Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, we talk about working against nature and ask an important question: why? Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com Paul Wheaton over at Wheaton Labs just released 16 hours of footage from his Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree innovators event. Using very little fuel, and producing next to no smoke, the folks down at the lab created a rocket sauna, cooktop, dehydrator, kiln, and a bunch of heater options for smaller spaces, and full-size homes.  Check it out here: https://permies.com/wiki/188928f495/Earth-Friendly-Heat-Full-Event This Week’s Livestream Schedule Wednesday at 12:30pm - Live with John Willis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Thursday at 7pm: Self Reliance Festival live Q and A: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-LthzEw9jFH_tKPhZLs_5Q Friday at 9:30AM CT: Homestead Happeningshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Headed to Back to the Land Festival this weekend: Backtothelandfestival.com Tales From The Prepper Pantry Precooking f

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.    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

Fall is taking hold in the Holler. We still could use more rain, but it is much cooler. The second wave of plants is upon us and we are preparing for winter. Forage Someone else got persimmons Mullein seeds we scattered are taking hold Livestock I hit a duck Sick sheep (Bloat or obstructions) 9 days ahead on paddock shifting Still no babies Goats are trained to electric and rotating Need to move the bees Grow Steady flow of green beans Tomatoes coming on the regular but close to done Peppers coming on Lots of basil and herbs to process Preparing for the Food Forest Class in October Holler Neighbors/Community Eversoles moved egg layers into basecamp Trained housesitters for SRF - STILL need someone for the Friday before Infrastructure Rebuilding the 4 wheelers Upgraded goat pasture to be the hub for the whole property Finances Nothing to report 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! Commu

Today we talk about building market share and defense dogs with Joel Ryals and John Willis. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee FortressK9.com Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://youtu.be/iZu5x12LAW0 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 will talk about learning new things as you dive into homesteading or anything else. I realized over the weekend that we have many new listeners interested in growing food, cooking, prepping, starting a new business. Let’s talk about analysis paralysis and getting going! Livestream Schedule This Week Wednesday Live at 12:30pm with Joel Ryals of FortressK9 and John Willis Friday at 9:30 Central - Homestead Happenings (assuming my internet works!) Self Reliance Festival Digital Tickets Tales from the Prepper Pantry Prepping food for the Food Forest Workshop, Oct 28 & 29 Green Beans are all canned Less Salsa this year due to dearth of peppers The Tomato Rat is gone Frugality Tip Get yours in! Shopping Report: 09/10/2022 The entire weekend is likely to be dreary and rainy, so we went during light sprinkles, thinking it may be worse later. Traffic was moderate. We made three stops. The first stop was Dollar [twenty-five] Tree. The Health aisle still looked rather picked, but other shelves, pa

WE GOT RAIN! Join me today at 9:30 Central for a Homestead Happenings session: Jerusalem Artichokes, incoming visitors Imanee and River from Haven Earth on Youtube. Don’t forget: Fermentation Workshop is Saturday at 12pm in partnership with LiveFree.Academy Check out the video we did with Billy Bond on Youtube last Sunday Forage Jerusalem artichokes are blooming Watercress Mullien is popping up Should be getting mushrooms but not hiking enough - this will hurt for winter stews Livestock Finding Duck egg clutches - ducks need to go to jail for a week Pigs: no babies yet - looks imminent Girl Sheep: rotating fast - no signs they are close to having babies Boy sheep: testing the fence a ton - have adjusted to not going to the barn at night (They do look at it l bunch) Goats getting trained to three strand electric Bees - still no one to help rob honey and it is too late now Cycy found bees Grow Cleaning out squash beds and resetting Peppers are coming on Second bean planting is producing Rat in the tom

