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Dec 8, 2023

Today we talk about meat, meat finances, balancing all the things and the phrase “when we catch up on large projects on the homestead

Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Forage

  • Same as last week: tubers, roots, and winter hardy things

A word on SOCIAL

Livestock

  • Everyone has stayed in so far, sheep wise with the high volume of field hay
  • Working them through 3-4 times
  • Rabbits are doing well
  • THE HAWK

Grow

  • Confession about garlic

Harvest Meals

  • Lamb stew in the crock pot
  • Chinese and Mexican food harvested from a local restaurant

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Trying to keep up while doing this project has gotten particularly hard
  • Christmas Concert this weekend

Infrastructure

  • Need a new fence charger and not sure which to get

Finances

  • Whole cow was $1900 (which is $158 a 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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Dec 5, 2023

Today we talk about reducing drama in your life, Gen X language and childhoods, The Clown Circus, and energy generation with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Freedom Cell Event in Medina Ohio: https://www.yorkmeadowfarm.com/medina-freedom-cell-network-december-2023 

Sponsor 1: InvestableWealth.com  

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

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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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Dec 4, 2023

Today, we dive more deeply into why having a home that works for you is so important to overall success.

Featured Event: Dec 9, Mastersingers Christmas Concert, Cookeville TN: https://mastersingersinc.com/product/christmas/

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 9:30 Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis

Friday, 9:30 Live Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • 10 pound meatloaf
  • Awesome venison shin stew LOL
  • Waiting on plan despite the chaos went well but took work (The stir fry bail out)
  • Getting set for more cold AND to move back into my home this week
  • There will be a post Christmas Pantry Audit
  • 2 incoming cows this week and the ice cream freezer

Weekly Shopping Report: None posted

Frugality Tip: None Sent

Operation Independence

  • 90% of my focus is on Holler Roast Right Now
  • A work on podcast schedule: Dec 19 is the last show for 2023 aside from the Night Before Christmas series

Main topic of the Show: 

Usually when I talk about this topic, I am explaining how to transform your home from something that costs you money into something that brings YOU money - or at least pays for itself. A cornerstone of homesteading is finding ways to create value from your home no matter if you have 20 acres and a flock of sheep or if you live on a small urban lot or apartment, there are ways to glean value from your home.

But today, we have a different perspective. Remember how I said it is the many small choices you make each day that matter much more than the ones that seem huge?

>Roaster story vs. spending an extra hour each day communicating about what Holler Roast has to offer for the holidays

>Building a root cellar vs making your meal plan each day or week BEFORE you are hungry

Which brings me to today’s true purpose: Your home provides a solid foundation for your success when done right, and it can hinder your progress if done poorly. #funfacts

Look at power couples: often one addresses the domestic foundation either through personal attention or outsourcing so that the other is freed to focus on financial success - but both are successful at what they do.

Each day, we need some things to happen and this list can be different for everyone, but there are themes:

  1. Proper sleep and activity
  2. Nutritious food and hydration
  3. Clean clothing, grooming, etc
  4. Systems for finding information, managing things that happen

And for the solopreneur: Uninterrupted time to accomplish important tasks (I would say this is necessary for everyone, really) which means nOt hAvinG tO Put oUt fYres aLL tHe thYme.)

Why I am thinking about this topic: 

  • I had things set pretty much

Why is this a thing?

  • CEO Story: Leaving on trips to close deals - the extreme example
  • Home chef for Scott - the intermediate example
  • Your domestic situation vastly impacts your day. It sets wether you are tired, healthy, put together, worried and so much more - so while it may seem counter intuitive, puttin attention to your home and how it supports your priorities is rarely discussed but very important.

SOE Land: the brilliance of the Employee Lunch

Thoughts on a MESSY vs a CLEANY and how to transform your home into something that works for you (Choose standards you are OK with vs museum standards – or embrace your museumness) 

Things you can do to address this - my initial list while I put my life back together

  • Follow One Course Until Successful
    • Email
    • Bill and filing system
    • Laundry mountain
    • The one messy room
    • Backlog balance
    • Remember to eat on plan
    • Etc
  • Journaling to identify what is most important - it may be personal habits, it may be a spatial issue
  • You make space for what is important to you - are you making space for success or failure
  • Phone a friend

>Land on something that includes OMG THE CLUTTER

Membership Plug

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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Dec 1, 2023

Today we talk about asking for help on the homestead, escaping sheep, much needed rain and more.

