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15 Mar 2024Homestead Happenings for March 15 2024 - Ep 89100:58:44

Today we talk about things catching on fire that should not be on fire, a surprise home invasion, a rabbit update, and more!

Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck, Tomorrow 1-3pm

Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu 

Sponsor 2: SRF Webinar: https://selfreliancefestival.com/webinar/

Listener Feedback

Just listened to your podcast talking about your troubles with the dishwasher and oven. Don’t have any words of wisdom for the dishwasher, but the oven, if the igniter is glowing and the gas is not coming on, the issue still could be with the igniter. If it’s glowing more of a red orange then a white orange, it might be cracked or just not getting hot enough for the controller to bring on the gas. I don’t know if there’s a way to diagnose it other than just by the color or replacing it, but had that issue a number of years ago on my parents oven and replacing the igniter fixed it.

Hope that can be of help,

Andy

From D

I am listening to a rather new episode. 

So this is my pantry porn, it is sooooo bad. You know those Crates for traveling with cats on a plane? Well, when you unscrew them each half takes about 12 mason jars. And they fit under the couch. Lovely. I use screw top bottles - I am not in the States to use the lovely Ball jars, but am able to safely and efficiently pressure can with a canner I had to order in! 

These jars are a pint or a pint and a bit (720gr-ish).

The other photo is about managing stock. It is not 100% effective but does work. 

I got a template from somewhere and adapted it for us. The table has lines for the items, like tomato or cucumber or meat or whatever, and little empty jars. 

When I canned something it gets one line through. When it has been used, a cross. 

So this is my inventory (spelling?!) for what my husband and I use in a year (I started it in July last year, so I recorded what I still had. This year will be my second season using a pressure canner, so the volumes I can do at a time is already much higher than a silly 4 jars at a time in my small stock pot... Whoo hoo. 

Hope this may be useful. The pictures are horrible, like good pantry porn should be. 

 

Forage

  • Wild Mustard Flowers are here!
  • Watercress is still beat back from the flooding
  • Same early spring greens as last week

Livestock

  • Rabbit ear mite update
  • 3 am home invasion
  • Moving sheep
  • Still on lamb watch
  • Eggapalooza is on
  • Something’s on fire

Grow

  • Seeds germinated!
  • Still need to plant potatoes
  • Swiss chard and parsley
  • Murdering fire ants

 

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Big boost from the Eversoles
  • Reupping the monthly homesteader meetups

Infrastructure

  • Fencing

Finances

  • No update

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Community

Advisory Board

Resources

 

02 Sep 2024What Do You Say? - Ep 94500:56:43

Today we talk about the late summer pantry, some listener feedback, the shopping report, and what to do or say when someone you know is going through grief.

Featured Event: Saturday Open House at Strong Roots Resources, https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/fall-gathering-and-open-house/

Sponsor 1: EmpShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN

Sponsor 2: TheWealthsteadingPodcast.com

Listener Feedback From William

Listening to your winter is coming show and you mentioned storing feed.

incase you or your audience didn't know the 31 gallon galvanized metal garbage cans hold (3) 50lb. bags of pelleted feed, like chicken or goat.  As long as the lid stays closed they are rodent resistant but they are not waterproof around the lid handle so don't store them outside. Also when refilling pull the old feed that's left at the bottom out and add it back on top of the new stuff to rotate feed properly.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday, 9:30amCT, First Tuesday Coffee Chat With John and Jack

Thursday, 10amCT, Own Your Data with Hakeem from Above Phone

Friday, 9:30amCT, Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Tactical collected more herbs for drying
  • Basil Processing
  • Still trying to repair my Harvest Right Freeze Dryer
  • Tomatopalooza in process
  • Pre-emergency Flight Food Prep

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

2x4x8 at Home Depot, and it is still $3.65.

Aldi: There was still only one rack with eggs in Aldi, but there were more milk products this week, including some half-gallons, and there was also some of the 1% stuff. We found most of what we wanted, EXCEPT my preferred lunch meat, and canned cat food; fortunately we have some extra. Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39 (+); eggs: $2.42; whole milk: $2.89; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.79; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.59 (+); sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.79.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

I wanted a chalk board to have a visible list for #mythreethings as well as 20 min tasks. I found a magnetic dry erase board at a yard sale for $1. I painted it with two coats of chalkboard paint and glued a magnet to a chalk pen. The dollar tree has chalkboard paint, chalk pens, and a magic eraser type sponge that is the best to clean off painted chalkboards. And you can paint any surface with chalkboard paint. If it's bare plywood I recommend putting a coat of any old paint you have laying around first and then two coats of chalkboard paint. After a year or so chalkboard painted surfaces start to get a little dingy. So I paint over again. So for less than $5 it is possible to have a fantastic little chalkboard.

Happy saving y'all.

~Margo

Operation Independence

Relationships matter and because we know a concrete person, we are able to pour the pad sooner and for much less than contracting out - but it means work. While we are doing this, we are learning a skill to get more concrete in around the event area.

Main topic of the Show: What Do You Say

It’s been a grueling 3 months. Really a grueling year as we navigated what is a natural part of life: death. This topic is rarely discussed openly which leaves people rather unprepared on what to do when someone you know is going through the process of losing someone they love. In fact, this seems to be so taboo that being on the other side, the person losing someone is also pretty awkward.

When you find out it is happening

  • To share or not to share?
  • What to say? What to respond
  • How can you actually help
    • Check in from time to tile
    • Mealtrains
    • Extend grace
    • Talk about it or talk about normal things – just feel it out

What about after it happens?

  • To share or not to share
  • There are many things to do - they take time
  • Dont let your bank know yet!
  • Have a financial backup plan
  • Arrangements made with a mortuary in advance is a huge help
  • A word on hospice
  • A word on big decisions
  • Boundaries…
  • What to say? What to respond
  • Cards, flowers, food, etc

But what if I meant to do something and I never did?

I am so uncomfortable with the topic I cannot bring myself to reach out. Now what?

What is trite vs not trite.

Really, there is no “answer” but just being kind on both directions goes a really long way.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

 

Community

Resources

28 Feb 2024Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Dustin from Wazoo Gear Company01:43:37

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com 

WazooGear.Com

 

Main content of the sho

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

Resources

 

12 Jul 2023Economic Crash with Jack Spirko and John Willis - Ep 76702:06:04

Today we talk about what an economic crash looks like, discuss if we are in the midst of one, and explore what you can do to navigate the current economy with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival in Camden, OCT 14-15

Sponsor 1: Paul Wheaton

Permaculture Adventure Bundle

Paul Wheaton and our friends at permies.com are offering a limited-time Permaculture Adventure Bundle that can kickstart your journey into natural building and homesteading. This fantastic offer has the potential to turn your summer into an educational tsunami. It's available at an unbeatable price of $35 through Friday.

Link to Product:  https://permies.com/w/permaculture-adventure?f=495

Link to Blog Post: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/07/12/permaculture-adventure/

Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Matthew Sercely at Agorist Tax Advice offers a free consultation to LFTN listeners so that you can find out if working with him to structure your finances, track tax write offs, and understand any risks associated with taking them can put more of YOUR money in YOUR pocket. He has broad experience in real estate, end of life planning, rentals, business taxes and more.

Find out more at AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

Resources

 

19 Jun 2024Tuesday Live with Billy Bond and John Willis - Ep 91802:13:36

 

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

Show Resources

Perma Pastures Farm

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennesseee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com 

Main content of the show

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

Resources

 

18 Nov 2022Episode 654 - Homestead happenings for November 18, 202200:45:12

Today we talk about livestock adjustments, cold weather, garlic and more!

 

Power Pantry Workshop

Freesteading.com

 

Forage

  • Persimmons
  • Watercress has frost burn
  • Mullein
  • Roots
  • Rest of food forest planted just in time
  • Need to plant garlic still
  • Lettuce going strong under cover in the ap

 

Livestock

  • Rabbits bred last week
  • Need to redo animal logistics
  • No Duck Eggs
  • Upgrade to the dog shelter
  • Brownie is an issue
  • Bedding for all

 

Harvest Meals

  • Premade in freezer, chinese takeout, bone broth
  • Half cow arrives in about a week

 

Winter on the Homestead

  • Outdoor sink and shower are shut for the year
  • Anti water freezing not being use
  • AP Wrap for the year
  • Cycling sheep water not heating it
  • Watering in winter up the hill challenge

 

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Airport ride home
  • Supplies shifting during illness
  • Helping hands
  • Check out the newsletter for a number of cool events in the next four weeks

 

Finances

  • Selling the last half lamb

 

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!

 

Community

Advisory Board

Resources

29 Apr 2022Replay Episode 278: Live the Life You Want01:21:37

Today we have a replay of a recap of what the LFTN community and podcast are all about. Enjoy!

Link to old post

There are so many new listeners that I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about our tagline: Helping you build the life you choose on your terms. Lots of people think this podcast is about homesteading, about cooking good food,  about liberty and freedom – and it is. We do tons on starting and growing your own business, side hustles and more. But when you dig right into things a little deeper, you will discover the LFTN is about choosing the life you want to live, then setting yourself up to go there. The life I choose to live is in the country, but this approach works in the city and all over the world. The hardest part of doing it is accepting that you CAN do it.

Direct Download

Listener Feedback

  • Coronavirus
    • Thermometer
  • Tornado
    • Finding old radios from Linda

Webinar Coming March 18

Zoldak Webinar: How to run a Facebook Campaign – March 18 at 7 Eastern.

Register here

Main topic of the Show: Live the Life You Want

8 foundations to live the life you choose

  1. Set yourself up to opt out (Debt free)
  2. Decide what you want (Life strategic plan)
  3. Always move the ball forward for YOU (#My3things)
  4. Get your house in order (Be prepared for the most likely)
  5. Lose the deadweight (NETWORK: Surround yourself with doers not takers)
  6. Reframe the things you cannot change – (Mental programming)
  7. Find ways to do what you want to do (Liberty)
  8. Give back (Teach and mentor)

Ideas from Members

  • an expert show — need questions and suggestions if you think this is a good idea.
  • Livestreaming the podcast – would help if I had 1000 youtube subscribers. Subscribe

Make it a great week!

Song: Belly Dancing Vamp Tune

 

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community

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08 Jun 2022Episode 580 - Fireside Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis01:47:44

Today we talk about growing food, monleypox, food plant fires, and the real things we should be talking about in relationship to guns with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

This episode is explicit

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCvsmWZGHg4

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

Advisory Board

Resources

24 Oct 2023Smart Homesteading From MWPP - Ep 80701:07:18

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. 

Community

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20 Sep 2019Episode 214: Daniel Allen of TinyGiantLife on Aircrete00:29:08

It is Friday so we have an interview show and today, I talk with Daniel Allen about aircrete - an interesting, insulative and very flexible building material that you may want to consider for your next project.

Resources

Website: https://tinygiantlife.biz/

Video course

YouTube channel 

Bio: Daniel Allen

30 years in the building Industry I took a job in I.T. and the company lost its big client to an Exxon buy out. The great recession hit and I could not find work without moving. So I cashed out my retirement, bought some land, build a small house and lived for a few years growing all my own food taking odd jobs.

I started building alternative buildings and had the opportunity to build every type of alternative structure. Eventually I found AirCrete, or cellular cement as it's know in the industry. I fell in love with it. 

AirCrete let's a comfortable structure be build in any climate affordably with the enormous amounts of labors required by typical alternative construction or expensive machines. Throw some tools and cement in a truck and one person can build anywhere they can drive to.

Now, I am starting a web based business teaching people how to build cheap beautiful debt free homes so that they can live an intentional life with or without a typical job. I offer digital video courses as well as workshops.

Richard Hastings turned me onto your podcast. I did a podcast interview with the survival podcast and really licked the interaction.

Make it a great week!

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

 

 

 

14 Mar 2022Episode 542: 5 Addiction Lessons00:54:48

The last two years, I have seen friends take on smoking and drinking addictions and whip them into submission. As part of the journey, I realized a few things about addictions in my own life. Today, I share them with you.

