Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about Zero down loans, networks of regenerative farms, Fnords and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Today's Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com

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Saturday Fermentation Webinar

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Youtube Live Video:

First Tuesday Fireside Chat with Nicole Sauce, Jack Spirko and John Willis

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 we talk about integrating the LGDs with the sheep, late summer gardening, simplifying, infrastructure plans and more.

Homesteading on a budget: https://livefree.academy/sp/exit-and-build-homesteading-on-a-budget-workshop/?ref=52

Forage

• Paw Paw
• Watercress
• Goldenrod
• Mullein seeds

Livestock

• Bred the rabbits
• Ducks are in an egg pause which means wing clipping
• LGD Integration Story: access to yard during day with separation – this week we integrated fully with access to their "home"
• Birthing Update
• Pigs for sale
• Girl Sheep rotating fast because it isn't raining

Grow

• Resetting two beds for garlic
• Final squash harvest
• New beans just now producing
• Tomatoes lasted one month longer than in past years

Holler Neighbors/Community

• New Holler Neighbors moving in
• SOE Shower Build this weekend

Infrastructure

• Fencing Plan for the Sheep
• Reels
• Hillside garden

Finances

• Nothing to report

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

Today we talk about the SHTF, relocation, Self Reliance Festival, The Midwest Regional Meetup, Being 60 and Homesteading, preparedness and more with Bear Independent and John Willis.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Bear Independent

Grindstone Ministeries

Refuge Medical

SelfRelianceFestival.com

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

It is a tradition in August to talk about what we are doing to get ready for winter here at the Holler Homestead. Why? Because waiting until that first frost to have things set is a terrible idea and leads to several days of no sleep and lots of activity. Today, I will share how we plan activities for a busy fall, in advance of winter, to be better prepared for the harsh realities of below freezing temperatures in a state ill prepared for its weather patterns.

Up this week:

• Wednesday Live with John Willis and Bear Independent: 12:30 Central (LivingFreeinTennessee.com/live for the relevant links)
• Friday Homestead Happenings and Q & A: 9:30am Central
• Live Free Academy, Homesteading on a budget workshop: https://livefree.academy/sp/exit-and-build-homesteading-on-a-budget-workshop/?ref=52

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Broth using strategies in August
• Hitting the bean patch this week under the hopes we get another round for canning
• Initiating the prepper pantry redo - using basecamp as a root cellar
• Testing new freezer sensors

Free Rocket Mass Heater Plans from Paul Wheaton

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

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If you're interested in Rocket Mass Heaters, which can heat a home with as little as 10% of the wood consumed by conventional woodstoves, Paul Wheaton is offering FREE rocket mass heater plans to the LFTN community when you sign up for the permies newsletter. Snatch those up here: https://permies.com/goodies/7/lftn

Frugality tip: Add on from Christian

After hearing the tip from Anna about the watered down dish soap I had to reply to expand on it, this might not warrant sharing on the show.

I have been using watered down dawn for a few years and it never even occurred to me that it might be saving me money. I mix it even thinner than Anna, more like 1/4 or 1/5, and I put it in used foaming hand soap bottles from bath and body works. It dispenses from them no problem once watered down. I use this almost exclusively when hand washing dishes as I use them, and I use it to wash my hands a lot too. Since it's good on food grease it works well on oil and grime from mechanical work, so I use it regularly to wash my hands while working in the garage and I set myself up another bottle at work. It's way more gentle and I personally find it just as effective, if not better, than the gritty mechanic's soaps (like gojo orange, if you're familiar). Come to think of it, this has probably saved me a bit of money there since I don't buy that stuff at all anymore, probably more than I might save on dishes.

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe for 8/28/2022

We made four stops on our weekly shopping run. The first stop was Community Chest to donate a box of books, an exercise chair we have not been using, and some miscellaneous other things. Second was Dollar Tree, where I grabbed a drink and we picked up a few other items. I wanted some ointment from the Health aisle, but there was none left. I saw a lot of empty hooks in that section, which is a big change from a month or two ago, when they were very well stocked.