Featured event: Dec 3 gathering at Kerry Brown’s, 12pm-5pm near Knoxville, 

Please RSVP to Kerry: strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Sponsor 1: Discountmylarbags.com

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

Forage

  • Returned to underground things
  • Wild game

Livestock

  • LGD Story
  • Fence charger issue and discussions of pasture improvement
  • Eggless birds and nutrition

Harvest Meals

  • Final round of deer shin stew
  • Bought commercial food to eat on plan through the next three days

Heating with wood 

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • ADHD Meltdown and Tracy (doubling)

Finances

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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Nov 24, 2023

If you got silence on episode 819 - here is a copy of the audio for you. Sometimes Fountain will not replace the file when I fix it. We actually do not know why it published with just a billion minutes of silence. This seems to be happening oddly from time to time. 

Show Notes:

Today we talk about colder nights, harvest abundance, livestock hijinks and communications between the Redneck and Nicole.

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Forage

  • Watercress
  • Oyster Mushrooms Should Be Popping

Livestock

  • Ducks wandering too far and duck jail
  • Helping with Duck Jail
  • Sheep are starting to eat hay - Need more hay (1.5 days per bail)
  • Your livestock will tell you what is needed to keep them if you listen. Sheep got out - a piece of hard fence was high and they let us know
  • Goat getting out
  • Escaped rabbit! (Bring up supplemental food)
  • Baby rabbits are well 
  • Reduction in roosters has greatly aided chicken dynamics

Grow

  • Time to plant garlic - gathering leaves for mulch
  • Hacking away at food forest maintenance a little at a time

Holler Neighbors/Community/Redneck & Nicole Communications

  • The house remodel talk
  • Communal Thanksgiving

Finances

  • It is nice to have savings
  • Help Inventorying freezer meat

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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Nov 24, 2023

Today we talk about colder nights, harvest abundance, livestock hijinks and communications between the Redneck and Nicole.

Sponsor 1:Agoriat Tax Advice - Free Download:  https://bit.ly/agoristtax ; Website: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx 

Forage

  • Watercress
  • Oyster Mushrooms Should Be Popping

Livestock

  • Ducks wandering too far and duck jail
  • Helping with Duck Jail
  • Sheep are starting to eat hay - Need more hay (1.5 days per bail)
  • Your livestock will tell you what is needed to keep them if you listen. Sheep got out - a piece of hard fence was high and they let us know
  • Goat getting out
  • Escaped rabbit! (Bring up supplemental food)
  • Baby rabbits are well 
  • Reduction in roosters has greatly aided chicken dynamics

Grow

  • Time to plant garlic - gathering leaves for mulch
  • Hacking away at food forest maintenance a little at a time

Holler Neighbors/Community/Redneck & Nicole Communications

  • The house remodel talk
  • Communal Thanksgiving

Finances

  • It is nice to have savings
  • Help Inventorying freezer meat

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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Nov 17, 2023

Today, we share the weekly update and a continuation of last week's homestead visioning discussions, as well as take many questions from the livestream participants.

Sponsor 1: InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Forage

  • Looking at Jerusalem artichokes

Livestock

  • Bunnies - 3 and 3 or 4 so a light litters this round
  • Possibly Pregnant Ewe
  • Chicken processing time/ quarantined bird
  • Forage is hard for sheep due to no rain (Field hay)
  • New paddocks available with the underbrush died back
  • Duck Jail, culling old ducks

 

Harvest Meals

  • The perfect I have no kitchen meal
  • Perpetual bone broth
  • Beef processing

 

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • The 10 point buck
  • Floating animal care
  • GSD at Bryans

 

Infrastructure

  • Need to go to wood chip mecca
  • Need to do garlic

 

The Dream Discussion

 

Finances

  • Cow this year is coming in around $4/lb butchered

 

Membership Plug

 

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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Nov 15, 2023

Today, I am joined by Mary Bryant Shrader from Marysnest.com to talk about from scratch living as well as discuss highlights from her book: The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.