Webinar for April: Getting Started with Freeze Drying: April 10 at 4pm CT

Livestreams this week:

  • Tuesday Live: Billy Bond (12:30 CT): SOE and LFTN Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
  • New Concept with Amy Dingmann: Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters: LFTN YT and Flote:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • The failed jar of tomato sauce (Video out tomorrow)
  • Freezer Audit/preparation for pig day is complete
  • Prioritizing eating up of the older items: 2021 beef, pecans from Kurt, other items
  • Freeze dried smoked chilies anyone?
  • Precooking chilies and stews for LFTN 22

Forage this week

  • SNOW

Operation Independence

  • Side Hustlin to earn some extra cash
  • Exit and Build Land Summit it May

Main topic of the Show: 5 Addiction Lessons

Mental vs Physical Addiction

  • Physical finite, mental takes time
  • Every day a choice
  • Not just chemicals you consume (Meth, sugar, social media endorphins, helping, etc) When does it become addiction? When it runs you instead of you running it.
  • Addressing root problems

If It Was Easy You Would Not Be Addicted

  • Every day choice = a grind
  • Using food for emotional things 
  • Sugar/chocolate
  • Moderation vs not at all

The Change Must Come From Within—And Help Can Come From Without

  • Court orders
  • Doing it for your spouse, child, etc
  • Hitting Rock Bottom is different for everyone
  • Speakers
  • AA and other methods
  • Support and boundaries

Forgiveness

  • The only forgiveness that matters is your own
  • Focusing on faster resets
  • Every day is a choice

Happiness and Enjoyment

  • Establishing new rewards systems
  • Having fun in different ways (Bar story)
  • Some stuff just wasn’t fun and you never realized it
  • Rebuilding health (Mental and physical)

Membership Plug

MeWe reminder

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

Advisory Board

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18 Nov 2019Episode 236: The Final Countdown00:47:13

Today is 6 weeks until Christmas, six weeks to get your annual goals completed. It is time for the Final Countdown list. But all work and no play is not healthy, so we talk about what should be on your countdown list.

Direct Download

Nicole's Choir Concert: Cookeville on Sunday, December 15m, 3pm- Mastersingersinc.com

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Winter feed cycles are all set up: open a bag, buy a bag (no more doubles)
  • Potatoes are almost consumed and they are growing eyes
  • Planning Thanksgiving sides from pantry: Recipes this Wednesday!
  • Green Chili Stew this week as our Holler Stew left over from Green Chili Weekend

No Kill List

  • Coffee Roaster

Operation Independence

  • Setting up an indoor grow area and considering doing a mini-hydroponics system

Main topic of the Show: The Final Countdown

  • List
  • Prioritize
  • Delegate 
  • Drop
  • Reprioritize
  • Drop more things
  • Execute

So what does your final countdown look like? Can you get it down to 6 things in 6 weeks?

Make it a great week!

Song: Calling My Name, by Sauce

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

Resources

 

14 Aug 2018Episode 92: Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life01:07:37

Today, we will take a look at what it means to change your narrative into something that helps move you where you want to go.

Resources

Membership Sign Up

What Mother Nature is providing

Hot weather AND rain - perfect for fall garden if you can keep things going
Tomatoes, beans and okra
Swiss chard is ramping up
Dill weed and other herbs
More elderberries - still seeking 1 gallon
Early season apples

What we are preserving this week

Canning tomatoes
Sauerkraut canning

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Canned jars are stacking up
Garlic is ready to be stored - so it is inside
It’s hot in there - still haven’t defrosted the freezer

Tales from the booze whisperer

What to do with canned peaches

Operation Independence

Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life

  1. Learn about frame or perspective: This is what those annoying people who love lemonade do.
  2. Define what is really important to your success and frame your personal narrative toward that.
  3. Learn how your behavior impacts those around you - and use that.

Make it a great week.

Song: Feed My Hunger, by Nicole Sauce

21 Aug 2023Failing Homesteaders From The Internet - Ep 78400:45:02

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 . 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.

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

Resources

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.

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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 . 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.

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

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24 Dec 2021An Intellectual and Musical Night Before Christmas00:13:42

Today we have Michael Leonido reading the Intellectual Night Before Christmas followed by the traditional text in song. Merry Christmas Y'all!

02 Apr 2024Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - Ep 89002:04:14

 

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, water rights in Oregon and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

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TheSurvivalPodcast.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com 

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23 Jan 2020Episode 258: Four Things to Get Ready for Your Garden00:17:03

Today I share with you four things you should do to be ready to plant your spring garden.

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#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

LFTN Workshop Reminder

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Kratky Lettuce Update & related seedling plans
  • Cold weather crops still going though we had a freeze this week
  • Making plans for the 2020 gardens

Main topic of the Show: Four Things to Get Ready for Your Garden

  1. Order your seeds
  2. Set up your seedling growing area
  3. Start your sweet potato slips
  4. Tarp your beds if you have not

Make it a great week!

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23 Oct 2018Episode 102: A Visit to 40 Acres and A Cave00:52:37

Today is that moment you have all been waiting for: A debrief of our visit to see Dori at her place, 40 Acres and a Cave. We will have a short debrief of what happened for the visit and a run down of some things we can all learn from what she is doing out there with that fantastic property.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Harvested my sweet potatoes and got about ¾ of a bushel for the prepper pantry.
  • Curing Sweet potato
  • Last green bean harvest of the season
  • Blueberry oatmeal
  • Still have not done the big move-in for Winter 2018
  • The great lasagna and the mandolin zucchini noodles

What Mother Nature is providing

  • Ap: Swiss chard is coming on
  • First Oyster mushrooms - planning to put up a ton
  • Last of the sage
  • Lemon balm - last call
  • Almost time for horseradish
  • Parsley

Stump the Sauce

  • Oxtail: Paired with jerk or curry - http://coopcancook.com/braised-oxtails/
  • What Sauce would do: sear then do a roemertopf with smoked paprika, rosemary, garlic, salt, peppers, carrots, onion, salt - served over sauteed mushroom or rice with a broth made from the rendered juices of the roemertopf and a bit of stock - because there is always stock.

Operation Independence

  • The great plumbing repair: $150
  • Taxes really did get sent - next up: more taxes
  • The gas dryer story
  • Coffee of the month is starting to sell

A debrief of 40 Acres and a Cave

Make it a great week!

Song: Anonymous by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer
The Tactical Redneck
Chef Brett
Samantha the Savings Ninja

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18 Apr 2024Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Shawn Mills - Ep 89601:48:40

 

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Shawen Mills of Hack My Homestead about off grid living, solar, wwIII. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

Show Resources

HackMyHomestead.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com 

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20 Mar 2019Episode 148: Spring on the Homestead00:42:03

Today we run through things to thing through for the transition from winter into spring on the homestead. And not just for the homestead, but really, with a few minor tweaks for any household that is looking toward ongoing, steady management instead of the “on demand” approach to living and lifestyle.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

Stump the Sauce

  • Using up the last of your canned goods before a move

Getting the Gardens Ready

  • Potatoes are in the stepped area near the AP - hope is that I will keep up better on weeds
  • Spring greens are doing well
  • Tomatoes and peppers are up in the seedling trays
  • Setting up a new mulching system since we are sans pigs
  • Need to ground cover seed the pig pasture - clover and daikon radish

Main topic of the Show: Spring on the Homestead

Make it a great week!

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

 

 

14 Aug 2019Episode 202: Four Essential Characteristics of the Successful Homesteader00:28:32

A look at the homesteader as a whole person. What makes a homesteader successful or not successful? Well, it turns out that there are some things that many successful homesteaders have in common and today we will talk about four of them.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

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Stump the Sauce

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Dseased green bean vines are still producing like mad
  • Tomatoes are about finished
  • It is time to clean out the ap and interplant fall things

Main topic of the Show: 4 Essential Characteristics of the Successful Homesteader

Make it a great week!

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

 

 

01 Jul 2022Episode 589 - Homestead Happening for July 1, 202200:46:28

Today we walk through the week on the homestead: drought, lack of rain, growing plants in drought, preparing the chicken workshop, and lack of water.

Swale Workshop

Forage

  • Milk Weed Flowers
  • Dry grass
  • Dry mint
  • Dry bergamont
  • BTW it is dry
  • Plantain seed- they are dry

Livestock

  • 2 new does are in house
  • KH has baby rabbits
  • Sheep are inching closer to the barn and field where they will mostly live
  • Duck is setting 8 viable eggs
  • Snapping turtle woes
  • Goats need to earn their keep
  • Chick processing preparations - relief!

Grow

  • Without sprinklers and the hydro systems we would be screwed this year
  • The great tomato blight weather pattern is upon us
  • Beets, garlic, carrots, cucumbers
  • Still no green beans
  • Best dill year ever
  • Rabbit poop is magic

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Update on what we plan to do with Basecamp

Infrastructure

  • Fencing, fencing, fencing
  • Setting plans for the flooring under Tajmaholler

Finances

  • 2022 chicken raising cost

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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29 Sep 2023Homestead Happenings for Sept 29, 2023 - Ep 79800:57:20

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

Make it a great week!

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20 Feb 2023Episode 701 - Imposter's Complex00:52:42

Today, I share some thoughts about imposter’s complex, changing mindset and owning your future.

Canine Trainers Collaboration Workshop

Date: April 19-21

Location: Oviedo, FL (near Orlando)

Website is fortressk9.com/workshop

Today’s Sponsor: FreeOunceofKratom.com

Brave Botanicals provides quality CBD and Kratom products for all your needs. If you are looking for a source for Kratom or CBD AND want to support the show, check out the product line at BraveBotanicals.com.

John Bush is so confident you will love his products that he offers a free Ounce of Kratom at FreeOunceofKratom.com. Head over there and cover shipping to give it a try.

Livestream Schedule

Tuesday Live

This week, we welcome Bear Independent back to our Tuesday live show! 12:30 Central.

Soe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3TbQjzfrNc

LFTN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaN0XM0vncE

Thursday Live

Join me for updates and questions about the March Self Reliance Festival at 7pm Central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHoZIKEo6s

Friday Homestead Happenings

Join me for a homestead happenings update: processing sheep, last chance to buy pigs, our first 80 degree day and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6tkFxR_1oM

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Turkey Au Vin - with pork
  • Spring Canned Food Shift 
  • What’s that smell
  • Thoughts on storing carbs as a ketovore

Weekly Shopping Report

None this week

Frugality Tip from Margo

Different stores have different prices and I make a separate grocery list for a couple of stores. Things like eggs, produce, and baking supplies all come from Aldi. If I'm running into the grocery store that is closer to home, I also make it a point to check out their BOGO section, you can save a few bucks right there.  Make a list of the things you buy often and check the prices at different stores, you would be shocked at some of the differences.

I use a specific coffee creamer that they have the grocery store, but Walmart has it for $1.50 less, so I'll grab a couple when I'm there. 

Operation Independence

  • Selling a ram alive vs in packages
  • Headed to Next-steps.info – you can still get tickets!

Main topic of the Show: Imposter’s Complex

This was inspired by a talk with Amy Dingmann over at a Farmish Kind of LIfe

I have been reading a book called Dotcom Secrets by Russle Brunson -it was recommended by John Bush

  • John’s selling and email system vs what we do here
  • Keeping an open mind

People getting mad about me making money, or not wanting to know when things are for sale.

Decision: The few who are mad at me for selling things don’t really support me so I need to be ok with leaving them behind

  • Current email list will have no changes
  • News lists will happen over time

>>>What has happened with training webinars over the past two years - we do them better and why<<<

The Big Decision: If I invest more in training, there are better results for the people I want to help  - a win/win

Which brings me to imposter’s complex: Did a live Radio Show Last night and the feedback was that Tim and I were inspiring.

We had no idea what we were doing!

Enter Imposter’s Complex.

Concept: you just need to be a chapter or two ahead of the people you are helping to be able to teach them and do NOT need to be an “expert”. To them you are an expert. In fact you probably teach it bette than someone who is miles ahead.

Ways I have used this:

  • Going on autopilot - and getting out of it
  • Writing Marketing Copy – fake it til you make it
  • Launching the podcast
  • Being “OK” with losing listeners because I sell things, have sponsors, etc (It hurts but wont in the long run)
  • Reminding myself to be disciplined with #my3things (Free webinar)

When you get up and post something like: Going for a daily walk can change your life, and you realize you only went on three last week, are you an imposter? Or are in the fake it til you make it time?

Feeling Imposter’s complex is normal. Not moving forward because of it though, that is a huge mistake/

Make it a great week!

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17 Nov 2022Episode 653 - Bear Independent and John Willis Talk Turkey01:42:31

Today we talk about the current state of things, Russia bombing Poland and rapid news overreactions, real solutions, and more with Bear Independent and John Willis.

 

Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs

Wanna learn or teach about permaculture while playing classic card games with your family this holiday season? Grab a couple decks of permaculture playing cards for stocking stuffers this year!

 

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Power Pantry Webinar, Nov 19

LivingFreeinTennessee.com/pantry

 

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

BearIndependent.com

Grindstoneministries.com

Refugemedical.com

RefugeTraining.com

 

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

Wednesday live with Bear Independent, John Willis, Nicole Sauce



Make it a great week!

 

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23 Oct 2020Episode 358 - Phireon, a Better Way With Xavier Hawk01:06:28

It is interview show day and I am excited to tell you about today’s topic: a better way with Xavier Hawk where we talk in minute detail about his alternative platform for living, transacting and building communities, Phireon. This may not feel like homesteading or entrepreneurial as we start but as the episode progresses, you will see why I think this is such a great topic for our community.

Kickstart Holler Roast Update: Will start shipping next week -- look for an email with your preferences over the weekend.

