Today, I am joined by Thecia Ellis to discuss how persistence has taken her from the brink of bankruptcy to a developing homestead.
Featured Event: The 2023 Health Expo hosted by Barron County Patriots on May 6 in Chetek, WIToday’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant
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Thecia Ellis is a grandmother of three that has settled in NE Oklahoma after a lifetime of moving around Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas and Southern California with a very short move to Venezuela as a toddler.
She and her husband own 26 acres of the 40 acre plot of a reclaimed coal pit. After her husband became severely depressed that morphed into bi-polar depression, their lives slid backward for several years nearly losing everything.
Through sheer stubbornness and persistence, Thecia is slowly clawing their way forward again and even has begun to enjoy the journey.
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Today, I am joined by Ryan Steve of TheHomesteadConsultant.com to discuss how critical thinking is done and why it is important to sharpen this skill.
Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s PTJ Event in Missoula, MT
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I grew up in rural Wisconsin with lots of room to roam, experiment and explore. I was home schooled before it was cool. After a departure from the corporate world, I now make my living as a home inspector and homesteading consultant. I love to innovate solutions and I am passionate about building soil, building community and building better, more resilient food systems.
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Today I talk with Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast about - well - everything!
Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, TX
Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
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Jack Spirko and I hopped on a two hour livestream to field a bunch of questions from gardening, to ammo, to storing fuel. Enjoy
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Today we talk about spring not coming on the homestead, cats, and life priorities with Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life on our monthly Spicy Sisters show.
Talk about the week’s schedule.
Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28
Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources
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Today we talk about the duck egg incubation experiment, another coming frost risk as predicted, pre planning for healthy meals, rabbit procrastination.
Featured Event:
Wild Edible Walk
Lenoir City, TN
Saturday, May 20th
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
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Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com
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We go through winter and it seems to linger on. We start our seedlings inside and they want to be set out, but the nights are oft too cold. Then the switch gets thrown and animals are born, seeds and plants must go in the ground. Somehow at this same time, we discover broken waterers, or spring cleaning needs. And the morels call loudly from the forest hiking trails.
How do you handle the spring rush? I will share some of our strategies.
Featured Event & Today’s Sponsor:
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Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Technology Jambouree, July 3-14 in Boseman, MT
Paul Wheaton is extending a once in a lifetime deal for his Permaculture Technology Jamboree this summer. When you buy your ticket before Tuesday April 18th at 2pm MT, you can get a ticket for your friend absolutely free. Don’t miss out on the Buddy Bonanza, buy your ticket today:
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Livestream Schedule
Tuesday Live with Joel Ryals, 12:30 pm
Wednesday Interview Show with Toby Truman of Discount Mylar Bags, 1pm
Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30 AM
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
1 freezer down, three to go!
Reassembled the prepper pantry post construction
Use it up list!
Workshop Temporary Food Shelving (Why we are trying this)
Easy steaks and chops this week
Started feta cheese
Weekly Shopping Report
Could not find one this week
Frugality Tip: Reusing ribbons from Janet
I save all kinds of ribbons. I have been known to save ribbons from gifts at baby showers I attend because I cannot bear to see them tossed. I also save narrow strips of fabric for tying up tomatoes.
Operation Independence
Spring Garage Sale and Purge on the Homestead! (Check the post on mewe)
The tyre fund
Main topic of the Show: Handling the Spring Frenzy
Story of my first spring as a homesteader, the chickens, the plants, the weather
Spring Frenzy is Upon Us
Backlog:
Gardens
Seedlings
Fast growing chicks and their unique trait this go around
Food forest maintenance
Baby Bunnies
Pregnant sheep
Aquaponics and hydro systems
New humanure
Organizing the canning and preserving system
Bird in the cabinet I want to get rid of
Firewood needed
Incubating ducklings
New egg business
GOATS
Strawberries and the need for red rocks
Monthly speaking engagements
Wild edible bonanza season
Upshot: each time something breaks it is a HUGE DEAL that results in a family meeting…
Step 1: Reset
Step 2: Identify the critical bottle necks - tag team their elimination (The dryer story)
Step 3: remember why we do this (sitting in the sun with Cycy)
Step 3: Align on priorities: keep alive, future keeping alive, all the rest – also ALL THE REST
Step 4: Bring in help
Step 5: Prioritize self (Vitamins, walks, rest)
This all requires siloing for me – and I know that in another month and a half it will be over. The tempting thing at that point is to just keep pushing more and more things onto my plate. But this is a trap that leads to a frenetic fall - so remember == all the things you start this spring also have a time when they finish and require processing, preserving, selling, etc. Choose wisely, remember your goal, and take time to enjoy the spring.
