Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we ask a simple question: What are you preparing for? I will share with you what I am preparing for, and what I am NOT preparing for and why I have made these decisions. Announcements 1 seat left: Cricket Processing Workshop (I miscounted) June Webinar: Starting an Event, June 26 at 5pm Central Tales from the Prepper Pantry First round of canning this week: Ant Helen’s Pickled Beets Testing freeze dried beet greens to see if I can reconstitute and saute and have the mouth feel right Defrosting freezer story and a word on freezer alarms 50 lbs bacon Breakfast sausage Canning kitchen is set up! Frugal Tip Bone Broth Process Shopping Update from Joe on Mewe Weekly Shopping Report for 06/04/2022 The weather should be reasonable all weekend, but warmer tomorrow than today, so off we went. We made four stops. The first stop was Dollar Tree. They have no more mackerel. We saw a few other "second-choice" options, but the only thing I got there was a cold drink. Second was Home Depot. The price of a 2x4 ha

Today we talk about sad things, clearing land with sheep, incoming ducks, making unusable land usable and more. There will be a live Q & A after the show so get your questions in! Forage Wheat is ready to harvest Iding herbals/wilds that we do not want the sheep to eat Day Lilies are blooming  Garden: Cover crop sautees, daily salad Inside cherry tomatoes Livestock Rabbit ear mites No ducklings yet Eating things faster than we thought so we are moving them each day until cleared (overseeding pasture mix) Muscovies incoming tomorrow thanks to Kerry and Lisa 4 eggs a day - summer slump Sheep story Grow Squash and cukes are looking good Round 2 of green beans germinated Transitioning AP to summer crops Tomato wall has bloom (45 days to ripe tomatoes) Dill and herbs are crankin Squash are popping up from guerilla planted places Weeding video Holler Neighbors/Community Potluck This Weekend Errands made easy with Jenni and Knighhawk Dividing work for Self Reliance Fest (Plus the housesitter) Infrastruct

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 Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Phireon.com Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube: https://youtu.be/6Bb0FmwTKm4 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 is a homestead update about rabbit ears, incoming livestock, emergency room visits, food success, and more. Forage About to get Elderberry flower Sassafras Leaves Fodder tree harvest round one is in process Red clover - the clover story Livestock Pig nest and pond sealing update Sheep Arriving Chickens keep getting stuck in the feeder (Class is almost sold out) Goat troubles Rabbit Ear Mites New Ducks coming soon - broody duck 2.0 and what we are doing about it Grow Arugula and greens have patches established in the garden Squash in pig pasture (Rehab in process, water automated) Nutrient issue in Sunshine plot and location problem Succession planting where the outdoor lettuce was A word on the week of intermittent rain and planting Holler Neighbors/Community Lots of visitors through this week, potluck solution, taking next week off from visits How we found the sheep Preparing SRF - Call for volunteers Infrastructure Chicken Tractor Fencing Tomato walls are done IBCs ready for the AP Sheep Fenc

Today we talk about upselling, self reliance and more  with Toolman Tim and John Willis. LAST CHANCE: Pig Processing Workshop June 10 Self Reliance Festival June 11 & 12 Niti Added A Food Church Workshop, June 10 (COUPON CODE LFT50OFF) Paul Wheaton has a Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/free-heat?ref=1f3rkb Chicken Processing Workshop, July 2 9am-2pm Show Resources Special Operations Equipment https://www.youtube.com/c/TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP   Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceTD-y9DM8 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 Affilia

Today is a response to a question from a listener who wanted to know how it is that the LFTN Community is so functional, mostly spam and scam free, and able to talk about hard things in a productive way. Rather than just answer that one person, I thought I would share some thoughts on how to foster a functional community. Announcements: Chicken Processing will be rescheduled to July 2. Tuesday Live Update Tales from the Prepper Pantry Post vacation reset Garden producing all vegetables (What that looks like) FD running 24/7 and freezers being used to stage the next batch Canning kitchen almost set up (why we have it outside) Curing and grinding the pork to finish the four pigs Chicken breast recipe - alfredo (Cook With What You Have) Frugal Tip Gas Buddy Reusable bag update Operation Independence We are at 90% from Homestead food at this time of year - it feels very good. Considering renting access to our processing setup Main topic of the Show:  Decide Purpose (Communicate it) More is bad (Communi

Today is a homestead update and we cover pig relocation hijinks, how the gardens are faring, handling things alone, money matters, food problems, and more. Forage Lambsquarter Poison Hemlock Daylily flowers Radishes, greens, lettuce, basil and herbs, mint Tactical forged through my freezer while I was gone Livestock Pig Moving Hijinks Chickens are on pasture (Processing class June ??) Pod sealing with swines (Corn over holes) Broody duck Goat on tether Begin harvesting fodder Cycy is better Grow Bean germination problem Cukes and squash up Tomato wall looks good Hops need trellis Foliar spray cycle needed, plants look sad everywhere but the ap and hydro system Potatoes look great, need to be hilled Sweet potato slips Holler Neighbors/Community T held down the fort LB and playing dead Jenni feeding pigs Infrastructure Pond, three sections with electric for sheep IIBCs for the ap are cut and prepped for the AP Perimeter fence is underway Hydro is about done Need to install trellis everywhere Automated

