Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about how the dual bird incubation project went, our first dry spell of spring, and getting ready for food preservation season at the Holler Homestead. Featured Event: The LFTN 7th Annual Chicken Processing Class Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code: LFTN Forage Mullein Wild rose petals Oyster Mushrooms Day lilies should come in shortly Faux strawberries Livestock Update on the egg hatching Baby ducklings and chicks are growing fast Put feeders in pots to cut down waste - much less waste Moving the tractor a bunch with the chickens:  May process all but the class chickens early Wing clipping Strawberry experiment - fail Sheep are well, Bruny is on pregnancy watch Grow Broccoli looks great, getting cabbage worms though Squash, peas, onions, chard, herbs beginning to take off Tomato wall is up and we are working on balancing nutrient Time to rotate the late spring plants where the early spring plants go Beets look terrible 30 minutes a day on the food forest i

Today we talk about building from a small side hustle to a full time business with Kerry Brown of Strong Roots Resources and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. Featured Event: The SMART Homesteading Webinar, $45 Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com Strong Roots Resources Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/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 we have an interview with a former colleague of mine, Mark Johnson. Mark has just purchased land to develop into a retreat for veterans in Sparta, Tennessee. Where there is a will there is a way! Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com Show Resources LibertyOakOasis.com Facebook.com/LibertyOakOasis @LibertyOakOasis -- Insta libertyoakoasis@gmail.com Main content of the show Former interwebs political consultant. Photographer. Historian at heart. Nine year Army National Guard Veteran. Former Blog Talk Radio host covering Illinois Politics. Married to Vicki who is a nurse of 33 years. Proud West Highland White Terrier Owner: Named Willow. Relocating to TN to escape Illinois and create a retreat space for Veterans and Ministry leaders struggling with life issues. 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/

Today is a homestead happenings show and I have NO IDEA what will happen because the Tactical Redneck is hijacking my show. Enjoy! Featured Event: Wild Edible Walk with Kerry Brown in Lenoir City, TN Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, rsvp to strongrootsresources@gmail.com Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com Sponsor 2: SelfRelianceFestival.com Make it a Great Week!

Today, Niti Bali and I catch up with a nice, afternoon chat. It has been some months since we last had a conversation and this one was great! Featured Event: Chicken Processing Workshop at LFTN, June 24, 2023 in Lancaster, TN https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/chicken-processing-workshop/ Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code: LFTN Show Resources Farm To Fork Meat Riot Main content of the show Niti Bali is the Founder and CEO of Farm to Fork Meat Riot, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as a catalyst for reestablishing the regenerative small family farm food system. Her strategically designed CSA program educates eaters to harness the power of life giving force through regenerative foods. Niti’s Farm to Fork Meat Riot CSA simultaneously supports regenerative livestock production based on consumption that results in a zero-waste system. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community

What happens when you get John Willis, Joel Salatin and Nicole Sauce together? We have a conversation about heritage skills, the economic fragility of the US, developing community, knowing your neighbors, and growing clean food. Featured Event: Mike Shelby’s Surveillance Event in Nashville, TN, June 2-4, 2023, $500 https://grayzonestore.com/store/p/isr-nashville-2-4-june-2023 Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Show Resources Get Tickets for The Self Reliance Festival The Lunatic Farmer Website Polyface Farms Joel’s Books & DVDs Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Pastured Poultry Profit Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Main content of the show Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/in

How has my homegrown cooking world been with an on site freeze dryer? Join me today as I talk about that and all our usual Monday topics!  Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com Harvet Right Affiliate Link: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html Livestream Schedule Tuesday Join John Willis and I as we talk with Joel Salatin about the state of the world, building resilience into your lives, permaculture and more. 12:30 Central: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Friday Hijacked by a redneck! Tactical Redneck grabs my channel for our weekly Homestead Happenings update at 10:30 Central. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhk2HWA-byY Tales from the Prepper Pantry Drying herbs and flowers this week, particularly rose petals and red clover (explain why) Packaging up dried morels Meal planning from the freezer Gettin

Join me for a discussion of what to do to catch up on your spring gardening, exciting spring forage, update on the incubation project.  Featured Event: June 24 Poultry Processing Workshop at the Holler Homestead https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/ Sponsor number 1: Permies.com - PTJ, https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 BOGO Sponsor number 2: EMP Shield, https://www.empshield.com/ Use coupon code LFTN for 25% off Forage Red clover (Harvesting recommendation game) Vetch Wild rose petals Dandelion flower Last chance on watercress for awhile (Flavor is quite peppery) Livestock Keeping an eye on the sheep with the spring rains More baby rabbits due - and our space challenge Incubator project update Goats and garden weeds Still no bresse babies… Harvest meals Spring greens and mouth feel Holler Stew goulasch style Grow These 3 peas! Strawberries are off the charts, too many to eat Brassicas look good (finger’s crossed) Catching up on the garden whe

Today, we get real about handling existential crisis, homesteading, proofing yeast, and more. Amy Dingmann and Nicole Sauce do not hold back the spice when we get together. Featured Event: TheAgoraFest.com, May 13 in Chattanooga Area Today’s Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com Today’s Sponsor 2: FreeSteading.com Show Resources A Farmish Kind of Life Living Free in Tennessee 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 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, I share some lessons learned after one week of the #75Hard challenge.  Featured Event: May 27 & 28 Fighting Pistol Class at Tactical Response in Camden, TN https://www.tacticalresponse.com/collections/training/products/fighting-pistol Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: LFTN Chicken Processing Workshop, June 24, 2023 Main topic of the Show:  Why do a challenge at all What my motivation was What is the #75Hard Challengehttps://andyfrisella.com/pages/75hard-info Follow a diet.  This can be the diet of your choice, but it must be a structured plan designed with a physical improvement in mind. You must complete two 45-minute workouts. One of those workouts MUST be outdoors. Absolutely NO alcohol or cheat meals. Take a progress picture every day. Drink 1 gallon of water. Read 10 pages of a book.  **Audiobooks DO NOT COUNT. ZERO COMPROMISE ZERO SUBSTITUTION You have until you go to sleep to complete the day. If you fail, you MUST start over on Day 1. What I thought about the few weeks befo

