Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, we have another transformational story, this time centered around how to prepare for a long absence from your farm or Homestead. Lana Stenner joins me to share her journey.

Show Resources

Website and book: https://lanastenner.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LanaStenner/

Main content of the show

Lana and her Fireman husband are parents to 4 grown kids and grandkids and live on a small farmstead in Kansas City. They raise goats, chickens & bees in a 120-year-old fixer-upper farmhouse. Lana is the author of The Grace-Filled Homestead - Lessons Learned on Faith, Family and the Farm is in big box stores across the country.

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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 an interview with Joel Ryals all about building your life from nothing - rather like a phoenix is reborn from its own ashes.

Show Resources

Fortressk9 Website

K9 Academy Website

Main content of the show

Joel is the head trainer at Fortress K9 and K9 Academy. About 5 years ago, his wife used his dog training equipment to have him arrested and was awarded 99% of everything he built before filing for divorce. When he was released, he literally had the clothes on his back and had to build back from scratch. Now Fortress K9 is more successful than ever. Let's talk about building back from scratch.

Interview

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• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Hey everyone, today is Friday, May 31, 2019 and this is episode 138 of LFTN.

Today we talk perseverance, prepping and homesteading with John Willis and Rob Kaiser.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

All around Growth Podcast

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

Wednesday Live with the All Around Growth Podcast!

Make it a great week!

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

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• 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 recounting of a conversation between Tactical Redneck and me about long-term solutions on the homestead versus short-term fixes. When is it best to invest the time and $$ for a permanent solution? When not? What if you cannot come to consensus on this?

Show Sponsor: Paul Wheaton, Wheaton Labs and Permies.com

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Livestream Schedule

• Tuesday at 1pm Central: Interview with Lana Stenner on planning for an absence from a busy farm
• Wednesday Live with Rob Kaiser and John Willis
• No Friday Livestream due to the Food Forest Event (AWESOME INTERVIEW SHOW INSTEAD!)

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Lamb has arrived! (Those who purchased it, check your inboxes later today for instructions) 170 lbs meat
• Freezer audit season in advance of deer and beef season
• Freeze Drying Milk and other surplus
• FD Beef Used Yesterday
• Pantry Moths

Weekly Shopping Report, 10/23/2022

We made our usual shopping trip on Saturday, visiting four stores. Traffic was light. I did not see or hear any signs of stress, like muttered remarks or arguments, in fact I saw the usual courtesy, such as one man motioning a woman ahead of him when another line opened, even though he was closer to it, and she had a cart with more stuff.

The first stop was Dollar Tree. The food coolers are essentially empty, and the drink coolers are also becoming sparse. The food aisles still look full. There was an employee setting out boxes to restock in some aisles, but I did not see what types of products were in them. Sonia found some craft items, and I grabbed a drink.

Next was Hobby Lobby. I didn't see anything unusual in there; shelves looked full as usual.

Home Depot was third. A 2x4x8 was $3.75; I think that's the same as last week, which was down from the week before's $3.98. I noticed the addition of their own batteries on an island, a brand called "HDX." They are alkaline, but made in China, so I'd expect them to leak. Other brands looked at the same levels as last week; not full, but much better than the week before.

Aldi was last. I noticed higher prices on many breads, milk, and eggs. We found what we wanted, except for the cantaloupe, which looked wrinkly and decrepit. I'm keeping an eye on tomato products due to what I've been hearing about shortages, but they still seem to have a normal amount of soups and sauces. They also had canned ham again, for the first time in months, so we got two. Their new cashier is still awaiting bite training, and may have been the only person I recall seeing muzzled.

Untainted gasoline remains at $4.199/gallon, and I believe I saw $3.399 for the corrupted stuff.

Frugality Tip

From Margo: Here's a simple little tip to extend the life of your metal outdoor chairs. Grab a bottle of nail polish and paint the little rust spots. You will get extra years out of your chairs. I have a pair of chairs I got off the curb 3 years ago and for $1.00 bottle of nail polish, we can still use them without leaning on sharp rusty spots. As long as the seat is still good, every 6 months or so I'll paint over the rust spots with nail polish.

