Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Join me for an interview with John Davis from Laughlin Farms all about homesteaders and our hesitation to sell.

Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

John Davis is a resident of beautiful Columbiana county Ohio and is a homesteader, rancher, engineer, and owner of a business that is a professional outsourced sales firm for high tech industrial automation companies. On the homestead front, he and his wife and kids raise and direct market St. Croix sheep, heritage turkeys, pasture raised chicken, and heritage Berkshire pork. The Davis homestead also has two horses, and John is training to be a discount wannabe cowboy in pursuit of impressing his wife. Professionally, John is the second generation owner of Paul Davis Automation, and has been a professional salesperson in the industrial automation space for over 15 years.

Connect with John:

www.laughlinhighlandsfarm.com

Instagram - @laughlinhighlandsfarm

1. Why are homesteaders awful salespeople? 2. But, aren't salespeople annoying and out trying to fleece their customers in pursuit of maximum profit? I just want to help people out and sell my stuff as cheap as possible! 3. Why is profit so important if my homestead isn't my main job? 4. How do I even know if I am profitable? What is COGS, gross margin, net margin, how do I calculate them, and how do they apply to my homestead operations? 5. How do I write a business plan for my homestead? How do I actually go into business? Isn't this super expensive and complicated? I just want to sell whatever I grow. Why would I overcomplicate my life? 6. I'm already doing everything we talked about, but I am awful at selling. How do I be a better salesperson for my homestead? Can I practice sales, even if I am an introvert? 7. A lot of homestead content is focused on the growing aspects of homesteading. How do I actually get my product to market? How do I determine if I should direct market or use the sale barn?

Join me for a show on anything you ask, plus what has been on my mind of late including wwIII, reacting in fear, Is the homestead life easy, and what to do when your competitor says, "I'm Coming For You".

Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com

Livestream Schedule

LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams

🎙️ Monday, 2:00pm, Nicole Unplugged

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Shawn Mills and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with John Davis

🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness Project and Kentucky Sustainable Living

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am, Homestead Happenings with Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• AJ is in the house and we are doing a final push in the prepper pantry this week in advance of the LFTN Spring Workshop
• Last minute event chili for the potluck this weekend
• Tossing the frozen greens
• New pantry racks from Grumpy Acres

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree is no longer on our rounds because it is not the best way to get a dose of caffein for our shopping day.

We hit both Hobby Lobby (for Sonia) and Lowe's (for me). Although we did not go to Home Depot, a 2x4x8 there has gone up again, to $3.73.

Aldi was next. They did not have any lettuce, but other produce was available in normal amounts. They also only had half a case of canned cat food. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09. Despite rumblings I'm reading about a cocoa shortage, the 70% chocolate I like was available, and still at the usual price of $1.99.

We're out of lettuce, so our last stop was Food City. They had some, although many of the heads were rather light, and some showed more rot than usual. I also grabbed a case of Friskies cans and a 22 lb. bag of the Meow Mix that our cats ask for by name.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Make your own mixes and sauces. I have been making my own taco seasoning for years but today I made enchilada sauce.

Someone loves the ground pork enchiladas I make and wanted to make some, but did not have enchilada sauce in the pantry. So I went to Online (Pinterest) and looked up a recipe. Making it from scratch, you can adjust the seasoning to your own liking and what you have on hand. I used bone broth instead of vegetable stock; I used olive oil not grapeseed oil, I used more garlic and less Cinnamon than the recipe called for. Recipes are guidelines, they are not set in stone. Use what you like to eat and don't be afraid to substitute or omit ingredients.

I actually have enough to save half for next time. Next I will make homemade tortillas, I know Nicole says they are so easy to make, but one thing at a time.

Go make something you haven't made before.

Operation Independence

• Someone backed out of our ram so we decided to process it ourselves saving nearly $100

Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged

Reacting in fear

wwIII

Is homesteading life easy?

Im coming for you

Membership Plug

Social reminder

Make it a great week!

Song:

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

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Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Join Tactical Redneck, Preparing4Prosperity and me for a live discussion of life on the homestead post SRF.

Featured event: Potluck meetup and sauerkraut tomorrow 1-3pm

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/webinar

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Busy times: All the events, post construction, spring planting and having helpers is great.

Forage

• Mustard flower
• Morels
• Watercress
• Hunting oyster mushrooms this weekend

Livestock

• Animal birthing over - the last ram and the ear story
• Chicken nest 1.0 failed - we do not know why
• Babies: 5 girls, four boys (We think)
• Stormy is vibrant
• Successful sheep shifting
• Holes in the metal siding of the duck coop and quarantine duck wholived
• Rabbits need to move to their final hutch

Grow

• Ken and the tomato wall
• Pre Germinating beets
• Planting cuttings all over of things we want
• Time to manage the food forest and get wood chips in there
• Willow fence to get roots in the ground
• Garden planning/planting this weekend
• Need to make fodder tree guards
• Hillside garden snarl

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Ashley: Homestead sitting and the bottle baby
• Aj: Butchering

Infrastructure

Finances

• The dude who backed out of the lamb and why we take deposits
• Serving ground lamb at the spring workshop

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: 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

Join me for a frank discussion with Michael Sparks about network marketing and when it is a scam, and when it is an opportunity.