How do you handle the Spring Frenzy?
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Today we update you on the things going on this spring at the Holler Homestead including new life, loss of life, foraged plants and more.
Featured Event: Saturday, 2pm --- BOGO Deal for the Permaculture Technology Jambouree!! https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496
Paul Wheaton is extending a once in a lifetime deal for his Permaculture Technology Jamboree this summer. When you buy your ticket before Tuesday April 18th at 2pm MT, you can get a ticket for your friend absolutely free. Don’t miss out on the Buddy Bonanza, buy your ticket today: https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496
Today’s sponsor: Strong Roots resources
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Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat poison, sheep, \
Today’s Sponsor:
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Featured Event: April 27-29 Spring Workshop in Lancaster, TN
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Join me for an update on how the Word of The Year is going, and what I have learned about the Break in Breakthrough. We will cover all the usual segments for a Monday show as well.
A word on the guest form: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/guest-interview-application/
Available through midnight Central today! https://livefree.academy/op/the-great-financial-reset-response-webinar-3/?ref=52
Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton and Permies.com
Kickstarter: Low Tech Laboratory - FOUR MORE DAYS!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3
Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com
Livestream Schedule
Tuesday, 12:30pm CT - John Willis and I welcome Joel Salatin
Thursday, 1:00pm CT - I am joined by Amy Dingmann for an episode of Spicy Sisters
Friday, 10:30am CT - Homestead Happenings Livestream
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report
There were again two trips this week. We took our first trip on Sunday, which is different than our usual time on Saturday. This could affect stock levels, depending on store schedules, however I saw no large changes that could mean a deeper problem.
Traffic was rather heavy; I'd have thought it would be lighter on Sunday. It did not look like churchgoers, at least not dressed in their "Sunday Best."
Dollar Tree was first. They were looking a little unkempt. Stock levels didn't look too different, but were a little lower in some shelves in the food aisles. Other than some browsing, I think I just grabbed a drink in there.
Home Depot was next. The store was weekend-busy. There was plenty of stock all around. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35.
Aldi was next. We found everything we wanted, including heavy cream. While I didn't see any new price jumps, the bill was certainly higher than it used to be.
Food City was last. I got one of only three 16 lb. bags of Meow Mix (that our kitties ask for by name), a box of Friskies cans, and a 2-pack of waste-free peanut butter. Just that was $61. Maybe we should get some Vaseline...
Today's trip included Walgreens and Weigels (gas). Walgreens is affiliated with Kroger. Think convenience-store pricing but a larger selection. Two sections of coolers were covered, indicating new products coming soon. I was there for Rx; we don't get food there, but it would be a backup backup source if things got desperate.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999.
Frugality Tip from Janet
https://www.amazon.com/Barproducts-com-Inc-KS-Ketchup-Saver/dp/B00FG8S1NO
Operation Independence
Pretty sure “Tweedle Dum” (T calls her Amy I believe) is going to give birth this week
Main topic of the Show: The Break in Breakthrough
What is the word of the year
Why do I do it
How to Find Your Wod of the Year
What is the TRAP of each word
Why I chose Breakthrough
Q1 Lesson: BREAK - as in shatter all the things
What I am doing about it
The Good: conversations and new expansions (SRF creative arm, Toolman Tim and the radio show, sought after to speak, doing fewer things better and finishing them)
What is next
Can you choose a word of the year in April or do you need to wait until december
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Today we talk about more babies on the homestead, a chicken update, the poultry processing class, being behind on the spring garden, and more.
Featured Event: LFTN Poultry Processing Class, June 24
Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice
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Harvest Cooking - WE ARE BACK!
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Today I welcome Reed Richard, a fellow anarchist living the dream on an island off the western shore of Canada. We talk about his journey, the intentional community he has joined, island life, and the reality of living as an anarchist.
Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-22
Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton and Permies.com
Kickstarter: Low Tech Laboratory
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Reed Richard is a father, permaculture enthusiasts, gardener/conductor, rouge thinker/philosopher, musician/dancer, bitcoin curious, novice builder/plumber/electrician, author, the list goes on...
