Today is a complement to last Monday’s episode on developing a deep pantry. We will discuss lessons learned from two folks who navigated the inflationary period of the 70s, when jobs became scarce, people saw the value of their retirements cut in half, and a savings account was the worst way to preserve wealth.
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Main topic of the Show: Navigating Inflationary Periods
Why we are talking about this
How I gleaned this information.
A tale of two families: Just Starting Out vs Time to Retire
Set the context: in 1969, gas was 19 cents a gallon … and rose to 29 cents (50% increase), then kept rising. Policy steps taken - price fixing and rationing.
Dad focused on big picture, Mom on the details
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Join Janet Szabo and me as we talk about her journey from pursuing a career in science to becoming a homesteader, knitting guru and more.
The week ahead:
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My husband and I have lived in Montana for 28 years and for a large part of that time, we "prepped," or "homesteaded," or whatever you want to call it. We have about 30 hens and one very spoiled rooster, raise pigs, and have a large garden and orchard. I can and preserve as much as I am able. We're both in our mid-50s now and starting to realize that we have to do things differently than we did in our 20s and 30s. I thought our experiences might be useful to others.
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Today is a homestead update that covers germination challenges, losing heartbeats on the farm, early spring salad mix, and more.
Freeze Drying Webinar is Sunday!
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Today we talk about food shortages, inflation, aquaponics and aquaculture, panic prepping, 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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Main topic of the Show: Developing a Stable Pantry vs Panic Prepping
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SHORTAGES ARE COMING TIME TO PANIC!
What happens when you wake up to the instability of our system?
Panic prepping advice
I Have guns, I’ll just hunt, shoot people for food, etc
What really works: Developing a stable pantry
Story: I live waaaaay out away from everything
Story: homesteading the west
Short term rectock - do it now
What about rice and beans?
Stable Pantry System
What about inflation (coming soon)
And what about 20 year storage? (A word on freeze dryers)
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Today is an update on the Holler Homestead for the week including plumbing, Cycy’s healing, in-ground gardens, the GSD weekend and more.
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What we did instead of grow/homestead
Grow
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Today we welcome Joel Ryals of Fortressk9.com to the show to discuss protection animals. This is the audio from a Tuesday Live with John Willis.
LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD PRICING of $35: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Discussion:
What is a protection dog?
How do you train a protection dog?
Will they get along with other animals I have?
Can I trust a protection dog not to bite my family and friends?
How much is a protection dog?
How do you deploy a protection dog?
Why would I want a protection dog?
Isn’t the dog just going to get killed if I use it?
Can I feed my dog raw food?
….and about a million other topics.
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Intro: Physical injuries and soreness vs emotions, the passing of a soul mate, theories on soulmates. A hard week on the homestead with schedule, emotional things, and spring coming
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Today I have a bonus episode with an interview with Chef Keith Snow about storing and using food - particularly when you are a low carb/keto eater. This episode includes a coupon code for membership at his site so pay close attention!
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Most recently, Chef Snow served as Director of Food & Beverage at Sundance Mountain Resort in Provo Utah where he oversaw a diverse array of restaurants, banquets, coffee shops, a deli, The legendary Owl Bar, The Foundry Grill, and the venerable Tree Room which holds the Forbes 4-Star designation.
In 2018 the Snow created Food Storage Feast, a website designed to help others learn what foods to store and most importantly, how to cook with otherwise bland foods in an emergency or food shortage situation.
Chef Keith Snow is the author of The Harvest Eating Cookbook-Running Press 2009, and host of Harvest Eating Radio, which has surpassed 442 episodes and continues to grow a substantial audience of devoted listeners, true friends, and fans.
Chef Snow has been featured in many national magazines such as Prevention, Women’s Health, and Western NC Magazine. Chef Snow has been featured in some of the biggest online destinations such as Fox News, Parade Magazine, and Slashfood. In addition, Chef Snow was one of 12 US-based chefs invited to participate in the 4/14 Festival In Dijon France.
Keith has served on the Expert Council for The Survival Podcast since 2011 and fields listener questions for the TSP podcast.
Chef Snow has appeared in hundreds of original culinary videos that are showcased on Youtube and many other video-sharing websites. The videos have been viewed millions of times since 2005.
