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Now displaying: 2023
Jul 10, 2023

Join me as we explore what seven years of podcasting has taught me about getting started, gear, monetizing and more.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr

Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu

Livestream Schedule:

  • Tuesday, 9:30M CT, Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis
  • Thursday, 7AM CT, Self Reliance Festival Livestream
  • Friday, 10:30AM CT, Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Moved and inventoried last year’s canned goods
  • Herb Garden Pick Me Up Tea
  • 21 jars of green beans are put up for 2023/24
  • Beets did poorly this year :(
  • Got to use the All American Canner that was gifted to me last fall and LOVED IT. Will be selling the Presto Canners I have (⅔)
  • Wednesday at 5pm CT, Preserve It! Overview and  Waterbath Canning: https://nicolesauce.podia.com/waterbath-canning

Frugality Tip: Cherry Pitter

DIY Quick, inexpensive, easy way to pit cherries!

 

Operation Independence

  • “Fast” food
  • $50 Travel Spend

Main topic of the Show: Lessons from 7 Years of Podcasting

From Micah

How about podcasting?

Equipment, guest form, interview tips, how it fits in with a business, how it incorporates with other areas of life, etc.

Software, workflow

Podcast lessons:

  • The how it happens matters less than the actual happening
  • Consistency and predictability
  • Developing categories or segments helps keep focus (Also scripting vs outlines vs winging it)
  • Committing to a co host can get you in trouble
  • Streamlining the process:
    • The Guest Form (From Jack Spirko)
    • Audio Editing for Mistakes
    • Prepopulating the website and social posts, etc.
  • Community, Network, Keeping Things Growing
  • The Money: webinars, books, events, coffee, podcasting 2.0 and fountain, social capital
  • how it fits in with a business, how it incorporates with other areas of life, etc.
  • Successful Interviewing: (Research, Do not be afraid to ask, have things you can bring up ready to go if things lag. Only interview people you think are interesting, THE FORM)
  • Ok, I will talk about gear and software: Scarlett solo box, Rhode NT 1, Alesis studio mixing set, Lighting, Garage Band, Levelator, iMovie, Canva – other options!!!
  • It doesn’t matter - just start recording, create your rss feed, and register on itunes – from there you will find other places that require registration or adjustment and add them as people complain that you are not on one platform or another.

Make it a great week!

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Jul 5, 2023

Episode 765: Happy Independence Day with Tag and John Willis

 

Today we talk about exiting the system, increasing personal freedom, building community, off grid living and freedom with Tag and John Willis.

 

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

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LiveDoneFree

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Make it a great week!

 

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

 

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Jul 1, 2023

Today we talk about the heat of summer, interesting new forge things I have discovered here, chicken nuggets, baby ducklings, and processing garlic.

Featured Event: Sunday at 4pm Central, A live Auction for Jenni

Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QisNMJGOETA

Come tell your Jenni Story: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/06/28/share-your-jenni-story-live-this-sunday/

Sponsors:

Heat and livestock on the homestead: A brainstorm.

Forage

  • Mullein is tall with flowers
  • Yarrow
  • Wood Sorrel (Just learning about this one)
  • Last of the day lilies
  • Gooseberries
  • All the mints and herbs!

Livestock

  • Rabbit Is due
  • Eggs hatching in the next week
  • LGD vet appointment
  • Chicken compost yard is set up
  • Baby ducks first time swimming
  • Integrating two duck flocks
  • Goats are out and grazing

Grow

  • Green beans are ready
  • First tomato usually happens this week - we will see
  • Planting last round of cucumber, squash, bean seeds (shade cloth)
  • Brussels sprouts are about to be ready - hope they make it through the 100 degree days
  • Swiss chard is still going strong
  • Peas are done
  • About time to harvest onions
  • REALLY need to get the garlic out of the ground before I go to Montana
  • weeds

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Stomach flu with community
  • Chick class update (Oxy and Holler Neighbors)
  • Jenni’s fundraiser

Infrastructure

  • Nothing new this week

Finances

  • Chicken class: $480 profit (Did not cover chicken costs, which is fine)

Make it a great week!