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Phireon Partners: https://phireonglobalpartners.com/

Phireon: https://phireon.com/

Main content of the show

Xavier Hawk co-founded a home health agency with his family in 2001, and then went off grid with his wife and four daughters to their mountain homestead. Here he went on to invest in real estate, commodities, and crypto currencies where he found his Niche. He architected the world's first asset backed blockchain system, negotiated the world's first blockchain solution for a nation, and architected the intentional neighborhood design growing in popularity with real estate developers around the globe. He currently sells emerging tech in the sectors of off grid energy, border security, last mile infrastructure, connectivity, and border security to enterprise level clients through his company Phireon Global Partners.

Interview

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08 Apr 2019Episode 155: Personal progress, business development and focus00:57:17

Today we have an update from the Holler Homestead on how things are progressing here. The first quarter is over and it is a good time to assess how 2019 plan is unraveling, look over the land before things get too overgrown, and make sure our focus is in the right place for long term success. So I will walk through the coffee, the podcast, the consulting and the paper - as well as check in on the progress of our developing homestead.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Meal planning around the pantry: fresh salads, stew, meatloaf this week
  • Using up butternut squash: roasted
  • May find a moment to head up to the nettle patch to gather some for winter teas

What’s in Season

  • Stinging nettle
  • Hairy vetch- what an unfortunate name
  • Dryad’s saddle mushrooms
  • Lettuces, greens, pea shoots
  • Carrots are up and looking good
  • Transplanting tomatoes into the aquaponics system, 100 year old timmy is still hardening off

Operation Independence

  • Seeking 100 old bricks - the kind without holes in them. Email me if you know of a decent source in TN

Main topic of the Show: Personal progress, business development and focus

Make it a great week!

Song: Tripped Out by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

 

 

12 Jan 2021Episode 382 - Big Tech Bullies01:11:08

Today, I will share with you an alternative perspective to the Parler hullabaloo. One separated from a political party. Both Republicans and Democrats have this wrong -- and yet Big Tech has showed that, once again, absolute power corrupts absolutely. We will also talk about making some changes in how we operate.

Spring Workshop 2021

GreaterReset.org Jan 25-29

Freedomcell update (Jan 16 on Roan Mountain)

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Snow=smokin bacon
  • Update on monthly grocery approach ($150 and so far so good)
  • Using up the last of the 2019 canned goods and shifting things around
  • How Holler Neighbor Dinners are shifting food approach

Operation Independence

  • Debt Payoff Update - Selling The Things
  • Balance, Week One

Main topic of the Show: Big Tech Bullies

Things I am trying: Telegram, mewe, signal, protonmail, epik.com, orangewebsite.com, octopus mail (I will let you know how it goes)

Make it a great week!

Song:

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23 Nov 2019Episode 238 - Herbal Tea, CBD and Small Business Development with Angie's Gardens01:00:28

Today we are pleased to invite the founders of Angie's Gardens to share their small business development journey. Josh and Angie Reynolds started with permaculture, discovered herbal remedies, developed tasty and healthy teas, then added high quality CBD products to their growing business. They got started in one farmers market and now visit 6-7 per week, as well as supporting online orders. Find out more on today's show.

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Angie’s Gardens, headquartered in Texas, was born from the founder’s love of helping others. She first learned the power of herbs when her husband suggested their daughter drink some lemon balm tea with honey to feel better from a possible oncoming cold. She drank the tea and felt better.

Angela was astonished that something so simple could work so effectively and quickly that she began looking up other herbs. After reading the list of benefits of fennel, which took almost 10 minutes, she was hooked and began her studies of herbal medicine.

Angie has always felt a calling to healing and this is her way of doing just that!

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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01 Jul 2019Episode 187: Hard Work Matters00:42:56

Hard work. We sometimes underestimate the impact that hard work has on us. And I don't mean just the hard muscles, but the spiritual benefit of working hard and getting things done. And after you work hard, you play hard right? So today, i thought we would examine that a bit more.

Direct Download

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Grocery Store Challenge 
  • Eating mostly off the garden at the moment
  • Canning Pickles

What’s in Season

Operation Independence

  • Looking at buying land to put in a hipcamp ground

Main topic of the Show: Hard Work Matters

Make it a great week!

Song: Tripped Out by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

 

 

27 Apr 2020Episode 300: Hiking, Preparing and Living Your Best Life with Jessica "Dixie" Mills01:48:12

It may not be an official interview day, but I thought you’d all be eager to hear this one as soon as possible. I am joined by none other than Ms. Jessica Mills - also known as Dixie of Homemade Wanderlust. We originally were going to talk about how the through hiking lifestyle impacts a person’s ability to be prepared, but we went on a talking adventure - join us!

Webinar this week: Property Walk at the Holler Homestead

Livestream with the Holler Neighbors - Knighthawk Shares His Purpose! https://youtu.be/vbBUitXlR5g

Spring Workshop June 11-13 https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/spring-workshop-2020/

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Rouchetta
  • Getting ready for a dry good resupply
  • A word on food system disruptions - and what to do

Featured Forage - source the Herbal Academy

  • Red clover (Trifolium pratense
    • Skin conditions as a tea with stinging nettler and yellow docl
    • “Purification” properties used in addressing lung conditions and bronchitis
    • Menopausal support (Unverified)
  • If you are going to use this, look over interactions with drugs and other conditions - I know it is hard to think that tea can interfere with pharmaceuticals, but if too much broccoli can negatively impact certain treatments, an herbal remedy can also.  Red clover can increase chances of bleeding so do not pair with blood thinners for example.
  • Harvest when still wet with dew (I had no idea)
  • Tea: 1-3 tsp red clover, steep for 15 minutes

Operation Independence

  • The psychological upgrade of the pergola

Main topic of the Show: Hiking, Preparing and Living Your Best Life with Jessica "Dixie" Mills

Make it a great week!

Song: Special by Sauce

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03 Mar 2023Homestead Happenings for March 3, 2023 - 70700:45:14

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

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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17 Sep 2022Episode 621: Saturday Q and A for Sept 17, 202200:26:35

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, Self Reliance Festival, the new Holler Neighbors, and more.



Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

Episode 620 - Homestead Happenings for Sept 16, 2022

 

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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07 Apr 2023Homestead happenings for April 7, 2023 - Ep 72100:58:55

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

AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn

Forage

  • Watercress
  • Plantain
  • Raspberry and blackberry leaves
  • Wild mustard flower 
  • Oyster mushrooms

Livestock

  • 2 forlorn Muscovy drakes
  • Baby ducks
  • Baby chick update: 5 dead of 50. Chick ICU
  • Brooder Tray Cleaning
  • Time to breed rabbit A
  • Sheep have integrated well

Grow

  • Things that are planted are growing well
  • Hoping the banana will come back
  • Time to transplant the first rounds of seedlings
  • Behind on planting and starting at this point - strategy to move forward anyway

Harvest Cooking - WE ARE BACK!

  • Baked chicken with lemon garlic dill & freeze dried broccoli

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Easter Linner
  • Time to talk projects with the neighbors

Infrastructure

  • Holler Roost
  • Major home wiring redo is about done (there was fuckery afoot)
  • Need to repair the chicken tractor
  • Need to set up brooder 2.0 for chickens

Finances

  • Not buying anything for Easter Dinner

Make it a great week!

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10 Apr 2017Episode 31: New Land - New Adventure00:55:16

The eight week time-pressure episode has arrived! That’s right, Center Hill Sun goes to press this week – though there is still time to place an ad if you want to reach 20,000 people who love the outdoors, rural living and country fun. 🙂

Today we have a chat with Dori Mulder, the person who was getting ready to close on land and has written in a few times. She bought a fantastic 40 acre place with a house built unto a CAVE right on a RIVER.

Middle TN Learning Opportunity: Mushroom Event April 22: https://www.facebook.com/events/791640000985966/

Eating Seasonally and Tales from the Prepper Pantry
This is where we share what we are eating as it comes to us – and talk about ways to use what we store.
Light this week because I didn’t eat.

  • Wild Mustard, watercress, hairy vetch, pokeweed is poking up!
  • From the pantry: Sweet potato chili with wild garlic
  • Baby lettuce is here!
  • Asparagus

Getting the Gardens Ready
Where we share what we are doing to get our food growing operation up and running.

  • Late bed preparation – with advice from Karley
  • Potatoes up and a little burnt and some bugees are nibbling our radishes.

Garden Economics project: no additional moneys have been spent

New Land – New Adventure, and Interview with Dori Mulder
When you first get a piece of land, there is so much time to learn about your land. And Dori shares with us what her first days on her new property are like. She also takes some time to share her dreams for the property long term.

Stories from the Holler

  • The dying box elder tree by our guest cabin is no more
  • Friends saved the day this week

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Make it a great week!

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04 Jun 2024First Tuesday Coffee Chat with Jack and John - Ep 91102:04:39

 

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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01 Jun 2022Episode 577: Empowering You with Xavier Hawk and John Willis01:51:42
Today we talk about how decentralization empowers you, and whatever else you bring up in the live chat with Xavier Hawk of Phireon.com and John Willis of SPecial Operations Equipment. Show Resources

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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/6Bb0FmwTKm4

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11 May 2020Episode 306: Homesteading 101 - Five Things to Know00:55:39

Today, we discuss five things to know about homesteading whether you want to live in the country or simply increase your stability wherever home is. Because creating value from what you have and getting control of your supply chain can only lead to good things.

  • Thursday at 7pm- Livestream with the Holler Neighbors - tear down this wall: https://youtu.be/8x6axBY3w1w
  • Webinar: May 28, 2020 at 3pm Central. Google My Business with Joshua Sloan

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • It worked! I was able to restock something on schedule! 
  • We have a number of spring dried herbs for teas - collecting more this week
  • Finalizing the workshop menu - ground 10 pounds of pasture raised chickens last night for tacos
  • Sous Vide Chicken Thighs - 4 thighs, ¼ lb butter, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp curry - let it go for 6 hours and sear off. (Solves the tough as nails problem)

Featured Forage: Watercress - http://herbgarden.co.za/mountainherb/article.php?tag=Watercress

  • Nutrition: vitamin rich - High in Vitamin C and Vitamin A, calcium, Potassium, Vitamin E, K, B6
  • Superfood
  • Herbal Remedy: Detoxifying (mold story), Boosts immune system (C), Increases Skin Elasticity (fewer wrinkles), Natural source for calcium (bones), broad spectrum antibiotic and anti tumor, can help expel uric acid (joint pain) - can be eaten or used as a poultice for this -- used to heal skin blemishes and cuts.
  • Recipes: Cream of watercress soup

Operation Independence

  • Side benefit of the wall coming down - workshop space in the house

Main topic of the Show: Homesteading 101 - Five Things To Know

  1. Your family needs to be on board and not just supportive of your idea, but willing to help
  2. You can begin where you are: herbs on the windowsill, raised beds, city-friendly livestock
  3. Spend time on other homesteads, getting to know homesteaders, and learning what they wish they had done differently - especially in land choice - before you buy. Take time finding your homestead. There is no rush. Also, it ain’t all roses.
  4. Habits of frugality are good no matter where you live. Choose them carefully
  5. Learn 1 thing per year, wether or not you have moved to your homestead: Cheesemaking, canning, soap making, pantry management, milking goats, growing vegetables, printing fruit trees, butchering chickens, herbal remedies, wild foraging, during herbs, growing and making tea. (Don't add more than 3 and be really careful about this)

In our modern day, homesteading has moved beyond getting a free piece of land from the government and living solely from what we produces to a mindset of self reliance, independence, creating value from what we have, and raising and storing good, healthy food. With the commercial food supply chains straining to pivot into a different delivery method - lots of people are interested in grabbing a piece of land and starting to be more independent. This is wonderful. Just know that taking time to find the right fit for you and your family will pay off in spades in the future. And almost anyone can start integrating homesteading practices into their current living situation, be it in an apartment, on a city lot, or on a large piece of land.

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30 Mar 2024Life Work Integration with Keith Phillips - EP 88800:56:00

Join me for a discussion of work life integration with Keith Phillips from Heartland Bunkies.

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Keith is an ex-army helicopter pilot that cares for 52 acres in Southernmost Illinois with his wife Becky and 6 children. I’m addition to raising livestock and roasting coffee, they run 2 airbnbs and market small cabin kits which other folks can use to affordably start their homesteads or add an additional stream of income.

Keith’s passion is reversing the trend of disintegrating modern families. He believes that people were created to beautify the earth through productive labor. All else being equal, family centered work is the enduring center of family life that is noticeably missing from modern society, and that may serve to draw us together again.

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18 Feb 2019Episode 136: Chase Away the Winter Time Blues00:53:39

Today we will go through several things you can to do get your head right and enjoy the darkest days of winter. Seasonal Affective Disorder is not a fake thing, but it is something you can take on and change your narrative. So, let's do this!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Not using canned vegetables as much and here is why
  • Audited what we have canned and in the root cellar and integrated them into the workshop menu
  • Watercress is slow in the creek but growing well in the AP system
  • Lost 2 heads of lettuce - left the cover off
  • Should be doing sprouts but I am not… need to kick that into gear

What’s in Season

  • Watercress
  • Wild Garlic
  • Nettles are almost ready
  • Mushrooms

Tales from the Booze Whisperer

  • Segment from David Oswalt

Stump the Sauce

  • My french press makes the coffee taste like ash...?