The Harvest Eating TV Show on RFD TV was available to 55 million homes in the US. Chef Snow and his production team created 20 episodes of Harvest Eating that broadcast starting in May of 2012 each Tuesday at 4pm central.
The Harvest Eating Youtube Channel focuses on teaching people how to make local and seasonal cooking a way of life.
In 2008 Chef Snow was awarded The National Restaurant Association’s Youtube Hot Chef. An all-expense trip to Chicago and a chance to give a live demonstration at the largest restaurant trade show in the US.
Also in 2008 Chef Snow delivered the keynote speech at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte NC. Chef Snow has worked alongside the culinary media’s most well-known and respected talent at events like The Edible Garden and NY Botanical Garden and also as a featured lecturer at Disney’s Epcot International Food and Wine Festival in 2009 and 2010.
In May 2011 Chef Snow was the featured celebrity chef aboard The Holland America Line’s MS Rotterdam cruise ship which sailed from Seattle to Alaska and back.
Chef Snow has a long history of working within the farm-to-table community. In 2007 he was a founding board member of the Slow Food chapter in Greenville SC. In fact, the chef has lived on farms since 2003 and has become an avid horseman, gardener, and survival homesteader….it’s a work in progress.
In the early 2000’s Chef Snow was the Executive Chef at one of Colorado’s premier ski resort destinations where he managed a staff of over 300 strong with 13 outlets and restaurants and 9 million in food and beverage sales. That was before the chef founded Harvest Eating and started in culinary media. He now likes his new boss much better!
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What would happen if John Willis, Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce all hopped on a Tuesday live together to discuss the world? Magic. Magic would happen. Join us for a replay of the Tuesday live discussion about trolls, minding your own business, growing food, building a better life and so much more!
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Amy Dingmann is an author, podcaster, vlogger and manages a homestead in Minnesota. She sits on the Expert Council for The Survival Podcast and knows a thing or two about homeschooling, people, having fun, and building your life on your terms.
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The audio on yesterday's episode was jacked up for some listeners and not others, so I decided to re-release this episode.
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This weekend, we processed four pigs. We ended up with 700 pounds of meat, maybe more. The cap to the weekend was a late night live with Toolman Tim who will be speaking at my coming spring workshop!
The usual Monday episode will air tomorrow as I am taking a light day after all that work.
Tuesday Live is with Amy Dingmann and John willis
I hope you enjoy this livestream - there are f bombs
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Today I run the audio from a live video shot with Amy Dingmann of a Farmish Kind of Life. We will do these discussions monthly and you get it as a bonus podcast.
This episode has explicit language.
Sunday at 9pm EASTERN - I will be live here with Toolman Tim! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaD5Z3VVY4
Shit that really happens on the homestead
Entitlement Mentality from Listeners
Get off your ass
Media Sucks
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Today Today we talk about the past week on the homestead. Projects, livestock, stories and more in order to serve as an inside look at what homesteading is really like.
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Billy Bond and John Willis join me today for a replay of yesterday’s livestream. We talk about growing food, mindset and navigating inflation on this episode.
New monthly livestream with Amy Dingmann: Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters.
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Main Topic: Tuesday Live with Billy Bond and John Willis
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The last two years, I have seen friends take on smoking and drinking addictions and whip them into submission. As part of the journey, I realized a few things about addictions in my own life. Today, I share them with you.
Webinar for April: Getting Started with Freeze Drying: April 10 at 4pm CT
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Main topic of the Show: 5 Addiction Lessons
Mental vs Physical Addiction
If It Was Easy You Would Not Be Addicted
The Change Must Come From Within—And Help Can Come From Without
Forgiveness
Happiness and Enjoyment
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Today we talk about the past week on the homestead. Projects, livestock, stories and more in order to serve as an inside look at what homesteading is really like.
Webinar reminder: Assessing your property for microclimates
Email homesteading questions to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com
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Today I am joined by Charles the Humble Mechanic and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment to discuss getting your business house in order no matter what the current environment.
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New Wednesday format
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This isn't really a stump the Sauce question but can you talk more about vacuum bagging your dressed chickens? Pros, cons, and maybe what to look for like the size for whole birds, and what else you've found it useful for.
I know these machines are expensive and you are the only person I have ever heard even mention them on any show I listen to.