Stop #3 was Home Depot. A 2x4x8 is $4.75. I know not long ago it was $4.98, but I don't remember if that was last week or a little longer. They have plenty of stock of lumber, tools, batteries, and LED bulbs.

Aldi was last. The store was very crowded, but I think just because it was late Saturday morning; I didn't see people panic-buying. Inventory looked good, except for limited quantities of meats. For example there was pork loin, but no tenderloin. Beef looked pretty sparse too, but there were enough different cuts of various meats to at least cover all the shelves.

I don't recall seeing any face diapers. I think the Kung Flu narrative is finally collapsing. At my last fill during the week, I paid $4.399/gallon for untainted regular gasoline.

I understand the sixth largest refinery in the country has been shut down due to an electrical fire. They're in Indiana, and they and a few surrounding states (Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin come to mind) have declared states of emergency, and the parasites at DOT have waived hour restrictions on truckers so they can bring in fuel.

Operation Independence

• SRF Digital Tickets are launching this week!!
• Fermentation Basics: Sauerkraut and Cucumbers

Main topic of the Show: Winter Is Coming

Why now?

Steps: Brainstorm, categorize: No Kill, Comfort, SHTF

Livestock

• Rabbits: Water, food, heating lamps
• Sheep: Water, hay, shelter with sides, minerals
• Pigs: Water, feed, shelter, bedding
• Goats: Water, feed, bedding
• Ducks: Water, feed, bedding

Humans

• Water
• Shelter
• Firewood
• Food

Pets: backup plans

Gardens

• Spring bed preparation
• Mulching figs and bananas
• Cover crop

Water Gardens

• Tear down
• Stock tank heater in ap system

Fuel and Backups

No kill list:

• Water
• Firewood
• shelter
• Food

Comfort list

• Winter clothing upgrades
• Automated antifreeze systems
• Backup heating (Kerosene, etc.)
• Automotive supplies turn over
• Solar Water Heater and outdoor shower/kitchen cleanout

SHTF Plans

• Generator/fuel storage
• Extra food
• Tarps, etc

Membership Plug

MeWe reminder

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

What would it be like to go off to a very remote location in Fall 2019 and not return until Summer 2022. Remote as in no news, no social media, no current events? Shadow of a Wolk joins us to talk about some of the culture shock things he experienced upon returning to the US in a post-pandemic world.

Show Resources

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 we talk about the mysterious link between humans and plants, permaculture, current events, and more with Xavier Hawk and John Willis.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Phireon.com

Main content of the show

Replay of the Wednesday Live on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/ykSHnNUB-4I

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 we talk about permaculture, current events, coming events, and more with Billy Bond and John Willis.

Sponsorships Launching - Who the first one is.

A word from our sponsor: Paul Wheaton

Want to SKIP the ratrace, and develop your skills towards an independent, self-sustaining lifestyle? Or maybe you want to find somebody you can trust to hand over your homestead to when you're gone. Check out Paul Wheaton's SKIP book to learn more about how he's connecting aging landowners with eager young people who are willing to take over their life's work.

https://permies.com/wiki/160690f495/physical-copy-SKIP-book

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Perma Pastures Farm

Main content of the show

Replay of the Wednesday Live on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/pXkoRAcx5rU

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 we catch-up on integrating LGD's with our sheep, homestead bootcamp, creating a new garden bed, getting ready to leave, and more.

A word on next week - Nicole is out but there will be shows.