Operation Independence

  • We have applications in for the duplex and it will be done by the end of this month! (A bit on rental income and the pros and cons)

Main topic of the Show: Chase Away the Wintertime Blues

Make it a great week!

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19 Feb 2018Episode 68: Goats for Weed Control on the Homestead00:59:51

Today, we’ve got a good one with an exploration of how well goats work for weed control, as well as some tactics we have learned about over the past “almost year” of having these playful little devils -- and they are devils -- on our land.

What mother nature is providing

  • Shagbark Hickory Update
  • Deadnettle is starting to spring up
  • Bees legs are full of pollen
  • Watercress may be big enough this week to harvest a round
  • Bad mushroom year - all my best logs are gone
  • Sprouts 
  • Eggapalooza -

Getting the Gardens Ready

  • Seedling trays - maybe - big trip to houston coming up and not sure if things will be in place
  • Special replay this week: Growing your Own Seedlings.
  • Mud farming - facial idea

Tales from the prepper pantry

  • Marty the pig will graduate in a few weeks - a confession
  • Laying plans to eat more green beans - for some reason this year we’ve been finding lots of collard greens and not hitting the canned stores
  • Still swimming in sweet potatoes - anyone got some fun recipes?
  • Onions from last fall will be done in about two weeks, just as the wild garlic is coming on 

Operation Independence

  • Duplex taxes are done - so much more to do on taxes
  • Arranged for Marty to be processed

Make it a great week!

17 Jul 2017Episode 44: A Variety Show, Bacon, Websites, and More00:54:10

You’re in for a good show today, it’s a variety show! That’s right, today I will roll through feedback and questions sent in by you, our listeners!

  • A question on building a Wordpress business
  • Getting a side hustle started
  • Stinging Nettle uses and recipes
  • How to make bacon
  • Holler Roast Update

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Eating Seasonally and Tales from the Prepper Pantry This is where we share what we are eating as it comes to us - and talk about ways to use what we store.

  • Squash avalanche - episode 8
  • Tomatoes are finally ripe and with them a few recipes:
  • Smoking ribs and other freezer meats
  • Wishing I had started meat birds a month ago because grille chickens is sooooo good, and cooking outside is the best way to beat the heat in Tennessee
  • Inventorying the pantry and I ended up with leftover corn, beans, jams, pickles, and peaches

  What we are preserving this week Where we share what we are preserving for winter storage

  • Green beans
  • Garlic
  • Dried bee balm
  • Bacon

      Wow! Last week’s podcast seemed to strike a nerve with many of you - You gave me lots of follow up questions and feedback on it. I suppose that’s because most of us just want something that is ours to foster, to grow and to learn from. And with all the extra daylight right now it is a perfect time to jump in.

Make it a great week!

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09 Apr 2021Episode 417 - TOTW on Availability00:34:52

Today is a thought of the walk on being always available. What is the thought of the walk? Well, every so often I take my dogs for a walk. This clears the mind and opens me up for thought. These short, one-topic episodes are simply my way to share thoughts with you and invite your feedback.

Schedule for the next two weeks.

Webinar on April 27, 2021, 7pm CT: Relocation Roundtable

Main topic of today's show: TOTW on Availability

The text message comes in and my notices are off for the night. I have no idea it happened. The next morning when I wake up, what has started as an unanswered question has ended with an apology for offending me. But I am not offended - I was just asleep. I reply with that information.

This happens to me about 4 times a week. It is why my phone has silent hours programmed into it. It happens when I do not answer emails immediately. It happens when I do not pick up the phone.

We have come to expect the people we are seeking to reach immediately and if we do not, we tell ourselves a story about why. We allow our insecurities to taint the story toward the other party either being angry, offended, or dead.

Our story is usually wrong. 

Always Available. The expectation is of always available. This unhealthy culture fostered by tech giants, buy the devices that were supposed to set us free, and by an increasingly entitled population.

Saturday night at midnight, you realize something you bought on Amazon is broken and you hop online to return it. You use their customer support chat feature and someone processed the refund right away.

You post something for sale on Facebook marketplace and someone sends you a message at 2 in the morning. By the time you wake up, Facebook has reminded you to answer it multiple times.

Being always available is an expectation for some but it is also at the root of the following things:

  • Taking too much time to do something due to multiple interruptions
  • Inability to sleep/get to sleep at night
  • Loss of closeness in relationships with our children, and pretty much anyone we spend time with
  • Inability to create space for mental and spiritual development
  • Getting fat
  • Car accidents
  • Neglecting that which is most important

It is one thing to be the person who is paid to be “always available” on night shift for a set period of time. It is quite another to be always available in every moment of your every day.

We sometimes look fondly at the past and romanticize how it was back then. But on the topic of being always available, the 80s had something going for them: the person you were trying to reach had to be home to pick up the phone. If they were on the toilet when it rang, it was unlikely they could finish and race to the wall into which the phone was plugged in to answer. We pretty much were accustomed to waiting for a callback without being offended. 

And there was a negative aspect to this: When the phone rang, you pretty much dropped everything to get it.

And that set the foundation for an expectation of being always available as cell phones became ubiquitous in our lives. We took a thing that needed an immediate response to connect us to loved ones and information -- or you had to take more action to connect -- and we made it possible to carry said item in our pockets everywhere without removing the expectation that we immediately respond to calls.

Then we added text.

Then email.

Then calendar notices.

Then chat apps and social media.

The cellphone is basically a tiny, mobile computer at this point, not really just a phone and the expectation is that because we can carry it around, we should respond to any of the 20 or so ways people have to reach us.

And this is causing a terrible communication problem. If you can reach someone in 20 ways, you might as well not reach them at all because you are now depending on their built-in computer -- the brain -- to remember that chat you had, or the text you sent, or that long email they skimmed, or your comment on facebook.

Always available has transformed into -- always available on all ways. This is not reasonable. This is not good for you or me. This is one of those places where you can redefine the expectation in your lie and find yourself with more time in the garden, better relationships with those around you, and fewer dropped balls.

Just stop being always available.

Change it to reasonably available. Let those closest to you know how you set it up. Then enforce the methods. Eventually folks will no longer expect a returned text at 2am or 9pm or whenever you go into silent mode. Eventually folks will catch on that you do not have email conversations via SMS. Eventually people will learn more efficient ways to interact with you -- and from there with others.

But it is a retraining effort and the retraining starts with no one other than you.

Today, I joked with the rednecks that I was scheduling my daily breakdown for 4pm today and that I would keep them informed of my breakdowns which will happen for about an hour a day between now and April 25. This is because the to do list is overwhelming to get ready for the workshop -- it is also totally doable, just overwhelming. And while they took it as a joke it really isn’t. I have to find a way to release the pent-up emotions of this large project. So at 4pm today, I will drop everything, turn off all notifications for an hour, demand that no one talk to me unless talked to, and I will rhinoceros through some seemingly non-important task that is very important to me.

I will not be available during this time and if the Pope dies, I will have no idea it happened. If there is a family emergency, I will not know it until the hour is over.

And you know what? Any action I would take because of those two examples will not really change because I find out up to 60 minutes later that there was a problem -- even if I miss my change to say goodbye to someone in their last moments. If that person and I are close, they will know I love them and I will know they know and while I will feel a pang of regret, that fear of that pang should not keep me from creating a more balanced life by turning off the expectations of being always available.

And if you are at a place in your life where there is one person for whom you really need to be available, program that into your phone.

You see, I lied a little. There are a few people who if they sms me when my phone is in do not disturb mode can get through anyway. And they know it. And they love me and would not abuse that power.

And that is how you can take technology that is harming your ability to focus, your productivity and your sanity and USE IT to create a balance between availability and performance.

And that is the epitome of the problem is the solution, isn’t it?

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06 Jan 2023Episode 677 - Homestead Happenings for January 6, 202201:05:13

Today we talk about new life on the homestead, losses, big projects getting bigger, the FREEZE, and more.

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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. 

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Forage

  • Desperation rations in the creek
  • Dandelion root
  • Jerusalem artichoke
  • Always in winter: Mullein which is good if you get a cold

Livestock

  • Baby lamb and stillborn lamb and the related lessons
  • Rabbits are bred, we think - white rabbit on probation
  • Ducks still not laying eggs - WTF
  • Brownie is for sale
  • Pigs getting listed for sale (Never posted them before)

Harvest Meals

  • All cooking is in the crockpot (not cold enough to run the woodstove)
  • Red Curried Venison with Turnips

Winter is coming (IS HERE)

  • We all survived - even the animals outside with no heat (no heat on ducks, stock tank heater with fish, water heater for rabbits, babies in mudroom, boys in the barn, pigs with a cover – all with lots of extra straw. (There is still straw getting tracked into my home all the time)
  • Water was the biggest pain: animal water and my pipes
  • Heating was just fine - even through rolling blackouts
  • Ducks like to hang in the pods during cold times
  • Lessons learned: Want better water by next year

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • ALL THE HELP on the bathroom - and the story of the bathroom
  • Christmas and New Year was fun
  • Toolman Tim’s stream in the LFTN community

Infrastructure

  • Testing new $30 rabbit cages from TSC
  • Fencing Weekend Workshop Coming
  • Adding Insulation
  • Making long term plans so that we can focus on 1-2 at a time (#my3things)
  • Spring planting is beginning

Finances

  • Spent $100 on straw
  • Found a soy free feed source since MPS no longer makes it

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06 Jul 2020Episode 323 - A Discussion - Part 201:02:17

Today, we go back to that discussion I started just before the workshop in episode 313. It breaks my heart to see the destruction and violence that has erupted this year. To watch people who managed not to lose everything during the covid shut downs, lose it to vandals as things start to open up breaks my heart. To see people claim there is no racism in the us when there so clearly is, breaks my heart. To see an ever mounting list of demands that do nothing to address the core issue but cause lots of news buzz breaks my heart - and all of this heartbreak is done from the quiet solitude of my home. Where I am also doing nothing.

So I thought to myself, what if I start talking about it on the podcast. And that was episode 313 was all about. The beginning of a discussion. An invitation to interact on this topic in a meaningful and open way. And several of you had something to say.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Added 14 jars of pickles,10 jars of pickled beets, and 8 jars of pork stock to the pantry this weekend
  • Getting set to can beans - still have a bunch from last year so will do more recipe research on green beans
  • Really need to harvest and dry the bee balm and other tea plants this week before it is too late
  • Coriander is harvested and drying for storage
  • Outdoor Canning kitchen is set up

Featured Forrage: Elderberry

  • Blooming is almost done here and we will wait for the plant to ripen
  • Uses: Culinary
    • Elderberry fritters
    • Elderberry jam
    • Elderberry syrup
    • Elderberry pie
    • Elderberry juice
    • wine
    • Any other ideas?
  • Uses: Herbal
    • Immune supportive (Flu, colds, etc), antioxidant, Rheumistism 
    • Nutrition:source of anthocyanins, vitamins A and C and a good source of calcium, iron and vitamin B6 (Table 1)
    • https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu07/pdfs/charlebois284-292.pdf“Folk Medicine In folk medicine, elder berries have been used for their diaphoretic, laxative and diuretic properties (Uncini Manganelli et al. 2005; Merica et al. 2006) and to treat various illnesses such as stomach ache, sinus congestion, constipation, diarrhea, sore throat, common cold, and rheumatism (Novelli 2003; Uncini Manganelli et al. 2005). The flowers are said to have diaphoretic, anti-catarrhal, expectorant, circulatory stimulant, diuretic, and topical anti-inflammatory actions (Merica et al. 2006). Some of these properties seem justified since elderberry fruits contain tannins and viburnic acid, both known to have a positive effect on diarrhea, nasal congestion, and to improve respiration (Novelli 2003). Leaves and inner bark have also been used for their purgative, emetic, diuretic, laxative, topical emollient, expectorant, and diaphoretic action (Merica et al. 2006).”
    • John Moody's Book

Operation Independence

  1. Basecamp has a renter moving in August first so it is “finish” time.
  2. Hipcamp is a go again

Main topic of the Show: A discussion - part 2

In the first of this series, we talked about, well, talking. How silencing discussions on the topic of racism is counterproductive. How bullying people for saying things that may not be quite right when on this topic leads to the kind of silence where people do not evolve their hearts and minds. And a bit about how government has amplified racism in recent years through its policies -- though if you look at the entire history of our country, racism was there at the beginning. 

SO to have a reasonable talk about this, I asked the following:

  • Assume the person talking intends to process and grow, rather than to intimidate and attack
  • Approach discussions with opinion, facts, and questions – know the difference between these things
  • Be open to discussing what “could be” even if it seems impossible to achieve because impossible things do happen
  • Personal attacks are unwelcome in this discussion
  • “If this then that” statements lead to problems

So today, I want to read you some of the feedback we got. This is a series of things from multiple people in our network.