Features Event: Save the Date: LFTN Spring Workshop

Sponsor 1: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com

Show Resources - Find Mary

https://marysnest.com/my-cookbook/

https://marysnest.com 

https://www.youtube.com/marysnest 

Main content of the show

Mary Bryant Shrader, is the founder and host of the Mary’s Nest YouTube channel which has nearly 54 million views and 1 million subscribers all over the world who want to learn traditional cooking skills. She’s also the author of the bestselling The Modern Pioneer Cookbook, a traditional foods lifestyle manual covering bone broths, ferments, sourdough and more.

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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Nov 13, 2023

Today, we have a show on the lessons I have learned from this year's remodel that apply to homesteading in general. I will also cover our usual Monday segments.

Featured Event from the Weekly Mail: Winter Market and Dance, Dec 2, The War Room in Strawberry Plains, TN, 11am

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa 

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

Livestream Schedule

  • Monday, 2pm: Four Lessons Learned from The Great 2023 Home Renovation
  • Tuesday, 12:pm: Tuesday Live with J. A. Dudley and John Willis
  • Wednesday, 10am: Wednesday Interview with Mary Brandt Schrader
  • Friday, 9:30am: Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Life without spices
  • Bone broth every day, working through frozen bones before canned bone broth
  • New cow has arrived, + a text from a friend
  • Looking forward to setting up my winter lettuce area

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

We took the short version (no Home Depot stop) of our usual trip on Saturday.

Dollar Tree was first. Still no energy drinks in the coolers, but they have plenty on the shelf. The food coolers are pretty full, the drink coolers perhaps a little more than half full now. They've been generally a little busier than in past months, with a single line generally insufficient for the number of customers. It's not food they're buying; I still see a lot of party-crap being sold.

We didn't stop at Home Depot, but looking online, a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big drop, to $3.18. Their Black Friday deals have apparently started, so we'll make a point of visiting soon.

Aldi was the second stop. I saw a couple more price drops, and no increases since last week. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11; milk: $3.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $2.99 (drop #1); bacon: $4.49; potatoes: $3.49; flour: $1.99 (drop #2 but might have dropped last week); sugar: $3.09. I may add ground beef to the list; 80% was $4.19/lb.

A gallon of untainted regular remains at $3.899. I really like that the Kona gets ~28-30mpg.

Frugality Tip from Steven with a video

Turn your basket into a lift: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#label/Frugality+Tip/FMfcgzGtxdWzDxsZqqfvCBFWKfszrcpr?projector=1

Operation Independence

Thoughts on living in the glamper and why it is a good thing.

Main topic of the Show:  Lessons From The Holler Homestead Remodel

Background on the perpetual remodel of 2023

Why now?

What I tried before and what happened?

Lesson One: Home is the source of rejuvenation +what it means

Lesson Two: Advice: Take a year before making BIG decisions on your homestead, or take 16, whatever. You need to know what you really want and that can change over time. +what it means

Lesson Three: The Power of Community, Connections, and Know Thyself. +what it means

Lesson Four: Time an advance, long term vision make living with the chaos much easier. (The plans, the schedule, the camper) +what it means

How this related to living the life you choose on your terms and the perpetually changing kitchen. Also thoughts on how this will impact unpacking +what it means

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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Nov 10, 2023

Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to have a big picture conversation that was inspired by a house being listed on our little back country road for $519k. What started as a "what if" conversation turned into future visioning. We will also go through some of the stories that have erupted from the homestead over the past two weeks while i was away.

Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com: https://bit.ly/3oq04OO

Sponsor 2: Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html 

Forage

  • FIrst frost has happened, forage is moving below ground

Livestock

  • Baby rabbits
  • Ram Story

Homegrown Cooking

  • Crockpot meals with preset kits due to construction project
  • Using up Green Tomatoes
  • When to tap into your canned goods
  • Incoming beef and freezer tetris/using things up (Looks like lots of stew around here)

The Great Visioning Talk of 2023

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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Nov 6, 2023

Today, we have an update on my word of the year: Breakthrough and some late breaking lessons. How is your word of the year going.

