Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about choosing freedom, finding the right kind of community, keeping up with life, and setting yourself up to live in a way that is healthy for you with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment. Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com VIP Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/ StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBEL COUPON CODE: LFTN Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee LifeDoneFree 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 Co

Today, we have a hybrid Monday show with an interview with Brian from The Lots Project, Along with our usual Monday Segments! Featured Event: The Back to the Land Festival, Sept 22-24 Sponsor 1: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx, Coupon LFTN Sponsor 2: Discount Mylar Bags https://bit.ly/43r4dkx  Tales from the Prepper Pantry More green beans have come off the garden for processing so I am going for it It is time to shift things around to prepare for incoming meat Crock Pot Beef Ribs Auditing and refilling the pantry medical, staples Weekly Shopping Report from Joe We took our usual trip on Saturday. Traffic was a lot heavier than it has been. People's generally pleasant moods were no different, there were just a lot more of them on the road. Dollar Tree was first. There have been no significant changes. The one cooler still hasn't been fixed, but the others have plenty of stock in them. I didn't see any holes in aisles. Home Depot was next. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.68. We were able to get two big bags of t

Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more! Featured event: Homesteaders Meetup Sat at 4:30 here - info at LivingFreeinTennessee.com Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Forage Paw paw time Livestock Bruny is getting close - her udder is growing Time to process another round of rabbits Where to look when the sheep go missing Almost time to integrate smallest ducks which makes management easier Grow Having trouble getting harvest in while working in Nashville on my duplex Lettuce is germinated just need to keep it going through times of no rain while the plants are small Fall beets look horrible Peppers are slow Storing basil in the kitchen Ginger is up Holler Neighbors/Community Meetup for our local freedom cell on Saturday at 4:30 Played a new game - world without Rule of Law Infrastructure New chicken waterer - Cement tray with water - t

Today we talk about the Berkey Lawsuit with the EPA, Artificial Intelligence, storing medications past their expiration date, chicken water, plants, homestead data management, Self Reliance Festival and business with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Million Satoshi Give Away Episode Highlight: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2021/12/08/food-freedom-with-billy-bond/ Enter your favorite Episode here: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/ Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu   Mention the weekly mail   Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast   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.c

Winter is coming even though it is not fall. T is stressed out right now. Time to audit infrastructure, water, firewood, feed hay for the sheep and goats, wood chips and more. Featured event October 16 Chicken Processing: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/poultry-processing-october-16/ Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com: https://bit.ly/3oq04OO Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx COUPON CODE LFTN Forage Shake the Paw Paw Tree Watercress is back Mullein Seeds Oyster mushrooms MInt and other herbs are still with us but the time is soon that a frost will come Livestock Pregnant Ewe Male sheep are settled here - trying to eat bark of fodder trees Baby Ducks going outside of the chicken tractor for the first time today  Chicken Eggs should start soon Max fd around and found out About time to breed rabbits Harvest Meals Saute with wild mushrooms Holler Stew  The Pork Tenderloin thing Grow Lettuce has germinated Fall beets look sad Still getting beans and tomatoes off the garden but they are slowi

Today Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more. Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: StrongRootsResources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee FortressK9.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

Over the weekend, I got y'alls attention with a post about bookkeeping software. And I FIRED QuickBooks Online. Based on your response, I think it is time to have a discussion about the struggles of a creative addressing things in business that are outside our areas of talent and priority. I will share the things I must make myself do and how I handle it. Just because I am not inclined toward a thing does not mean I should ignore it. Featured Event: Back to the Land Festival: Backtothelandfestival.com Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: The Wealth Steading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Livestream Schedule

AC is my friend this week. We finally had a set of days above 100 and Autofab reminded me that this happens every year between mid August and Mid September.  Winter is coming. Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa FUNDRISER: https://www.kalebhouse.org/ One Million Downloads Reminder:  Forage Elderberries are ripe There are weeds dying because it is hot

Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like. Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/ Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR Tales from the Prepper Pantry 1st Cheddar is aging Focused un using all the bits and bobs from the freezer that have long been there 7 gallons of tomatoes in the freezer ready to process No canning was completed this week, instead we fed the neighbors for a Holler Neighbor Campfire Night New Green Bean Recipe - Grumpy Acres Calls The Cowboy Green Beans Weekly Shopping Report from Joe Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them. Dollar

Today, we return to our interview show series with a chat with the Renegade Butcher. Josh joins us from his overly hot studio, in the heat of summer, in Texas to talk about what he has been working on, AI, Nostr, Butchering meat and more. 1 Million Download Celebration Reminder: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/ Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Call!https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR Show Resources RenegadeButcher.com Main content of the show Josh grew up in the midwest with an ever-growing passion for cooking and food in general. Making his way to Texas nearly a decade ago, he added craft butchery and charcuterie as well as Texas style barbecue to his list of culinary obsessions. Eventually starting his own series of small businesses in an effort to help ease the pressure on small processors caused by the events i