  1. Chris
  2. Hat
  3. Curt

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03 Sep 2024Tuesday Coffee With John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - EP 94602:16:54

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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17 Aug 2023Q and A Session with Nicole Sauce and John Willis - EP 78101:16:20

Today we take your questions on trombincino squash, songs, society, building your business, and more.

Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce

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

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Mona

What is the change you made coming up to this SRF that you think will make the biggest improvement?

ANOTHER QUESTION

Curious if either of you have a reaction (good, bad, or indifferent) to that song "Rich Men North of Richmond." I just heard it for the first time this morning.

From Lettie = What is one topic that has not been done at SRF that you would like to see?

  • Scything
  • Assassination

John: Have you always been the  kind of person who goes your own way without really caring what other people think?

John: If you could not sew anymore, what would you do?

Nicole

From andrea

  1. How do you store the tromboncino squash? And do I harvest it when it turns yellow? What are ways that you use it in your food?
  2. You talked about harvesting chocolate mint on Monday's show. How much of it do you use to make tea? I have some growing and figured that it would make a great Christmas present but I am not sure how to use it in tea. I am just used to buying the already put together tea.

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16 Sep 2019Episode 212: Holler Homestead Business Update00:55:12

 

Today, we will run through the various business endeavors going on here at the Holler Homestead and give on update on progress toward their goals - as well as share some lessons learned along the way.

Direct Downlaod

Amazon Highlight: Fine tipped white chalk pens

Show References: Episode 155

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Green Chili Event Update
  • 24 jars of salsa, 24 jars of canned stewed tomatoes
  • Canning is done for now 
  • Also: 100 lbs onions, 2 boxes sweet potatoes

What’s in Season

  • Lettuce is ready to harvest in the AP system - and it has been very very hot
  • Deciding when to harvest the sweet potatoes 

Operation Independence

  • Located a convenient place to have my pallets of coffee delivered that will save me $150 per time I order green beans!

Main topic of the Show: Holler Homestead Business Update

Make it a great week!

Song: Wolf

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03 Jun 2020Episode 314: Four strategies to Find Focus When You Feel Scattered00:39:30

Today is wednesday so we have a how to topic and what is top of my mind today is focus. Focus through the noise. Focus through the news cycle. And ways to trick yourself into focusing in times when there is simply too much going on. I will share with you four of my favorite strategies for focusing.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

Stump the Sauce

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Peak Weed and No time to Deal With It 
  • Beets are up and I hope to keep them alive
  • Still seeding things like Okra, cucumbers, squash and beans
  • Time to plan to fall garden starts
  • Lettuce growing update

Four strategies to Find Focus When You Feel Scattered

Do you ever have one of those days or weeks where it seems like every time you turn around you are being interrupted by something urgent? And at the end of the day you have started nothing you need to start? Sometimes these days happen, but all too often it is up to you to keep it from happening by making choices to focus on one thing at a time.

I often say that multitasking is a fiction. Sure, some people are good at changing their focus from item to item quickly, but if you look at how they are processing things, you often find they are really just able to shift rapidly, not process two or three things at a time.

This is not to be confused with function stacking when you do one thing but it serves multiple purposes.

But back to focus - the best way to navigate a scattered day is to dig in and focus on the top priority item until it is either finished or as far as it can go before you move onto the next item.

But if you are like me, when there is tons of stuff going on, you feel anxious. Stressed. The LAST thing you want to do is buckle down and do just one thing when so many need attention. 

But focusing on finishing things is the best way to get over the scatter. To bust the clutter. To move beyond the overwhelming panic that you have. And today, just one week out from the LFTN Spring Workshop, I share with you four of my strategies for MAKING myself focus.

Pregaming:

  • Pause
  • Make a list (Include the desired end state of the thing you need to do)
  • Establish priority

Four Strategies for finding focus

  1. Go into isolation (closed doors really help)
  2. Play music that will reprogram your brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IInG5nY_wrU&list=PL7ZB8gM_jSLRACWkN_5H71m8IYJhGMYO5
  3. Only show yourself three things on your list at a time
  4. Set a timer plus reward system

It may seem like I am playing games with myself but the thing that discerns people who GSD vs those who don't is the ability to finish things, not just start them and focus is key to that endeavor.

So what do you do when you cannot focus? How do you bust through the metal clutter to get your stuff together? 

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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02 Apr 2021Episode 414 - Lifestyle Design with Brian Norton01:13:33

Brian Norton of Food Forest Farms joins me today to give us an update on how his life has evolved as he dives more deeply into entrepreneurial living and following his passion.

But first

  1. Unloose the Goose BANNED EPISODE
  2. Interview this week with Cam and Jessica over on Youtube on The Mad Ones
  3. Joining Niti Bali next week - check out her channel here.
  4. Rogue Food Conference tickets and sponsors/vendors

Show Resources

  • Coffee Club - 500 Project https://foodforestfarms.com/store/p54/Monthly_Coffee_Club.html
  • Cannabinoid Natural Foods https://foodforestfarms.com/cannabinoid-natural-foods.html
  • Our Air BnB Reservations https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/33254319
  • Our HipCamp https://www.hipcamp.com/washington/food-forest-farms-hideaway/camp-suneekee

 

Main content of the show

Bio of Brian Norton: Corp big food to urban aquaponic. Now underground specialty coffee roaster, hip camp owner, Air Bnb Experience guy. Heading out on a 1 year trip to every freedom fest I can book. Going to serve beautiful coffee and find 500 souls that see what I do as art.

Interview

Membership and Coffee Pitch

LFTN21 Email Forthcoming

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27 Sep 2021Episode 481 - Four Perspective Changes From a Decade of Homesteading00:58:36

Today I share with you some things that change you after you have lived the homesteading lifestyle for awhile. Four big things in fact.

Trip/Roaster

New Events Page: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/events

A word on Turkey Day

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Operation Independence

  • Roaster Upgrade
  • Signed up for Roadie

Main topic of the Show: Four Perspective Changes From a Decade of Homesteading

>>Lifestyle homesteading versus yuppy homesteading versus new homesteaders

  1. On bugs, critters, snakes and Mother Nature
  2. Daily news cycle, covid, shortages and the like
  3. On solitude and hustle and bustle
  4. The Common Cold and other tales

Membership Plug

MeWe reminder

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Song: Suicide by Sauce

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24 Apr 2017Episode 33: The Five Elements of Homemade Salad Dressing01:04:09

I am coming to you today from a place called Highland Rim Retreats near Fall Creek Falls in Tennessee!  Today, I thought it would be fun to do something a little different. We will talk about the five elements of homemade salad dressing.

Seasonal Eating and Tales From the Prepper Pantry

  • Quarterly freezer re-organization
  • Seasoning a pork belly for bacon: salt, rosemary, sage, turmeric, brown sugar
  • Garden kale and lettuces, pea shoots, hairy vetch, redbud, baby bamboo shoots, poke weed
  • The morels are out there my friends – IF you can find them

 What we are preserving this week

  • Drying for tea
    • Blackberry
    • Raspberry
    • Stinging nettle
    • Bee balm

 The Five Elements of Homemade Salad Dressing

  1. Sour: Vinegar, Lemon Juice, lime juice, pickle brine, caper juice
  2. Spicy: Mustard, hot pepper sauce, peppers, onions, garlic
  3. Creamy: Mayonnaise, sour cream, whipped cream cheese, cream
  4. Sweet: Honey, sugar, jams and jellies, sorghum, maple syrup
  5. Emulsifier: Olive Oil, grape seed oil, avocado oil, any infused oils, oil, oil, oil. 

The process:

  1. Define salad’s core flavor
  2. Choose complimentary flavor elements from the five above
  3. Make your dressing recipe!

Example: Watercress, kale based salad.

  • Core flavor: spicy
  • What will complement that? Sweet and sour
  • Dressing recipe – Basic balsamic vinaigrette: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp fig infused balsamic, 1 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp water, 1 tsp salt. 

Example: Spinach salad

  • Core flavor: nutty, flat
  • What goes with that? Almost anything - try spicy and sweet
  • Dressing Recipe – honey mustard: 1 tbsp, mustard, 2 tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp water, salt, pepper and shake! (You can sneak in a tbsp. of balsamic on this one and it is really good)

 

Example: Peppers, tomatoes, kale leaves, a little corn, spinach

  • Core flavor: sweet and nutty
  • What goes with that? Lemon and spice and everything nice!
  • Dressing Recipe – basil lemon zest: 2 tbsp lemon, onions, 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp olive oil, sliced fresh basil, 2 tbsp water, shake and let sit overnight in the fridge. Remove from fridge 30 mins before using so that it reaches room temp.
  • A Hack: soak the onions in the lemon for 30 minutes, then mix all the other ingredients directly into the salad if you are in a rush.

Other recipe ideas from Zello:

  1. BDHutier: Oil, vinegar, favorite jelly
  2. Kirtus: Olive oil, anchovies - canned, Italian spice mix, leave for 24 hours in the fridge – likely added vinegar

Stories from the holler

  • Torrential downpours
  • Did a walk through of a friend’s new piece of land – and It has some interesting features, including a really cool run off area that many people would see as a problem but that we see as an asset – now it is just very important to properly identify zone one, which is an interesting amoeba shape because of how his outbuilding is situated.
  • BEES ESCAPED

We are setting up a page – soft launch – over at Patreon.com to share premium content to show supporters.

Cider Hollow Farms – He’s put the rest of his comfrey on sale at an extra $1.50 per plant for spring closeout and if you use the coupon code LFITN5 you will get an additional 5% of anything you order. Go to CiderHollow.com.

This spring has been the usual whirlwind with lots of activity and shifting priorities, but things are going well because we have done a good job of always re-orienting toward our primary family goals of making time for recreation and fun, local stable income, and paying attention to our health.

Get out there and make it a great week!

Song: Sauce, The Flood

23 Dec 20192019 Australian Night Before Christmas00:08:05

Today we are running a replay from 2018 of a reading of the Night Before Christmas by our Australian Friend, Aussie Ro.

 

23 Sep 2020Episode 349 - Using Shipping Garbage on the Homestead00:42:22

Today is the third in a four part series on using garbage on the homestead. We will talk about all the stuff that things ship in that end up on your land and taking up space.

Holler Neighbor Livestream, Thursday 7pm: https://youtu.be/3QABxlpgIDw

#HollerHatWednesday: Why does she have her thinking cap on?

KickStartHollerRoast.com

What’s Up in the Garden

Main topic of the Show: Shipping Garbage on the Homestead

Set: Living on a homestead is so much easier with Amazon and other mail order arrangements - but it comes with a waste stream challenge.

  1. Cardboard and Paper
  2. Crates and Pallets
  3. Internal Packing Materials (Peanuts and plastic)
  4. Packaging

A word on choices (for shipping and packaging)

Landing: Dealing with waste takes clarity of purpose before you set a plan and one of our long term goals is to reduce waste. This is why I use a sodastream for carbonated beverages rather that drink perrier or la Crioux. 

Make it a great week!

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12 Feb 2020Episode 267: Getting Started with Knitting00:25:54

Today we talk with Mama Sauce about how to get started with knitting. Knitting is something I tried to be interested in when I was younger but I never caught the bug. Now that I am older and less interested in watching movies, it might be time to give it another go.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

FEB 26, 7PM ET: Webinar Number 2 from Sue Zoldak – How Do I know Which Digital Platforms Are Best to Market My Business?

Stump the Sauce

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Preparing for a cold night
  • Strawberries are not yet planted
  • Getting seedlings going today-Friday. It has been a slog

Main topic of the Show: Getting Started with Knitting

Resources:

Make it a great week!

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15 Apr 2024Nicole Sauce Unplugged - Ep 89400:54:15

Join me for a show on anything you ask, plus what has been on my mind of late including wwIII, reacting in fear, Is the homestead life easy, and what to do when your competitor says, “I’m Coming For You”. 

Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com

 

Livestream Schedule

LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams 

 

🎙️ Monday, 2:00pm, Nicole Unplugged

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Shawn Mills and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with John Davis

🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness Project and Kentucky Sustainable Living

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am, Homestead Happenings with Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • AJ is in the house and we are doing a final push in the prepper pantry this week in advance of the LFTN Spring Workshop
  • Last minute event chili for the potluck this weekend
  • Tossing the frozen greens
  • New pantry racks from Grumpy Acres

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree is no longer on our rounds because it is not the best way to get a dose of caffein for our shopping day.

We hit both Hobby Lobby (for Sonia) and Lowe's (for me). Although we did not go to Home Depot, a 2x4x8 there has gone up again, to $3.73. 

Aldi was next. They did not have any lettuce, but other produce was available in normal amounts. They also only had half a case of canned cat food. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09. Despite rumblings I'm reading about a cocoa shortage, the 70% chocolate I like was available, and still at the usual price of $1.99.

