Today we talk about the great duck reset of 2023, a new way to do green curry, community fun and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project: https://www.midwestpreparednessproject.com/
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Weather has been awesome - nice and cool relatively speaking.
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Best baked wings recipe, funny new "found" livestock and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Festival
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Sponsor 2: Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
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Today we talk about public policy in the US, what motivates police from an arresting and ticketing standpoint, why girls should do gun training, and more with Dana McLendon and John Willis.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx coupon code LFTN
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Today we talk about real estate, AI, community gardens and more with Davian McKnight and John Willis.
Featured Event: Wednesday, August 9 - Meetup in Medford, Oregon at 6 pm. RSVP Online to let me know you will be there. We will meet at 6pm at Bricktown Brewery!
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
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Top Notch Community Gardens Youtube
Davian McKnight’s Tiktok: @weightsandrealestate
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Today, we talk about surprise baby rabbits, baby ducks in training, garden abundance, food preservation, ruining cheese, and more.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Chance: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
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Today we talk about proper tire selection, the oven turning on, getting ready for fall, and the race to make salsa.
Event: Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com
Homesteader Alliance and Freedom Cell Meetup Aug 5 at 4:30 in the Holler
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Today, I am going to talk about being ready for first aid needs on the homestead.
Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Homestead Advanced Wound Care Class. https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/
Livestream Schedule: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report
Our trip was a little abbreviated this week. Not needing anything there, we skipped Home Depot; I figured to check the price of a 2x4x8 online, but it's not clear which product I've been viewing; it might be $3.67, but it may have dropped a lot, to $2.98. I'll have to actually go inside next time.
The first stop, as usual, was Dollar Tree. No big changes were evident. The shelves all look pretty well stocked, although there is some duplication.
Aldi was next and last. We found everything we wanted, which for some reason was a short list this week; perhaps because the garden is producing.
Some staple prices are:
Eggs, $1.12; milk: $2.92; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; flour: $2.19; sugar (jumped): $3.09.
Hearing of shortages, I expected to see the 70% chocolate I like going up, but it is still $1.99 (I don't think it has ever changed that I remember); and OJ is $3.19 (that's at least a quart, but I need to recheck to be sure; it's a large glass bottle).
Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899/gallon.
Frugality Tip: Nothing in this week
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: First Aid on the Homestead
Why it is important: Often the hospital is far away, things go wrong on the homestead quickly. It becomes up to you to handle things.
Butterfly, steri strips, etc, Good quality clippers
Turns out the animal first aid kit was more together for today’s incident than my generalist human one so that got used.
What to do to prepare
Homesteading can look like all baby goats and garden abundance, but it is a very physical lifestyle. This means that you are exposed to getting hurt, and responsible one it does happen.
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Today we talk about the overall gardening season
Featured event: Foraging Walk by Kerry Brown
On Saturday August 12th, around 10 am at Solomon Park in Wartburg, TN I'll be holding a foraging walk as a guest of the Morgan County, TN Homesteaders Group. They have a group on Facebook if you search that particular title. Location: Wartburg Civic Center- Solomon Park 132 Carter Street Wartburg, TN 37887
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of The Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: Agoristtaxadvice.com
Forage
Wine berries
Watercress is coming back
Mint is all over the place
Yarrow
Livestock
Trapped!
Baby ducks got free
Compost area is built for chickens
Rabbits are moving to grass next week - took us a long time to get that set up because of sheep being added (talk about adding too much at once)
Separating the boys from the girls (why)
Grow
Overall season update
Last seeding of summer things and rotation into fall
Processing garlic
More on the onion harvest
Green beans and shade cloth
Holler Neighbors/Community
Update on Jenni
Meat curing class
Infrastructure
Rain assists with analyzing hydrology of the land
Solar and power outages
Finances
$15 for 16 jars of homemade relish
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Samantha the Savings Ninja
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Today, we talk about learning new things and how that fits in with a happy and productive life. I also highlight a new side hustle that one of our community has launched, and review the results of a recent survey that came from the weekly mail.
Have you signed up for the weekly mail? Do so here.
Featured Event: Early Bird Prices are about to be a thing of the past for Self Reliance Festival
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx
Livestream Schedule
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Side Hustle Feature: BovineBits
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Learn New Things or Die
Evocative headline, no?
They say if you are not growing, you are failing in business - the same goes for building your life. If you are not learning something new, you are dying.