Love the show and your coffee made great Christmas gifts. Keep up the good work. (Eric)
Main topic of the Show: Fireside Chat with Charles the Humble Mechanic and John Willis
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Forage this Week - not much has changed
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Main topic of the Show: Do your Homework
We haven’t had a hard conversation in a long time. You know the one I mean - the one I mean. The one where we are honest with ourselves.
Just got back from Rogue - got me to thinking about doing my homework (explain the coffee situation there and what we did)
Then starting thinking about SRF 1 and 2 and ways we could have better equipped sponsors, vendors and attendees with information in advance of the festival and realized we had more homework to do as well as a 9 hour drive.
I am very good at handling changing demands of an event with grace, but if I do my homework, there are fewer of these issues.
What do I mean by doing your homework?
The list is endless. And therein lies the rub. The key to finding success and easing your life by doing your homework is knowing which homework you truly must do.
If you don;t change your hvac filters, you end up with a huge mess.
Likewise, if you do not thank your sponsors or other supporters, you damage the relationship. And usually these kinds of problems stem from not doing your homework in advance.
Usually these things keep us from doing our homework:
All are excuses when you embrace who is in control of your life and schedule.
So how then, do we hold ourselves accountable while maintaining that all important health-relationship-work-fun balance?
From planning events, to executing things well on your homestead, to interacting with people better - homework is something that is easy to put off. Part of this is because we are expected to do things that are busy work - like filing our tax reports. And because things like taxes come with a heavy consequence if you do not do the busywork, we have become trained to not separate the true homework that is important from the busywork that it is easy to assign ourselves because we feel good when we do it. You know - that endorphin rush you get when you click things off your list?
But imagine what it is like when you DO set yourself up for doing your homework? Think of how SRF check in will be when we have everyone with parking passes in advance. When vendor spaces are on a map and assigned?
Or think of how easy it is to add people to your table when you have a plan for dinner and a deep pantry?
Or how about when you have a template email ready to go to confirm things?
All of these sorts of structures happen when you do your homework.
But you have to do it or it will never get done.
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Today we have something new: a monthly chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis. These First Tuesday talks are at 12:30 CT and we stream them live on various video channels. Be prepared for the f bomb in these episodes.
Headed to rogue Food Conference this weekend.
Get your tickets for the June 11-12 Self-Reliance Festival
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Feedback from Jon in West Virginia on Siloing.
Main topic of the Show: Fireside Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis
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Why we are doing this new show series and what do you think?
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We have had two permaculturists out to help review what we are installing at the Holler Homestead. Kerry Brown and Nick ferguson. Today, I run through the list of things that we have to do and will describe how we move on when the list is bigger than the pocketbook.
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Kerry Brown: Strong Roots Resources
Nick Ferguson: Homegrown Liberty
Weekend things in March:
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Spring Forage
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Permaculture Debrief
Process: Goals discussion, walk about, the rain event
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Russia invaded the Ukraine - that is what the headlines say. For days, I have watched people hyper focus on this international event. Then the joke memes started. Then the prepper facebook group got amped up about getting prepared via purchasing all the things. Then more humorous memes happened.
Then it was Friday - and I had extra time to spend on something. And I had a decision to make.
Today, I will share with you how I am moving beyond the crisis reporting drama of this world event to do my best to focus on the things that will move my life forward despite the fight with Russia, or the Ukraine, depending on which side is the side du jour.
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Main Topic: Living with War
War sucks - and what happens next from our country’s leaders to this altercation could have a pretty dramatic impact on our lives. Or very little. And the hell of the matter is that it is entirely out of our control.
So, then, how do we live with war?
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Join Mama Sauce, Tactical Redneck and me as we talk through how we decide to do events, how we get ready for events, and what happens from there.
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Today, we welcome Jenni Hill back on the show to talk about how she designs her medical kit and some steps you may want to take to tailor yours to the needs of your household.
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Jenni is a massage therapist with a strong background in the healthcare field. While navigating auto-immune disorders in her own household, she put a big focus on health, healing and preventative care.
4.How do you rotate and resupply?
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Today we will talk through several things that you need to learn not to be squamish about on the homestead.
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Forage
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Main topic of the Show: Squeamishness and Homesteading
Why this topic and the reality of homesteading
Assumptions: livestock, very rural
Squamishnesses
In the end, you do what you have to do.
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