Featured Event: Exit and Build and Summit: https://livefree.academy/op/land-summit-4/?ref=183

Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

Find Michael: MichaelSparks.us

A generic (non promotional) show on understanding Network Marketing Business Opportunities. Below are some questions

1. Why do you think so many people are negative on network marketing/home business opportunities?

2. What's the difference between a legitimate business opportunity and a scam?

3. Can you really make money in the the industry?

4. Approximately How many Direct Sales companies are there?

5. What do you see as the biggest hurdle for people being successful in Network Marketing?

6. What are some negatives about joining a network marketing company. What are things to look out for?

7. What are the sales circles 1, 2, and 3...?

8. What kind of training can one expect when joining?

Bonus, how to pick and choose the right company?

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

Today we have a recorded interview with Dr. Eric Nager about proactively getting healthy, functional medicine and organizing your medical preps.

Show Resources

Find Dr. Nager: OptiHealth Institute

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

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, water rights in Oregon and more.

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

• The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
  • https://selfreliancefestival.com/
  • Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
• Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

TheSurvivalPodcast.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

Main content of the sho

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

Big Pic: Spring Scramble

Schedule Next Week: two shows and a replay the following Monday

Forage

• Dandelion flower
• Early spring forage: deadnettle, chick weed
• Poison hemlock everywhere

Livestock

• Baby has a name
• Black nosed baby
• Four and four or five and three
• Bruny let me touch her belly and I got to feel a sheep head in there
• Eggapalooza is on
• Ducks are hiding eggs
• Rabbit mites are gone
• Sheep birthing summary - monday show

Grow

• Second seeding of peas
• 1 Pepper plant alive from a cutting
• None of my pepper seedlings germinated, trying again
• Transplanting the other seedlings
• Direct sewing this weekend

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Group involved in culling Red
• SRF Bin organization

Infrastructure

• AC Placement just in time

Finances

• $70 on bottle feeding Stormy so far
• On site farm sitter costs $$

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: 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

Join me for a discussion of work life integration with Keith Phillips from Heartland Bunkies.

Sponsor 1: InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

HeartlandBunkies.com

Keith is an ex-army helicopter pilot that cares for 52 acres in Southernmost Illinois with his wife Becky and 6 children. I'm addition to raising livestock and roasting coffee, they run 2 airbnbs and market small cabin kits which other folks can use to affordably start their homesteads or add an additional stream of income.

Keith's passion is reversing the trend of disintegrating modern families. He believes that people were created to beautify the earth through productive labor. All else being equal, family centered work is the enduring center of family life that is noticeably missing from modern society, and that may serve to draw us together again.

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

Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Zac from An American Homestead.

Connect with us: OriginalSOEGear.com NicoleSauce.com AnAmericanHomestead.com

Featured Event:

Don't miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5

Sponsors:

• The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
  • https://selfreliancefestival.com/
  • Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/
• Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com

HandHewnFarm.com

Main content of the sho

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 a live recording of our Monday podcast. I will catch you up on the sheep birthing week, our usual segments, and more.

Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN $50 off

🎙️ Extra Livestream this week with Tag from Life Done Free today at 5pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO-EDTAinGc

🎙️Live with Ken Eash at 7pm today: https://www.youtube.com/live/2bBdX4D-nD8?si=U_PVaT0KVRGTuoX_

Here's our LFTN Livestream Schedule for the Week - all available on the LFTN YouTube channel:

LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams

🎙️ Monday, 2pm, All Creatures Great and Small

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Zac, An American Homestead, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Keith Phillips, Bunkie Life

🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness and Kentucky Sustainable Living

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 20 devilled eggs with bacon jam
• Elbow length nitrile gloves to the rescue
• Tapping into premade foods this close to SRF
• Bone Broth to stay healthy
• Missing echinacea
• Herbal tea collection coming together in the new kitchen
• Still need to attain vinegar

Skipping segments this week

• Weekly Shopping Report
• Frugality Tip

Operation Independence

• Making the decision to cull can be hard

Main topic of the Show: "All Creatures Great And Small."

Book Recommendation

Joked yesterday that I wanted to to a live about livestock on the homestead yesterday, then we found a prolapse. The best laid plans.

Birthing week has been trying this go around - tell the stories and just do open narrative

Reminder about our communities and about SRF.

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

Community

• Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
• Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

• Harvest Right Affiliate Link