We're out of lettuce, so our last stop was Food City. They had some, although many of the heads were rather light, and some showed more rot than usual. I also grabbed a case of Friskies cans and a 22 lb. bag of the Meow Mix that our cats ask for by name.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Make your own mixes and sauces. I have been making my own taco seasoning for years but today I made enchilada sauce. 

Someone loves the ground pork enchiladas I make and wanted to make some, but did not have enchilada sauce in the pantry. So I went to Online (Pinterest) and looked up a recipe. Making it from scratch, you can adjust the seasoning to your own liking and what you have on hand.  I used bone broth instead of vegetable stock; I used olive oil not grapeseed oil, I used more garlic and less Cinnamon than the recipe called for. Recipes are guidelines, they are not set in stone. Use what you like to eat and don't be afraid to substitute or omit ingredients.

I actually have enough to save half for next time.  Next I will make homemade tortillas, I know Nicole says they are so easy to make, but one thing at a time. 

Go make something you haven't made before.

 

Operation Independence

  • Someone backed out of our ram so we decided to process it ourselves saving nearly $100

 

Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged

 

Reacting in fear

wwIII

Is homesteading life easy?

Im coming for you

 

Membership Plug

 

Social reminder

 

Make it a great week!

 

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20 Dec 2024Cajun Night Before Christmas00:08:39

Tonight we have a reading of the Cajun version of The Night Before Christmas by The Ellender Family - listeners of LFTN.

Join us every day at 5pm for a reading of a different version of the poem, "The Night Before Christmas."

14 Feb 2020Episode 268: Find Local Food with Grazr00:55:40

Today, I talk to Tom Cunningham, a fellow with a new platform that will link consumers directly to farmers for purchasing food. Think AirBnB of meat - a platform called Grazr. He is planning to launch right here in Middle Tennessee, but this interview covers food freedom, a bit about rolling out software based business, and more.

  1. LFTN Premium Member Call scheduled for: Sat Feb 29. 11:30am CT

Show Resources

Bio: Tom Cunninham, Grazr

Tom Cunningham was born in Rockford, Ill. His mother stayed at home to raise him and younger sisters Anna and Clare. A week after his 10th birthday, the family moved to California for Mr. Cunningham’s career with FedEx. Mrs. Cunningham taught at UC Davis. At 12 years old, Tom earned his keep as a paper boy. His always supportive parents taught him to be daring.

Inspired by musician Ben Harper, Tom jammed out during high school. His father’s friend liked his music enough to produce it through his new record company, Emerald City Entertainment, after his Dotcom busted. He rocked out on tour through his early 20s with various jobs and cities along the way. He worked on farms, fishing boats, in construction and wineries in between gigs.

Life was exciting, but not what Tom wanted it to be. He wound up back in Woodland, Calif where he met a girl he knew from high school. The two dated and soon married. Tom found love, but not yet his ideal career.

Wendy spurred him to pursue a longtime desire to be a fireman. He became EMT certified and joined the Air Force Reserves as a firefighter. After leaving active duty orders with the Reserves, he was hired by the City of South Lake Tahoe Fire Department while living in Carson City, Nev. He enjoyed the busy mountain towns all risk responses from backcountry rescues to ski slope responses to responding to emergencies on beautiful Lake Tahoe. The family grew to five with daughter, ​Cadence​,​ ​and sons, ​Merit and ​Gage​.

Both Tom and Wendy desired more time together as a family and to raise their children in intimate relationship with the land. He wanted to free his children from rigid school years and the rat race; he wanted to become a farmer and teach his children a different way of life. Wendy’s success as an independent consultant with Arbonne International meant change. Tom was able to retire from the fire service at 30 years old to partner with Wendy in her Arbonne business and stay at home as a present father. They began seeking land.

The couple searched far and wide before settling on Middle Tennessee. They chose Summertown, Tenn. to homestead for its beauty and reasonable proximity to the burgeoning market of Nashville. Wendy instructs the children with homeschool curriculum. Tom teaches them about the great outdoors. ​The good life ​was far from simple, but it was meaningful.

Tom learned the struggles of being a farmer raising poultry, hogs, and cattle and saw the obstacles to getting meat to consumers. He wondered how to streamline the process. There had to be a way to “close the loop on the local food chain” and keep the money in the local economy.

Tom floated the idea for months. One day in ​April ​2019, as he conversed with his farming partner and neighbor, Corey​, he began to realize this was his calling not merely an idea. Tom met with his men's group friend, Anthony Laney​, to sow a plan: the two founded Grazr. Tom as CEO, Anthony as ​CTO​.

Tom spearheads the architecture and inner workings of a complex solution by weaving farmers, processors and discerning consumers stakeholders together into a streamlined system that serves each stakeholder. Every hurdle overcome and each conversation with an interested stakeholder builds his confidence in the viability and necessity for Grazr.

Make it a great week!

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25 Sep 2020Episode 350 - Knighthawk on Heating With Fire00:52:43

We are getting a cold snap about four weeks early next week and so I thought today would be the perfect time to invite Knighthawk on to talk about heating with fire. 

A word on next week’s schedule and why I cancelled the livestream.

Show Resources

Sir Handy Website

Main content of the show

Knighthawk has a background in fire alarm maintenance and HVAC automation for commercial buildings. He is also one of the main handyman resources in the Tennessee LFTN Network. In February, he launched his handyman business, Sir Handy. He joins is today to talk about one of his favorite topics: Fire!

Interview

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24 Nov 2020Episode 367 - Life Plan Q & A00:35:58

Today, we have a hybrid show both live on Youtube and recorded for the audio podcast. The last few Mondays, we have discussed the process of developing your life’s vision and purpose. Some folks have had questions as they dive in, so I will take these questions today.

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Unloose the Goose Wed at 4pm

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Thanksgiving keto Style - we have way too many boxes of potatoes
  • 27 more chickens were tucked into the freezer this week
  • Preparing for the cow in December 
  • Getting through the freezer vegetables first

Operation Independence

  • The chickens, or course
  • 110% on Christmas Coffee (hence the late recording of this podcast)

Main topic of the Show: Episode 367 - Life Plan Q & A

Krystal -- I'm not sure if you saw my post on the group page, but I'm struggling with the deep, deep indoctrination by my parents/schools that there is one "right" way to do life... the go to college, get a good job working for someone else, start living when you retire mentality is so beaten into my brain that even though I see people living happy and successful lives on their terms, there is still a strong built-in fear that tells me it won't work. Not sure if you have insight you'd like to offer in that vein. I KNOW the standard "American dream" we were taught isn't the only way and that our world is changing so much it's becoming harder for people to achieve.  Just trying to get over this mental hurdle.

JEFF: I have a question.. If you moved into your parents home (or any home) that was NOT what you wanted as a "forever" home, where would you concentrate your efforts? I have chosen to concentrate on building a library, both paper and E-books, and I garden and keep chickens. I am concentrating on knowledge and skills instead of investing in infrastructure here. Mom's cancer has a 40% survival rate @ the five year mark and we are at the end of year 5 this month. Three months ago, they found a 10 mm spot on her "good" lung. She may have 1 year or 20 years. Either way< I will be here with her.

Lettie: when are going to turn it into a book?

Make it a great week!

Song: Wolf Outtro

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24 Jun 2020Episode 319 - Make Comfrey Salve00:21:34

Today, we walk, step by step, through the process of making comfrey salve with fresh comfrey.

#HollerHatWednesday: When is she going to finish?

Stump the Sauce

  • From Chris - I ordered some medium pink salt and it is too big to fit in my grinder - what do I do with it?

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Transition time: Garlic out, onions, cucumbers, okra and beans in
  • Beets starting to beaten - planting sweet potato slips in their best alongside them
  • Time to plan the fall gardens (Starting plants inside)
  • Tomato trellis update
  • Peppers not yet ready - sads

Main topic of the Show: Make Comfrey Salve

What it is good for: swelling, healing cuts, itching, post shaving skin repair, post waxing skin repair, bee stings, bug bites

  1. Harvest (when)
  2. Ingredients: coconut oil or other oil
  3. Ratios
  4. Complementary herbs - calendula, plantain, mint, jewel weed
  5. A word on drying
  6. Crockpot method and water vapor collection
  7. Duration
  8. Finishing the salve with beeswax
  9. Packaging and storage

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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21 Jul 2022Episode 596 - Permaculture, Off Grid Living, Prepping and More02:47:02

Today’s livestream was fantastic. We had so many people join us and ask a ton of questions. Homesteading, acquiring land, prepping, protecting your house from lightning, sourcing seeds, raising livestock, protecting yourself and so much more! I was joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment, Patrick Barnes from EMP Shield, Tag from Life Done Free, and Billy Bond from Perma Pastures Farm.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Life Done Free

EMP Shield (Use coupon code SOE for a discount)

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/aNNLKjiNadw

Make it a great week!

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07 Apr 2021Episode 416: Seedlings on a Post Kratky Homestead00:38:49

Two weeks ago, I replayed an early episode about how I do seedlings. Today, I will share you the updated methods in a post-kratky hydroponic world at the Holler Homestead.

Holler Neighbor Livestream: Thursday at 6:30pm ish

Stump the Sauce

  • What to do with left over hamburgers? (Paul)
    • Concept of repurposing
    • Stroganof
    • Tacos
    • Hamburger stew or queso
    • Sprinkled on lunch salads

What’s Up in the Garden

  • Chickens are tearing stuff up. Reseeding beets and dill and other things today
  • Prepping upper beds this week and next for a round of planting
  • Cardboard squash
  • Peas are up and about ready to be added to salads as pea shoots
  • I want 6 more hours in the day...

Main topic of the Show: Seedlings on a Post Kratky Homestead

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27 Aug 2021Episode 469: Thought of the Walk for Aug 27, 202100:40:11

Today is a thought of the walk episode - a collection of short thoughts shared on a variety of topics. These thoughts are shared on Odysee every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, then produced as an audio podcast every other Friday.

Today’s Thoughts Include:

  • Hidden Treasure
  • Taking Risks
  • Inside Plumbing of the Solar Water Heater
  • I CAN'T SLEEP! Thought of the Walk
  • News Propoganda

To view the videos for Thought of the Walk Episode, go here: Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

They are also produced on Youtube as a playlist.

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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11 Dec 2020Episode 372 - Rabbits for Meat with Emily Morse00:46:05

Today we have an interview with Emily Morse all about raising rabbits for meat -- not a bad place to put some effort if you ware looking to scale up onsite meat production quickly!

Announcements

  • East TN Freedom Cell Meetup Jan 16 - registration will be live next week.
  • Odysee Invitation Code -- if you join use this and we both benefit - just enter sauceisboss in your custom code area on the reward screen.
  • Also, use this link: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Main content of the show

Emily Morse of 5 Acre Family Farm: 5 acre family farm in East Tennessee, we do a little bit of everything we have 50 chickens, meat rabbits huge gardens, dogs cats, and geese. I enjoy canning, gardening, handicrafts.

Instagram link https://www.instagram.com/morsemountainfarm/

Topic: Meat Rabbits

Why rabbits?

Breed stock

How to choose what way way to raise them

Processing on farm

Meat chicken vs rabbit taste and processing

Make it a great week!

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22 Mar 2021Episode 410 - Success with Mentors00:36:29

Today, I will highlight two examples to approaching someone you may want as a mentor, or from whom you would just like a little advice. Why does this matter? Because as you go through life, you will find, from time to time, that you wish to learn or try new things, -- or that you may start a business or side hustle -- and a great way to avoid mistakes that are obvious to someone with experience, but not obvious to you, is to hold an interview, go to a demo, become an intern, or find a mentor.

And in the last few weeks, I have been approached by two people with very different approaches and they got very different reactions from me. It made me think - let’s look at the two approaches and learn from that.

Announcements

  • I will be out of town at Jack Spirko’s Spring workshop giving a presentation on building community so the next two episodes this week will be replays and I have chosen some good ones.
  • Tales from the Prepper Pantry
    • We preserved too much food last year
    • Cool Canning opener from a 3d printer arrived, will test it when I get back
    • Sweet potatoes are coming to an end -- starting slips
    • Starting to come to the end of last year’s pork 

    Operation Independence

    • Outdoor kitchen 2.0 plans are underway 

Main content of the show: Approaching a Mentor

There is nothing that will give a person pause as when someone asks to be mentored. That is a pretty big ask. Almost as big as getting married. Just kidding. It’t not that big. But being a good mentor takes time, thought and follow-through.

Over my life, I have asked three people if they would mentor me. Two of the three did a horrible job. But I have been mentored by many many along the way -- and gotten a hand up and helpful advice from hundreds more.

A few weeks ago, I got two emails. Neither were asking for me to mentor them, but they were both seeking direction. Bth were about the coffee roasting business. Both got responses from me. One I was not only willing, but eager to help. The other quickly transitioned into an uncomfortable conversation that was taking scarce time. The former landed a call with me, the latter has disappeared into the ether.

