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.
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🎙️ 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
Skipping segments this week
Operation Independence
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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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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Today we talk about how to prepare for, plant and cultivate garlic because a listener sent a note in saying that she had struggled with this. We will also cover our usual Monday segments. And I have something to say about disappointing people and the word no.
Featured Event: March 16 Seed Exchange and Potluck, 1pm-3pm, FREE, https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/seed-exchange-and-potluck/
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LFTN Live on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
🎙️ Monday, 2pm, How to Plant and Cultivate Garlic
🎙️ Tuesday, 9:30am, First Tuesday Coffee Chat with Jack Spirko, The Survival Podcast, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment
🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Jessica Kraft
🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live
🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report 2/26
We took our usual trip on Saturday, skipping Home Depot again. We really need our Santa Fe back from the shop to carry large or long loads, like 8' wood, 10' PVC, or a half dozen bags of garden soil in addition to our groceries.
The Dollar Tree drink coolers were in much better shape. Will they stay that way? Cue the theme from Jeopardy; they have not been consistent. Other aisles looked good; Sonia found a couple of minor things in there, the typical craft stuff or organizing accessories.
Although we did not go in, the online price of a 2x4x8 at Home Depot is still $3.38.
Aldi has larger crowds than previously, but still not too bad. There was plenty of Masaca, and more of the chocolate I like than I've been seeing. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.78; whole milk: $2.93; heavy cream: $5.19 (+50c); 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. The egg price is correct; same as last week, a full dollar higher than the week before.
Untainted regular gasoline is still $3.699/gallon.
Frugality Tip from Justin
I don't normally think of it in saving money, more about using it all up. Which ends up being very similar in the end.
This tip is for the bars of soap some people use for the shower or at the sink. When the little piece is getting so slim it is getting hard to hold on to it, I don't throw them away.
I use the technique of scoring from pottery to attach the little piece to a new bar of soap. It will stay there and wear down completely without breaking off and being wasted if done properly.
I get both the new bar and the small sliver nice and wet and soapy (perhaps use them in the shower). Then I use a comb to put scratch marks in both pieces where they will press together. Anything hard and pointy enough to make marks in the soap will probably work for this.
Next I press them together very firmly. I try to use my palms to press them together with no gaps. I also try to not let them slide around at this point, I want them to start welding together. After they have bonded a bit, I will add some more score marks around the seams of the two pieces.
Once the pieces have been scored and pressed together I set them down on the soap dish to dry. The next day they are bonded as if they were made that way at the factory and the different colored piece of the last bar will simply wear down until nothing remains but the new bar. And the new bar will be welded onto the next ad infinitum.
Community Highlight:
What to do when you disappoint people.
Sunshine Prepper
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Operation Independence: Let things go when you need to
Rams and goats oh my.
Main topic of the Show: Planting and Cultivating Garlic
Why we are doing this
How to choose your garlic: Hardneck vs soft neck
Sourcing Seed Garlic: Baker’s Creek, Seed Savers, RareSeeds
Example: https://www.rareseeds.com/garlic-music-1-2-lb
Preparing your planting area
When to plant
Mulching practices
Watering needs
When Are they Ready to harvest?
Processing Garlic After Harvest
Storing fresh garlic
Other ways to store garlic
Choosing garlic for replanting
A garlic business idea
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Today we talk about changing our approach to sheep, mindset in assessing homestead finances, egg influx, the power of community and more.
Featured event: Last change for early bird pricing: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
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Today we talk about what you can do now to get your garden beds ready for spring planting, even though you procrastinated til late winter on setting them up. We will also cover Tales From The Prepper Pantry, The Weekly Shopping Report, A Frugality Tip, Operation Independence.
From the Weekly Mail. Livestream Schedule https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Late Winter Garden Preparation
🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Wazoo Gear Company, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment
🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Accelerator for Ken Eash!
🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, Three Sisters Live
🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck
Featured Event: Early Bird Is Almost Over for The Self Reliance Festival! SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
Dollar Tree was first. Some of the drink coolers are again completely empty. I think they may still just be trying to assemble their defecation in there, because there are plenty of drinks on shelves. The food coolers are well-stocked, and other aisles look to be in good shape too. Don't overlook Dollar Tree for cleaning supplies; that area has always been well-stocked. They have a lot of the Awesome branded products, which we really like. Lysol, Ajax, and other name brands are all represented in this section. A buck and a quarter (plus extortion) beats the tar out of typical grocery store prices on these products.
