Today we have our first Tuesday Coffee Chat with John Willis of SOE Tactical Gear and Nicole Sauce of Living Free in Tennessee. These discussions are always a wildcard and can go anywhere. We usually hit on some current events of course. We also tend to talk about things like entrepreneurship, homesteading and a ton more. In general we try to inspire you a bit, make you laugh a few times, entertain you and teach you a thing or two along the way.
Sponsors Today:
Wealthsteading.com
DiscountMylarBags.com
Today we talk about how to stop feeding fear, survive beginner discomfort, and build confidence through action. We’ll also cover our usual Monday segments.
Sponsors
Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com, small-batch coffee roasted in a Tennessee holler for people who get things done.
Sponsor 2: StrongRootsResources.com
Practical preparedness gear for uncertain times.
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
* Spring Workshop wrapped up strong
* Lots of hands-on learning in the kitchen
* Reminder that skill comes from repetition, not podcasts
* Homestead season is now fully underway
* Time to plant, preserve, repair, and move
Operation Independence
Every real skill you build gives you more options.
Cooking from scratch. Growing food. Preserving harvests. Fixing gear. Building side income. Leading community.
Main Topic of the Day: Less Talking, More Doing
This Is Not About Sauerkraut
Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for a discussion of life on a homestead.
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Today, I am joined by Sandy Eplett to to talk about setting up systems that fit the season of your life to create your generational homestead.
Featured event: The Homestead Event - April 24 & 25 in the Knoxville area.
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
Today, we discuss those cool, simple garden planning memes and why they don't actually work - and what to do about it.
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast, InvestableWealth.com
Today, I am joined by multiple folks in the holler for a discussion of life on a homestead.
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for a discussion of life on a homestead.
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Join us for an update on the sheep, all the sheep, milking sheep, bottle babies, sleep deprivation.
Featured Event: Foraging on the Farm at Blueberry Hill Farm in Knoxville, March 22
Sponsor 1: Wealthsteading.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Today, we talk about lessons learned after four (or five?) seasons of birthing lambs at the Holler Homestead. We will also cover all our usual Tuesday segments like Tales from the Prepper Pantry, Seasonal Forage and more.
Featured Event: Refuge Ruckus is this weekend! ONLY 50 TICKETS LEFT! https://www.refugeruckus.com/
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Sponsor 2: AbovePhone.com: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 Coupon Code LiveFreeTN
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Used up beef from the been canning webinar of 2022 (Beef stew)
Will be harvesting the first lettuces soon from the outside gardens
Giving all storage here a big facelift with the help of Opalyn
Cutting up 3 Eyes of Round
RIP Claire the Fridge (The freezer/fridge combo)
Frugality Tip From Nicole
Freeze dried meals with a thermos, OR lunch pail thermos
Operation Independence
3 Beef Rounds for the workshop
Main topic: Lessons learned from 5 birthing seasons
Make a management decision
>rotation vs single pasture and medications
>Interventions vs survival of the fittest
>Hair vs wool
Finding strong Stock
Pasture Birthing Bag
>gloves
>Lube
>thermometer
>towels
>Alcohol or other sterilizer
(Basiic first aid is already at the pasture)
Home Lamb Support Kit
>Colostrum
>Bottles
>Milk Replacer
>Pee pads from Sam’s club
>Dog crate
>Diapers if you will go this route
>Lamb-dedicated towels
>Hair dryer or heat lamp
>Temperature probes
>Heating box
>Sous Vide
>Mason jars
>Funnel
>thermometer
>more gloves
>lamb probiotics
Things to prepare for in birthing
>Stuck lamb
>Breach Lamb
>Sideways lamb
>Cold Lamb
>Dopey lamb
>Low milk production from mom
>Lamb not breathing
>prolapse
Great resources
>All Creatures Great and Small, etc
>Laura Lawson Lamb Problems another references
>get a sheep mentor
BACON CLASS
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Looking for lamb births, getting rapid forward progress on the homestead, and more. Featured Event: March 14 Makin' Bacon from 10am-12pm - LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: TheWealthsteadingPodcast.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: The season has become warmer but we are not out of the winter woods yet! Learn what we are doing to get ready for growing season.
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Sponsor 2: TheWealthsteadingPodcast.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Friends, spring, and what we are experimenting with on the homestead.
Featured Event: Farm Freedom Summit, February 7
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Join us for a First Tuesday Coffee with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment, Nicole Sauce of The Living Free in Tennessee Podcast, and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast.
Connect with us!
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: 10 Weird Things That Happen To Homesteaders That We Think Are Normal.
Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop April 23-25 - Tickets go on sale on January 31 at 9am central!
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
Sponsor 2: DisvountMylarBags.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Anxiety often shows up when our capability isn’t being used in the real world. Building skills, systems, and doing meaningful work creates calm, stability, and a steadier life in 2026.
Jan 31st, 9am Central, tickets go on sale for the LFTN Spring Workshop!
Sponsor: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Opening Thought
Who has felt anxious in the last few weeks??
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Ice preps, Squeaks updates, and more
Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop April 23-25 - Tickets go on sale on January 31 at 9am central!
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Today, I am joined by Kerry Brown from Strong Roots Resources to talk through the new approach we are taking with the LFTN food forest and how he is using mother nature to progress the system through to maturity one season at a time. Tapping into what we know about the soil and conditions here, native plants, what the people in our community want to eat, and working toward a system that does not require many hours to maintain. When you work with nature, you develop systems that you can help along rather than battle with constantly.
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: StrongRootsResources.com
Featured Event: March 7 Combat Midwife Training
Today, I am joined by The Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: Rabbits, Domestic Day, Helpers and more!
Featured Event: PickTN Products Conference - Jan 15-17. Holler Roast featured Jan 15 in the morning. Homestead Panel at lunch on Jan 16.
Come support small food!
https://www.picktnconference.com/
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to discuss updates from the Holler Homestead: the sheep acting “a little eminent,” a surprise community deer drop, and the brass water faucet we dug up while doing chores. We’ll cover ongoing projects like the compost bin design, the memory garden plan, the hillside garden reset, mushroom experiments, rabbit breeding, and the ever-important Operation Leaf Collection. We’ll wrap up with holiday touches around the Tajmaholler, the new Canoe Rose Bed, alternate routes home, and how we’re gearing up to cook a whole lamb.
Featured Event: Dec 20 LFTN Christmas Reception - LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
Are the Sheep Really eminent?
Community Deer Drop from a neighbor
Found Treasure: Brass Water Faucet
Explain the Compost Bin Design
Planning a Memory Garden
Operation Leaf Collection
Hillside Garden Reset In Process
Mushroom Experiment update
Ghost Light Disappointment
Rabbits Bred
Canoe Rose Bed
Christmas Lights and Tajmaholler
Alternative Routs Home
Preparing to cook a whole lamb
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!
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to talk about updated from the Holler Homestead!
Featured Event: Dec 20 LFTN Christmas Reception - LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to talk about Holler Thanksgiving, the stubbornest Ewe and more!
Featured Event: Dec 20 LFTN Christmas Reception - LivingFreeinTennessee.com
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck for an update from the Holler Homestead all about sheep, communication, late fall and more.
Featured Event: LFTN Christmas Reception: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/event/lftn-christmas-reception-3/
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Join the Tactical Redneck for an update from the Holler Homestead. While the cat's away the sheep will escape.
Today, we hear the session that I hosted at the Self Reliance Festival about developing your revenue on your homestead, including stories from the network.