We also cover all our usual Monday segments.

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

Sponsor 2: Strong Roots Resources: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ 

Livestream Schedule

  • 9:30 AM Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
  • 2 PM Wednesday Live Interview with Sue Zoldak
  • 9:30 AM Friday Homestead Happenings

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Travel food update - Pantry is still providing
  • Last of the green tomatoes harvested, what I do next
  • Meatloaf prep for my last week away
  • Restocking first aid and nutraceuticals

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

We made our trip on Saturday, as usual. The first stop, also as usual, was Dollar Tree. Stock looks good there, from the shelves to the coolers, for both food and drinks. The store was busy enough for the one woman working a register to holler for "All to the front!"

Our second stop was Hobby Lobby, where Sonia added some stencils for her crafting. She actually found the ones she wanted in the baking area, and those are a lot cheaper than the ones in papercraft aisles.

We skipped Home Depot, but looking online a 2x4x8 is unchanged this week, at $3.48.
Aldi was last. I don't think the produce looked anywhere near as good as in recent weeks. Most of the bananas were very green. The cantaloupes looked old and wrinkled, and the few bags of green grapes left just didn't look that good, so I got a bag of dried dates instead. The chocolate section continues to diminish, but an alternate I like was available. Staple prices were: eggs: $1.11, milk: $3.02, heavy cream: $4.69, OJ: $3.19, butter: $3.29, bacon: $3.99, potatoes (10 lbs.): $5.59, flour: $2.19, and sugar: $3.09.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Traveling can end up costing a lot of money. With the choice of hotels over Air BNB, hotels sometimes look like a better choice. But when you get a house you have a kitchen and most of the time a washer and dryer. A trip to a local farm stand and/or a grocery store to buy food to cook will actually save you money over eating out. And you know what you are eating. So way in your meals on you choice of hotel vs. Air BNB and you will find a few more dollars for a house, is actually a savings. 

~Margo

Operation Independence

  • Glamping site coming in the spring

Main topic of the Show: Breakthrough Word of the Year

What is the word of the year

Why I chose breakthrough

Key points through the summer:

  • Boundaries
  • No
  • Decide
  • The things you make time for will happen

Latest lessons

  • Family and relationships are very important to me
  • Siloing
  • You must slow down to go further

What’s next

  • Slower, steadier show schedule
  • More value in the membership portal
  • More focus on Holler Roast coffee
  • #My3Things book

Also, I WILL get a pool! 

What will your word of the year be next year?

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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Oct 24, 2023

Today we have a recording of the SMART Homesteading presentation I did for the Midwest Preparedness Project. I talk about organizing your projects in small segments and in a good order to get things done in your busy homesteading day.

Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo: 

Sponsor 1: Agorist Tax Advice: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa 

Sponsor 2: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx

Tales from the Prepper Pantry in Busy Times

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe on Mewe

Main topic of the Show: Smart Homesteading From MWPP

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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Oct 20, 2023

How things went while we were away, winter is coming, escaping rams and more on today’s homestead happenings show.

Featured Event: "🌟 Join us for a Freedom Cell Network Meet & Greet! 🌟

📅 When: Saturday, November 4th at 4:00 pm

📍 Where: 1370 Remsen Rd, Medina OH 44256

RSVP to: serenityminded@protonmail.com

Sponsor 1: DIscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: StrongRootsResources.com

Forage

  • The final cycle of gathering herbs and spices
  • How I dry them
  • Watercress resurgence
  • Marking jerusalem artichokes

Livestock

  • Escaping rams
  • Animals and our being away - went smoothly
  • Desperately need to process roosters
  • Duck Jail
  • Chicken eggs are started up
  • Rabbits are due in a week

Grow

  • Peppers and tomatoes still on the vines - all else removed
  • Outdoor lettuce and radishes
  • Need to set up the inside grow

Harvest Meals

  • Prepackaged steaks
  • Final Harvest Tomato Soup

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Everyone pitched in for SRF
  • Everyone is pitching in because I will be on a sudden road trip next week

Infrastructure

  • Plumbing Troubles
  • Pulling outdoor dishwasher, shower, sink and turning off solar water heater
  • Glamper 

Finances

  • Cow 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!

