Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about rabbits (it's easter!), slow springs, rain events, water systems and more.

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Forage

• Watercress, mustard flower, dead nettle
• Hairy vetch, plantain
• Green onions
• Strawberries have unripe fruit (the red rock trick)

Livestock

• Hoof trimming
• Failed rabbit pregnancy and rebreeding
• ALL THE EGGS (The irony of this)
• Conflicted over pigs

Grow

• Seedling update on youtube (Jacks and saving seed)
• Peppers are just not germinating
• Failed old pea seeds
• Lettuce in the AP
• Ground nuts
• Seed Roullette
• Winter wheat

Holler Neighbors/Community

• All hands on deck for the spring workshop
• Mama Sauce is in town
• Mini GSD Weekend

Infrastructure

• RAIN and rerouting
• Outdoor shower almost complete
• Fencing Demo prepared
• A word on growing grass

Finances

• No progress made on selling pork because we have been focused on the workshop

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 food shortages, inflation, aquaponics and aquaculture, panic prepping, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Homesteading for a Living

BacktoTheLandFestival

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYP2937u2eY

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 is a complement to last Monday's episode on developing a deep pantry. We will discuss lessons learned from two folks who navigated the inflationary period of the 70s, when jobs became scarce, people saw the value of their retirements cut in half, and a savings account was the worst way to preserve wealth.

Announcements:

• Going Live with Billy Bond Sunday at 6 Central: https://www.youtube.com/c/PermaPasturesFarm21
• Tuesday Live with John Willis, Mat and Gabby from the Sovereign Village Project: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
• Sunday episodes all month - check out this interview with Janet Szabo

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Madly preparing workshop food
• Freeze Drying Left Overs for travel food
• Time to assess vinegar stores for the year
• Using up old seeds

Frugality Tip

• Reusing ziploc
• Reusable ziplock tip from a listener! https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Storage-Ziplock-Sandwich-Freezer/dp/B091CRGNMX/ref=sr_1_7?crid=TNH3SHOUUNGC&keywords=reusable+ziplock&qid=1649690426&sprefix=reusable+ziplock%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-7

Operation Independence

• All focus is on the Spring Workshop

Main topic of the Show: Navigating Inflationary Periods

Why we are talking about this

How I gleaned this information.

A tale of two families: Just Starting Out vs Time to Retire

Set the context: in 1969, gas was 19 cents a gallon … and rose to 29 cents (50% increase), then kept rising. Policy steps taken - price fixing and rationing.

Dad focused on big picture, Mom on the details

• Preserving wealth (Food and agriculture, government job | HAD to have a side hustle to get ahead. 2 jobs)
  • Interest rates were much higher (Like 11% on a mortgage was a good rate)
  • Unemployment high
  • Realestate investment/rentals
  • Buying low, selling high (trellising wire example, barrels 15-100 (Dowie joke)
  • Kept household expenses down, squeezed pennies from stones (Buying $69/yard fabric for clothing, not $99/yard fabric. Multiple stores to get the cheapest thing because gas was cheaper than food.
  • Always were "fully mortgaged" – robbing peter to pay paul some months on the bills

• Value From Home
  • Garden
  • Canned foods
  • Buying wholesale eggs
  • Learning to do things from scratch to save
    • "Milk" shake
    • "Cool" whip
    • Spicing up the same old ingredients to add variety
    • Home sewed clothes (we looked funny)
    • Canned beans vs dried beans
    • Dad DIYd everything so we lived better than many

• Family/Relationships giving a leg up
  • Initial downpayment (Dad's regret)
  • Cobought a cat with his brother then resold
  • Sunday Dinner with the Middlesworths
  • Family would help on large projects

• Hellmans Mayo - $.43 cents a quart - not is $5 and lost 2 ounces

• Retired perspective
  • Grandparents sold the farm and had money in the bank - lost 50% of their retirement value because it was in cash
  • Lived quite frugally - RV, from scratch cooking, growing and preserving
  • Did odd jobs (picking fruit, roofing, etc)
  • Bought and sold real estate in Arizona to make up some of the difference
  • Short term bond at 20% story