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Jun 26, 2023

Today we talk about we talk about one of the most important things you can do to opt out of having your life lived for you, and beginning to build the life you choose yon your terms: Decide.

Livestream Schedule

  • Tuesday: 12:30PM CT Live with John Willis and Bear Independent
  • Friday: 9:00AM CT Homestead Happenings

Featured Event: Permaculture Technology Jambouree starts next week and you can still BOGO! https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=495

(Spokane Meetup July 6)

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Chickens in the freezer in parts this year (why we did this)
  • Dehydrated Oregano in volume
  • Preparing to be gone for 5 days - Meatloaf, crockpot meal, reheatable meals
  • Time to resupply paper goods
  • Been buying keto road snacks: pork rinds, meat sticks, egg wraps
  • Fried fish with pork rinds
  • Working on amounts for the salisbury steak recipe from the spring workshop

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

We made our usual three stops this Saturday, however I have added some more useful information I hope to continue.

Dollar Tree was first. They are well-stocked, although the coolers are filled with mostly name-brand drinks, not the ones I prefer. Oh well. I think they may have hired another person, as the lone woman at the registers was able to call for assistance when her line got long.

Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. It's rather a shame we didn't need any lumber, as the cull cart had a lot of good long pieces on it. The battery carrels up front remain mostly full, although there's very little lithium AA or AAA; I think just some 2-packs.

Aldi was last. Here, I've added some staple prices, and will try to update them:

Milk: $3.06

Eggs: $1.23 (up a little)

Heavy cream (32 oz): $4.69

All-purpose flour: $2.19

Sugar (4 lbs): $2.68

Butter (1 lb): $3.18

We found everything we wanted except pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds, which I've been having as a snack at work). I did find out that the one muzzled clerk is not waiting for bite training, but is the primary caregiver for her Mom, a cancer survivor; she would therefor likely be muzzled anyway.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.

Frugality Tip

  • None this week

Operation Independence

  • Replaced the pressure tank for our water system - they go bad about every 5 years - ($350 in labor last time I did this)
  • Started feeding the chickens household scraps

Main topic of the Show: Decide

I’ve got a newsflash for you: Not deciding is deciding. Usually this doest get you where you want to be.

  • Indecision is a luxury that comes from gentle consequences
  • It is kinder to rip off the bandaid than to remove it gently - same goes for saying no
  • Being overwhelmed gets worse when you do not decide and makes a terrible excuse

What does it mean to decide

  • Prioritizing communication
  • Clarity of priority - (Story of today’s to do list)
  • Accepting responsibility for outcomes (consequences)
  • Knowing what you can’t or won’t do

Shiny object syndrome and deciding

You stand at a crossroad each day where your first decision is this: Do you want to be better, or do you want to keep your unhealthy identity? (the Alcoholic example) Will you put on your oxygen mask first then help others, or will you bury yourself in indecision to mute the pain of knowing you did not decide, and therefore things were decided for you.

  • Emotional attachment to bad identities

Living the life that others chose for you - vs living your life starts each morning (Job story) - boils down to one thing: Decide. Decide to do something. Decide you will never do something. Decide to let go of the crap. Decide you want to be crap. Decide to grow. Decide no. J

Just go out and decide - because when you decide, you change the metric by which your minutes, hours and days are measured. You bring it back to the things you can control. And you stop stagnating in apathy.

Decide

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Jun 23, 2023

Today we talk about the busy season of the homestead, canning update, garden abundance, weeds, chicken graduation weekend and more.

Featured event: October Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin, Oct 16

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR

Forage

  • Elderflower
  • Mullein flower soon to be hee
  • Wild Raspberry
  • Gooseberry
  • Stinging nettle
  • Might have found butternut
  • Sassafrass leaves
  • Willow and comfrey cuttings 

Livestock

  • Chicken graduation weekend
  • Rabbit graduation weekend
  • New baby rabbits on the way
  • Bresse chickens have figured out how to go in an out of Holler Roost
  • Ducklings are also starting to learn the Holler Roost ramp (took 5 days)
  • Setting up compost area in the chicken yard
  • Weird sheep behavior
  • Low eggs from old duck flock - usual for July

