Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

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  Testi

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:/

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 nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com   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 boo

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 nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com 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 th

In this week’s update, we will talk about sheep recovery, new animals coming to the homestead, planning a food forest, and late summer garden bounty. Forage Elderberry Mint, late summer teas Watercress is back - liver cleanse Livestock Separating the girls from the boys in sheep Tippy is recovered Need fatter sheep Henry’s foot, and a word on trimming hooves LGDs coming to avoid the parasite load of barn keeping sheep Baby found the pond Grow FINALLY getting peppers Squash Year 2 jars of green beans and four jars of tomatoes Both round 3 and 4 of beans have germinated and the rain has been perfect for this Seeding carrots and beets by Tactical’s house Strawberry round two Food forest install workshop Oct 27 & 28 Holler Neighbors/Community Homestead Bootcamp next week Shower GSD at SOE Airbnb update Infrastructure Goat pasture upgrade with solid wire/centralized charger for sheep rotation Finances Nothing to report (Buying supplies makes T happy) Membership Plug Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’

NOTE: The original upload cut of at minute 35 - I have replaced this file. Refresh your download to get that handled. 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, I share my journey of dealing with loss on the homestead because if you enter into livestock, some will die – and some will die because of you. If you grow plants, many will die - and they will die because of you. Network Update: Open House and Homesteader Swap Meet Last Weekend. Save the Date: Tickets go on Sale Saturday for the Food Forest Class at my place. Oct 28-29 DEADLINE WEDNESDAY! Email community events and meetups to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canning dribs and drabs and how that works (Weird year) Almost through the 2021 chickens  Tomato Pie Recipe? Moving everything out of the prepper pantry (Why) Chinese Food Moment   Frugality Tip Another time saver: Setting up your canning system Shopping Report Update - 08/04/2022 We missed a couple of things on Tuesday, so did some more shopping last night, since we've got the replacement refrigerator to restock. Right after leaving work, I went to the Aldi which is not our usual one. I only rarely visit that one,

Today we catch up on 2 weeks of homestead updates, discuss a sick lamb, produce overwhelm, and more. Forage Echinacea flower and leaves (Discuss root harvest) Fodder trees Creek mint Goldenrod Elderberry Livestock The story of the sick sheep (Vet, etc) Baby duck Muscovys are free ranging The molt When sheeps get feisty Pigs and pond LGD Grow Success with zucchini (duck factor) Round 2 of beans, hoping for a third Pasture veggies 55 lbs tomatoes so far (Duck factor) WEEDS Holler Neighbors/Community KH stayed home from swale - seeking a homestead sitter to work with over time 1st Airbnb renter comes from our community Story of connections and housing Infrastructure Water system failure Finances Spent money on a vet Swale workshop broke even - There will be a training video from the class to hopefully recoup time 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:

Today we talk about international and US politics, monkeypox, growing food, the swale class, 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://youtu.be/_imqfsQ9Jlw 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 have a fun conversation with Bradley Bleasdale: Raw milk producer, freedom fellow, and founder of a preparedness training center. Open House: Saturday 9am-1pm. Bring a dish to share. 605 Long Branch Rd, Lancaster, TN Tales from the Prepper Pantry All tomatoes ripen at once as predicted Time to harvest and dry mint - (The creek mint is prolific) Hoping to be canning green beans or corn or salsa this weekend Frugality Tip TIME SAVER This tip saves time, which IS money, right? If you think this idea applies to your Frugality Tip section, here's what I got: I have a printout of all of the recipes that I use frequently. It's called my Frequent Recipes Cheat Sheet. ALL of the recipes (at least 50) are on 1 sheet of paper (front and back). They're not detailed at all, just the ingredients and oven temp, basically. Since I make them so often, I don't need all of the individual steps. This saves me tons of time because I don't have to look up recipes on my phone, computer, or big ole recipe book. Bonus tips

Would you be able to physically handle it if services stopped for a few weeks and you had to carry all your water, chop wood for heat, or walk ten miles to get to a new place? Today, we talk with Stephen Boone of SHTF Fitness about getting our bodies in shape. Show Resources https://www.shtffitness.com/ https://boone.fitness/ Main content of the show Stephen has been coaching clients in person for years in his studio. His passion for helping others become the best version of themselves has led him to start SHTF Fitness so that he can help like-minded, freedom loving individuals who may not have access to a gym. Stephen specializes in strength training and corrective exercise. He blends conventional strength training methods with Chiropractic corrective movements in order to create a strong, mobile, and pain free individual. Stephen wants to provide value to the prepper community by teaching them how to be physically prepared for the future. Stephen feels that this is currently extremely lacking in the prepper