Today we talk about the great duck reset of 2023, a new way to do green curry, community fun and more. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project: https://www.midwestpreparednessproject.com/  Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Weather has been awesome - nice and cool relatively speaking. Forage Elderberries are ripe Livestock New baby ducks The hatches are all meat birds Teenagers are integrated with old flock and the other babies are learning to Need to check sheep for work pressure - flokie’s ears are hanging down Sheep love box elder Harvest meals Green curry turkey - roasted the leg quarter first and it tasted good Tomato, cucumber, basil mozzarella salad Grow Ts peppers are coming on Swimming in tomatoes Green beans, harvest 3 this week Reseeding beets, top watering each day Swiss chard looks sad Malabar spinach and forever spinach doing very well Deciding if I feel like direct seeding lettuces, etc before my secret

Today we take your questions on trombincino squash, songs, society, building your business, and more. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee SelfRelianceFestival.com   Main content of the show Mona What is the change you made coming up to this SRF that you think will make the biggest improvement? ANOTHER QUESTION Curious if either of you have a reaction (good, bad, or indifferent) to that song "Rich Men North of Richmond." I just heard it for the first time this morning. From Lettie = What is one topic that has not been done at SRF that you would like to see? Scything Assassination John: Have you always been the  kind of person who goes your own way without really caring what other people think? John: If you could not sew anymore, what would you do? Nicole From andrea How

It’s time to celebrate! We have had our first million downloads at LFTN. Today we reflect on how we got here and how we want to celebrate! Featured Event: Oct 28 & 29, Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee: https://bit.ly/3oq04OO Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx, COUPON CODE LFTN Livestream Schedule

Best baked wings recipe, funny new "found" livestock and more. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Festival Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html   Forage Watercress is back Pawpaws are about three weeks out Creek mint Yard mint Echinacea seed Livestock Found Pet Rabbit Strays I have found: cats, dogs, a pig, and this rabbit Moved the boys from the girls (tell the story) Girls are more outgoing without the rams around Feed needs through the seasons Grow Did not get the beet seeds in before I left, hope to today Tomatoes are coming on fast Time to harvest the brussels sprouts - no really this time Fall garden transition Baby ducks are ready to integrate when we are ready to integrate them No egg season is here (Typical timing for ducks) Need a “hard” harvest today There was a peach and we did not know it Harvest Meals New Wings Recipe Holler Neighbors/Community Steve oversaw the installation of fiber here because they were about 4 hou

Today we talk about public policy in the US, what motivates police from an arresting and ticketing standpoint, why girls should do gun training, and more with Dana McLendon and John Willis. Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2:   EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx coupon code LFTN Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee DanaMcLendonLaw.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

Today we talk about real estate, AI, community gardens and more with Davian McKnight and John Willis. Featured Event: Wednesday, August 9 - Meetup in Medford, Oregon at 6 pm. RSVP Online to let me know you will be there. We will meet at 6pm at Bricktown Brewery! Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Top Notch Community Gardens Youtube Davian McKnight’s Tiktok: @weightsandrealestate 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 R

Today, we talk about surprise baby rabbits, baby ducks in training, garden abundance, food preservation, ruining cheese, and more. Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Chance: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/ Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Forage Goldenrod Red Clover Paw Paws in about a month Comfrey Mullein flower Livestock New baby rabbits Not breeding until september Baby ducks did all ducks go to bed successfully Time to separate the ewes from males Ducks are integrating Sheep have a second grounding rod and the fence shock is improved Grow Tomatoes are coming on Direct seeding fall garden plants (Weather looks favorable) Japanese beetle attack and wood vinegar Observation about which plants got targeted  Last round of summer squash is up - have gotten two zucchini off of 6 plants (SVB) Covered up in cucumbers Peppers starting to come on Trying to root willow - aquaponics work

Today we talk about content creation, tools, new ideas, and building your business with Jack Spirko and John Willis. Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu Sponsor 2: Harvest Right Freeze Dryers: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html  Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast 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 share the benefits of having completed #75Hard, as well as talk about what life has been like AFTERWARD. We also will have our usual Monday segments on pantry management, the shopping report, a frugality tip, and operation independence. Featured Event: Earlybird Pricing is Expiring for the Self Reliance Festival. Grab your tickets now. Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Discount Code: LFTN Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Livestream Schedule - Live on Youtube and other places.

Today we talk about proper tire selection, the oven turning on, getting ready for fall, and the race to make salsa. Event: Chicken Processing with Joel Salatin Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Homesteader Alliance and Freedom Cell Meetup Aug 5 at 4:30 in the Holler Forage Goldenrod Red clover is needing to be picked now Surprise sunflower Root willow cuttings Livestock 2 dead baby ducks Egg laying desert Teen ducks found pond Teen ducks are trained to go to bed Chickens are all set Ants Grow Tomatoes are coming on Peppers about to be ready Removed first row of beans Egyptian walking onions seeds Tactical cant identify basil in Nicole’s garden Shade cloth needed Propagating comfrey Fall garden starts in 2 weeks Homegrown Cooking Ham hock roasted Cucumber Recipe of the week Holler Neighbors/Community Zello and emergencies Hipcamp dog Infrastructure Cabin electrical Fencing 3.0 Finances Hipcamp income Make it a grea