Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, I am on vacation so we have a replay episode and this is one from just about a year ago. It is all about #My3Things. This was the initial kickoff of that concept on this podcast and I thought it would be fun to revisit it a year later and think about how things have grown over this past year, the relationships you have developed with one another, and how many things we have all gotten accomplished in that time!

Now...off to sip a cocktail by the pool!

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Make it a great week!

Today, we have a fun interview with Tamlynn Clyde about lessons learned from the July Grocery Challenge - you remember right? The challenge where we decided not to go to commercial grocery stores for a month to test our pantry strength, our community relationships and ability to feed ourselves.

Remember, if you want to join us for an interview, you can do so by filling out the guest form here.

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Tamlynn Clyde and her family currently live in North Texas on a 5 acre homestead. They raise honeybees, dairy goats, chickens, fruits and vegetables. She hates humidity, chiggers, and going to the grocery store.

Reach her on Facebook here.

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce

• Twitter: @nicolesauce
• Check out my cookbook: Cook with What You Have

And today we got 15 baby ducks and so must juggle the super small babies and the less small babies who cannot be raised as a flock yet because they are too far apart. And as I got to thinking about it, I realized that I have never shared how we seek tp protect our ducks from predators, so today I will review our 4 strategies for protecting our ducks from predators while free ranging them.

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

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Stump the Sauce

• From Emily: What to do with too many limes?

What's Up in the Garden

• Manually watering the AP Dutch buckets because the drip system is plugged up
• Green beans
• Sweet potato greens in abundance
• Tomatoes are slow going this week
• Squash is GONE
• Peppers are a bust this year - I did not give them enough light and space

Main topic of the Show: Protecting Ducks from Predators

Make it a great week!

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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Today, I really wanted to step back and take a look at something we do not talk about much here on Living Free in Tennessee - and that is reasons WHY people do not start their businesses. Or rather the top 5 excuses I see people using to not get started.

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Amazon Highlight: Sherpa Himalayan Salt

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Time to re-order salt
• Yes I did buy mason jars
• Traded coffee for turkeys
• Put up 22 pints of salsa, got another 20 lbs of tomatoes to process today
• The living room canned good storage area is full -- sooner than usual

What's in Season

• Jewel weed
• Comfrey
• Cook with what you have - the green beans that went to long! --- book promo.

Operation Independence

• Basecamp update: cleared out the last of the smelly paneling and the bathroom is ready for drywall. It is coming along a bit slower than planned because of my schedule.
• Saved $500 on tyres
• Announcement - no show on Monday - vacation day

Main topic of the Show: 5 Excuses for

Make it a great week!

Song: Burned, by Sauce

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The Tactical Redneck

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And here is a fun topic for the summer: 3 ways to combat loneliness on the homestead. Because now it is summer. But winter is coming

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

Stump the Sauce

• Stump the Sauce: How about them apples?

What's Up in the Garden

• The garden has outpaced my ability to keep up with the harvest, but this is more about my schedule than the garden
• A mid July cooling off inspired me to get some new plants going in there - the first round are getting long in the tooth.
• I am seeking sources for fall plants since I did not actually seed trays this year. Anyone local have some started?

Duckling Update - what really happened --- 2 ducklings have survived.

Main topic of the Show: 3 Ways to Combat Homesteader Loneliness

Make it a great week!

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The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
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• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we talk about canning, jamming, drying and freezing peaches along with tips I have learned over the years to make things go smoother.

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Urban Homesteading Workshop in Charlottesville, VA

Hack My Solar Workshop in Clinton, TN

Amazon Highlight: Zyliss Garlic Peeler

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Peachapalooza - jam city
• Out of jelly jars and low on canning jars and have not yet done beans, corn, dilly beans, green chilies or salsa
• Focused on eating through the freezer - still haven't done the summer audit
• JulyChallenge Update - chocolate rations story
  • Assessing weaknesses - bourbon, chocolate, snacks - not a true weakness
  • In-Season means in-season (Onion problem is not really a problem)
  • Paper supplies are mostly well managed but it is going to be close on some items
  • I do not plan my pet food well

What's in Season

• Jewel weed
• Red amaranth
  • Nother wild green that is packed with nutrient
  • Harvest young flowers to eat
  • Seeds are a grain that is gluten free
  • >>I always identify it when it is a bit late to eat the seeds but plan to cultivate a patch on my wild food hillside

Operation Independence

• 14 jars of peaches, 55 jars of jelly - $50 and a relaxing weekend of canning invested
• https://hackmysolar.com/hack-my-solar-workshop/

Main topic of the Show: Preserving Peaches

Make it a great week!

Song: Thanks Dave by Sauce

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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• Instagram: @nicolesauce

• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today I will catch you up on the duck hijinks at the Holler Homestead and talk about mail ordered ducks and the trials and tribulations that can happen with them.

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HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

July Challenge Update

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Cook With What You Have - Dori's Story

Stump the Sauce

• My salsa is too hot
• Canning Yellow Tomatoes

What's Up in the Garden

• The July heat is stressing some of my plants and I am having to manually water
• Sweet potato greens are coming on
• Malabar spinach and Thai water spinach is not growing very fast - not sure why

Main topic of the Show: Mail Order Baby Ducks

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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And the topic I have set up for today is one that people have been asking be to cover for quite some time. 5 ways to make good conversation. You may wonder why the asked me of all people to do this. I mean, I can talk for an hour at a time and it ends up being a podcast - and this narration does not a conversation make.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Salsa
• Stewed tomatoes
• Still eating workshop leftovers
• Time to do a freezer audit/defrost

What's in Season

• Sassafrass leaves
• Mullein flower
• Plantain seeds
• Dill weed is about done

Operation Independence

• Still working on basecamp

Main topic of the Show: 5 Ways to Make Interesting Conversation

Make it a great week!

Song: Burned by Sauce

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

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Originally, I had planned to talk about hand tool maintenance, but then I kept getting lots of questions about tomatoes - like what to do if you get too many, or not enough, or if your salsa is runny, or how to preserve them so I thought, why not talk about one of my favorite topics? Canning tomatoes and other ways to preserve them!

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

Ken Eash - A Good Carpenter

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Stump the Sauce

• What do I do if I make homemade salsa and it is runny?

Tales from the Booze Whisperer

• Bourbon Ice Cube Update (slushy story)

What's Up in the Garden

• It is too hot!!
• Next round of seeds are in - watching the AP carefully for evaporation

Main topic of the Show: Canning, Using and Preserving Tomatoes

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I stared and stared at the blank screen today, trying to figure out what to write about. I talked to Autofab and Tactical this morning and nothing specific came out. This almost never happens and the challenge is that what I want to share is something that doesn't happen much but should. And it has to do with hard work, community, fellowship and forward progress. And I wasn't sure if it was different enough from my episode on hard work.

But then 3 pm rolled around and all I had were my usual segments, coffee orders shipped, and a big, blank screen.

So today, you get the story of Basecamp, the cleanup project and the GSD crew.

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Feedback from Bryan - Untouchable Day

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Grocery challenge
  • Hashtag: #Julychallenge on social
• Ham Holler Stew
• Roasted potatoes and the Evo Olive Oil Sprayer: https://amzn.to/2FWuhvx
• Broke into this year's pickles
• Cook with What You Have
• Almost through last winter's venison

What's in Season

• Watercress is harvestable again which is strange for this time of year
• Creek Mint
• Lilies
• Wineberries
• Blueberries
• All the garden things

Operation Independence

• GSD Crew Dropped In
• Debt Payoff is Nigh

Main topic of the Show: Helping Hand Days Are Normal

Make it a great week!

Song: Wolf by Sauce

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The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/
• Instagram: @nicolesauce

• Twitter: @nicolesauce