Living on a semi small island on the Salish Sea on unceded territory, Reed enjoys life with his family of 5, all home births, in a community on 20 acres of land, celebrating the pagan sabbath in attempt to rekindle a connection through the generations. He also tends a 3/4 acre plot of which 4000 square feet is planted in a combination of berries and food forest along with bigger patches of squash and potatoes. 3 greenhouse structures, one of which is currently uncovered, handle tomatoes, cucumber, ganga, and various other edibles and medicinal.
Reed has lived in community for over a decade and spent 4 years studying collective living in North America.
Reed is a trained musician, saxophone being the primary instrument, and has been dancing in the ecstatic dance, dance temple, contact dance worlds for 16 years. Utilizing this sense of listening, Reed has turned his focus to the natural world to listen to the pulses of nature to assist with cocreating a thriving place of being.
Reed enjoys fatherhood, encouraging his 11& 2 year Olds, and 3 month old to live an embodied, hands in the earth, emotionally agile, engaged in discovery life.
His current home has space for chickens, with 60 birds coming in January to augment the 10 hens currently in the coop and run. Thoughts of ducks and pigs, to work the land are actively being spoken of with his other landmates.
Reed is also part of a weekly Manventure group. Engaged in a wide array of activities, the manventure group builds trust and fun into being healthy men and a strong network of doers.
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Today I am joined by Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. We talk about the death of the Petrodollar, BRICS GDP surpassing the G7 GDP, and how to build a great small business. Seem unrelated? They are totally related!
Featured Event: June 24 Chicken Processing Workshop
Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant
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Every time there is an incident that causes death, whether it be a hurricane, earthquake or tornado – or something else, people say things like:
“I could never live there.”
Or they ask: “How can you live in tornado alley?”
Today, we will talk about what it is like to live in a tornado prone area, what we do to prepare for them, and why we stay.
Featured Event: 2023 Permaculture Technology Jambouree in Missoula, MT at Wheaton Labs
July 3-14 - multiple tracks. Tickets range from
$1600 to $2500 depending on the options you choose.
https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=495
Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources:
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
03/27/2023
Saturday's trip included a couple of extra stops as well. Dollar Tree was first. We've been buying single-use applications of superglue there, which has avoided a lot of waste. The coolers were all in good shape; all pretty much full less typical usage. Other shelves were also well-stocked. For those interested, they now have seed packages.
Our second stop was a little ethnic Mexican store we visit from time to time for things Sonia particularly likes, such as plantains and a vanilla flavoring she adds to her coffee. I like their small bags of pasta noodles. Here, we paid the price for a late start to our day, as it was lunchtime and the store was packed. Their shelves are always full.
Next was Hobby Lobby. They were busy as well. Sonia only wanted a couple of mixed media pads, so it was a quick in and out, but I didn't see any empty areas.
Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.35. They looked busy as well. If I had to guess, people are ramping up their gardening.
Aldi was lastWe found heavy cream this week. I definitely noticed higher prices. The meal replacement shakes I get are at least $2 higher.
I stopped in Food City. There is still very little choice in larger bags of dry cat food; I saw mostly generic that I wouldn't feed a dog. There are a lot of recipes online for mug cakes, but we like the simplest, which is to combine one box of angel-food cake mix plus one box of any other kind; no oil needed. They'd had little angel-food cake on recent trips, but today they had multiple boxes of two different brands.
Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.999/gallon.
Frugality Tip
(none)
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: How Can You Live in Tornado Country
Weather this weekend - What living in tornado land is like
>Situational awareness, getting information
>Jokes vs taking responsibility for your welfare
>Zello, FB, TG Communications Throughout the State
>Weather Radio
Preparing
Why do we stay?
How about you? Would you stay somewhere where tornadoes happen?
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Today, I talk about new chicks on the homestead, THE SNAKE INCIDENT, garden update, sheep matters, rabbits for dogs and more.
Today's Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Forage
Watercress
Dandelion
Mushrooms
Livestock
Snake
Reuniting the sheep
Pigs gone
Rabbit escape - babies
2 muscovies setting eggs (6)
Baby chicks
Watertown feed source
Grow
Brassicas made it through the deep freeze and there is a lesson there
Some Rosemary is still alive
Strawberry plants are blooming
Onions are up
Pea chutes
Seedlings are doing great
Holler Neighbors/Community
Saturday dinner
SRF
Kitchen Surprise
Infrastructure
Chicken coop is going in
Rabbit cage temporary solution
Pneumonia
Finances
13 rabbits = 28 days of food for one dog ($50 in crappy feed savings)
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Pat Watson of Uncensored Tactical and I intended to talk about how he turned a lock picking hobby into a full time income. Instead, we talked about addressing the poverty mindset, how to build your empire, and taking ownership for your future.
Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit
https://livefree.academy/checkouts/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii/?ref=52
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At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com
LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.
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Pat Watson spent over a decade in military operations overseas and federal and local law enforcement including large scale counter narcotics seizures and anti-piracy off the coast of Somalia. Pat left his government careers behind to pursue real Liberty and to bring high quality tactical skill set development training to people regardless of their employment or badges.
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Today I toss around some ideas for how we could fund medical care in our communities. One of the big fears many have is getting ill and losing everything to the costs associated with medical care. How can we do this better?
Featured Event: The Gorham Homestead Workshops in Dickson, TN
Today’s Sponsor: The Self Reliance Festival Digital Passes
Livestream Schedule this week
(No livestreams after Monday due to the Self Reliance Festival. We will be back next Tuesday)
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report
Frugality Tip: Ross or Homegoods
Do you have a Ross near you? Is there one on your travels? Stop in. Things like sneakers on clearance are great buys, camp chairs are half of Walmart prices, name brand garden tools are crazy cheap. My little secret is to check out the food section where I buy pink Himalayan salt for $4.99 for a 5# bag (they usually have rock and fine ground). You can get some really good buys in the spice section.
Happy hunting y'all, Make it a great week.
Margo
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: How can we fund medical care in our communities
The problem and how we got here
Conflating health insurance with healthcare and the resulting limiting beliefs (“I can’t”)
What is healthcare? What is health?
How to foster innovation and bring prices under control
Funding ideas
But wouldn’t rural communities suffer?
How would you fund things if taxes were not an option?
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Join me for an update from the Holler Homestead. Friends leaving the farm, new arrivals, winter returns 1.0, and more.
Featured Event: SquatchFest June 21-25: https://foodforestfarms.com/store/p125/TheSquatchFEST_-_Solstice_Celebration_June_21-25_2023.html
Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant
In today's chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com
LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.
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Today we have an interview show with Spags Unfiltered one of the folks behind the Midwest Preparedness Project, a growing community of folks looking to build REAL community and REAL resilience. We talk a ton about choosing freedom and building community.
Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event, April 26-30 in Perry, Kansas.
Todays Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice
Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?
Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.
Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.
Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.
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16 years military, 3 private security, 8 years US House of Representatives, 3 military contractors, now EMPS. Was the Vice President of Kansas Prepper Expo and Full Spectrum Preparedness. Now works with the Midwest Preparedness Project and Freesteading to spread the word about being prepared, community and divorcing the state.
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Today we have John Pugliano from the Wealthsteading Podcast and Investable Wealth and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment to talk about what is up with bank closures, navigating the recession, building wealth no matter what and more.
Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas
Brave Botanicals
You all know John Bush from our time together in the Unloose the Goose podcast and also the webinars we do with Live Free Academy. But did you know that John has another company that provides organic herbal products?
Brave Botanicals offers top-quality, organic CBD and Kratom products along with other herbal resources.
This month, we are highlighting the kratom, an herbal supplement that comes from the coffee family, minus the caffeine. It grows in Southeast Asia and is traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Its leaves contain compounds that can have psychotropic and it has gained popularity in the Western world for its potential to help with the management of chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, and some people use it to try to overcome addiction to opioids or to reduce the severity of opioid withdrawal symptoms.
If you want to learn more about kratom, head on over to BraveBotanicals.com to learn about its many uses and dig into the different varieties and dosage.
Interested in trying it out? John Bush also offers a free ounce of kratom, plus 50% off your first order through his site, FreeOunceofKratom.com.
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Today we talk about what homesteading IS, trying new things and so much more in a return episode of THE SPICY SISTERS with Amy Dingmann.
Featured Event: SRF Digital Passes
Paul Wheaton is about to launch a new Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday March 14, 2023. If you're new around here, you may not be aware that Paul's kickstarters always give away a massive amount of amazing stuff for just a buck. The caveat - you have to back the kickstarter in the first 48 hours of the campaign to get all the earlybird rewards. The only way to make sure you don't miss out is by clicking "notify me on launch" on the kickstarter page.
Click "notify me on launch" here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3&token=23631798
The kickstarter is for the Low Tech Laboratory Movie, featuring innovations in homesteading, woodland craft, hot tubs, kilns, forges, textiles, bees, foraged clay pottery, mycelium, solar power, off-grid solutions, and more.