Email feedback to [email protected]

Forage

• Goldenrod
• Elderberry
• Watercress
• Echinacea, other herbs
• Sassafrass leaves
• Fodder tree - final round

Livestock

• Pig is due - LB needs to go
• Forging steep sheep pasture
• LGD update: Arrival Cluster
• LGD Update: orienting them with the herd
• LGD Update: Orienting them on electrical fencing
• Baby
• Duck training problems
• Chestnut is sick
• Rats

Grow

• Back to watering the garden
• Green beans are slowly trickling in
• Tomatoes: 100 lbs so far
• Squash is abundant
• Sweet potato green explosion
• Waterchestnut is dying - not sure how I killed it (A note on growing food and killing plants)
• Time to harvest hops here
• One big last round this evening on the gardens and I am out for a week (Pins and needles)
• Seeded beets and carrots

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Homestead bootcamp
• Seeking trees and shrubs for the food forest class: Blueberry, cherry, apricot, crabapple

Infrastructure

• Expanding supplies for electrical fencing to make more paddocks in advance

Finances

• Nothing to report

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

Today we talk about starting your own business, content creation, attitude adjustments, Self Reliance Festival 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.

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 talk about getting ready for our first round of homestead bootcamp with a listener who purchased land and wants to come here and see up close and personal what it is like. I will cover how it came to pass, what we did to prepare, and what the next few days have in store for our first participant.

Live this week:

• John Willis and Billy Bond, Wednesday at 12:30pm
• Homestead Happenings, Thursday at 9:30 am (Explain why)

Oct 28-29 Food Forest Class - a few seats left! Sign up here.

Email feedback to [email protected]

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 36 jars of green beans
• 7 jars of salsa
• Smoked brisket
• Homemade tomato basil soup while it is in season
• Storage challenge 2022 (The why and the solution)
• Purging season - walmart shipment goal

Frugality Tip

I have a tip on how to stretch your dishwashing liquid. This has cut down the amount that I buy to one large bottle or two medium bottles per year.

I take an old wine or other see through bottle and wash it out thoroughly. I fill it 2/3 of the way with water and add 1/3 dishwashing liquid. I top the bottle with a spout so that I can easily pour it onto a sponge or into my hands for washing up. The kind of spout I use is like those you would see on oil and vinegar or liquor bottles and can be picked up in most big chain stores or liquor stores for a couple couple of bucks.

When refilling the bottle add the water first! This should be done in a very slow stream to prevent a lot of bubbling. If you do get some bubbles they will go away once the mixture settles.

This has made my life so much easier and the bottle with the spout is much more attractive than an ugly bottle of dawn on my kitchen countertop. I'm including a photo of my freshly filled bottle below.

Anna

Shopping Report

Weekly Shopping Report for Powell, TN 08/13/2022 (JOE)

We've resumed doing our shopping on Saturday, partly in case another trip is needed. So far, I think I've had to make a second trip only when something happens like a cat needs to go to the vet or the USPS slackers have failed to make a delivery.

Today's first stop was Dollar General Market, mostly for cat food and some craft items. We walked around a little more than usual, and found the store pretty well-stocked. I think I saw limited quantities of some things, but no glaring holes.

Second was Dollar [-twenty five] Tree, mostly to look, but I got a drink there. They have decent quantities of second-tier but still well-known brands.

Third was Hobby Lobby, mostly for sewing stuff. The store was full of merchandise, and we had essentially no wait to check out as multiple lines were open.

Fourth was Home Depot. A 2x4x8 had dropped further, to $4.75. We did not find the bucket of patching goo we wanted; maybe they've stopped carrying it? Batteries, tools of all kinds, and lumber were all plentiful.

Last was Aldi. Stock levels were all good. I'm not sure that anything changed significantly, but our particular combination of items did produce a higher bill than we've had lately.

The last time I filled up, untainted regular had dropped to $4.899/gallon.

Operation Independence

• Free dogs are not free
• Homestead supply sale: Fence chargers, Lb the stud boar, Dewalt compressor, ninja blender, furniture (Surplus is going into 12v fencing solutions for the sheep)

Main topic of the Show: Homestead Bootcamp

What is Homestead Bootcamp and how did it come to be

What we hope to achieve with it

How did we prepare?

What a typical program looks like

#My3Things: Poultry, Sheep, Garden Bed

A word on the chaos

My hope for homestead bootcamp and mentoring programs in general

Membership Plug

MeWe 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

• 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