Weekly Mail Survey Results:
Social connection: Medford Oregon Meetup on August 9 - RSVP Here.
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Today we give a midsummer update on the homestead, talk about community, and celebrate some things that have made life a little easier this year.
Featured event: Pressure Canning Class Wednesday at 5pm Central
DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
LAST CALL: Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Adventure Bundle, $35
Rainy year is good
Schedule based on weather: Early morning, midday break, later afternoon (Lots of breaks)
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Join me as we explore what seven years of podcasting has taught me about getting started, gear, monetizing and more.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr
Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu
Livestream Schedule:
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Frugality Tip: Cherry Pitter
DIY Quick, inexpensive, easy way to pit cherries!
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Lessons from 7 Years of Podcasting
From Micah
How about podcasting?
Equipment, guest form, interview tips, how it fits in with a business, how it incorporates with other areas of life, etc.
Software, workflow
Podcast lessons:
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Today we talk about the heat of summer, interesting new forge things I have discovered here, chicken nuggets, baby ducklings, and processing garlic.
Featured Event: Sunday at 4pm Central, A live Auction for Jenni
Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QisNMJGOETA
Come tell your Jenni Story: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/06/28/share-your-jenni-story-live-this-sunday/
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Heat and livestock on the homestead: A brainstorm.
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Today we talk about we talk about one of the most important things you can do to opt out of having your life lived for you, and beginning to build the life you choose yon your terms: Decide.
Livestream Schedule
Featured Event: Permaculture Technology Jambouree starts next week and you can still BOGO! https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=495
(Spokane Meetup July 6)
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
We made our usual three stops this Saturday, however I have added some more useful information I hope to continue.
Dollar Tree was first. They are well-stocked, although the coolers are filled with mostly name-brand drinks, not the ones I prefer. Oh well. I think they may have hired another person, as the lone woman at the registers was able to call for assistance when her line got long.
Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. It's rather a shame we didn't need any lumber, as the cull cart had a lot of good long pieces on it. The battery carrels up front remain mostly full, although there's very little lithium AA or AAA; I think just some 2-packs.
Aldi was last. Here, I've added some staple prices, and will try to update them:
Milk: $3.06
Eggs: $1.23 (up a little)
Heavy cream (32 oz): $4.69
All-purpose flour: $2.19
Sugar (4 lbs): $2.68
Butter (1 lb): $3.18
We found everything we wanted except pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds, which I've been having as a snack at work). I did find out that the one muzzled clerk is not waiting for bite training, but is the primary caregiver for her Mom, a cancer survivor; she would therefor likely be muzzled anyway.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Decide
I’ve got a newsflash for you: Not deciding is deciding. Usually this doest get you where you want to be.
What does it mean to decide
Shiny object syndrome and deciding
You stand at a crossroad each day where your first decision is this: Do you want to be better, or do you want to keep your unhealthy identity? (the Alcoholic example) Will you put on your oxygen mask first then help others, or will you bury yourself in indecision to mute the pain of knowing you did not decide, and therefore things were decided for you.
Living the life that others chose for you - vs living your life starts each morning (Job story) - boils down to one thing: Decide. Decide to do something. Decide you will never do something. Decide to let go of the crap. Decide you want to be crap. Decide to grow. Decide no. J
Just go out and decide - because when you decide, you change the metric by which your minutes, hours and days are measured. You bring it back to the things you can control. And you stop stagnating in apathy.
Decide
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Today we talk about the busy season of the homestead, canning update, garden abundance, weeds, chicken graduation weekend and more.
Featured event: October Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin, Oct 16
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
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Episode 761 - You Need To Fire Someone
When you are making lots of policies, you need to fire someone, and other words of wisdom.
Featured event: The Homestead Starter Pack, a 7-week course: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/homesteading-starter-pack-a-seven-week-course/
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid
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Livestream Schedule
No Tuesday Live
Thursday 7pm SRF Live
Friday at 10:30am CT - Homestead Happenings
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Chicken Workshop Prep
Chili and Smoked pork enchiladas
Redoing the shelving in the prepper pantry
Intervention
Operation Independence
Thank you to the community
Main topic of the Show: You Need To Fire Someone
When you are making lots of policies, you need to fire someone.
Call people back. (on their terms)
If you are having trouble focusing go work out.
Anyone can die at any time: Embrace that.
