Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about newest forage in the Holler, injuries and homesteading, and garden success.  Featured Event: Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR Forage Bee balm is blooming Lemon balm and mint are in high production Elderflower - fritters Honeysuckle Jewel weed Queen Anne’s lace versus Poison Hemlock Wild raspberries Lambsquarter Livestock Duck jail,  Incubating duck eggs,  Bunny processing (chicken workshop june 24) Grow brassicas and wood vinegar,  lettuce,  peas,  chard,  nasturtium,  radishes,  basil,  sage,  oregano,  thyme.  Garlic is close.  1st tomato...not mine Suckers carrots!! Holler Neighbors/Community Getting ready to drop a car to Jenni The Auction Website: jennihill.livingfreeintennessee.com Infrastructure Still reshaping places on the property to calm water runoff Finances Hipcamp is working! Homesteading Starter Kit Starts June 14, 2023, members,

Today I welcome Jason Sparks and Jake Snyder from Kentucky Sustainable Living to talk about how their community grew in just three years, what it takes to be a homesteader, and how to get a regional festival up and running. Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx Show Resources Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival 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 Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today we talk about the abuses of the foster system in the US, how men are treated in family court, starting and growing your business and we take listener questions with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://bit.ly/3McscNj Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Connect With Us Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com The Survival Podcast GoFundMe for Jenni's Cancer https://www.gofundme.com/f/jenni-hill  Events Cited in our Discussion * June 17 Chainsaw Event at SOE * July 20 15th anniversary event for TSP in Dallas * June 24 Sixth Annual Poultry Processing in the Holler (1 hour east of Nashville):  * October 14-15: Self Reliance Festival at SOE: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce 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 FreeSteading G

Today, I talk about when to train to your weakness, rather than outsource to it because I just took Fighting Pistol at Tactical Response in Camden, Tn and was blown away with how much I was able to learn in just two days. We'll dive into the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, so you can make informed decisions for your personal growth. Featured Event: Chicken Processing: https://bit.ly/3MU6xLr Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu Fighting Pistol: https://www.tacticalresponse.com/products/fighting-pistol Livestream Schedule Tuesday, 9:30am CT: First Tuesday Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis: LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b Wednesday at 12pm CT: Sustainable Living with Jason Sparks and Jake SnyderLFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b Wednesday evening, time TBD: The H

Join me for an early summer update about what is happening on the Homestead. Chicken processing class is coming soon, more babies than we know what to do with, garden update, dry weather and more. Featured Event: John Willis’ Chainsaw Event, June 17 in Camden, TN Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com Sponsor 2:  AgoristTaxAdvice.comm Forage Honeysuckle Last wild rose harvest (until there are rosehips in the fall) Day lilies Harvesting seed heads from pasture grasses Perilla About time for wild raspberries but I haven't seen any Livestock Breeding one rabbit 28 babies so far this year, starting raw diet Baby chicken and duck update - looks like all female ducks but we are waiting before I claim that Meat birds are about ready to process - Join our 6th annual Chicken Class, June 24 New dogfood for lgd’s, costs less and better quality - pairing with rabbits Grow It has been dry 1st fodder tree harvest Strawberries are slowing down Chard, scapes, peas, broccoli, nasturtium Last round of lettuce Tomato wall

Today we talk about making money, starting your business, the debt ceiling and more with John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, October 14-15 in Camden, TN Today’s Sponsors: Discount Mylar Bags Freesteading.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee InvestableWealth.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 FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN  Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead. Featured Event: The LFTN 7th Annual Chicken Processing Class Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code: LFTN Forage Mullein Wild rose petals Oyster Mushrooms Day lilies should come in shortly Faux strawberries Livestock Update on the egg hatching Baby ducklings and chicks are growing fast Put feeders in pots to cut down waste - much less waste Moving the tractor a bunch with the chickens:  May process all but the class chickens early Wing clipping Strawberry experiment - fail Sheep are well, Bruny is on pregnancy watch Grow Broccoli looks great, getting cabbage worms though Squash, peas, onions, chard, herbs beginning to take off Tomato wall is up and we are working on balancing nutrient Time to rotate the late spring plants where the early spring plants go Beets look terrible 30 minutes a day on the food forest i

Today we talk about building from a small side hustle to a full time business with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. Featured Event: The SMART Homesteading Webinar, $45 Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com Strong Roots Resources Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN  Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Today we have an interview with a former colleague of mine, Mark Johnson. Mark has just purchased land to develop into a retreat for veterans in Sparta, Tennessee. Where there is a will there is a way! Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com Show Resources LibertyOakOasis.com Facebook.com/LibertyOakOasis @LibertyOakOasis -- Insta libertyoakoasis@gmail.com Main content of the show Former interwebs political consultant. Photographer. Historian at heart. Nine year Army National Guard Veteran. Former Blog Talk Radio host covering Illinois Politics. Married to Vicki who is a nurse of 33 years. Proud West Highland White Terrier Owner: Named Willow. Relocating to TN to escape Illinois and create a retreat space for Veterans and Ministry leaders struggling with life issues. Make it a great week GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/

Today is a homestead happenings show and I have NO IDEA what will happen because the Tactical Redneck is hijacking my show. Enjoy! Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk with Kerry Brown in Lenoir City, TN Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, rsvp to strongrootsresources@gmail.com Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com Make it a Great Week!