Operation Independence

• Picked up the lamb (tracked those miles!)

Main topic of the Show: Short Term or Permanent Fix?

• The Story of Friday Night

When do you do things long term vs short term?

• Money evaluation
• Time evaluation
• Damage that happens while something is not fixed
• Never ending things to do on a homestead
• How does this relate to clutter? – A friend's broken dryer –
• What about the permanence of "the right" fix?

It depends is the answer we use all the time for so many questions and it fits here too.

Joel Salatin on temporary fences. Buy once cry once and the meat slicer. But the aggravation and time used to reset my event space has to stop now - and a temporary fix buys us the winter to set up the long-term repair shop.

It's up to you.

Make it a great week!

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

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• 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 an interview with Jason Sparks all about starting a homestead from scratch, being a carpenter, building community and more.

Show Resources

Kentucky Sustainable Living: https://www.facebook.com/groups/267335831465407

Main content of the show

43 year old male born and lived in bowling green ky my whole life.

Own a general contracting company in bowling green ky.

Graduated from Western Kentucky University with construction management degree.

I have a small homestead right outside of Bowling Green KY. We raise a few cows,sheep,chickens and pigs. We process all our animals at the farm. I started off in prepping about 12 years ago and realized that no matter how much you store it will run out eventually. There is where I started going more in the direction of sustainable living and growing more for my family.

I and one other person started Kentucky sustainable living with the purpose of building state wide community. The community is like minded people that help each other now and in the future no matter how the world goes.

We have meetings and training events for members.

Make it a great week

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

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• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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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 Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today's podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday's podcast. We cover: rat poison, sheep, getting ready for a big event, homestead realtors in the network, and more.

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa5uZlo2h_Q

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

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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 cross training, banana care, the future of the Holler bees and more on today's show.

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Food Forest Class

Sponsor of the day: Freesteading.com

• LFTN Community on Freesteading

Forage

• Mullein, Red Dock, Comfrey
• Ground nut season

Livestock

• Escaping Sheep Issues
• Picking up butchered meat
• Rodents are still a problem
• Pasture update
• Bees

Harvest Meals

• Squash, Italian casserole
• Green beans and butter

Winter on the homestead

• Moving firewood
• Temperature management
• Mulching the banana

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Newsletter going out
• Normal Holler Neighbor Interactions (Musical cars), campfires

Infrastructure

• Scheduled fencing movement
• Water plans
• Sourcing plants
• Leaves
• The microclimate under Tajmaholler

Finances

• Nothing to report

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GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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• 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 starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, dog poop and more with Toolman Tim Cook and John Willis.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

ToolmanTim.co

Youtube replay video

https://youtu.be/UKXBUh6udB8

Make it a great week!

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

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• 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 will talk not about being forgiven, but about why it is so important to forgive those around you if you want to build the life you choose.

Show sponsor: Paul Wheaton

Sponsor Links

Paul Wheaton's new Kickstarter aims to create a video-based Garden Master Course featuring Helen Atthowe, and all the things she's not allowed to teach in a university-sanctioned Certified Master Gardener Course. You can support the project, and get gobs of permaculture goodies by pledging as little as $1 here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master?ref=6cxu6f

OTHER SPONSOR LINKS

Free heat: https://permies.com/w/free-heat?f=495

Wood heat 8-DVD set: https://permies.com/wiki/63837f495/Wood-Heat-DIY-Rocket-Mass

Livestream Schedule

• Monday: 10:30 Central- Monday Podcast Recording
• Wednesday: 12:30 Central - Live with John Willis
• Friday: 9:30 Central - Homestead Happening and Q&A

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Use up mode in full swing: Green beans and salsa
• Preparing the menu for the Food Forest Event
  • Breakfasts are eggs (from the eversoles), hash browns, bacon or breakfast sausage, whole fruit
  • Thurs evening: Brats and burgers
  • Friday lunch - Turkey Tacos, Friday dinner BBQ - pulled pork, rotisserie or smoked chicken, green beans, mac n cheese, salad
  • Saturday lunch - Chili, cornbread, salad, Saturday dinner - butternut squash soup, oysters on the half shell, leg of lamb, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, birthday cake with wheat flour and everything
• Fridge broke (outside)
• Neckbones for dinner