Grow

  • Harvest fodder trees
  • Broccoli 2.0 harvest
  • First cabbages for the year and ever
  • Tomato wall update
  • Peas ending
  • Greenbeans will be ready this week
  • Planting more cucumbers
  • Pulling pepper flowers to let the plants grow
  • Lettuce is finished
  • Reconfiguring the rockwall gardens
  • Betts looking a bit sad this year - may try a special bed next week

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Processing the communal birds: Set up tonight
  • Thank you to the community for all your support these past weeks

Infrastructure

  • Working on final fencing for the Holler Roost
  • Updating the rock wall behind my house
  • Replacing spring pump

Finances

  • THE FEED: meat birds, goats, bresse chickens are getting feed - compost will reduce this
  • Sheep do not require much and free range ducks do not require much

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Jun 20, 2023

Episode 761 - You Need To Fire Someone

 

When you are making lots of policies, you need to fire someone, and other words of wisdom.

 

Featured event: The Homestead Starter Pack, a 7-week course: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/homesteading-starter-pack-a-seven-week-course/

 

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx

 

Livestream Schedule

  • No Tuesday Live

  • Thursday 7pm SRF Live

  • Friday at 10:30am CT - Homestead Happenings

 

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Chicken Workshop Prep

  • Chili and Smoked pork enchiladas

  • Redoing the shelving in the prepper pantry

  • Intervention

 

Operation Independence

  • Thank you to the community

 

Main topic of the Show: You Need To Fire Someone

 

When you are making lots of policies, you need to fire someone.

Call people back. (on their terms)

If you are having trouble focusing go work out.

 

Anyone can die at any time: Embrace that.

 

Membership Plug

 

MeWe reminder

 

Make it a great week!

 

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GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

 

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Consistency wins over skill in the long run.

Invest time in what matters, not in endless distractions.

Not my monkeys, not my circus - and none of my business.

Pushing through no matter what, matters. So does prioritizing yourself.

 

Jun 16, 2023

OToday I welcome Shawm Mills from Hack My Homestead to talk about the Holler Homestead solar project as well as talk about how to approach off grid planning in a big picture way, with goals in mind.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival

Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Show Resources

HackMyHomestead.com

Shawn’s Kickstarter

Main content of the show

Shawn Mills, founder of Hack My Homestead has been active in our network for over six years. His Mission is to help fellow homesteaders by providing practical and accessible ideas with easy to follow instructions.

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Jun 12, 2023

Today, we will cover our usual Monday segments and discuss the connection between Mind and Body.

Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr

Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu

DONT MISS OUT on the seven skill Homestead Starter Pack bundle of online classes! https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com... LFTN Members, you know what to do.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Jun 9, 2023

Today we talk about newest forage in the Holler, injuries and homesteading, and garden success. 

Featured Event: Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR

Forage

  • Bee balm is blooming
  • Lemon balm and mint are in high production
  • Elderflower - fritters
  • Honeysuckle
  • Jewel weed
  • Queen Anne’s lace versus Poison Hemlock
  • Wild raspberries
  • Lambsquarter

Livestock

  • Duck jail, 
  • Incubating duck eggs, 
  • Bunny processing (chicken workshop june 24)

Grow

  • brassicas and wood vinegar, 
  • lettuce, 
  • peas, 
  • chard, 
  • nasturtium, 
  • radishes, 
  • basil, 
  • sage, 
  • oregano, 
  • thyme. 
  • Garlic is close. 
  • 1st tomato...not mine
  • Suckers
  • carrots!!

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Getting ready to drop a car to Jenni
  • The Auction Website: jennihill.livingfreeintennessee.com

Infrastructure

  • Still reshaping places on the property to calm water runoff

Finances

  • Hipcamp is working!

Homesteading Starter Kit Starts June 14, 2023, members, you know what to do.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Jun 8, 2023

Today I welcome Jason Sparks and Jake Snyder from Kentucky Sustainable Living to talk about how their community grew in just three years, what it takes to be a homesteader, and how to get a regional festival up and running.

Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx

Show Resources

Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival

Main content of the show

Make it a great week

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Jun 6, 2023

Today we talk about the abuses of the foster system in the US, how men are treated in family court, starting and growing your business and we take listener questions with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://bit.ly/3McscNj

Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa

Connect With Us

GoFundMe for Jenni's Cancer

Events Cited in our Discussion

* June 17 Chainsaw Event at SOE

* July 20 15th anniversary event for TSP in Dallas

* June 24 Sixth Annual Poultry Processing in the Holler (1 hour east of Nashville): 

* October 14-15: Self Reliance Festival at SOE: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

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Jun 5, 2023

Today, I talk about when to train to your weakness, rather than outsource to it because I just took Fighting Pistol at Tactical Response in Camden, Tn and was blown away with how much I was able to learn in just two days.

We'll dive into the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, so you can make informed decisions for your personal growth.

Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr

Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu

Fighting Pistol: https://www.tacticalresponse.com/products/fighting-pistol

Livestream Schedule

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Gearing up for canning season
  • Adding a window unit to the freeze drying room so we can use it in summer
  • Fire lit under my hiney on gardening this year
  • On parity with garden produce
  • Prepper Fail - coffee bags
  • Pending Freezer Audit (usually post workshop)

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe 05/28/2023

We only made two stops this weekend, skipping Home Depot. Not to worry, the online price of a 2x4x8 is still $3.35. The tag's been missing anyway the last few weeks so I've had to look it up anyway. While I need to re-organize some tools, I don't need to buy any more!

Dollar Tree was the usual first stop. We almost always find some small useful things there. The food coolers in the back are well-stocked. Some of the selections have changed in the drink coolers, but they're also pretty full now. We were behind someone in line who bought a lot of groceries, so that's certainly still possible. Some things will be cheaper elsewhere, so be careful of that, especially on cans of veggies.

Aldi was our final stop. Eggs have continued to drop, now at $1.62/dozen. Since I have read of impending shortages of coffee, Sonia grabbed an extra jar of both normal and joyless coffee (she'll drink one or the other, depending on time of day; now that the weather is warm, I have not been drinking coffee). We found everything else we wanted, including canned cat food.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon. The stuff corrupted by ethanol is considerably cheaper.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Here's a little tip on your journey to self reliance. Figure out how to make things that you want.  At the LFTN Workshop I saw a really cool leather holder for a multi tool, pen, and flashlight. So he took it off and I traced it on a piece of paper to get a general idea of size. While I don't have a "pattern" done yet, I made one. It's pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. Also I didn't have large pieces of leather laying around, but I did have an old purse I haven't used in a year or so, so I cut that up and repurposed it. So this cost me a conversation with a man that had something I really liked, and some time. You can do whatever you put your mind to, you just have to try. And sometimes (as in this case) try again. This was my third attempt. So go make something!

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Operation Independence

Rejiggering the big picture construction plan for the Holler Homestead to integrate a spa pool long term. Have not figured out how to make it happen but I am working on the plan.

Sheep money paid for flea meds for the LGDs for the year.

Main topic of the Show: Train to Your Weakness

You know how they say hire to your weakness? That is great advice, but it does not cover when you should address a weakness you have through learning to be stronger in that area.

  • Hard75 gives me time for deep thinking and self reflection - avoidant behavior regarding self defense
  • Story of what mentally stood in my way of taking Fighting Pistol or really any training class
  • The MOMENT
  • The amplification effect
  • Lessons learned at fighting pistol
    • It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be - sort of like unloading the dishwasher takes 90 seconds, but you can spend all day not doing it because you do not have time
    • True to Tactical Response’s MO, it tore down mental barriers that I had
    • Key to success was coming in with a novice’s heart and mind

So here are some thoughts on the when and why of training to your weaknesses.

Understanding Your Weaknesses and Strengths

  • Defining weaknesses: Exploring areas where you lack proficiency or experience, and acknowledging their impact on your goals and performance.
  • Recognizing strengths: Identifying the areas where you excel, have passion, and find yourself naturally inclined to succeed.
  • Establishing your growth mindset: Understanding that weaknesses can be improved upon and strengths can be leveraged for growth.