Today we talk about rotational grazing, crazy people, being the counter economy and food shortages on a Tuesday Live episode with Billy Bond and John Willis.   Show Resources Special Operations Equipment https://www.permapasturesfarm.com/   Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi3b79U5eo 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 community, problems of our own making, or the game “What’s that smell?”, and more on Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters. Show Resources A Farmish Kind of Life Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhxswOGTRc 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 is a live stream from the volunteer room at Exit and build! Go do something good this weekend guys. 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 prepping, knives, getting things done, planting trees and more with Patrick Roehrman and John Willis. Self Reliance Festival Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee MTKnives.Com Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJU9kAZ01uw 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 dive deeper into a concept that came out at the LFTN Spring Workshop: Finding and embracing your Special Sauce. Exit and Build Land Summit Self Reliance Festival May Webinar: Assessing Your Land For Security, May 22 at 4pm CT Chicken Processing Workshop Tales from the Prepper Pantry The last two jars of 2019 and some discolored beets from 2020 Swimming in lettuce and greens Onion Flowers in salad Road food: fd cheese, cold cuts, left overs Chicken Recipe: Tuscan Chicken with Ginger and ham Frugal Tip https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-make-foaming-hand-soap/ Operation Independence Launched the chicken processing workshop Using pigs to hopefully seal a pond Main topic of the Show: Find Your Special Sauce Why? What do I mean by Special Sauce I started out as a food blogger – ended up a podcaster and facilitator.  How to find it: What do you love? What do you hate? What are your naturally great at? What are you naturally bad at? What do other people tell you you are good at? What have you

Today, I talk about the Spring Sprint, caring for yourself and your homestead, adding a Daily Dose of garden care, No Kill List, and the new heartbeats that are arriving this morning. Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Forage Last call for watercress Wild rose petals Hairy vetch Radish greens, lettuce, malabar spinach Sage, young dill, young basil, parsley, cilantro Livestock The chicks are arriving and I still did not find the chick feed I want (sans soy, sans fish protein) Not sure of the sheep schedule Pigs will soon move to Jenni’s Goats need hoof trimming, mineral refills Ducks are about to go broody Dog integration update Grow Spring Sprint: LFTN22 happened exactly when we needed to be transplanting Tomatoes are in the ground, as are herbs Peppers are being hardened off this week Daily Dose: 1 row per day approach No Kill List - Tomato Wall Hopps update Holler Neighbors/Community Jenni served Dinner much to our relief on Tuesday - we are all tired Post event cleanup continues and

Today is the audio version of a First Tuesday show with Jack Spirko and John Willis. We talked about Flote Fest, LFTN 22, Exit and Build Land Summit, Self Reliance Festival and what one finds at such events. We also covered growing trees, mowing grass, preserving food and many more topics 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=SwqCSC3obqs 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

Every year, we have a new insight from LFTN22 adn this year is no different. This year was the workshop I envisioned when I first had this crazy idea. It took FIVE years, heartache, hardship, injury, recovery and more to make it to this point, but we arrived!  Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, 12:30CT Youtube Tales from the Prepper Pantry Used up the green beans- apparently, I should can THREE bushels this summer if possible Fen 74 people for four days - no problems Venison roasts were great, salmon, rabbit, holler chickens, self made bacon, breakfast sausage, and more Assessing the shelving solution Operation Independence We just passed a major benchmark Main topic of the Show: Insights from LFTN22 Spring Workshop Getting ready stories Cleanup and community Set up and community The day of everythings breaks and community Last minute speaker cancellations and community Av problems and community Lesson: ware the workshop word of the year! Krystal’s Introduction Main Themes - CONNECT: Things h

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 t

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. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee ToolmanTim.com ExitandBuildLandSummit.com   Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpahUrccrkA   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

This episode was recorded in March 2020 right before lockdowns were enacted. This was the year of the great TP shortage and folks who had never thought about having more than a few days’ worth of food on hand were thrust into keeping several weeks on hand. As we turn the corner into supply chain problems, this topic has again arisen. Please enjoy this replay episode on how to build a deep pantry right away rather than over time - which is the better way. Link to original Post Episode 279: Build Your Pantry the Right Way 2 episodes to listen to Prepare for Carona Virus in 7 Days (9 days ago) Organize your pantry Load from the back, take from the front - as in the grocery stores Avocado Oil Example Now they are out of it at the store due to service interruptions -- NBD Never needed to do this but did not have a large family You will find yourself knowing how much of a thing you use The food journal (1 month) Take advantage of sales too! Doubling Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the

Today, Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life and I get together over tea – or something stronger – to discuss all the crazy of the last month.The trolls. The panic. The rumors. All the stuff we usually do not discuss in our usual episodes. This was recorded live - if you want to join a future Spicy Sisters episode live, please keep an eye on my Telegram channel! Exit and Build Land Summit, May 12-15 in Bastrop Texas Show Resources A Farmish Kind of Life Youtube recording of our episode Main content of the show A good, old-fashioned stitch and bitch discussion of the world around us! 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 CoffeeHarvest Right Affiliate Link

Today I discuss raising rabbits on grass only, popping forage, late gardens, and more. Exit and Build Land Summit, May 12-15 in Bastrop Texas Forage Early spring greens are getting long in the tooth Lettuce, radish, etc Pea shoots Plantain Comfrey and bees story Livestock PIGS Getting ready for baby chickens (Why we time it for now) Adding Muscovies (And Why) Raising Rabbits on grass only - an update Grow Low germination so far - keeping the beds watered Potatoes are up Garlic Hops Sweet potato slips Tomato system on the to do list Lettuce and brassicas are happy this year Fertility schedule is launched Seeding right after spring workshop: Squash and cukes, beets 2.0, beans Holler Neighbors/Community Focused on the workshop Jenni is growing radish sprouts Infrastructure Just about “ready” for sheep and what that really means Red rocks and strawberries Anti duck and chicken defense systems Finances Nothing to report at the moment Membership Plug Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the c