Community

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Oct 9, 2023

Today we have a content creator’s roundtable, with Brian Aleksivich from The Lots Project, Backwoods Butcher, and Toolman Tim Cook.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr 

Sponsor 2: Discount Mylar Bags: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx 

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 12:30 PM: Tuesday live with John Willis and Risky Chrisky

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Restocked vitamins
  • Planning meals based on pantry items for SRF so we stay healthy
  • Putting up Tomatoes a la Geraldine
  • Last summer garden harvest - this and that!
  • Smoked Venison Roast

Frugality Tip from Dan

My first tip is to have gorilla tape, wherever you go. If you have quality pens that you can replace the ink, wrap it with as much tape as is comfortable for writing, and keep it until you use it. You never know when some formally tape is the difference between driving home and getting towed, which is a big difference of time and money. Also, who knows what other problems can be fixed for long enough to replace or properly fix the issue. It has saved my butt.

Operation Independence

  • Spending money to set a foundation for future success

Main topic of the Show: Content Creator’s Roundtable

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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Oct 2, 2023

Today, we talk about the definition of Homesteading and cover some principles that will help you build it into your life.

Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Festival going on right now in Slough Creek West-G2 Group Camp Site, Dr b, Ozawkie, KS 66070, USA

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, 9:30am CT Tuesday.
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Not planning to do the “in-person”  Autumn resupply until after SRF as a matter of tidiness
  • Dawn Gorham’s Tomatoes sparked an idea
  • Managed to get more dried tea
  • Zooming Out - A story from the network

    I don’t know how I missed this, but it autoplayed on the perfect day. Because of timing, I’m not the person that “has a failed rabbitry and I know who I am” because in August I hadn’t yet let myself acknowledge that I have a failed rabbitry. I didn’t know I was that person yet, so Nicole couldn’t have been talking right to me. Could she? 😬

    My mushroom gig has been On Point! But one of these pictures is not like the others.

    The reality of the gorgeous golden oysters with perfect Renaissance lighting is that I took the picture at midnight and that was the only clean spot on the counter.. correction, only clean surface in the kitchen.. further correction, only clean surface on the first floor of my house. >>>Zoom Out Wednesday

     

  • Crockpot chicken stew with backs and legs

Frugality Tip from Margot

Don't you hate it when you reach for that tube of glue and it all hardened and you can't squeeze any out, then you pop it with a pin and glue your fingers together. Yeah me too!!

 I now buy multi packs of small tubes of crazy glue (cheapest is the 4 pack at the dollar tree) or e6000 for ceramics and glass (cheapest I've seen this 4 pack is on Amazon, unless you got to JoAnn or Michaels with a coupon). The multi packs are usually the same price and you don't really cry when one of the little ones is hardened up, because you you have extra tubes.

Operation Independence

  • Got top-quality, organic hay for the sheep at $5 a bale
  • Final Hipcamper of the season

Main topic of the Show: Defining Homesteading

You know what is outrageous? People telling other people that they are not “real” homesteaders for stupid reasons. Reasons like they do not have enough land. Or their barn is not cool enough. Or they don’t raise ALL their food from their land. Or they outsource butchering. Or they use electricity and are not off grid. 

There are many reasons WHY people attack fellow homesteaders for not being PURE. 

And it bleeds. It bleeds into the psyche. 

I have heard from some of the baddest assedest homesteaders that they “feel” like they are not really homesteading. I mean, we are talking people from whom I have learned to make sourdough, or a better way to compost. People who have GIFTED me seeds they saved.

People you probably follow.

THEY are starting to doubt if they are homesteady enough.

What is behind all this, anyway? I started digging through some comments that I found online about “real” homesteading and, not surprisingly, I found a bunch of accounts with few to no followers, no content, and probably run by the same person or small group of people. 

Guys, some people are just better and the best thing you can do for your future is learn to step around bitter people. And this means NOT taking on any emotional baggage from some rando on the internet telling you how you must define “real” homesteading.

It’s hard enough to keep all these heartbeats going without worrying about wether or not what we are doing is real.

So what is REAL homesteading - some things that have tapped into the homesteader’s spirit in the last 150 ish years? 