Today, Niti Bali and I catch up with a nice, afternoon chat. It has been some months since we last had a conversation and this one was great! Featured Event: Chicken Processing Workshop at LFTN, June 24, 2023 in Lancaster, TN https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/chicken-processing-workshop/ Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code: LFTN Show Resources Farm To Fork Meat Riot Main content of the show Niti Bali is the Founder and CEO of Farm to Fork Meat Riot, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as a catalyst for reestablishing the regenerative small family farm food system. Her strategically designed CSA program educates eaters to harness the power of life giving force through regenerative foods. Niti’s Farm to Fork Meat Riot CSA simultaneously supports regenerative livestock production based on consumption that results in a zero-waste system. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community

What happens when you get John Willis, Joel Salatin and Nicole Sauce together? We have a conversation about heritage skills, the economic fragility of the US, developing community, knowing your neighbors, and growing clean food. Featured Event: Mike Shelby’s Surveillance Event in Nashville, TN, June 2-4, 2023, $500 https://grayzonestore.com/store/p/isr-nashville-2-4-june-2023 Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Show Resources Get Tickets for The Self Reliance Festival The Lunatic Farmer Website Polyface Farms Joel’s Books & DVDs Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Pastured Poultry Profit Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Main content of the show Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/in

How has my homegrown cooking world been with an on site freeze dryer? Join me today as I talk about that and all our usual Monday topics!  Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com Harvet Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html Livestream Schedule Tuesday Join John Willis and I as we talk with Joel Salatin about the state of the world, building resilience into your lives, permaculture and more. 12:30 Central: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Friday Hijacked by a redneck! Tactical Redneck grabs my channel for our weekly Homestead Happenings update at 10:30 Central. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhk2HWA-byY Tales from the Prepper Pantry Drying herbs and flowers this week, particularly rose petals and red clover (explain why) Packaging up dried morels Meal planning from the freezer Gettin

Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project.  Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/ Sponsor number 1: Permies.com - PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off Forage Red clover (Harvesting recommendation game) Vetch Wild rose petals Dandelion flower Last chance on watercress for awhile (Flavor is quite peppery) Livestock Keeping an eye on the sheep with the spring rains More baby rabbits due - and our space challenge Incubator project update Goats and garden weeds Still no bresse babies… Harvest meals Spring greens and mouth feel Holler Stew goulasch style Grow These 3 peas! Strawberries are off the charts, too many to eat Brassicas look good (finger’s crossed) Catching up on the garden whe

Today, we get real about handling existential crisis, homesteading, proofing yeast, and more. Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce do not hold back the spice when we get together. Featured Event: TheAgoraFest.com, May 13 in Chattanooga Area Today’s Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com Today’s Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com Show Resources A Farmish Kind of Life Living Free in Tennessee 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 Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Today, I share some lessons learned after one week of the #75Hard challenge.  Featured Event: May 27 & 28 Fighting Pistol Class at Tactical Response in Camden, TN https://www.tacticalresponse.com/collections/training/products/fighting-pistol Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: LFTN Chicken Processing Workshop, June 24, 2023 Main topic of the Show:  Why do a challenge at all What my motivation was What is the #75Hard Challengehttps://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info Follow a diet.  This can be the diet of your choice, but it must be a structured plan designed with a physical improvement in mind. You must complete two 45-minute workouts. One of those workouts MUST be outdoors. Absolutely NO alcohol or cheat meals. Take a progress picture every day. Drink 1 gallon of water. Read 10 pages of a book.  **Audiobooks DO NOT COUNT. ZERO COMPROMISE ZERO SUBSTITUTION You have until you go to sleep to complete the day. If you fail, you MUST start over on Day 1. What I thought about the few weeks befo

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 https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/?aff=nicolesauce Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast Main content of the show Exit and Build Land Summit https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https

Every Year, we host the LFTN Spring Workshop and folks wonder why should they invest three days of their time in something that souls like one big camping party? And each year, I watch people’s lives change. I watch the lights turn on. The decisions get made. I see super shy people stand up in front of a group and speak into a microphone. And each year, there is a different “spirit” at the event.  Today, we will talk about the cool things that happened at #LFTN23, the breakthroughs and lessons learned and I post a question - What Are You Doing Next. Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 Content includes, exiting the healthcare system, exiting the cities, how to raise money for land when you think you can’t, seed saving and food preservation, PMAs and more. Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Livestream Schedule Tuesday Coffee Chat With John, Nicole and Jack, 930am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/

Join me for a homestead happening episode, including a discussion about how some folks in Chattanooga have set up a PMA to BE THE AGORA! What does that have to do with homesteading? You will find out. Featured Event: theAgorafest.com Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Forage Hairy Vetch Strawberries Mints Watercress Wild Rose petal Fodder tree trimming Found the first poke Livestock Baby Sheep arrived - twin girls Rabbit explosion Incubator update Duck Jail Hoof trimming getting scheduled Grow Enjoying: Lettuce, chard, pea chutes, radishes Got potatoes in Beets are planted, half the spring plants transplanted Cardboard soil update Removing ill placed filbert trees Need to chop and drop things on the swales  Cloning desired plants for the food forest Need a creative mulching solution Harvest Eating Daily saute season is here (How that works) Holler Neighbors/Community #LFTN23 was a HUGE success and would not have been without community The electricity story Infrastructure Connecting the fence to

Today John Willis and I welcome Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal to talk about his struggles with Youtube monetization, forest fires, trolls and homesteading. Featured Event: Oct 12-13 Zero to Hero Ham Radio Training by Radio Made Easy https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/ Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant TheHomesteadConsultant.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee PorterhouseandTeal.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 FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN  Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affil