Today we talk about Zero down loans, networks of regenerative farms, Fnords and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Today’s Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com Paul Wheaton's rocket ovens movie shows all the nitty-gritty details of how you can build an oven to bake pizzas, pies, cakes, turkeys, and more, while only using a few sticks for fuel! It heats up in just 15 minutes, and can be built for dirt cheap. Check it out here:  https://permies.com/wiki/rocket-ovens?f=495 You can also get your hands on some FREE rocket mass heater plans so you can heat your whole home on just a few sticks, so grab those here: https://permies.com/goodies/7/lftn Saturday Fermentation Webinar Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast Main content of the show Youtube Live Video: First Tuesday Fireside Chat with Nicole Sauce, Jack Spirko and John Willis Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama

Today we talk about integrating the LGDs with the sheep, late summer gardening, simplifying, infrastructure plans and more. Homesteading on a budget: https://livefree.academy/sp/exit-and-build-homesteading-on-a-budget-workshop/?ref=52 Forage Paw Paw Watercress Goldenrod Mullein seeds Livestock Bred the rabbits Ducks are in an egg pause which means wing clipping LGD Integration Story: access to yard during day with separation – this week we integrated fully with access to their “home” Birthing Update Pigs for sale Girl Sheep rotating fast because it isn't raining Grow Resetting two beds for garlic Final squash harvest New beans just now producing Tomatoes lasted one month longer than in past years Holler Neighbors/Community New Holler Neighbors moving in SOE Shower Build this weekend Infrastructure Fencing Plan for the Sheep  Reels Hillside garden Finances Nothing to report Membership Plug Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mam

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. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Bear Independent Grindstone Ministeries Refuge Medical SelfRelianceFestival.com 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

It is a tradition in August to talk about what we are doing to get ready for winter here at the Holler Homestead. Why? Because waiting until that first frost to have things set is a terrible idea and leads to several days of no sleep and lots of activity. Today, I will share how we plan activities for a busy fall, in advance of winter, to be better prepared for the harsh realities of below freezing temperatures in a state ill prepared for its weather patterns. Up this week: Wednesday Live with John Willis and Bear Independent: 12:30 Central (LivingFreeinTennessee.com/live for the relevant links) Friday Homestead Happenings and Q & A: 9:30am Central Live Free Academy, Homesteading on a budget workshop: https://livefree.academy/sp/exit-and-build-homesteading-on-a-budget-workshop/?ref=52 Tales from the Prepper Pantry Broth using strategies in August Hitting the bean patch this week under the hopes we get another round for canning Initiating the prepper pantry redo - using basecamp as a root cellar  Testi

What would it be like to go off to a very remote location in Fall 2019 and not return until Summer 2022. Remote as in no news, no social media, no current events? Shadow of a Wolk joins us to talk about some of the culture shock things he experienced upon returning to the US in a post-pandemic world. Show 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 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 mysterious link between humans and plants, permaculture, current events, and more with Xavier Hawk and John Willis. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Phireon.com Main content of the show Replay of the Wednesday  Live on Youtube. https://youtu.be/ykSHnNUB-4I 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 permaculture, current events, coming events, and more with Billy Bond and John Willis. Sponsorships Launching - Who the first one is. A word from our sponsor: Paul Wheaton Want to SKIP the ratrace, and develop your skills towards an independent, self-sustaining lifestyle? Or maybe you want to find somebody you can trust to hand over your homestead to when you're gone. Check out Paul Wheaton's SKIP book to learn more about how he's connecting aging landowners with eager young people who are willing to take over their life's work.  https://permies.com/wiki/160690f495/physical-copy-SKIP-book Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Perma Pastures Farm Main content of the show Replay of the Wednesday  Live on Youtube. https://youtu.be/pXkoRAcx5rU 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:/

Today we catch-up on integrating LGD’s with our sheep, homestead bootcamp, creating a new garden bed, getting ready to leave, and more.   A word on next week - Nicole is out but there will be shows.   Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com   Forage Goldenrod Elderberry Watercress Echinacea, other herbs Sassafrass leaves Fodder tree - final round   Livestock Pig is due - LB needs to go Forging steep sheep pasture LGD update: Arrival Cluster LGD Update: orienting them with the herd LGD Update: Orienting them on electrical fencing Baby Duck training problems Chestnut is sick Rats   Grow Back to watering the garden Green beans are slowly trickling in Tomatoes: 100 lbs so far Squash is abundant Sweet potato green explosion Waterchestnut is dying - not sure how I killed it (A note on growing food and killing plants) Time to harvest hops here One big last round this evening on the gardens and I am out for a week (Pins and needles) Seeded beets and carrots   Holler Neighbors/Community Homestead boo