Why Train to Improve Weaknesses

  • What is my potential?
  • What will it take to improve, and what am I trading off?
  • What happens if I don’t train
  • To run, you must first walk

The Art of Outsourcing Weaknesses

  • Benefits of outsourcing - dont do things you hate
  • Leveraging strengths to go further - and being there for your loved ones (Drywall example)

Find Balance

  • Self-reflection and introspection: (Your passion, your skillset, your goals)
  • Re-evaluation on a schedule

Conclusion:

  • Personal growth is a dynamic process that requires balance between training to improve weaknesses and outsourcing them when that is a better fit. 
  • When you choose to grow, you sometimes choose the hard way - but as my friend Kevaan Kjar likes to day, “Do hard things now so you don;t have to do harder things later.”

Stay tuned for future episodes where we'll continue to explore topics aimed at helping you cultivate a growth mindset and unlock your full potential. 

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Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Jun 2, 2023

Join me for an early summer update about what is happening on the Homestead. Chicken processing class is coming soon, more babies than we know what to do with, garden update, dry weather and more.

Featured Event: John Willis’ Chainsaw Event, June 17 in Camden, TN

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Sponsor 2:  AgoristTaxAdvice.comm

Forage

  • Honeysuckle
  • Last wild rose harvest (until there are rosehips in the fall)
  • Day lilies
  • Harvesting seed heads from pasture grasses
  • Perilla
  • About time for wild raspberries but I haven't seen any

Livestock

  • Breeding one rabbit
  • 28 babies so far this year, starting raw diet
  • Baby chicken and duck update - looks like all female ducks but we are waiting before I claim that
  • Meat birds are about ready to process - Join our 6th annual Chicken Class, June 24
  • New dogfood for lgd’s, costs less and better quality - pairing with rabbits

Grow

  • It has been dry
  • 1st fodder tree harvest
  • Strawberries are slowing down
  • Chard, scapes, peas, broccoli, nasturtium
  • Last round of lettuce
  • Tomato wall update (1st flowers)
  • Slowly managing the food forest from a pioneering species standpoint
  • Harvested: peppermint, tarragon
  • Garlic almost ready to harvest
  • Time to thin out strawberries

Harvest Meals

  • Sautes, salads, and time management
  • Bone broth

Holler Neighbors/Community

 

Infrastructure

  • Kitchen forward momentum
  • Solar water is a thing now - grounding and breakers were addressed
  • Runoff adjustments - keeping water on property even though it is dry
  • Final push on perimeter fence

Finances

  • 100% eating off the homestead

Thoughts on the busy season and keeping sanity.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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May 30, 2023

Today we talk about making money, starting your business, the debt ceiling and more with John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, October 14-15 in Camden, TN

Today’s Sponsors:

Discount Mylar Bags

Freesteading.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

InvestableWealth.com

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

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May 26, 2023

Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead.

Featured Event: The LFTN 7th Annual Chicken Processing Class

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code: LFTN

Forage

  • Mullein
  • Wild rose petals
  • Oyster Mushrooms
  • Day lilies should come in shortly
  • Faux strawberries

Livestock

  • Update on the egg hatching
  • Baby ducklings and chicks are growing fast
  • Put feeders in pots to cut down waste - much less waste
  • Moving the tractor a bunch with the chickens: 
  • May process all but the class chickens early
  • Wing clipping
  • Strawberry experiment - fail
  • Sheep are well, Bruny is on pregnancy watch

Grow

  • Broccoli looks great, getting cabbage worms though
  • Squash, peas, onions, chard, herbs beginning to take off
  • Tomato wall is up and we are working on balancing nutrient
  • Time to rotate the late spring plants where the early spring plants go
  • Beets look terrible
  • 30 minutes a day on the food forest is required due to weed growth: thoughts on leaf mulch
  • Strawberries are slowing, may water the patch and see if the rejuvenate (A word on “june bearing”

Harvest meals

  • Garden salad season - how they change
  • Quick meal: steaks
  • Shoulder roast in the crockpot

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Pew Pew Class

Infrastructure

  • Nothing new or big to report

Finances

  • Cashflow low this month

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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May 23, 2023

Today we talk about building from a small side hustle to a full time business with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

Featured Event: The SMART Homesteading Webinar, $45

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

Strong Roots Resources

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May 22, 2023

Today we have an interview with a former colleague of mine, Mark Johnson. Mark has just purchased land to develop into a retreat for veterans in Sparta, Tennessee. Where there is a will there is a way!

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com

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LibertyOakOasis.com

Facebook.com/LibertyOakOasis

@LibertyOakOasis -- Insta

libertyoakoasis@gmail.com

Main content of the show

Former interwebs political consultant. Photographer. Historian at heart. Nine year Army National Guard Veteran. Former Blog Talk Radio host covering Illinois Politics. Married to Vicki who is a nurse of 33 years. Proud West Highland White Terrier Owner: Named Willow. Relocating to TN to escape Illinois and create a retreat space for Veterans and Ministry leaders struggling with life issues.

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May 18, 2023

Today is a homestead happenings show and I have NO IDEA what will happen because the Tactical Redneck is hijacking my show.

Enjoy!

Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk with Kerry Brown in Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, rsvp to strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com

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May 18, 2023

Today, Niti Bali and I catch up with a nice, afternoon chat. It has been some months since we last had a conversation and this one was great!

Featured Event: Chicken Processing Workshop at LFTN, June 24, 2023 in Lancaster, TN

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/chicken-processing-workshop/

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code: LFTN

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Farm To Fork Meat Riot

Main content of the show

Niti Bali is the Founder and CEO of Farm to Fork Meat Riot, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as a catalyst for reestablishing the regenerative small family farm food system. Her strategically designed CSA program educates eaters to harness the power of life giving force through regenerative foods. Niti’s Farm to Fork Meat Riot CSA simultaneously supports regenerative livestock production based on consumption that results in a zero-waste system.

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May 16, 2023

What happens when you get John Willis, Joel Salatin and Nicole Sauce together? We have a conversation about heritage skills, the economic fragility of the US, developing community, knowing your neighbors, and growing clean food.

Featured Event: Mike Shelby’s Surveillance Event in Nashville, TN, June 2-4, 2023, $500

https://grayzonestore.com/store/p/isr-nashville-2-4-june-2023

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

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Get Tickets for The Self Reliance Festival

The Lunatic Farmer Website

Polyface Farms

Joel’s Books & DVDs

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

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May 15, 2023

How has my homegrown cooking world been with an on site freeze dryer? Join me today as I talk about that and all our usual Monday topics! 

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com

Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com

Harvet Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday

Join John Willis and I as we talk with Joel Salatin about the state of the world, building resilience into your lives, permaculture and more.

12:30 Central:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g

Friday

Hijacked by a redneck! Tactical Redneck grabs my channel for our weekly Homestead Happenings update at 10:30 Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhk2HWA-byY

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Drying herbs and flowers this week, particularly rose petals and red clover (explain why)
  • Packaging up dried morels
  • Meal planning from the freezer
  • Getting ready to be gone for five days - meals here and on the road
  • Have not restocked since the spring workshop and probably will not for a bit if at all
  • Next week is home canned good audit week

Weekly Shopping Report, May 13

Dollar Tree was first. They've added a couple of cases of Monster to the rear drink coolers. In addition to my usual caffeine-delivery mechanism, I noted a decent stock of plastics while picking up a few other items. The food aisles seemed a little less haphazard, and there were a couple of people in there stocking shelves. The health aisle had a lot more stuff on it.

Next was Home Depot. There was no tag on the stacks of 2x4x8 studs, so I looked online and found the price still at $3.35.

Last on this trip was Aldi. We found everything we wanted. Eggs are down another dime, to $1.87. Whole milk was $3.50/gallon

I did notice that people were friendly with no one seeming tense or worried. I think I only saw one muzzled sheep, during the second trip. Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margot

Hey all. I'm going to tell you to spend some money. But this is a frugality tip....yes it is. Sometimes you need to spend money to get something of value. We just got back from our first LFTN workshop and the ticket price was well worth the value we received. The price of the ticket can not buy the connections we made. The bonus was all of the things we learned. If you feel like you can't afford a ticket to a workshop, grab a can, and everytime you break, let's say a $20, put the change in a jar. Before you know it you will be able to "afford" things you didn't think you could. I can not stress how important community is, and without going to workshops that follow your interests, you will not find your most important community members. (You have almost a year to save up for the next LFTN)

Operation Independence

  • Nothing to report

Main topic of the Show: Homegrown Cooking with a Freeze Dryer

Why I got a freeze dryer (originally)

What I learned getting started

Frequency of using the machine year one versus now

  • Every time I could run it, I did
    • Left overs
    • Surplus garden things
    • Surplus milk and eggs
    • Candy experiments
  • How I use it now
    • Goal to use the food within 2 years (why, resilience = regeneration)
    • Keto travel snacks (cold cuts, etc)
    • Targeted surplus
    • Herbs, herbs, herbs, garlic, onion
    • Frequency of use: Once a week when not pressed for time

Is it worth it?

  • Quality
  • Convenience
  • Longevity
  • Business ideas: candy, whole meals, load rental

There is a webinar on getting started in the membership portal for those who decide to get one this year. A word on Harvest Right and customer support. (Keep calling)

Make it a great week!

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May 12, 2023

Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project. 

Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor number 1: Permies.com - PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO

Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off

Forage

  • Red clover (Harvesting recommendation game)
  • Vetch
  • Wild rose petals
  • Dandelion flower
  • Last chance on watercress for awhile (Flavor is quite peppery)

Livestock

  • Keeping an eye on the sheep with the spring rains
  • More baby rabbits due - and our space challenge
  • Incubator project update
  • Goats and garden weeds
  • Still no bresse babies…

Harvest meals

  • Spring greens and mouth feel
  • Holler Stew goulasch style

Grow

  • These 3 peas!
  • Strawberries are off the charts, too many to eat
  • Brassicas look good (finger’s crossed)
  • Catching up on the garden when you are behind
  • Worm castings
  • Comfrey Harvest 1.0
  • Planting more fodder trees propagated from the first round

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Quiet week

Infrastructure

Finances

  • Auctioned off things to buy a zero turn mower - not sure how that went yet

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May 11, 2023

Today, we get real about handling existential crisis, homesteading, proofing yeast, and more. Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce do not hold back the spice when we get together.

Featured Event: TheAgoraFest.com, May 13 in Chattanooga Area

Today’s Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Today’s Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com

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A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

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May 10, 2023

Today, I share some lessons learned after one week of the #75Hard challenge. 

Featured Event: May 27 & 28 Fighting Pistol Class at Tactical Response in Camden, TN

https://www.tacticalresponse.com/collections/training/products/fighting-pistol

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: LFTN Chicken Processing Workshop, June 24, 2023

Main topic of the Show: 

  1. Follow a diet.  This can be the diet of your choice, but it must be a structured plan designed with a physical improvement in mind.
  2. You must complete two 45-minute workouts. One of those workouts MUST be outdoors.
  3. Absolutely NO alcohol or cheat meals.
  4. Take a progress picture every day.
  5. Drink 1 gallon of water.
  6. Read 10 pages of a book.  **Audiobooks DO NOT COUNT.

ZERO COMPROMISE

ZERO SUBSTITUTION

You have until you go to sleep to complete the day.

If you fail, you MUST start over on Day 1.

  • What I thought about the few weeks before starting
  • Why I started when I did
  • Observations
    • Quiet during workout (E&B Outline)
    • Building time for yourself - prioritizing yourself
    • Boundaries are not just for other people
    • Sometimes it is hard
    • Everyone has different demons and the pop up
    • Success will depend on if I choose to succeed

Join me? #LFTNChallenge 

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May 9, 2023

Today we talk about military fitness test degradation, solar and resilience, greenhouse heating ideas, and methane producing digesters Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Technology Jamboree, July 3-14

https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources (StrongRootsResources.com)

Sponsor 2: Radio Made Easy, Zero to Hero with Ham Radio

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/?aff=nicolesauce

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Exit and Build Land Summit

https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

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