  • The Homestead Act perspective, 1862
  • Back to the land 1
  • Hobby farming
  • The slow march corporatization of food and farming makes small, family farms rarer
  • Small scale farming and back to the land 2 and 3
  • Backyard chickens, hippies, and organic food hipsters

The question is NOT are you or are you not a “REAL homesteader, but rather how are you tapping into the homesteading spirit?

  1. Do you work for your home or does your home work for you?
    1. Gain value from your environment while living in harmony with it
  2. Heritage SkillsGardens, food livestock, etc

 

Suburban Lot

Apartment

Small acreage

Larger acreage 

>>>Seasonal<<<<

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Sep 29, 2023

Being gone every single day, forward momentum, jerky roosters, preparing the homestead for being gone, and last round of harvest.

Feature Event: MWPP

Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com - Jack’s is Back! https://hollerroast.com/product/bourbon-cooled/

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

Forage

  • Why forage
  • How to make salves

Livestock

  • Even keel
  • Baby lambs are vibrant
  • Looking at adding 2 ewes and selling or processing Cloudy
  • Duck Jail
  • Baby ducks are escape artists - Panic mode and duck gates
  • Rabbit overload

Grow

  • Things slowing for the fall
  • Basil harvest
  • Need to pot up things for inside
  • Willow propagation
  • Banana Tree Process

Harvest meals

  • Pork chops
  • Buying Keto Snacks like it is a teenage road trip/the ICU story

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Packup and the washing machine
  • Seeking help for animal processing
  • The cast iron pipe and my rental

Infrastructure

  • Nothing

Finances

  • Nothing to report

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Sep 28, 2023

Today, I talk with David Hughes about how he built a successful nut tree empire! 

Sponsors John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr 

EMP Shield: Empshield.com Coupon Code LFTN 

Featured Event: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/

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https://rockbridgetrees.com/

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My name is David Hughes, AKA Farmer Dave. I have been a market grower for 25 plus years and nurseryman for 14 plus years. I own and operate Rock Bridge Trees on 8 1/2 acres in Bethpage, TN, selling to customers all over the country. We specialize in Pecans, Hazelnuts, Hickories and other nut producing trees and would love to teach the small-space homesteader how to make their property self-sustaining through the power of nut trees and growing slow food.

Why grow nut trees on the homestead?

What kinds can be grown?

Where and how can they be grown?

Do I grow for myself or for a market?

How much work is involved in growing nut trees?

How do nut trees work with livestock?

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Sep 22, 2023

Lamb husbandry, new life, getting ready for fall, fire ants!

Featured Event: Sunday Speaking Gig at the Spencer MAG - and a message to you!

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Forage

  • Passions fruit is on the vines
  • Last rounds in the next 2 weeks on: mint, yarrow, passions flower, comfrey, stinging nettle, blackberry leaves, lemon balm
  • Marking the jerusalem artichokes 

Livestock

  • Chickens in holler roost need their wings clipped (Or processing)
  • REALLY need to process rabbits
  • New Baby Sheep: Lamb Chop (Rack and Rib)
  • Sheep Decisions/Sheep husbandry
  • Baby Ducks are free to the yard as of yesterday (Playing it by ear on when to combine)
  • Fire ants in the garden

Homestead Meals

  • Last? Round of salsa from Holler Hot peppers
  • Crockpot Lamb Ribs
  • Garden Saute - Malabar spinach

Grow

  • Closing down areas: How we do it
  • Lettuce looks good
  • Late squash harvest

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Ride share to the MAG
  • Saturday Night Holler Neighbor Dinner

Infrastructure

  • $60 to hard fence a tough area (context: reels are about 150 each w braided wire we use)

Finances

  • 5 bags of food a month for babies: $100 for September

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Sep 15, 2023

Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push.

Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it.

Featured Event: Homestead Advanced Wound Care with Chuck Peoples: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/?aff=nicolesauce

Sponsor 1: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR

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

Forage

  • Missed my tree shaking
  • Goldenrod is everywhere
  • Nettles are ready for harvest
  • Mints, etc still harvestable
  • Grabbing Yarrow
  • Echinacea Seed collection to start additional patches
  • Chicken of the woods this week

Livestock

  • Baby sheep playing this morning
  • Really close to another round of babies
  • Timing rotation so that the sheep are easy to get to for SRF
  • Starting to rotate goats again when fencing is simplified
  • Deer season is nigh and there are many in the area
  • Time to process rabbits
  • Picking up a rooster or two (Need leg bands to mark them)
  • Time to put on ear tags for the new lambs

Grow

  • Lettuce is up and needs thinning - transplant to the AP system
  • May have enough peppers to do another round of salsa
  • Getting ready to prepare beds for spring planting
  • Preparing bed for garlic
  • Last brussels sprout harvest this weekend
  • Flowers did great this year

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • SRF Stage Assistance
  • Filling in when we are gone
  • The roaster repair

Infrastructure

  • Semi permanent electric fencing to make life easier (Making straight shots)
  • Building a new rabbitry - need to put pine tar on the structural wood (Making a big mess under Tajmaholler

Finances

  • Expensive chicken eggs are night - Today is the earliest day for eggs
  • Tracking system is working well
  • Andy has sheep shares 

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Sep 8, 2023

Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more!

  • Featured event: Homesteaders Meetup Sat at 4:30 here - info at LivingFreeinTennessee.com
  • Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
  • Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa

Forage

  • Paw paw time

Livestock

  • Bruny is getting close - her udder is growing
  • Time to process another round of rabbits
  • Where to look when the sheep go missing
  • Almost time to integrate smallest ducks which makes management easier

Grow

  • Having trouble getting harvest in while working in Nashville on my duplex
  • Lettuce is germinated just need to keep it going through times of no rain while the plants are small
  • Fall beets look horrible
  • Peppers are slow
  • Storing basil in the kitchen
  • Ginger is up

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Meetup for our local freedom cell on Saturday at 4:30
  • Played a new game - world without Rule of Law

Infrastructure

  • New chicken waterer - Cement tray with water - then put in a 5 gallon bucket, drilled a hole in the side to fill with a hose then turn it upside down. Easier to clean all the parts
  • Installing semi permanent fence through the tree lines in the secondary property. If it works, will do more sections to make rotation easier. _Aluminum wire that will be charged when in us

Finances

  • Tracking is on point - 
  • Focus on rental and home sale

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Sep 1, 2023

Winter is coming even though it is not fall. T is stressed out right now. Time to audit infrastructure, water, firewood, feed hay for the sheep and goats, wood chips and more.

Featured event October 16 Chicken Processing: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/poultry-processing-october-16/

Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com: https://bit.ly/3oq04OO

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

Forage

  • Shake the Paw Paw Tree
  • Watercress is back
  • Mullein Seeds
  • Oyster mushrooms
  • MInt and other herbs are still with us but the time is soon that a frost will come

Livestock

  • Pregnant Ewe
  • Male sheep are settled here - trying to eat bark of fodder trees
  • Baby Ducks going outside of the chicken tractor for the first time today 
  • Chicken Eggs should start soon
  • Max fd around and found out
  • About time to breed rabbits

Harvest Meals

  • Saute with wild mushrooms
  • Holler Stew 
  • The Pork Tenderloin thing

Grow

  • Lettuce has germinated
  • Fall beets look sad
  • Still getting beans and tomatoes off the garden but they are slowing down
  • First brussels sprouts harvest ever
  • Time to start prepping the garlic patch for the year
  • Peppers are very slow, unlike former years
  • Tomato horn works and other caterpillars have arrived (WHy and what we are doing about it)
  • Planning to just maintain the lettuce patch into the fall as things get super busy here

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Tested a prepper game: WROL
  • Traded coffee for eggs

Infrastructure

  • Getting ready to work in Nashville on drywall next week we could not find anyone to do work there so it is up to us
  • Staining tajmaholler
  • Rabbit redo starting

Finances

  • Started the new tracking system: meeting post errand run as a policy, spreadsheet, immediate reimbursements. 

Make it a great week!

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Aug 29, 2023

Today Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more.

Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

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

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

FortressK9.com

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Aug 25, 2023

AC is my friend this week. We finally had a set of days above 100 and Autofab reminded me that this happens every year between mid August and Mid September. 