Today we talk about starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, Self Reliance Festival and more with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis.   Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee ToolmanTim.co Youtube replay video https://youtu.be/UKXBUh6udB8 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 getting ready for our first round of homestead bootcamp with a listener who purchased land and wants to come here and see up close and personal what it is like. I will cover how it came to pass, what we did to prepare, and what the next few days have in store for our first participant. Live this week: John Willis and Billy Bond, Wednesday at 12:30pm Homestead Happenings, Thursday at 9:30 am (Explain why) Oct 28-29 Food Forest Class - a few seats left! Sign up here. Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry 36 jars of green beans 7 jars of salsa Smoked brisket Homemade tomato basil soup while it is in season Storage challenge 2022 (The why and the solution) Purging season - walmart shipment goal Frugality Tip I have a tip on how to stretch your dishwashing liquid. This has cut down the amount that I buy to one large bottle or two medium bottles per year. I take an old wine or other see through bottle and wash it out thoroughly. I fill it 2/3 of th

In this week’s update, we will talk about sheep recovery, new animals coming to the homestead, planning a food forest, and late summer garden bounty. Forage Elderberry Mint, late summer teas Watercress is back - liver cleanse Livestock Separating the girls from the boys in sheep Tippy is recovered Need fatter sheep Henry’s foot, and a word on trimming hooves LGDs coming to avoid the parasite load of barn keeping sheep Baby found the pond Grow FINALLY getting peppers Squash Year 2 jars of green beans and four jars of tomatoes Both round 3 and 4 of beans have germinated and the rain has been perfect for this Seeding carrots and beets by Tactical’s house Strawberry round two Food forest install workshop Oct 27 & 28 Holler Neighbors/Community Homestead Bootcamp next week Shower GSD at SOE Airbnb update Infrastructure Goat pasture upgrade with solid wire/centralized charger for sheep rotation Finances Nothing to report (Buying supplies makes T happy) Membership Plug Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’

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. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee ToolmanTim.co Youtube replay video https://youtu.be/UKXBUh6udB8   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 my journey of dealing with loss on the homestead because if you enter into livestock, some will die – and some will die because of you. If you grow plants, many will die - and they will die because of you. Network Update: Open House and Homesteader Swap Meet Last Weekend. Save the Date: Tickets go on Sale Saturday for the Food Forest Class at my place. Oct 28-29 DEADLINE WEDNESDAY! Email community events and meetups to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canning dribs and drabs and how that works (Weird year) Almost through the 2021 chickens  Tomato Pie Recipe? Moving everything out of the prepper pantry (Why) Chinese Food Moment   Frugality Tip Another time saver: Setting up your canning system Shopping Report Update - 08/04/2022 We missed a couple of things on Tuesday, so did some more shopping last night, since we've got the replacement refrigerator to restock. Right after leaving work, I went to the Aldi which is not our usual one. I only rarely visit that one,

Today we catch up on 2 weeks of homestead updates, discuss a sick lamb, produce overwhelm, and more. Forage Echinacea flower and leaves (Discuss root harvest) Fodder trees Creek mint Goldenrod Elderberry Livestock The story of the sick sheep (Vet, etc) Baby duck Muscovys are free ranging The molt When sheeps get feisty Pigs and pond LGD Grow Success with zucchini (duck factor) Round 2 of beans, hoping for a third Pasture veggies 55 lbs tomatoes so far (Duck factor) WEEDS Holler Neighbors/Community KH stayed home from swale - seeking a homestead sitter to work with over time 1st Airbnb renter comes from our community Story of connections and housing Infrastructure Water system failure Finances Spent money on a vet Swale workshop broke even - There will be a training video from the class to hopefully recoup time 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 Mewe Group: