Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, I will share with you how I go from seedling to plant in the ground, talk a bit about garden bed preparation, how to know when it is time and care of newly transplanted plants.

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

Stump the Sauce

• Sausage Hash and Roast Beef Hash

Main topic of the Show: Transferring Seedlings Into Your Garden

1. Prepare the ground
2. How to know when it's time
3. How to transplant
4. Care after transplant

Do the same with store plants!

Make it a great week!

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/
• Instagram: @nicolesauce1

• Twitter: @nicolesauce

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!

Song: SURPRISE!!

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/
• Instagram: @nicolesauce1

• Twitter: @nicolesauce

This is a shorter episode where I share something that occurs to me while out on a walk. We focus so much on getting things done around here that sometimes it is easy to forget to make time for your mind to wander and a walk is a great way to do that. Today, I have some thoughts on the great tradeoff of control for other things such as reach, security, money and more. There is a constant pressure between these things and many folks do not assess their choices with this knowledge in hand.

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Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

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

Today, I will talk about early spring plants, planting and the roulette game that many of us play as part of our gardening effort.

Holler Hat Wednesday: Latest photo is up and quite a few of you have figured it out!

Get your ticket for the Spring Workshop

Early Spring Plant Roulette

What is early spring plant roulette? Mama Sauce's radish planting strategy The Method

Link to how to start seedlings: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/2017/03/06/episode-26-starting-seedlings-for-the-newbee/

Make it a great week!

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

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

• Instagram: @nicolesauce1

• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I will walk through areas to address if you plan to host an event or workshop so that you set yourself up for success and I will share what I learned as a seasoned event planner from last year's spring workshop.

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Register for the LFTN Spring Workshop!

Cost is $400, but we only need your $100 deposit when you register.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• AP system update
• Been gone a lot so not cruising through the stores as fast as I would like
• Potato update
• Pottage is up for tomorrow…

Stump the Sauce

• How to use up too much BBQ sauce

Operation Independence

• Dryer Installation
• Pump House Repair (A Note on living in the country and producing your own water)
• Duplex is about ready

Main topic of the show: Tips for Running a successful Workshop on Your Land

Advice

1. Start planning way before you think you have to. This has been in the works since June 2018
2. Find great speakers
3. Build a solid event team
4. Safety and Security
5. Systems (registration, check in, parking, camping, meals, sessions, Zello, Slack, Google Docs, Nametags)
6. Make it an experience - it is not just some folks learning about rocket mass heaters it is

Make it a great week!

Song: Dr. Feeley, Dr. Skinner by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

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

Today, we welcome back a friend of the podcast: The Tactical Redneck as he discusses his learning process in gardening from the first day he planted seeds to squeezing ever last ounce of fertility from poorly cared for soil where he is now.

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

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

Today, I have a pretty short episode about family, making time for them, and why it matters. Why short? Because today, I am coming to you from California while visiting my family -- and nieces -- who I have not seen in over a year. And what a visit it has been. I will be here through Tuesday and fly home on Wednesday, which means that the podcast for Wednesday will be a replay because I have realized that flying across the country, and also recording a podcast is not going to work this week. But don't worry. We will be back to normal on Friday...and the Holler Hat content post will go out as planned as it is the last one before Thursday's drawing for a free membership!

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Spring Workshop: Jessica Mills, AKA Dixie, from Homemade Wanderlust will be sharing what she has learned about building a personal online brand. You will not want to miss her session!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Wild Garlic is up
• AP lettuce survived the deep cold!
• Groundhog did not see his shadow

Listener feedback

• Note in re: How to leave an iTunes Review (Link in the Show Notes)
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce/id1116295539?mt=2
• Click on "View in iTunes"
• Click on Ratings and Reviews
• Click on "Write a Review"

Operation Independence

• Operation Back Rehab
• Daniel: Congratulations

Main topic of the show: Family is Everything

Make it a great week!

Song: Grandpa's Song by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

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

Today is Friday and that means a Thought of the Walk episode! And it it all about perspective on todays show. About when -- and when not -- to open your heart to different perspectives.

Today, I thought it would be fun to wrap up the month of the modern homesteading kitchen topics by discussing what you should have in yours. It will break up into two categories the Basics and More Advanced. For me, good living and home cooking go hand in hand. And a good set up in the kitchen helps make this possible.

Holler Hat Wednesday:

• Instagram: Nicolesauce1
• Facebook: groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Listener Feedback: Sauerkraut questions

What every Homestead Kitchen Should Have

What I have:

Knives:

• Santuko Knife by Shun: https://amzn.to/2WvvpwM
• Chef's Knife from MTKnives
• Shun utility knife: https://amzn.to/2WwsDap
• Henkle Cleaver: https://amzn.to/2G9NoDk

Pressure Canner

• All American: https://amzn.to/2SeRS1F
• Canning Kit: https://amzn.to/2MGeza2

Crock pot: https://amzn.to/2Tjpqcd

Hamilton Beach Food Processor: https://amzn.to/2Gc7mg

Carey Pressure Canner/ Cooker: https://amzn.to/2Tn64TQ

Sous Vide: https://amzn.to/2WpZwWt

Oster Bread Maker: https://amzn.to/2WxQfMb (The quality of this machine has fallen over the years but the price point it right. If anyone likes a different brand for quality, toss your link in the comments.)

Make it a great week!

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

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

Today, I've got a picture for you into our world here at the Holler Homestead and what one month of a disciplined MY3Things approach has gotten us, how the plans shift and change so that you can start to look at your efforts the same way.

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Spring Workshop: David Oswalt from Cider Hollow Farms, Learn grafting and build your independence fund - he may have some scion for pre-order too so keep your eyes peeled.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Tough Pork Shoulder
• Doing my usual bad job of using up the sweet potatoes - anyone need some
• Sweet potato slip time is here
• Really should be starting my lettuce, but travel
• Joshua's bolting lettuce: Tried temperature adjustment - next up, lights on a timer (They are getting sun all the time). Look for other stressers like nutirition

Stump the Sauce

• From Dori: How to make lard without smelling up the house

Tales from the Booze Whisperer

• Autofab's Audio

Listener feedback

• Story of my band - not sure who asked
• Wish Tamlyn a speedy recovery

Operation Independence

• GSD Day at the Duplex: The good, the bad, the ugly

February is Already Here...and it is time to assess progress.

#My3Things HIFIVE to Cindy who is having a girl - that is awesome!

Make it a great week.

Song: Feed My Hunger, by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Shawn Mills

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/