• Sum it up - your saving dont mean crap - biggest worry right now is the dollar no longer is the world basis currency:
  • Produce food
  • Trade and barter/DIY when it makes sense
  • Material things hold value better than savings (as long as they are useful) gold vs building materials example
  • Look at different investment vehicles (Check out the wealth steading podcast)
  • Mindset (Buying used vs new)
  • Assets that are not assets - 1 job loss from losing a home example

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

Join Janet Szabo and me as we talk about her journey from pursuing a career in science to becoming a homesteader, knitting guru and more.

The week ahead:

• Last Unloose the Goose Episode Wed at 4pm CT
• Tuesday Live with John Willis
• 4 Shows a week for April

Show Resources

Janet's Blog: https://buttercupmade.com/blog

Main content of the show

My husband and I have lived in Montana for 28 years and for a large part of that time, we "prepped," or "homesteaded," or whatever you want to call it. We have about 30 hens and one very spoiled rooster, raise pigs, and have a large garden and orchard. I can and preserve as much as I am able. We're both in our mid-50s now and starting to realize that we have to do things differently than we did in our 20s and 30s. I thought our experiences might be useful to others.

• How did we end up in Montana?
• Did we know we wanted to do this when we came here?
• How did our homestead evolve?
• What changes have we had to make because of age?
• What would we do differently looking back?
• What opportunities do we see going forward?

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.

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 is a homestead update that covers germination challenges, losing heartbeats on the farm, early spring salad mix, and more.

Freeze Drying Webinar is Sunday!

Forage

• Wild mustard flower (and how I came to permaculture)
• Hairy vetch
• Dead nettle and watercress
• Green onions, brassica greens
• Red veined sorrel - The tale of the 4 year chard plant RIP

Livestock

• Lost 2 heartbeats this week
• Goats need more rotation
• 2 year land agreement for the sheep
• Fencing for sheep
• Pig decisions are hard (Lady got out!)

Grow

• Slow to wake - trees are flowering just in time for the last freeze
• Seedling update: Lettuce/peppers not yet germinated
• Last round of seeds are here: Tarragon
• Potatoes are in, seeds planted last week still have not germinated - the waiting is the hardest part
• Swimming in duck eggs

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Resumed holler dinners this week - holler family meeting
• Had the property blessed this week
• All the car trades
• Milk
• A word on homesteading solo

Infrastructure

• Outdoor shower is coming along
• Need to for real plant the living fence seeds

Finances

• Only purchasing bratwurst and cold cuts for the spring workshop this year - the rest was grown here
• Thanks to Ryan and Myles

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 food shortages, inflation, aquaponics and aquaculture, panic prepping, and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi3b79U5eo

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 address an issue: How to quickly develop a deep pantry vs panic prepping. Day after day as the rumors of food shortages abound, I see lists distributed by people who do not appear to have prepped a day in their lives. Usually wheat, beans and rice are heavily featured. Instead of panic buying these items, consider taking an afternoon to develop your deep pantry plan. You will be much happier with the end results if you do. Announcements:

• Exit and Build, May 13-15 in Bastrop, TX (Online free or in person in TX)
• Getting Started with Freeze Drying Member Webinar

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Addition of an electric smoker
• Precooking workshop things: Chili, Sweet potato chili, bacon, meatloaf, sauerkraut, feta cheese
• The 25 lb bag of carrots for $20
• Fresh yard greens (Plantain is up!)
• Pre-canning assessment season

Frugality tip

• Rags vs paper towels

Operation Independence

• Ordered the last of our 2022 garden seeds (Only needed green beans, turmeric, tarragon. Could use radish, beet and a few other things for the fall garden. Thank you to the seed fairy of 2020)

Main topic of the Show: Developing a Stable Pantry vs Panic Prepping

Resources

• SOE Panic Prepper Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lW_B5LAfDA&list=PL2rh2mAHBQlIJq2nDgseOyc48XAHLgNPC
• The Basics of Being Prepared for Most Things
• The Basics of Food Storage
• LFTN Member Resources: Canning, making cheese, making bacon, pantry management - so much more

SHORTAGES ARE COMING TIME TO PANIC!

