Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project.

Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor number 1: Permies.com - PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO

Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off

Forage

• Red clover (Harvesting recommendation game)
• Vetch
• Wild rose petals
• Dandelion flower
• Last chance on watercress for awhile (Flavor is quite peppery)

Livestock

• Keeping an eye on the sheep with the spring rains
• More baby rabbits due - and our space challenge
• Incubator project update
• Goats and garden weeds
• Still no bresse babies…

Harvest meals

• Spring greens and mouth feel
• Holler Stew goulasch style

Grow

• These 3 peas!
• Strawberries are off the charts, too many to eat
• Brassicas look good (finger's crossed)
• Catching up on the garden when you are behind
• Worm castings
• Comfrey Harvest 1.0
• Planting more fodder trees propagated from the first round

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Quiet week

Infrastructure

• Major leaps forward on fencing at the holler
• Hipcamp is open: https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/tennessee-holler-homestead-woodsy-retreat-wz6h7zqd/sites/356763?shareid=ef2kmtjouc
• Water calming efforts

Finances

• Auctioned off things to buy a zero turn mower - not sure how that went yet

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

Today, we get real about handling existential crisis, homesteading, proofing yeast, and more. Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce do not hold back the spice when we get together.

Featured Event: TheAgoraFest.com, May 13 in Chattanooga Area

Today's Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Today's Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com

Show Resources

A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

Main content of the show

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 some lessons learned after one week of the #75Hard challenge.

Featured Event: May 27 & 28 Fighting Pistol Class at Tactical Response in Camden, TN

https://www.tacticalresponse.com/collections/training/products/fighting-pistol

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com

Sponsor 2: LFTN Chicken Processing Workshop, June 24, 2023

Main topic of the Show:

• Why do a challenge at all
• What my motivation was
• What is the #75Hard Challengehttps://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info

1. Follow a diet. This can be the diet of your choice, but it must be a structured plan designed with a physical improvement in mind.
2. You must complete two 45-minute workouts. One of those workouts MUST be outdoors.
3. Absolutely NO alcohol or cheat meals.
4. Take a progress picture every day.
5. Drink 1 gallon of water.
6. Read 10 pages of a book. **Audiobooks DO NOT COUNT.

ZERO COMPROMISE

ZERO SUBSTITUTION

You have until you go to sleep to complete the day.

If you fail, you MUST start over on Day 1.

• What I thought about the few weeks before starting
• Why I started when I did
• Observations
  • Quiet during workout (E&B Outline)
  • Building time for yourself - prioritizing yourself
  • Boundaries are not just for other people
  • Sometimes it is hard
  • Everyone has different demons and the pop up
  • Success will depend on if I choose to succeed

Join me? #LFTNChallenge

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

Today we talk about military fitness test degradation, solar and resilience, greenhouse heating ideas, and methane producing digesters Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Featured Event: Paul Wheaton's Permaculture Technology Jamboree, July 3-14

https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496

Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources (StrongRootsResources.com)

Sponsor 2: Radio Made Easy, Zero to Hero with Ham Radio

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/?aff=nicolesauce

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Exit and Build Land Summit

https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

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

Every Year, we host the LFTN Spring Workshop and folks wonder why should they invest three days of their time in something that souls like one big camping party? And each year, I watch people's lives change. I watch the lights turn on. The decisions get made. I see super shy people stand up in front of a group and speak into a microphone. And each year, there is a different "spirit" at the event.

Today, we will talk about the cool things that happened at #LFTN23, the breakthroughs and lessons learned and I post a question - What Are You Doing Next.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit

https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Content includes, exiting the healthcare system, exiting the cities, how to raise money for land when you think you can't, seed saving and food preservation, PMAs and more.

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Livestream Schedule

• Tuesday Coffee Chat With John, Nicole and Jack, 930am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHWRGu1CdA
• Wednesday #75hard, One Week In, 10:30am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTog8n43i0 https://www.facebook.com/events/905348000550142
• Thursday Spicy Sisters, 1pm Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycXtGYBn34s
• Thursday Self Reliance Festival LivestreamTonight, 7pm Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZa6cWJPLU
• Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKCnR_JL8Y https://www.facebook.com/events/138519009205251

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Workshop Leftovers
• Redoing the shelving strategy in the mudroom and prepper pantry - plans are underway
• Time for a full round of freezer audit
• Smoked pork from the homestead this week
• Transitioning to filling the pantry from emptying it - the time is now
• Death of a Farmer's Market

Frugality Tip from Janet

Save slivers of soap and make my own hand soap every couple of months. I add the slivers to a grated bar of Dr Bronners.

Operation Independence

• We will start finding out how much the new solar system saves on power compared with last year, and deduct that from the capital investment of $5000
• Considering adding a farm stand and targeting the nearby marina

Main topic of the Show: What Are You Doing Next?

The LFTN Spring Workshop always ends with exhaustion of a kind that is difficult to describe because I always feel both empowered, motivated and ready for a long nap. Each year, I am not quite sure what the BIG THING is that came from the workshop and yet, each year something does.