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Consistency wins over skill in the long run.
Invest time in what matters, not in endless distractions.
Not my monkeys, not my circus - and none of my business.
Pushing through no matter what, matters. So does prioritizing yourself.
Today we talk about newest forage in the Holler, injuries and homesteading, and garden success.
Featured Event: Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
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Homesteading Starter Kit Starts June 14, 2023, members, you know what to do.
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Today I welcome Jason Sparks and Jake Snyder from Kentucky Sustainable Living to talk about how their community grew in just three years, what it takes to be a homesteader, and how to get a regional festival up and running.
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx
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Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival
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Join me for an early summer update about what is happening on the Homestead. Chicken processing class is coming soon, more babies than we know what to do with, garden update, dry weather and more.
Featured Event: John Willis’ Chainsaw Event, June 17 in Camden, TN
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.comm
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Thoughts on the busy season and keeping sanity.
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Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead.
Featured Event: The LFTN 7th Annual Chicken Processing Class
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code: LFTN
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Today we talk about building from a small side hustle to a full time business with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.
Featured Event: The SMART Homesteading Webinar, $45
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
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Today we have an interview with a former colleague of mine, Mark Johnson. Mark has just purchased land to develop into a retreat for veterans in Sparta, Tennessee. Where there is a will there is a way!
Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com
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Former interwebs political consultant. Photographer. Historian at heart. Nine year Army National Guard Veteran. Former Blog Talk Radio host covering Illinois Politics. Married to Vicki who is a nurse of 33 years. Proud West Highland White Terrier Owner: Named Willow. Relocating to TN to escape Illinois and create a retreat space for Veterans and Ministry leaders struggling with life issues.
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Today is a homestead happenings show and I have NO IDEA what will happen because the Tactical Redneck is hijacking my show.
Enjoy!
Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk with Kerry Brown in Lenoir City, TN
Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, rsvp to strongrootsresources@gmail.com
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com
Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com
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What happens when you get John Willis, Joel Salatin and Nicole Sauce together? We have a conversation about heritage skills, the economic fragility of the US, developing community, knowing your neighbors, and growing clean food.
Featured Event: Mike Shelby’s Surveillance Event in Nashville, TN, June 2-4, 2023, $500
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Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
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How has my homegrown cooking world been with an on site freeze dryer? Join me today as I talk about that and all our usual Monday topics!
Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183
Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com
Harvet Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
Livestream Schedule
Tuesday
Join John Willis and I as we talk with Joel Salatin about the state of the world, building resilience into your lives, permaculture and more.
12:30 Central:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Friday
Hijacked by a redneck! Tactical Redneck grabs my channel for our weekly Homestead Happenings update at 10:30 Central.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhk2HWA-byY
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report, May 13
Dollar Tree was first. They've added a couple of cases of Monster to the rear drink coolers. In addition to my usual caffeine-delivery mechanism, I noted a decent stock of plastics while picking up a few other items. The food aisles seemed a little less haphazard, and there were a couple of people in there stocking shelves. The health aisle had a lot more stuff on it.
Next was Home Depot. There was no tag on the stacks of 2x4x8 studs, so I looked online and found the price still at $3.35.
Last on this trip was Aldi. We found everything we wanted. Eggs are down another dime, to $1.87. Whole milk was $3.50/gallon
I did notice that people were friendly with no one seeming tense or worried. I think I only saw one muzzled sheep, during the second trip. Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.
Frugality Tip from Margot
Hey all. I'm going to tell you to spend some money. But this is a frugality tip....yes it is. Sometimes you need to spend money to get something of value. We just got back from our first LFTN workshop and the ticket price was well worth the value we received. The price of the ticket can not buy the connections we made. The bonus was all of the things we learned. If you feel like you can't afford a ticket to a workshop, grab a can, and everytime you break, let's say a $20, put the change in a jar. Before you know it you will be able to "afford" things you didn't think you could. I can not stress how important community is, and without going to workshops that follow your interests, you will not find your most important community members. (You have almost a year to save up for the next LFTN)
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Homegrown Cooking with a Freeze Dryer
Why I got a freeze dryer (originally)
What I learned getting started
Frequency of using the machine year one versus now
Is it worth it?
There is a webinar on getting started in the membership portal for those who decide to get one this year. A word on Harvest Right and customer support. (Keep calling)
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Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project.
Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/
Sponsor number 1: Permies.com - PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO
Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off
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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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