Although we did not go into Home Depot, the online price of a 2x4x8 has gone up, to $3.38, a 13-cent increase.Aldi has had slightly larger crowds the past few weeks. Other than the hiatus with the Masa, they have not had difficulty maintaining stock, and we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.78 (+); whole milk: $2.93; heavy cream: $4.69; 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 (+). That egg price is a full dollar higher; if not hand-written, I'd think it was a typo. We didn't buy eggs this week, so I can't confirm on our receipt. Although I had heard egg prices might be going higher again, I'll keep an eye on this one, as that's a huge jump.
Untainted regular gasoline was $3.699/gallon last week. That's slightly higher, but could also be a station difference.
Frugality Tip from Margo with an oCool weather, means outside projects. For me one was a painting project. I did some house touch up, and I painted the driveway. My frugality tip is NEVER buy the Cheapest paint roller. Save yourself paint and energy expended by buying a good roller!!! Ask me how I know.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Late Winter Garden bed Preparation
Intentions can help us move toward our best goals and build the life we want to live, rather than continuing to live a life that was developed for us, by someone else. We talk about this a bunch here because the systems in our society increasingly lead toward a life lived in service to the system rather than to ourselves and our chosen communities.
It can be so hard to get people who have been programmed by the system to see the system as the only option on how to break out. Yet when the system fails people, they get scared and start looking for options. And when they start looking for options, if we can be mentors and connectors, a small percentage of those looking for a better life will start to make the changes it takes to get here.
Many of you have heard my story of transitioning from a socialist leaning toward communist to libertarian overnight. <Tell the story>
And that change seems like it just happened and I became the Nicole Sauce you know today, but that is not at all how it happened. I still had habits and programming to bust through. Heck, despite being a thought leader in the world of agorism, I still find programming that I MUST deprogram.
But the Intention to move myself toward true freedom and opt out of the system as much as I can is how I have moved from an urban chick completely unprepared to take care of myself through anything, to a prepared, badd-assed homesteader not afraid to share failures alongside successes because the INSTAGRAM homesteading community often only shows the good side of homesteading and, gorsdurnit, homesteading is heartbreaking, hard, messy, gross and one fo the most rewarding parts of the life I have built for myself.
What does all this have to do with garden prep you ask?
Well, I HAD intentions to get my garden beds put away for the fall, but what really happened is I spoke at a bunch of events and handled a major repair to my home. And it is time for spring planting in Tennessee though we are not in spring for another 3 weeks.
So today I talk about getting your garden ready for spring planting.
Never had a garden there before:
Existing garden
Stephen Raisner: https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/naturalframing-ai
All in all it is not too late to get your beds ready but you will not do as well as you would have done. However, you can make a HUGE difference this year by simply making some IMF, which you still have time to do, for example. And if you do a bit each weekend between now and planting, you should be in good shape anyway.
So get out there and grow some food guys!
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Today we talk about rabbit poos systems, a sheep hay sled, more on electric fences, building community and more.
Featured Event:
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Marc 2 in Crossville, $25
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Listener Feedback
I GOT STARTED!
I've been a listener for a couple years now and between you and Tim I finally started a business. Still getting things moving but I used Joshua at getahostnow and he was great at getting me off the ground with a website (still building it now). Thank you for being an inspiration for those that want to be free! Jesse
Tattooing Rabbits
You probably know this already, but I thought I would share my experience tattooing rabbits.
If you can get tattoo paste (black is best, in my opinion) that works so much better than other options So here is what did:
-clean left ear
-use a towel over the head (to prevent bites/scratches)...a lot easier with two people..but otherwise, hold in your arm with rabbit head in your elbow
-Clamp
-wipe any blood
-smear and press tattoo paste into the holes
-wipe off excess with a slightly damp cloth, check to make sure color in every hole
With characters-we would put the number of the year as last character (so 2024, 4 at the end), and first digit of which doe it came from (so, doe "Aphrodite," all her descendents started with A)
And I'd HIGHLY recommend starting pedigree so you can avoid too much incest . The does will become too dumb to take care of babies, or become vicious, or do other dumb things.
Hope this helps! Also, did you get my email about recirc pump to help with frozen pipes in your house?
Take care, Kelsey
Parallel fence and power lines especially can interfere with your circuit.
It might be possible, in an Edge Case situation like that, that the grounding rods and salt could combine to form cupric oxide diodes around the ground rods, which will rectify the voltage into the ground (passing DC voltage in one direction and passing it in the other).
Disclaimer: I am not an electrical engineer. I'm a liberal arts grad and math is a distant second language.
Sorry about the sheep. That is rough. Something to "look forward to" (not) at the time we get animals on our place. Best, packradt packradt
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Today we talk about tragedy on the Homestead, the return of eggs, two people projects and more with theTactical Redneck.
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo
Sponsor 1: Agorist Tax Advice- FREE webinar! AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar
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THE LIST
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Harvest meals
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Today I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Sonny Puzikas from the Gospel of Violence Podcast to talk about what societal collapse AND RECOVERY looks like. Because most who frame these topics have never been through one, but Sonny has.
Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.
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Today I am joined by Jonathan Kitzen, https://waterplantir.com/, to talk about water treatment and septic systems
Featured Event: Webinar Tomorrow at 2pm with Sue Zoldak, https://nicolesauce.podia.com/view/courses/marketing-for-success-q-a
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Sponsor 2: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN
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Jonathan is a serial entrepreneur having started more than 10 companies in nearly 3 decades that have focused on manufacturing, hardware, visual sciences, entertainment and commercial real estate. He has run companies in the USA, Canada, UK, Russian Federation, Dominica, Colombia. His past achievements include developing a digital 3D camera system which won the prestigious Mario Prize at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, founder of MKA Inc the only company making a profit manufacturing in the FSU according to the US state department in the early 1990’s, Founder of BHW of the UK (2002) which was early on sustainability and forestry, and has worked as professional cat herder trying to get engineers to do various tricks for over 30 years.
Jonathan is a big promoter of the decentralized movement - that more smaller redundant and local systems create more robust and sustainable response to climate change. He guided Demizine into the alternative housing market: mobile, emergency, rapid living solutions. He recognized that the market is bottle necked on the need for water and septic solutions. A house without running water and septic is a glorified tent – and formed WUB to change the way we think about and deal with water and septic.
His creative work includes multiple IMAX films, Co-Producing the academy award winning Lady in Number 6, co-author of an upcoming novel with Phillip K. Dick (Blade Runner) and Ron Schusett (Alien)
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Today, we talk about starting your garden plants from seed. We will take this from a beginners perspective and sprinkle in "Innovations" for those of you who are old hands at it. We will also cover our usual Monday Segments: Tales From the Prepper Pantry, Weekly Shopping Report from Joe, Frugality Tip, Operation Independence.
Featured Event: Feb 25 RV Solar Installation Workshop, $50, Westmoorland, TN, https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/rv-solar-install-workshop/
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report
Frugality Tip from Red Fyer Media (Rebecca)
For your DIY Construction projects
Get free lumber, hardware, plumbing PEX, Electrical supplies & even tools!
Building contractors, especially smaller ones who build 1-5 houses at a time, have to pay clean up crews to haul off the excess lumber & they rent the dumpsters & sometimes have to pay extra by weight & to be emptied.
If you see a house is being built, stop by and talk to the contractor about dumpster diving or collecting left overs. They will usually say ok, as long as you promise to go by after the crew is done for the day and they also want you to guarantee you are not going to sue them if you hurt yourself.
Every contractor I have talked to is THANKFUL that I am taking stuff away and they don't have to pay to haul off.
Here''s a short list of what I have gotten for free that way:
1/2 pex - appx 150 ft because crews don't like to mess with the last 20-30 ft of the roll stuck in the plastic.
3 strand wire (at least 150' from 4 different houses. They are short runs, maybe 2' - 7', but most DIY homestead projects use a lot of short runs and a few long ones. Super heavy duty wire like for 220 - enough for any DIY project.
Lumber! 2x4s, 2x6, 2x8, trim pieces for both indoor and outdoor - most NEW lumber that was extra at the end of a house build. Right now I have 20 20' 1x4 cedar boards that were left overs for ONE house.
Other items:
Insulation, pipe insulation.
Door hardware, cabinet hardware, plumbing hardware, electrical boxes (like on power poles) All NEW!
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Starting Seeds for Beginners
First: Why try?
Next: What can go wrong
About failure:
<Story: extra tomatoes and holey hoses>
Things to cover
Seeds: Heirloom, vs hybrid and its all okay
What to grow via seedlings: Tomatoes, peppers, kale, swiss chard, broccoli, lettuce, loofahs
1) Light, light, light. Generally a window isn't going to have strong enough light. By far, this is most common pitfall.
Lighting - and what to do if you dont have any
2) Soil temperature. Too low, and you'll have bad germination rates and weak seedlings.
Heating source - and what to do if you dont have any
Seedling mats
$13
3) Consistent moisture, not overwatering. Dampening off and failure to thrive despite good lighting is generally due to overwatering.
Watertable method - redneck style
Plant tray:
Pots
Trays
4) Potting mix. Find one you get good results with and stick to it. You want good moisture holding capacity but also a light enough texture that pricking out and potting up is easy.
Potting Mix
Soil mix
Some first year advice: choose 1 or 2 things and just try them out. And dont be sad if you end up buying seedlings - try again next year. It will work at some point.
Borrow from a friend
Visit nurseries for their extras - we ended up with 100 tray carrier things that way.
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Today, we talk about electrical fencing woes, escaping sheep, egg issues and more with the Tactical Redneck.
Featured Event: Wild Foraging Class April 8, 2024 with Kerry Brown. https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/wild/
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Fence Charger Woes - Is it the battery?
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Homegrown Meals
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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.
Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Today I am joined by Tactical to talk about priority schizophrenia on the homestead, electrical fences, preparing for spring planting and more.
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo: KentuckySustainableLiving.com
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast, InvestableWealth.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
Forage
Dandelion is already up
Firewood update
Grass Update (Was looking for wild onions)
Livestock
We Need Good Hay - And it is out fault
Eggs are slow - may adjust feed because they really should all be laying
Coop management is not working
Rooster slaughter is upon us
Time to process bunnies and breed the does
Retraining sheep, failing fence chargers, etc
Grow
Final day of the pantry challenge: Swiss chard
Time to plant peas
Pollarding and trimming
February on the Homestead: Bed preparations, Pruning, Seedlings, Operations Eyesore
Homestead Meals
Reverse searing Lambchops
Holler Neighbors/Community
The Car Schedule
Infrastructure
Fence Charger Story
Spare parts are great - KH was bailed out by the collection (So how do you balance that with clutter problems?)
Finances
In the midsts of a deep dive with Agorist Tax Advice and may need to make some tough decisions
Scheduling Chicken P
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Join me today at 2pm Central for a discussion with Brian from The Lots Project. We will discuss the Amazon Influencer's Program and its potential role in your content creation project.
Featured Event: Fight Like a Girl with Sonny Puzika: https://selfreliancefestival.com/prod...
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Brian's Amazon Storefront
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Playlist of Brian's Amazon Influencer Program Videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhVhFByPLDZnqD7XQ82fTu2yAo6xQoK_e
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Tuesday Live With John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Agorist Tax Advice.
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.
Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com
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Join us at 9:30m Central for a live discussion of managing the homestead alone, mud season, life without the grocery store, seed starting and more.
Featured Event: Sequatchie School Trapping Class, $125
Date: February 24, 2024
Location: Spencer, TN
Sign up: sequatchieschool@gmail.com
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Careful what you pray for - Snow turns to rain turns to mud city
Update on the truck key situation
Freezer Probe Problems -
Guest form is off until April 1, 2024
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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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Tickets go on sale tomorrow and here is who got added to the speaker lineup
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Sponsor 2: Permies.com
Maine is colder but this sucks more because it is rare here.
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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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Today we talk about winter, Tactical’s thumb, sheep infrastructure, managing woon on the homestead and more.
LiveFree.Academy - Free Webinar on Saturday - $57
Update on Tactical’s Thumb
Morning meeting - Morning routine got disrupted, now what
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Today, we talk about midwinter on the homestead, a new segment on homestead planning 101, lots of drama in the Holler, the new financial tracking system with Tactical Redneck and Nicole Sauce.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival April 6-7 in Camden, Tennessee
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Mild Winter
Homestead Planning 101 - The 15 Minute Homestead
Tagline: Small Steps and Doing Less Give You More On Your Homestead
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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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It is the last week of the year and I am home, tucked into my end of year regeneration project. My goal for myself is to set a foundation in the home for a fantastic 2024. To motivate myself, I set of a five day series of motivational episodes.
Today, we hear from me right after my grandma died recapping the year and choosing to follow my dreams.
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Today we talk about projects on the homestead, sheep, coyotes, squirrels, homegrown meals and more.
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast (InvestableWealth.com)
Sponsor 2: Agorist Tax Advice (AgoristTaxAdvice.vcom/LFTN)
Winter is here — brr
Branding talk
Long term picture is coming together, repairing things all the way
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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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