The earlybirds alone are worth well over $100 bucks. They gave me an exclusive sneak peak of what's included:
-Videos about heating Greenhouses with Rocket Mass Heaters, and Truly Passive Greenhouse Design
-The fourth issue of Living Woods Magazine
-The Hidden Half of Nature, a microbial presentation by Anne Bikle and David Montgomery
- Toby Hemenway's excellent Permaculture Voices keynote, " Backing Off an Energy Cliff"
- An issue of Modern Homesteading Magazine
- An ebook about practical homesteading
- Tiny house magazine issue 121
- And issue of Permaculture Design Magazine
- A Kelly Hart film about natural building
Don't miss out on this ridiculous offer. Everything you need to up your homesteading and self-reliance knowledge, for as little as $1. But you have to click the "notify button" to get it . . .
click "notify me on launch" here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech?ref=5xwwb3&token=23631798
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Discussions guided in part by our notes and in part by viewer questions
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Today we celebrate new life on the homestead, discuss seedlings, talk about managing overwhelm and depression and more.
Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas
Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice
Agorist Tax Advice. Do you want to give Uncle Sam fewer of your hard-earned dollars? Do you wonder if the time has come to set up your LLC? Are you confused about what kind of business to establish? Are you wanting to pass along wealth you have built to your kids, but not sure the best way to do that?
Matthew Sercely of Agorist Tax Advice can help you make sense of all the options, understand how to stay on top of tracking write-offs, and see new ways of organizing your finances so that you keep more of the money you earn in your pockets.
Matthew has a broad knowledge of business finance, real estate and rentals, end of life planning and more which means that he can help you find legal tax loopholes and understand risks.
Head on over to AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn to sign up for a free consultation.
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Today is an interview show with Louise MIlleman of Forgotten Ways PMA. Learn about the what and why of private ministery associations as well as her off grid living experiences.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival Digital Pass: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/digital-pass-march-25-26/?aff=nicolesauce
Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com
LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.
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Email Louise: info@forgottenwayspma.com
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Louise Milleman is an earth-loving, tree-hugging, un-schooling, freedom-fighting, world-traveling citizen of the entire world who has went from being a full-time digital nomad, traveling this big beautiful globe with her family for the last 5 years to building a regenerative off grid homestead with her husband and her 2 little girls. She is the founder of Forgotten Ways PMA as she believes that the best way for us to protect our future is to take a step back into the forgotten ways of the past. They spend their time connecting with the land while they connect with each other. She believes that life IS learning and that learning IS life. There is no distinction. By living a slower-paced life and stopping to provide guidance along the way, they are “teaching” their kids real life skills by living out their real life dreams!
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Today we talk about USDA and FDA being called upon to fix the processed food epidemic, life skills, woke stuff and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
Featured Event: Zero to Hero with Ham Radio at Tactical Response
Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton's doing it again - He's giving away more than $100 worth of resources for as little as a buck when you back the Low Tech Laboratory Movie Kickstarter in the first 48 hours. But you have to click "notify me on launch" to get in on these early bird rewards.
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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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The key to survivalism is survival first so we recorded this show later in the day. Why? I wanted to drive home from Chattanooga before the crazy March 3 weather passed through. So I did.
Today, we talk about early spring herbal tea ingredients a growing in the yard, the importance of community, my kitchen tear apart, the financial aspect of the ram we processed and more.
Featured Event: Refuge Medical training March 24
Today's Sponsor: Brave Bontanicals: BraveBotanicals.com, FreeOunceOfKratom.com
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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 the ways of local politics, how to start an area study and more with Mike Shelby and John Willis.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival (SelfRelianceFestival.com)
Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant (TheHomesteadConsultant.com)
In today's chaotic world there is a major disconnect between our land, our food and our community. At The Homestead Consultant, we believe that the solution to bridging these gaps starts in the individual home. By taking practical steps toward food production, land restoration, independent education and rational preparedness we can begin to restore these disconnects. That is where The Homestead Consultant comes in. We will work closely with you to evaluate your property with your unique goals, vision and resources in mind. Using a restorative, permaculture lens we will help you design a holistic and actionable gameplan to help make your homesteading dreams a reality. Our sincere desire is to see all of our clients become more connected and resilient! Find out more about our services by visiting our website at TheHomesteadConsultant.com
LFTN listeners get a special offer of a free 20 minute initial phone consultation. Just send an email with the subject LFTN Consult to TheHomesteadConsultant@gmail.com with a brief description of the homesteading topic you would like to discuss and we will respond to you with available time slots.
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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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