Today we talk about military fitness test degradation, solar and resilience, greenhouse heating ideas, and methane producing digesters Jack Spirko and John Willis. Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Technology Jamboree, July 3-14 https://wheaton-labs.com/permaculture-tech/?f=496 Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources (StrongRootsResources.com) Sponsor 2: Radio Made Easy, Zero to Hero with Ham Radio https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/?aff=nicolesauce Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast Main content of the show Exit and Build Land Summit https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 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

Every Year, we host the LFTN Spring Workshop and folks wonder why should they invest three days of their time in something that souls like one big camping party? And each year, I watch people’s lives change. I watch the lights turn on. The decisions get made. I see super shy people stand up in front of a group and speak into a microphone. And each year, there is a different “spirit” at the event.  Today, we will talk about the cool things that happened at #LFTN23, the breakthroughs and lessons learned and I post a question - What Are You Doing Next. Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183 Content includes, exiting the healthcare system, exiting the cities, how to raise money for land when you think you can’t, seed saving and food preservation, PMAs and more. Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Livestream Schedule Tuesday Coffee Chat With John, Nicole and Jack, 930am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/

Join me for a homestead happening episode, including a discussion about how some folks in Chattanooga have set up a PMA to BE THE AGORA! What does that have to do with homesteading? You will find out. Featured Event: theAgorafest.com Today’s Sponsor: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Forage Hairy Vetch Strawberries Mints Watercress Wild Rose petal Fodder tree trimming Found the first poke Livestock Baby Sheep arrived - twin girls Rabbit explosion Incubator update Duck Jail Hoof trimming getting scheduled Grow Enjoying: Lettuce, chard, pea chutes, radishes Got potatoes in Beets are planted, half the spring plants transplanted Cardboard soil update Removing ill placed filbert trees Need to chop and drop things on the swales  Cloning desired plants for the food forest Need a creative mulching solution Harvest Eating Daily saute season is here (How that works) Holler Neighbors/Community #LFTN23 was a HUGE success and would not have been without community The electricity story Infrastructure Connecting the fence to

Today John Willis and I welcome Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal to talk about his struggles with Youtube monetization, forest fires, trolls and homesteading. Featured Event: Oct 12-13 Zero to Hero Ham Radio Training by Radio Made Easy https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/ Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant TheHomesteadConsultant.com Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee PorterhouseandTeal.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 Affil

Today I am joined by Rebecca and John Bush to talk about their journey from poverty to prosperity and how they have used their experiences to create a vast network of people ready to exit the cities and build homestead communities in the country.   Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, Texas https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183   Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com   Show Resources Live Free Academy   Main content of the show Rebecca and John Bush built their life from tiny home, city living to a 10 acre homestead in Bastrop Texas with grit, determination, work and love of community. They founded and run the Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas and connect thousands of people with practical skills through The Live Free Academy.   Interview   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 Grou

Today we have a collection of questions from you, the listeners, mainly on early spring topics and the Holler Roost project completed by Steve Eversole. This is a combination of two questions and answers sessions with Holler Neighbors.Featured Event:  Wild Edible Walk Lenoir City, TN Saturday, May 20th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm RSVP to: strongrootsresources@gmail.com Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.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 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, I am joined by Thecia Ellis to discuss how persistence has taken her from the brink of bankruptcy to a developing homestead. Featured Event: The 2023 Health Expo hosted by Barron County Patriots on May 6 in Chetek, WIToday’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant Show Resources https://www.grandmashomestead.farm/ This Grandma's Life Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ywkimBphxuAqn7rwx9hQg Farm Animal Life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkUUHdXKN8OUGiODPXEupg Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/KinziesCandleShop Main content of the show Thecia Ellis is a grandmother of three that has settled in NE Oklahoma after a lifetime of moving around Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas and Southern California with a very short move to Venezuela as a toddler. She and her husband own 26 acres of the 40 acre plot of a reclaimed coal pit. After her husband became severely depressed that morphed into bi-polar depression, their lives slid backward for several years nearly losing everything. Through sheer stubbornness and pe

Today, I am joined by Ryan Steve of TheHomesteadConsultant.com to discuss how critical thinking is done and why it is important to sharpen this skill. Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s PTJ Event in Missoula, MT Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com Show Resources TheHomesteadConsultant.com ClarityHomeInspection.com www.instagram.com/inspectionsbyclarity www.facebook.com/inspectionsbyclarity youtube.com/@lovefarm9862 Main content of the show I grew up in rural Wisconsin with lots of room to roam, experiment and explore. I was home schooled before it was cool. After a departure from the corporate world, I now make my living as a home inspector and homesteading consultant. I love to innovate solutions and I am passionate about building soil, building community and building better, more resilient food systems. 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 O

Today I talk with Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast about - well - everything! Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, TX Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Show Resources Living Free in Tennessee The Survival Podcast Jack Spirko and I hopped on a two hour livestream to field a bunch of questions from gardening, to ammo, to storing fuel. Enjoy 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 we talk about spring not coming on the homestead, cats, and life priorities with Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life on our monthly Spicy Sisters show. Talk about the week’s schedule. Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28 Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources Show Resources A Farmish Kind of Life Living Free in Tennessee 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 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