The other day I told some folks about these two interactions, including the email I penned but did not send that said, “It doesn't seem like you are very interested in pursuing this.” I was pretty grumpy that day and may have been missing some tone from the former email.

Person A, Email 1

  • Made a connection to why they wanted to talk with me (community)
  • Asked the question up front
  • Gave background

Person B

  • Started with the back story about them
  • Made no personal connection 
  • Offered to be an unpaid intern
  • ...I wasn’t sure they knew much about coffee really


SECOND ROUND

Person A

  • Scheduled call -- attended call -- had great questions
  • Was cognizant of the time and did not try to linger

(She was already dedicated to the path)

Person B

  • Replied to my suggestions with explanations of what they had tried and failed
  • Ignored the offer of paid training
  • Complained about running into barriers in the industry

(In the planning steps…)

 

THIRD ROUND

Person A

  • Did a bunch of research after the call
  • Sent a short email with a quick question

Person B

  • An email with a non-excited sounding bit of interest in paid training. Maybe. On a roaster that is different than the one they want to get.
  • More complaints about dead ends

Finding a mentor or getting advice is sort of like dating. You do not go all in at once. You take things a step at a time and when the fit isnt good, move one before you get to invest. 

  • Time is spare and you are asking a favor
  • Does the person have experience in the area you need?
  • Personal connection matters
  • Icantium will kill the momentum of your relationship -- avoid communicating it at all costs
  • A little background research goes a long way

This isn’t very different than sales, only it is much easier to get access to folks for some quick advice than it is to part someone from their cash. It is still a transaction - they are giving you their time and knowledge, you are giving them a feeling if happiness from helping someone out. But in a world where lots of people want a little advice, it is much easier to invest this time into someone who seems like they will do something with it, has a positive outlook, does a little research, and is mindful of time investments.

The funny thing about this interaction is that I realized something after all was said and done. Remember those two terrible mentors I mentioned? They were not terrible because they failed me. They were terrible because I failed them. I needed to be clear on what I was seeking. To find mindful ways to seek improvement and to learn things in between meetings.

Instead, I got stuck in a cycle of Icantium and waiting. And the longer I waited, the less likely it was to happen.


Life lessons can be humbling.

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01 Sep 2022Episode 614 - Droppin' Knowledge with Bear Independent01:55:01

Today we talk about the SHTF, relocation, Self Reliance Festival, The Midwest Regional Meetup, Being 60 and Homesteading, preparedness and more with Bear Independent and John Willis.

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20 Apr 2022Episode 561 - Tuesday Live with Billy Bond01:23:32
Today we have a monthly chat with Billy Bond of Permpastures Farm, We delve into what kinds of livestock you want to have on a homestead and take questions from the viewers.

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Perma Pastures Farm

SelfRelianceFestival

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-agoPXBJNI

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22 Dec 2020Episode 375 - The Redneck Night Before Christmas00:13:10

Join The Tactical Redneck in a reading of The Night Before Christmas.

26 Nov 2018Episode 106: What is Normal Has Become Odd01:07:19

Today, I have two topics for you. The first is a simple walk through our simple weekend of doing odd, quaint things. Someone pointed out to me that what I think of as a stress free Thanksgiving is filled with tons of basic homemaking skills that no one does anymore….and we will talk about a deeper idea: Mourning loss as an adult and also mourning loss for the first time, and ways to navigate sadness when you lose someone close to you. I know, I know. This may seem like a depressing topic, but it won’t be, I promise.

Workshop Session Highlight: Dori Mulder - Side Hustle Mentality: Gleaning Value From What You Have.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Catfood Incident
Early Cold has been good on the root vegetables
Freezer filled with Pork, sorting last year’s beef (and selling some) in preparation for the next cow (Cow story)
A word on stability and cashflow.

What Mother Nature is providing
Oysters have appeared, finally (Turkey mushroom gravy)
Lemon balm is still giving us leaves
Same as last week: things below the ground are ready. Like Sassafrass root and jerusalem artichoke.

Stump the Sauce
Last minute buttercream frosting in an urgent situation

Operation Independence
Lardo for the charcuterie session
Duplex is the prime focus until it is done

Main topic: What is Normal Has Become Odd

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11 Jan 2019Episode 121: Customer Care - Lessons Learned from THE website with John Athayde01:10:56

Today, I have an interview with John Athayde about this project and lessons we learned from it about managing client expectations, how to have a better handle on scope, and more when you take on a big project that is difficult to define, while also being urgent.

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04 Aug 2021Episode 460 - Branding and Packaging Your Coffee, Home Roasting Business Part 200:52:58

Today is the second in a  series about how to build and launch your home or craft coffee roasting business. We will cover branding and packaging

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Main topic of the Show:  Branding and Packaging Your Coffee, Home Roasting Business Part 2

What to know about Branding

  • Member Webinar in the Portal, Personal and Business Branding with Sue Zoldak, May 2021
  • Know your target
  • Visual and “personality” representation of the core essence of your business. Must be: Emotional (Buyer), Differentiated (Competition), Credible (You and the Buyer)
  • Packaged for: Web, print, social. Black and white and color. Visible from afar and look good up close.
  • Industry colors: browns, green, blues (Think about what that means for you and your brand)

Developing your brand story

  • Coffee is about people from farm to cup
  • Why it matters to the buyer
  • What made YOU love coffee (that matters to the buyer)? How did you get to where you are today?
  • Sketch it out and practice with friends, have them tell your story back. Learn from that

Packaging

  • Label must haves
  • Plastic vs paper
  • Co2 filter
  • Packaging sizes (12 oz vs 16, shape, etc)
  • Label design vs printed bags
  • Color choices
  • Where are you selling your coffee?
  • Does your packaging sell your coffee (farmer’s market story)

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06 May 2019Episode 167: Remember Not to Take Things Personally00:42:00

It is so easy to get hurt by what people say and do to you - even when those same people meant something completely different. Today, I have a reminder for all of us to not take things so personally. It is not about you and it is not about me most of the time - but we perceive the world through our view - and everything can seem personally targeted to us, even when it isn’t. We will discuss that and some ways to reframe your view right after our regular segments.

Cookbook update - Got my copy for a final edit - very excited to launch it!

Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Canning lots of stock 
  • Not done with the summer pantry transition we discussed in Wednesday’s show

What’s in Season

  • “Wild Strawberries” which are really Mock strawberries or Duchesnea indica
  • Peas are blooming - pea shoots
  • Hairy vetch
  • All the lettuces
  • Clover flower collection week (for tea)

Operation Independence

  • Talk about the independence fund and being penny wise and pound foolish
  • Duplex is truly rented! 

Main topic of the Show: Remember Not to Take Things Personally

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03 Aug 2022Episode 602 - Morning Coffee with Jack and John01:43:48

Today we talk about international and US politics, monkeypox, growing food, the swale class, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

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14 Jun 2024Digital Matters with Aron Wagner - Ep 91600:58:26

 

Today I am joined by Aron Wagner of American Cloud to chat about digital matters.

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Aron Wagner is CEO of American Cloud, a data hosting solution that cares about freedom of speech.

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11 May 2022Episode 569 - Tuesday Live with Patrick Roehrman01:12:33

Today we talk about prepping, knives, getting things done, planting trees and more with Patrick Roehrman and John Willis.

Self Reliance Festival

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Living Free in Tennessee

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Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJU9kAZ01uw

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25 Aug 2023Homestead Happenings for August 25, 2023 - EP 78501:18:15

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/

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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

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30 Nov 2022Episode 663 - Conversations with Life Done Free and SOE02:08:51

Today we talk about homesteading, community, using your mind to set yourself up for success, hard work, and more with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment

Show Resources

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Living Free in Tennessee

Life Done Free Youtube

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27 Nov 2019Episode 240: Four Last-Minute Homemade Gift Ideas00:31:14

There is still time - still time to make something by hand and give it to someone you care about. I know that Christmas is coming fast, and tomorrow many of us will feast on turkey and pie, but you can still do it! Today, I will share four handmade gift ideas that you can still do in time for gift-giving season.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and what is she guarding?

Stump the Sauce

  • What do I do if I forgot to get my turkey and they only have frozen ones?

What’s In Season for Thanksgiving

  • Watercress
  • Mushrooms
  • Wild yard greens - plantain and dock

Thankful

  • Thank you

Main topic of the Show: Four last-minute gift ideas

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14 Feb 2022Episode 533 - Squeamishness and Homesteading00:42:42

Today we will talk through several things that you need to learn not to be squamish about on the homestead.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Urgently need to do the freezer audit and inventory
  • Reorganizing wire shelving with dollar tree bins to keep stuff from tipping
  • Restocking 1X per month for the next 6 months in light of shortages
  • Planning garden based on canned good usage (How this works) (2 bushels beans, 200lbs tomatoes, 150 beets, etc
  • Book to read soon: Winning the War on Weeds by John Moody

Weekly Forage

  • Dead Nettle 
  • Watercress

Operation Independence

Main topic of the Show: Squeamishness and Homesteading

Why this topic and the reality of homesteading

Assumptions: livestock, very rural

Squamishnesses

  • Blood and guts/ injuries/ first aid
  • Blood and guts processing
  • Insects and rodents
  • Poop/manur
  • Sitting in the dirt
  • Cold food that should be hot

In the end, you do what you have to do.

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01 Jul 2016Episode 6: At the Fork: An Interview with Producer John Papola01:11:27

Want to see a balanced documentary on how animals are raised for food in the US? Check out At the Fork, AtTheForkFilm.com! Today I am joined by John Papola, producer of this film to talk about what motivated him to trust in human nature and produce a film that is balanced and educational rather than preachy.

Get tickets TODAY at AtTheForkFilm.com.

Also covered on this episode:

  1. Quick shortbread recipe
  2. What is seasonal this week in Tennessee
27 Mar 2019Episode 151: 5 Ways To Help Your Plants Through the Frost00:40:26

Today, I thought I would talk about something all of us in Tennessee have been doing for a few weeks and that many of you will soon need to do: helping your plants through morning frosts that happen in the spring as the earth embraces spring, gets warm, then spikes down below the freezing point at night. I’ve got 5 things you can do without spending a ton of cash - and these are especially important if you are playing early spring plant roulette as I am.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

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Getting the Gardens Ready

  • The year of taming the weeds by my house - transplanted day lillies, elderberry, comfrey, potatoes
  • Added rose bush and rosa ragusa
  • Need to fence out the chickens and do regular weed hoeing sessions, ground cover
  • What I would be doing in sunshine plot: cutting weeds in the pathways, cleanup and mulching

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FROM Tom on pickled carrots

Main topic of the Show: 5 ways to save your plants from frost

  1. Prepare the ground: Mulch 
  2. Water them well 
  3. Heat their feet 
  4. Cover them
  5. Heat under the cover

Bring plants inside...

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30 Oct 2016Episode 10: Five Ways to Prepare Hatch Chilies00:40:00

Today, we talk a bit about the importance of community, explore five ways to prepare hatch chilies, and discuss how to preserve the chilies for winter.

Highlight Recipe: Southwestern Broccoli Casserole

Ingredients: 4 heads broccoli. Steam, chop, drain 1c celery, chopped 1/2 c onion, chopped 16 oz can green chiles, chopped (or similar volume fresh or roasted) 1 c sour cream 1 c Cheddar, shredded 1/2 c almonds, chopped or slivered

Combine in 1.5 qt casserole dish: broccoli, celery, onion, green chiles, sour cream Top w/ cheese. Bake 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees. Sprinkle w/ almonds. Serve.

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23 Jun 2023Homestead Happenings for June 23, 2023 - Ep 76200:58:50

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

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Forage

  • Elderflower
  • Mullein flower soon to be hee
  • Wild Raspberry
  • Gooseberry
  • Stinging nettle
  • Might have found butternut
  • Sassafrass leaves
  • Willow and comfrey cuttings 

Livestock

  • Chicken graduation weekend
  • Rabbit graduation weekend
  • New baby rabbits on the way
  • Bresse chickens have figured out how to go in an out of Holler Roost
  • Ducklings are also starting to learn the Holler Roost ramp (took 5 days)
  • Setting up compost area in the chicken yard
  • Weird sheep behavior
  • Low eggs from old duck flock - usual for July

Grow

  • Harvest fodder trees
  • Broccoli 2.0 harvest
  • First cabbages for the year and ever
  • Tomato wall update
  • Peas ending
  • Greenbeans will be ready this week
  • Planting more cucumbers
  • Pulling pepper flowers to let the plants grow
  • Lettuce is finished
  • Reconfiguring the rockwall gardens
  • Betts looking a bit sad this year - may try a special bed next week

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Processing the communal birds: Set up tonight
  • Thank you to the community for all your support these past weeks

Infrastructure

  • Working on final fencing for the Holler Roost
  • Updating the rock wall behind my house
  • Replacing spring pump

Finances

  • THE FEED: meat birds, goats, bresse chickens are getting feed - compost will reduce this
  • Sheep do not require much and free range ducks do not require much

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08 Jan 2021Episode 381 - Organizing Principles Community00:58:48

Today, I wanted to take a deeper look at building community and foundational principles that I think are important to keep in mind. This is the start of this topic and I hope to hear from you if you think things can be combined or if something is missing, keeping in mind that the more rules you put in place, the easier it is for a community to transform from happy and functional to bureaucratic and abusive.

