Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, I will run you through a typical Saturday on a homestead in the heat of summer as everything needs life support to survive and is getting ripe and ready to eat and process.

Reminder: Mozzarella Making Webinar

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 34 quarts of green beans
• 60 lbs of tomatoes
• Golden rod, mullein, mint

Operation Independence

• Building the podcast and HRC at Rogue Food Conference in Virginia

Main topic of the Show: A Homestead In Summer

The why

The backdrop (Leaving a homestead, summer abundance season, dog days)

Preparing for the knows, animals, coffee customers, winter is coming

Homestead grown vs locally sources food approach - beans, tomatoes

Friday: 60 lbs tomatoes, 2 bushels stringless beans

My hopes: Salsa, dilly beans, canned beans

Getting real: dilly beans are nice to have not need to have

The agenda for Saturday: (Friday night background)

• Skipped market (picked up produce from the farmers on Friday afternoon)
• 6am: up, coffee, walk dogs (short walk), assemble laundry
• 6:30: Start water for green beans to boiling, start laundry, second cup coffee, begin processing tomatoes
• 6:45: 1st batch beans in the canner
• 7am: Tomatoes in the freezer, pigs fed scraps
• 7:15: begin snapping beans, change laundry
• 7:45: 1st batch beans done
• Pattern until 1pm: Snap beans, prepare jars for canner, process beans, rotate laundry, check water for plants, make/eat breakfast
• Meanwhile: T is on animal care and fencing
• 1-1:30 lunch break
• 1:30-3pm: "The bean cycle"
• 3pm: start the cheese, snap beans on "breaks" - come to the realization that I am not going to actually pack anything tonight
• 5pm: bean only cycle (I am snapping as fast as I can put them in jars)
• 7pm: T arrives, there is no plan for dinner, animals and plants are cared for, still snapping and canning beans. Initiate the frozen cauliflower pizza crust with fresh made tomato sauce, sausage and cheese
• 8pm: dinner, tv show, still snapping beans and canning them
• 9pm: the last of the beans are snapped, too tired to go on, house looks like a bean food fight has happened, (Beanmageddon), jars are cooling on every surface I can find, there are 4 jars left to do.

Sunday am

6am: up and start water for the last bean jars, short dog walk, beans in the canner

Prepare/eat breakfast, shower, feed dogs, head out the door by 7 with beans finishing up in the canner.

Landing: Even when there is an impossible schedule, you will be successful if you stick to the top priority.

Make it a great week!

Song: Anonymous by Sauce

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

Community

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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

Today is a thought of the walk episode - a collection of short thoughts shared on a variety of topics. These thoughts are shared on Odysee every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, then produced as an audio podcast every other Friday.

Today's Thoughts Include:

• Lessons from the Garden
• Something Has Changed
• What I Learned After Walking Each Morning for One Month
• Five Ways to Prepare Green Beans
• Decide and be Honest with Yourself

To view the videos for Thought of the Walk Episode, go here: Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

They are also produced on Youtube as a playlist.

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

Today, I share thoughts about getting your mindset right after a day of training at Tactical Response (tacticalresponse.com)

Main topic of the Show: Mindset 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

Community

• 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

Today, I talk with Matthew Sercely to discuss using the tax code to your advantage and his new company, Agorist Tax Advice.

Show Resources https://www.agoristtaxadvice.com/

Main Content of the Show:

Matthew Sercely has been an attorney for over 11 years in the Dallas, Texas area. Last year he decided to go out on his own and help libertarians, anarchists, and agorists to deal with taxes.

Interview

• Why are you the "agorist tax advisor?"
• What is a "Tax Advisor"? How is it different than a tax attorney or an accountant?
• Are there any advantages to having a tax advisor who is an attorney instead of an accountant? Any advantages to having an accountant instead?
• What are the different types of Taxation for companies? What is the best one for a business?
• What sorts of mistakes to you see people making on their taxes?
• You've done multiple seminars in the past year, including the Survivial Podcast and Living Free in Tennesse. Why do you like doing seminars so much?

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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 is the second in a series about how to build and launch your home or craft coffee roasting business. We will cover branding and packaging

Sign up for the Mozzarella making webinar, August 26Next Week's ScheduleEpisode 500 Reminder

Listener Feedback

• Nick

Main topic of the Show: Branding and Packaging Your Coffee, Home Roasting Business Part 2

What to know about Branding

• Member Webinar in the Portal, Personal and Business Branding with Sue Zoldak, May 2021
• Know your target
• Visual and "personality" representation of the core essence of your business. Must be: Emotional (Buyer), Differentiated (Competition), Credible (You and the Buyer)
• Packaged for: Web, print, social. Black and white and color. Visible from afar and look good up close.
• Industry colors: browns, green, blues (Think about what that means for you and your brand)

Developing your brand story

• Coffee is about people from farm to cup
• Why it matters to the buyer
• What made YOU love coffee (that matters to the buyer)? How did you get to where you are today?
• Sketch it out and practice with friends, have them tell your story back. Learn from that

Packaging

• Label must haves
• Plastic vs paper
• Co2 filter
• Packaging sizes (12 oz vs 16, shape, etc)
• Label design vs printed bags
• Color choices
• Where are you selling your coffee?
• Does your packaging sell your coffee (farmer's market story)

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.

Community

• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
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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

Today, I will talk through how to save seeds from XX kinds of summer plants and why you should do it.

Was interviewed on Deborah Gets Red Pilled: https://youtu.be/fGb4nUCtqyY Mozzarella Making Webinar, Thursday August 26, 2021 at 6pm Central - sign up here.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Took the weekend off from canning but it is tomato and green bean canning season
• Redoing shelves and freezers in the Prepper Pantry
• Cost comparing homemade dog food vs commercial
• Groceries are sales tax free so I have some soul searching to do since I have enough for the year, minus cheese.

