Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
Jake’s Website: www.buybuyland.com
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About Jake:
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
Have you developed a routine or approach to FDing?
How can you justify the cost of the upfront investment - isn't it cost-prohibitive and isn't the breakeven point a bridge-to-far?
What are your favorite foods to FD?
You've been able to leverage your FD with trades or barters - can you explain how you did this?
Can you provide any source for research, support and feedback to improve a person's FD experience?
What are some, if any, hacks you utilize to extend your return-on-your-investment
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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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCvsmWZGHg4
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