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  • Holler Neighbor Livestream - an update

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Main topic of the Show: Organizing Principles of Community

Thoughts on why there is so much confusion about community.

A few Tangible Examples: Underground railroad, Underground Economy in Soviet Russia

  1. Purpose
  2. Open Communication
  3. Principle over process
  4. Member Expectations 
  5. Moral Foundation 
  6. Get Real About Strengths and Weaknesses 
  7. Time for Relationship Development and Fun
  8. Let It Go
  9. Eliminate the Chaff

Building community is not something you generally have to start on your own - and in fact it really does not work that way. LOTR story. Get started by seeing what communities are already around you, find your people, invest time, love and knowledge -- and let it build itself over time. 

I know many of you feel urgent about this right now, but this is not something you just suddenly do. It is like a spark that becomes a flame that becomes a fire that becomes a bonfire. It will fo at its own pace and the best thing you can do is set a good foundation, guide it as you must, and let it develop into what it will be

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13 Aug 2024Tuesday Coffee with Nicole Sauce, Shawn Mills and Backwoods Butcher - Ep 93801:37:39

 

Join me for a group discussion with Shawn Mills from Hack My Homestead and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

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06 Aug 2021Episode 461: Agorist Tax Advice with Matthew Serccely00:48:26

Today, I talk with Matthew Sercely to discuss using the tax code to your advantage and his new company, Agorist Tax Advice.

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Main Content of the Show:

Matthew Sercely has been an attorney for over 11 years in the Dallas, Texas area. Last year he decided to go out on his own and help libertarians, anarchists, and agorists to deal with taxes.

Interview

  • Why are you the “agorist tax advisor?”
  • What is a “Tax Advisor”? How is it different than a tax attorney or an accountant?
  • Are there any advantages to having a tax advisor who is an attorney instead of an accountant? Any advantages to having an accountant instead?
  • What are the different types of Taxation for companies? What is the best one for a business?
  • What sorts of mistakes to you see people making on their taxes?
  • You’ve done multiple seminars in the past year, including the Survivial Podcast and Living Free in Tennesse. Why do you like doing seminars so much?

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23 Dec 2023Scottish Night Before Christmas - Ep 83200:08:04

Tonight we have a reading of the Scottish version of The Night Before Christmas by Jaggy Little Thistle of the TSP Zello Group.

Join us each night at 6pm leading up to Christmas.

29 Oct 2018Episode 103: Preparing the Aquaponics System and Garden Beds for Winter01:08:53

Today, we talk about what steps I will take to prepare the aquaponics system for winter, as well as go over what you can do now to get your garden beds ready for a great spring!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Phase 1 has been completed 
  • Final canning events of the year (after Jack’s)
  • Drying Mushrooms
  • November: Meat rotation in the freezer
  • Time to extract honey, or package it in tinfoil to avoid freezer burn
  • Gluehwein season is here

What Mother Nature is providing

  • Ap: Swiss chard and not much else at the moment
  • Time to winterize. More on that later
  • Winterize the bees
  • Mushrooms are exploding
  • Firewood

Stump the Sauce

Operation Independence

  • Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile on the rental that has taken forever. Tiling on a wavy wall (operation independence)
  • One annoying thing season

Main topic of the show: Winterizing the Aquaponics System and garden beds

Four things to to to the ap:

  • Stock tank heater
  • Bed hoops
  • Insulation on the feeder hoses
  • Bring in the frost sensitive plants

How to prepare your beds for winter

  • Clean them out
  • Layers: manure, compost, forest dirt, leaves, straw or wood chips or another mulch. (My thoughts on local wood chips)
  • What to do if you interplant like I do

A Final Winter checklist

  • Waters ready to be ice-free?
  • Bees?
  • Animal bedding sufficient?
  • Goat hay needed
  • Pump house filters changed
  • Bring in the banana trees
  • Try to overwinter a rosemary plant and the tabasco peppers

Make it a great week.

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09 May 2023Mililtary Fitness, Solar, & Methane with Jack and John - ep 74001:33:46

Today we talk about military fitness test degradation, solar and resilience, greenhouse heating ideas, and methane producing digesters Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Technology Jamboree, July 3-14

https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources (StrongRootsResources.com)

Sponsor 2: Radio Made Easy, Zero to Hero with Ham Radio

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29 May 2018Episode 81: The Early Summer Tune Up00:59:45

Today, we walk through all the endeavors here at the Holler Homestead and assess if we are in track, where to focus and how to move forward. Assessing your progress along the year is important to developing the lifestyle you want, building independence and stability and staying focused.

What Mother Nature is providing

  • Poke Weed
  • Elderflower Fritters
  • Watercress is done until it cools down
  • Seeing unripe wild raspberries on the vines

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Corn is used up! Celebrating
  • Strawberry Geranium Jam

Harvest Bounty

  • Lettuce and chard
  • The 5 foot tall tomato
  • Vining plants are ready for trellising

Operation Independence

  • $50 in on the replaced plug

Make it a great week!

Song: Mr. Clammy

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28 Jun 2021Episode 444 - Why Meet In Person?01:08:44

Over the weekend, we had all sorts of community happenings at the holler homestead and it got me to thinking about meeting in person and how important that it. I will share some of these thoughts as well as stories of our first ever open house on today’s podcast.

Feedback 

I want to thank you for your openness about your debt and perseverance regarding paying things off. 

In December/January you said something in a podcast that made me think how foolish I’d been the past five years with credit cards, car and motorcycle loans. 

After buckling done the past six months and accelerating pay downs, I’m paying off CC monthly now, paid off my car, and today made my last motorcycle payment. 

With all that’s going on, I’m now free to focus on mortgage pay down, crypto, and savings. 

I’m still enjoying your coffee and will look on your site about becoming a member to show my appreciation. 

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • Beets and pickles are done for 2021
  • Getting low on jars of all things (explain why)
  • Weekly garden meal prep for easier living
  • Freeze Dryer Access Project -- thoughts from listeners?

Operation Independence

  • Membership Portal Upgrades Slowly Rolling Out

Main topic of the Show: Why Meet In Person?

This past 18 months, meetings have increasingly been over computers and phones as folks have sought to avoid air travel and reduce exposure to the virus. As a result, kids know how to virtually attend school, adults who never could get their computers’ webcams to work suddenly know zoom and toms meetings are held virtually. It has become a matter of preference in many cases to just avoid getting together in person and handle meetings over web conferencing systems.

But is this the best way?

How many of you have been to that awkward ZOOM birthday party or wedding?

And how many have noticed an uptick in “weird” happenings where people kindo of lose their minds and hurt other people out and about in society?

Continued isolation is making us crazy and it is no surprise. We are herd animals. We crave finding people we can relate to, we can be comfortable with. This is why those “loner libertarians” get so excited when they can throw a liberty fest -- like Porcfest in New hampshire each June.

It is that feeling of well-being when you bother to get together in person.

That is why when people want to come visit the Holler Homestead, I try very hard to make it work. And this year, those requests were up tenfold, so we decided to do a little test this weekend: What if we have an open house day here and just tell folks, here are the hours, stop by. No big agenda. No big personality speakers. Just come hang out and we will likely be doing homesteady stuff.

Little did I know that there would be 68 chickens to process that day, derailing other demo concepts we had in mind.

And yet people came -- about 20 of you in fact. Including a surprise visit from John and Amanda Willis who can now confirm that my little country road is very very rural. That’s ok - it looked like their car could handle it.

Things we learned and enjoyed...

  • Someone will always show up an hour early - that’s why we started at 10am
  • Many hands make light work of chickens
  • Next time, I will hire someone to do the food and beverage so that Jenni and I are not pulled away from guests
  • There are fun people who bring fun things: Seeds to trade, John’s Iced Tea, Angel and Kerry’s finger foods
  • A more set Demo Schedule will happen next time so people can time their visit -- it gets hot here in the summer and not everyone wants to bake in the sun for 5 hours

But the biggest thing was thing: Y’all talked and talked and talked to each other. And then you talked some more. Even most of the introverts were just happy to be in person and talk about shared interests.

But why is meeting in person so important?

  1. You build rapport and trust

(Willis story)

  1. You can end up out of your space an on neutral ground

(Barb Story)

  1. Words alone do not communications make. 55% nonverbal, 38% vocal, and 7% words only

(Rabbit Processing Workshop)

So if you know people who have self isolated for the past 18 months who are a little edgy when you talk to them -- remember this: They have not had one of the things that everyone needs - interaction. They have only had 45% communication with their peers when they do interact. And that means that the missing 55% takes you off balance. You start trying to build that into your narrative. You make up stuff in your head.

So as you look at your summer and fall plans and start feeling that tiny bit of anxiety that can come when you try to decide -- Do I take a weekend and go to Rogue Food Conference at Polyface in August, or Green Chili Day in September, or to my high school reunion, think of it not in terms of what you wont get done that weekend, or how tired people make you sometimes. 

Think about how far trust can get you? When you meet a few people with whom you can relate, with shared interests. How great it can be to think- I remember meeting that one lawyer guy at that conference and now, dadgummit I need a lawyer -- (Pete).

Things like that a great for the Pete’s of the world and the person seeking a Pete. At it all happens when you stand up, get out, and see people. Real people. In person.

It is impossible to measure how much progress people make after our gatherings here just because they met the right person -- but I can tell you there are 1 or 2 people who start or grow something as a result.

And if you ever get the opportunity to show your product or service in person to someone who reaches out -- go. Even if it is a slight pain in the ass. 

Because they will remember that you found their request important enough to give it your real attention and time. You set the first step of building rapport. And you are more likely to beat out the person who just “handled things” from afar.

Why meet in person? Why wouldn’t you?

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27 Sep 2024Tuesday Coffee with Angry Prepper and Shawn Mills - Ep 95501:16:35

Join me for a group discussion with the Angry Prepper and Shawn Mills from Hack My Homestead about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com

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15 May 2020Episode 307 - TOTW on Tattling00:26:10

Today,  someone said something about a neighbor tattling on another neighbor and I thought we need to look deeper into tattling, what it is and is not, and why tattling is VIOLENT.

Stump the Sauce

  • How to transplant strawberries and a word on getting slugs drunk.

Main topic of the Show: Thought of the Walk on Tattlers

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27 Apr 2022Episode 564 - Tuesday Live with Toolman Tim and John Bush01:31:48

Hey everyone, today is Friday, May 31, 2019 and this is episode 138 of LFTN.

Today we talk about building your business, keeping yourself accountable, solar and generators, prepping, and the Exit and Build Land Summit.

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Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpahUrccrkA

 

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03 Feb 2023Episode 694 - Homestead Happenings for Feb 3, 202300:48:55

Today we talk about new life on the homestead, eggs, spring planting, old stuff, and more.

 

Featured Event: Feb 22-24 - Lanier Island, GA (Near Atlanta) Next-Steps.info, use coupon code Sauce10

 

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.  

 

Forage

  • Grass again
  • Baby chick weed

 

Livestock

  • Baby Rabbits
  • Eggs are back! (Old ducks)
  • New paddock for the sheep
  • Getting ready to order chickens

 

Grow

  • One final garden bed to be prepared
  • Weekend planting in the bed we set up in the fall
  • Early spring flowers are poking up
  • Still have not started seedlings

 

Holler Neighbors/Community

 

Infrastructure

  • Map of paddocks for the future
  • Top wire is complete
  • Setting up semi-permanent fencing next door (video forthcoming)

 

Finances

  • Fixing old vehicles vs difficult to repair new vehicles (Planned obsolescence)

 

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08 Aug 2023What Motivates Police with Dana McLendon and John Willis - Ep 77801:52:55

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/

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23 Aug 2019Episode 205: 5 Project Management Systems We Have Hated with Mama Sauce00:48:39

Today’s topic was suggested on the Mewe chat group. Someone wondered if I could give a breakdown of project tracking systems and pros and cons. Then Mama Sauce showed up in town and I thought what better way to do this than to interview her - the person who has been with me through practically all of the gyrations and tribulations of FIVE different tracking systems until we have landed on what we use today.

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11 Aug 2022Episode 605 - Get Going with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis01:14:14

NOTE: The original upload cut of at minute 35 - I have replaced this file. Refresh your download to get that handled.

Today we talk about starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, Self Reliance Festival and more with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis.

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25 Feb 2025Holistic Technology and Freedom With Joshua Hale - EP 100901:04:32

 

Today, Joshua Hale shares his journey from a programmed life in the matrix to moving to a homestead, then building value by tapping into the opportunities surrounding AI.

Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com

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