Operation Independence

• Meat Canning Webinar will be on the Portal Tuesday for those who missed it

Main topic of the Show: Episode 459: Saving Seeds in Summer

Why save seeds

Some seed saving tips: fermenting, stratification, storage, hybrids

Methods

• The plastic bag method (Lettuces, broccoli, beets)
• The let it reseed itself method (Cilantro, parsley, lettuce, radishes, etc)
• The fermentation method (tomatoes)
• The just save them method (Peppers)
• The Lazy Man Method (Squash example)

Membership Plug

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
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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

Today is a thought of the walk episode - a collection of short thoughts shared on a variety of topics. These thoughts are shared on Odysee every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, then produced as an audio podcast every other Friday.

Today's Thoughts Include:

• Self Determination
• When Should You Give Yourself a Pass
• That Did Not Go As Planned
• Selfish Sunday on a Homestead

To view the videos for Thought of the Walk Episode, go here: Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b

They are also produced on Youtube as a playlist.

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

Today is a thought experiment on the Holler Neighbor Food Cooperative idea. Problem we solve: How everyone who is working in our community to gain value from the land can benefit from their efforts while also balancing between those who have more capitol inputs and those who have more labor inputs

July 31 GSD Weekend at the Darkhorse Lodge - last change to go hang out with awesome people.

Stump the Sauce

• From Jason: coffee shortage
  • Crop Damage timeline
  • Current panic "Shortage" defined

Main topic of the Show: Holler Neighbors Food Cooperative Holler Neighbor Livestream/Strategic Plan BackgroundSWOT - Food Production For Ourselves and OthersAttempt 1: Crockpot mealsAttempt 2: Neighbor Pantry vs Individual Pantries

Latest Concept - Holler Dollar Tracking System

Goal - better manage who gets what share of what things we produce.

• Capitol Investment vs Labor Investment
• Ways to earn outside money
• Initial Set up, $2,000 and incorporation (not sure we need to corporation but will incorporate under under legal advice if needed)
  • $$ used for USD expenditures, feed, infrastructure, veterinarian bills, utilities, etc
  • $$ reinvested either from partners or sales revenue
  • Sales revenue is OBV taxable
• Holler Neighbors can Buy A Neighbor Membership for $50/year (revenue to the corporation). This earns the right to access membership benefits like food education, they get an annual amount of Holler Dollar Vouchers and may use vouchers to obtain the food we grow together.
• Holler Dollars: Neighbors can Buy or Earn Holler Dollars and pay for pantry items with Holler Dollars. Earned through food production or preservation labor.
  • Neighbor members can give other neighbor members Holler Dollars in gratitude for random work performed (lawn mowing, etc).
• Non Neighbor Membership is available for, say $500 dollars and gets a person access to educational days, a certain number of holler dollars, but they cannot "earn" holler dollars by working on food projects.

What do you think of this concept?

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.

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

That Belt I love: https://www.originalsoegear.com/collections/1-5-edc-belts-low-profile-plastic-and-no-buckle

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 1 bushel this week: 14 Jars canned green beans , 4 jars worth snapped fresh for eating
• A word on how to manage pickles
• Midsummer foraging and drying time
• Extracting Honey This Week, could use an assist on seeing what is still in the hives

Operation Independence

• The Ditch Project
• Meat Canning Webinar Went Great: "Just wanted to say thanks for all you do. I was on the meat canning webinar and it was great. While I have canned, it's not as consistent as I want. I've been listening to you for years & joined your membership fairly recently. We're honestly not as prepared as we should be but, we've done little things here and there. I'm not very social online at all but, I hope to put myself out there more and meet like minded people.

Main topic of the Show: Success and Failure of the Great (personal) Reset

Lessons learned

• Go all in - I did not (The drive to deliver coffee is strong and I flubbed the preparation week)
• Take responsibility for focus
• Choose an organizing principle for the time, not 50
  • I'll just finish this one small thing story - I need to go get a pen
• You might need to leave
• Even if you flub the ball, it is the right thing to do
  • Made important business decisions
  • Got much of the tile done (Universe conspiracy)
  • Rested Up
  • Roasted a TON
  • Caught up with friends
  • Quiet time with Sage and research on how to feed her
  • The Ditch/Willis Event, etc…

Taking a Great Reset the perfect way may mean leave your home, it may mean take better responsibility than I did a week ago, or it may mean something completely different. And taking Great Reset imperfectly still will bring you benefits when you do it -- so do it.

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
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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

Today is a Friday so we have an interview show and Ken Eash is back to talk with us about tapping into limitless opportunities in the service industry. Sometimes it is better to learn a trade than to become a philosopher.

Show Resources

kennetheash.comteencatalyst.com mewe.com/i/keneash

Podcast series on finding purpose in life: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/3d77210b-38ad-469d-be09-85fb5cd319b8

Podcast episode on entrepreneurship in services: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/e1467eed-2b30-42e9-8160-b5e463fde134

Main content of the show

Ken does not like to talk about himself so he gave me bullets. :-)

• 35 years on earth
• 30 years construction experience
• 13 years with a wonderful wife
• 12 years experience as business owner
• 4 years attempting homesteading
• 2 years becoming a life and career coach for teens

Interview

1. Why would a socially awkward person like you want to be on a podcast with thousands of listeners?
2. With 30 years in construction, would you say building things is your purpose in life?
3. All this talk of purpose, but how does that tie into what you say are "limitless opportunities in the service industry"?
4. What does a person have to do to get started?
5. How does this talk of the opportunities in services play into your purpose?
6. What would you say to someone who's still on the fence about jumping into the services field?

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
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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