In 2020, we realized that grow is a state of mind, not state of the economy. It is your choice.

In 2021, we realized that our connections are already the foundation for a parallel society - as in we already have one.

In 2022, we realized that we are the people with normal relationships and the unhealthy anchors in the "real world" must be tossed off

So what is next?

The phrase that is beating through my head today as I prepare the show notes is What Are You Doing Next?

It reminds me of the day my roaster caught on fire…

How does this relate to #LFTN23

• Poverty mindset
• Make money despite the recession
• Business q and a with John Willis
• Sewing best practices and demos
• Cheese making demo
• Fencing tour
• Holler Roost
• Solar Build
• Impromptu rabbit processing
• …melding of the minds

Get off your ass

BreakTHROUGH

"I dont want to leave - also I CANT WAIT to get home and start some things.

And the whole time I was kicking around doing 75hard, and talked to a participant about it - turns out she has tried twice,

The shift was to How Can I

It wasnt the fellowship, the hijinks, the rum tasting, the torrential rains help at bay by Tajmaholler.

We didn't care - we asked what next?

It wasn't the fabulous food from right here, or the build your niche business presentation, or dog bite demo – we asked what can we do?

It wasn't the quiet morning coffee because we had late sleeps, or the roasted pig, or the wild edible walk, we asked what do I want to build – then we turned to someone close to us and talked about it.

New connections

Better ideas

A fire lit under our butts

So, in the words of John Willis, I ask: What Are You Doing Next? I am doing 75Hard to increase my mental discipline – and whatever else it brings.

What are you doing today, tomorrow, next week? What thing are you ready to tackle? What do you want to build?

Really, I ask you – What are you doing next?

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 homestead happening episode, including a discussion about how some folks in Chattanooga have set up a PMA to BE THE AGORA! What does that have to do with homesteading? You will find out.

Featured Event: theAgorafest.com

Today's Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

Forage

• Hairy Vetch
• Strawberries
• Mints
• Watercress
• Wild Rose petal
• Fodder tree trimming
• Found the first poke

Livestock

• Baby Sheep arrived - twin girls
• Rabbit explosion
• Incubator update
• Duck Jail
• Hoof trimming getting scheduled

Grow

• Enjoying: Lettuce, chard, pea chutes, radishes
• Got potatoes in
• Beets are planted, half the spring plants transplanted
• Cardboard soil update
• Removing ill placed filbert trees
• Need to chop and drop things on the swales
• Cloning desired plants for the food forest
• Need a creative mulching solution

Harvest Eating

• Daily saute season is here (How that works)

Holler Neighbors/Community

• #LFTN23 was a HUGE success and would not have been without community
• The electricity story

Infrastructure

• Connecting the fence to Holler Roost - May have plans for sale soon
• The grounding issue - hole, poop, burm - water is starting to infiltrate the ground

Finances

• Hip Camp will open soon
• Collecting ALL metal scrap to bring in cash for a zero turn mower

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

Today John Willis and I welcome Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal to talk about his struggles with Youtube monetization, forest fires, trolls and homesteading.

Featured Event: Oct 12-13 Zero to Hero Ham Radio Training by Radio Made Easy

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/

Today's Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

PorterhouseandTeal.com

Main content of the show

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 I am joined by Rebecca and John Bush to talk about their journey from poverty to prosperity and how they have used their experiences to create a vast network of people ready to exit the cities and build homestead communities in the country.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, Texas https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Today's Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

Live Free Academy

Main content of the show

Rebecca and John Bush built their life from tiny home, city living to a 10 acre homestead in Bastrop Texas with grit, determination, work and love of community. They founded and run the Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas and connect thousands of people with practical skills through The Live Free Academy.

Interview

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

Today we have a collection of questions from you, the listeners, mainly on early spring topics and the Holler Roost project completed by Steve Eversole. This is a combination of two questions and answers sessions with Holler Neighbors.Featured Event:

Wild Edible Walk

Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

RSVP to: [email protected]

Today's Sponsor: FreeSteading.com

Main content of the show

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 am joined by Thecia Ellis to discuss how persistence has taken her from the brink of bankruptcy to a developing homestead.

Featured Event: The 2023 Health Expo hosted by Barron County Patriots on May 6 in Chetek, WIToday's Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

Show Resources

https://www.grandmashomestead.farm/

This Grandma's Life Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ywkimBphxuAqn7rwx9hQg

Farm Animal Life

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkUUHdXKN8OUGiODPXEupg

Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KinziesCandleShop

Main content of the show

Thecia Ellis is a grandmother of three that has settled in NE Oklahoma after a lifetime of moving around Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas and Southern California with a very short move to Venezuela as a toddler.

She and her husband own 26 acres of the 40 acre plot of a reclaimed coal pit. After her husband became severely depressed that morphed into bi-polar depression, their lives slid backward for several years nearly losing everything.

Through sheer stubbornness and persistence, Thecia is slowly clawing their way forward again and even has begun to enjoy the journey.

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