Weekly Shopping Report 10/16/22

First was Dollar Tree. There were a few more items restocked in the Health aisle, but the food and drink coolers are now all very depleted. The food aisle still looks good though, and canned mackerel (although a different kind) has returned. I believe there were at least a couple of extra employees stocking shelves, but it appeared to be very random what they were putting out. I've seen more glassware available there lately.

Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 has dropped again, to $3.75. It was hard to tell because some things have moved around, but I think they got in some more Duracell and/or Ray-o-vac batteries, as most of the battery shelves at checkout had some products on them.

Aldi was last. There was a lot more chicken there than in recent weeks, a good amount of lunchmeat, and most areas looked good. The only notable exception were the cantaloupes. They had a lot of them, but they all looked wrinkly, suggesting age and/or poor storage conditions. I didn't see any significant holes, and we found everything we wanted.

All three places were busier than I remember, even for a Saturday. It did not look like anyone was panic-buying; they just all decided to go shopping.

I didn't stop, but untainted gasoline remains at $4.199/gallon.

Frugality Tip from Margo

I am a cheap person, or frugal I guess is a better label lol. This week's frugality tip:

We like to go to estate sales, the tip part is going on the last day of the sale when everything is at least half off. We buy things to use around the house for projects. Things we have recently purchased:

A whole coffee can of screws for $1

Chanel locks for $1

Screwdriver for 50¢

A dustpan for 25¢

A $300 extension ladder for $50

Assorted pvc fittings and pipe I grab any time I see them and have over $500 worth of pvc fittings and pipe that I paid maybe a total of $10 for...aquaponics is going to happen soon over here...

Go to the website estatesales.net and put in your zip code and find local sales. Happy Hunting!!

Operation Independence

• All hands on preparing for the Food Forest Class
• 1.5 lambs remain available

Main topic of the Show: Forgive

I have been pondering some deep things lately, among them are punitive actions that we humans take against others who do things "illegal." I basically started because one of my friends was mad at another friend for her "Unchristian" lifestyle.

I started thinking about the large numbers of Christians in my life who never ask anyone's religious views, who love those around them unconditionally, and who also manage to do this without getting hurt.

Why?

One thing they share is a large capacity for forgiveness.

Then this tweet came out:

Tweet fro Cyprian (Vin Armani)

While on the cross, Christ interceded on behalf of those who crucified Him, seeking that they might be forgiven and, thereby, saved.

"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."

When you wish destruction on those whose degeneracy disgusts you, whom are you serving?

BUT WHY does forgiving lead to a better life?

1. You move into the future and let go of the past so your mindset is right

>Story of my nonprofit years and losing my largest donor

1. You stop evaluating new relationships with the lens of the old

>Story of the first fiance and interceding two decades of troubled relationships

1. Your energy is on building good things, rather than seeping into non salvageable things

>Website clients who never pay their balance and collections

>The $240 commercial meat slicer

>John Willis when you do something wrong

1. What does forgive and forget mean to me?

>Laprises and morning cuddles

Landing: Forgiving yourself. Forgiving those around you. Building your future.

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• 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 have an interview with Steven File all about strategic home defense.

Show Resources

Strategic Home Defense: https://www.strategichomedefense.com/

Instagram: @strategichomedefense

Main content of the show

Steven File is originally from Harrisburg, PA and relocated to Texas last year during the spring. Steven has been in the Army National Guard for over 11 years as an Infantryman and has worked in law enforcement for 7 years. He has worked operationally on a SWAT team and worked as a criminal intelligence detective. After seeing the aftermath of violence and traumatized victims Steven and his wife Kelsey devoted their lives to preventing victimhood and empowering people to secure their own future.

Interview

Membership and Coffee Pitch

Make it a great week

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

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• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
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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