• Inflation
• Supply chain disruptions
• Crop failure
• THINK - what season is it in the US and why does this matter (Corporatized Food System)

What happens when you wake up to the instability of our system?

Panic prepping advice

• Mre's
• 20 year storage
• Wheat, beans, rice
• Conspiracies

I Have guns, I'll just hunt, shoot people for food, etc

• US Civil War

What really works: Developing a stable pantry

Story: I live waaaaay out away from everything

Story: homesteading the west

Short term rectock - do it now

• Investigate
• Allocate
• Prioritize
• Purchase
• Store properly
• Rotate

What about rice and beans?

Stable Pantry System

• Store what you use on a rotation
• Measured in months of stability
• Replenishment strategy
  • Play the what if game? (herbal remedies, grow food, local sourcing, do i really care if it is gone?, substitutions)
• The Perpetual motion Game
  • Garlic example
  • Chicken Tractor on steroids
  • The local apple orchard
• Storage SYSTEM as in things are MOVING
  • Long Term storage, short term storage, creative storage, Inventory systems

What about inflation (coming soon)

And what about 20 year storage? (A word on freeze dryers)

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

Today is an update on the Holler Homestead for the week including plumbing, Cycy's healing, in-ground gardens, the GSD weekend and more.

Forage

• Mushrooms
• Could have radishes but we do not
• Dead nettle, stinging nettle, chick weed
• Wild lettuce, lettuce, sage
• Red sorrel
• Dandelion flower

Food Storage/Pantry

• Removing this unless there is something of note that does not fit on Monday's show

Livestock

• Pigs?
• Cycy
• 8 eggs a day from Ducks
• Rats in the coop
• Goat hijinks
• Baby chicks ordered

What we did instead of grow/homestead

• Hot water heater turned blow out
• Pump House repair
• Fix kitchen sink leak
• (Plumbing all the time) - seedling starts suffered

Grow

• Garden beds are in
• Post pig grasses
• Beets, radish and carrots seeded
• Brassicas in the AP
• Seeding throughout the weekend

Holler Neighbors/Community

• GSD

Infrastructure

• Outdoor shower framed

Finances

• Pork sales

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 welcome Joel Ryals of Fortressk9.com to the show to discuss protection animals. This is the audio from a Tuesday Live with John Willis.

LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD PRICING of $35: SelfRelianceFestival.com

Hog Processing Workshop

Show Resources

Special Operations Equipment

FortressK9

Discussion:

What is a protection dog?

How do you train a protection dog?

Will they get along with other animals I have?

Can I trust a protection dog not to bite my family and friends?

How much is a protection dog?

How do you deploy a protection dog?

Why would I want a protection dog?

Isn't the dog just going to get killed if I use it?

Can I feed my dog raw food?

….and about a million other topics.

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

Intro: Physical injuries and soreness vs emotions, the passing of a soul mate, theories on soulmates. A hard week on the homestead with schedule, emotional things, and spring coming

Forage

• Wild mustard flower
• Watercress
• Dandelion flowers
• Green onions
• Red veined sorrel
• Searching for morels

Food Storage/Pantry

• 700 LBS Pork
• First milk freeze dried
• Making bacon, sausage
• Cheese for LFTN 22
• Reorganizing this weekend with assistance

Livestock

• 4 pigs, one weekend
• Sheep Visit from Dawn
• Rabbits due next week
• Goat hijinks
• Duck Eggs

Grow

• Garden beds forked
• Early Spring Weeding
• Hard reset on worm bins
• Visit from Kerry on Friday

Holler Neighbor/Community

• GSD Weekend

Infrastructure

• Fence in the pond for the sheep
• Assessing neighboring property for fencing
• Electrical fencing and closing in for protection
• Front of house hydro plan in place

Finances

• Pork for sale

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