Winter is coming.

Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/

FUNDRISER: https://www.kalebhouse.org/

One Million Downloads Reminder: 

Forage

  • Elderberries are ripe
  • There are weeds dying because it is hot 🙂
  • Pasture is much better than last year

Livestock

  • Helping animals with heat
  • Male sheep ate the bark off the fodder trees
  • Baby ducks are out of the brooder (2 weeks old)
  • Time to process more rabbits plus the stray we found

Grow

  • Deep harvested peppers andmade salsa
  • Post Mysterious Trip Harvest
  • Tomatoes not liking 100 degree days, a lesson
  • Beets germinating so struggling to keep the baby plants alive through this three day period
  • Adding lettuce seeds Saturday or sunday
  • Water automation is a god send
  • Harvesting brussels sprouts tonight

Harvest Meals

  • Holler Stew
  • Devilled Eggs

Holler Neighbors/Community

Infrastructure

  • Moving a garden gate
  • Wiring still isnt done
  • Moving the chimney in the main house, getting parts for that
  • Waiting to hear from Signature Solar about electrical issues with our cinder block wall giving us a shock.

Finances

  • Getting more feed which will serve as the foundational trip for our more in-depth financial tracking system

Make it a great week!

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Aug 21, 2023

Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.

Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/

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

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

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • 1st Cheddar is aging
  • Focused un using all the bits and bobs from the freezer that have long been there
  • 7 gallons of tomatoes in the freezer ready to process
  • No canning was completed this week, instead we fed the neighbors for a Holler Neighbor Campfire Night
  • New Green Bean Recipe - Grumpy Acres Calls The Cowboy Green Beans

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.

Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.

Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.

As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:

Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.

Frugality Tip: Send yours in

Operation Independence

  • Subpanel is moved for the Cabin Solar so that final automation can be completed
  • Heating water with the sun
  • Starting Sept 1, changing how we track homestead finances

Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet

The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?

Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.

You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.

That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.

Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.

So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done. 

Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.

I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is  not good enough, constantly behind, etc.

<CHEESE STORY>

Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?

* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one

* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing

* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front

* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know

* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault. 

* We are fearless.

* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about

* We are relentless and don’t give up

* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it

But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.

And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.

But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.

And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?

What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?

Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.

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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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.

Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/

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

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

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • 1st Cheddar is aging
  • Focused un using all the bits and bobs from the freezer that have long been there
  • 7 gallons of tomatoes in the freezer ready to process
  • No canning was completed this week, instead we fed the neighbors for a Holler Neighbor Campfire Night
  • New Green Bean Recipe - Grumpy Acres Calls The Cowboy Green Beans

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.

Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.

Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.

As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:

Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.

Frugality Tip: Send yours in

Operation Independence

  • Subpanel is moved for the Cabin Solar so that final automation can be completed
  • Heating water with the sun
  • Starting Sept 1, changing how we track homestead finances

Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet

The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?

Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.

You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.

That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.

Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.

So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done. 

Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.

I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is  not good enough, constantly behind, etc.

<CHEESE STORY>

Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?

* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one

* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing

* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front

* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know

* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault. 

* We are fearless.

* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about

* We are relentless and don’t give up

* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it

But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.

And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.

But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.

And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?

What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?

Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.

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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Aug 19, 2023

Today, we return to our interview show series with a chat with the Renegade Butcher. Josh joins us from his overly hot studio, in the heat of summer, in Texas to talk about what he has been working on, AI, Nostr, Butchering meat and more.

1 Million Download Celebration Reminder: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/

Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Call!
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/

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

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

Show Resources

RenegadeButcher.com

Main content of the show

Josh grew up in the midwest with an ever-growing passion for cooking and food in general. Making his way to Texas nearly a decade ago, he added craft butchery and charcuterie as well as Texas style barbecue to his list of culinary obsessions. Eventually starting his own series of small businesses in an effort to help ease the pressure on small processors caused by the events in 2020. Not only has he been working to teach small ranchers and homesteaders how to process their own livestock in person, he runs a video/audio podcast, has built an active online community and has launched a much anticipated line of seasoning blends based on his own personal recipes. His blends have been well received by his wild game customers, and his sausage products are in demand every fall with local hunters.

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