Today we talk about butchering with Josh the Renegade Butcher and John Willis. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee The Renegade Butcher Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://youtu.be/rMEZvNs0he8 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

Last night, I ate Chinese food and read my fortune - it basically said Life Goes ON – Being an overanalyzer, I thought about that throughout the night and wanted to talk about the sentiment - some people consider it defeatist, but is it? Going Live with Toolman Tim on his show at 12:30 today: https://youtu.be/odWS8cSuTGs Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canned beef from the webinar - about 12 lbs Pickled Okra Using up relishes from 2020 Making cheese this week: cheddar and chevre or feta Frugality Tip Seeking yours - the purpose of this section. (The bag of bags) Operation Independence Webinar was a screaming success - thank you Mama Sauce, Lettie and Tactical (Seeking a better camera set up) Main topic of the Show: Life Goes On - Defeatist or Insightful? Failure is not defeat unless you stop trying - in other words Life goes on… Have you ever been in a really tight place, and someone said to you Life Goes On? And you get mad because it is A: heartless, and B: defeatist? I know I have….but is it?  Life goe

Today we talk about a hurt sheep foot, hogs, garden production, new babies on the homestead, preparing for the dog days, and more… Open House (As seen in the monthly newsletter) Canning Workshop Sunday at 4pm (https://livefree.academy/checkouts/how-to-pressure-can-beef-with-nicole-sauce/?ref=52) Forage Mullein seeds Dill seeds Many herbs and spices Livestock Ear mite update Sheep are in their “final” home base 2 baby ducks Henry’s foot LB is up for sale Pig pasture update Dog conflict update Grow Eating 100% from the garden this week AND disappointed with output - next steps 10 pounds tomatoes Second round of green beans re up - and fragile Shade cloth needed Update on the  Pasture veggies Saving seeds Herdshare Holler Neighbors/Community Kh is doing better Basecamp Update - on Airbnb now: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/675911235487058406 Zello as a homesteading tool - sheep incident Mike L needs help this weekend clearing downed trees from the Wednesday storm near Jamestown - see Mewe for details Infr

Today’s livestream was fantastic. We had so many people join us and ask a ton of questions. Homesteading, acquiring land, prepping, protecting your house from lightning, sourcing seeds, raising livestock, protecting yourself and so much more! I was joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment, Patrick Barnes from EMP Shield, Tag from Life Done Free, and Billy Bond from Perma Pastures Farm. Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Life Done Free EMP Shield (Use coupon code SOE for a discount) Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://youtu.be/aNNLKjiNadw 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 Ro

Today we talk about Money Morning and how I am using them to increase revenue through tricking myself into focusing on something important with a gimmick. Webinar: Canning Beef - Members, log into the portal to get set up. Non members, we will sell the webinar at Live Free Academy - link to come tomorrow. Tales from the Prepper Pantry 7 jars salsa 12 jars green beans (½ bushel) Tomato sauce TBD Bone broth Summer Leftover Salad Herb preservation Frugality Tip Listened to the podcast with John Willis, you, and Bear… and since peppers love buckets here’s my tip . At Walmart you can go to the bakery, and ask for the icing buckets . They are 1 and  5 gals, with lids . They do a quick rinse of them , but they are still oily . They used to be free, my local Walmart recently starting charging $1 for each piece .The lids are a-gamma type with a rubber seal . Very very very sturdy buckets . Before the , plandemic , and I would stop by weekly grabbed about 100 with lids ,over a few months .   I live outside a small to

Today we talk about an update on the drought, green bean palooza, succession planting in the garden, what to do when you only get male squash flowers, a hurt pig and more. ONLY 5 SEATS LEFT! Swale Workshop: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/swale-workshop/?aff=nicolesauce Forage Echinacea Seed saving: Dill Confrey and Jewel Weed (Salve time) Livestock No ducklings yet Rats! Lady Pig’s Foot (2 ppl needed to inspect) Sheep are becoming easier May breed rabbits - it is too hot,,,, expanding genetics Egg count is down from the duct so watching for the molt Fodder Harvest Time Grow Blueberrypalooza Green bean harvest 1.0 Reseeded the potato area with green beans Setting up the garlic bed  1 lb tomatoes Male squash flowers (Nitrogen, heat, age) Rain Update Holler Neighbors/Community By by Jenni - you are still a Holler Neighbor (The Rain Storm) Basecamp Update: Possible Apprentice, Transitional Housing Covid Infrastructure August 6 Open House (Potluck and Project) Tractor Tire Problem Finances Inf