The Seasonality of Pantry Living

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.

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Livestream Schedule

• Tuesday Coffee Chat With John, Nicole and Jack, 930am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHWRGu1CdA
• Wednesday #75hard, One Week In, 10:30am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTog8n43i0 https://www.facebook.com/events/905348000550142
• Thursday Spicy Sisters, 1pm Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycXtGYBn34s
• Thursday Self Reliance Festival LivestreamTonight, 7pm Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZa6cWJPLU
• Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30am Centralhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKCnR_JL8Y https://www.facebook.com/events/138519009205251

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Workshop Leftovers
• Redoing the shelving strategy in the mudroom and prepper pantry - plans are underway
• Time for a full round of freezer audit
• Smoked pork from the homestead this week
• Transitioning to filling the pantry from emptying it - the time is now
• Death of a Farmer’s Market

Frugality Tip from Janet

Save slivers of soap and make my own hand soap every couple of months. I add the slivers to a grated bar of Dr Bronners.

Operation Independence

• We will start finding out how much the new solar system saves on power compared with last year, and deduct that from the capital investment of $5000
• Considering adding a farm stand and targeting the nearby marina

Main topic of the Show: What Are You Doing Next?

The LFTN Spring Workshop always ends with exhaustion of a kind that is difficult to describe because I always feel both empowered, motivated and ready for a long nap. Each year, I am not quite sure what the BIG THING is that came from the workshop and yet, each year something does.

In 2020, we realized that grow is a state of mind, not state of the economy. It is your choice.

In 2021, we realized that our connections are already the foundation for a parallel society - as in we already have one.

In 2022, we realized that we are the people with normal relationships and the unhealthy anchors in the “real world” must be tossed off

So what is next?

The phrase that is beating through my head today as I prepare the show notes is What Are You Doing Next?

It reminds me of the day my roaster caught on fire…

How does this relate to #LFTN23

• Poverty mindset
• Make money despite the recession
• Business q and a with John Willis
• Sewing best practices and demos
• Cheese making demo
• Fencing tour
• Holler Roost
• Solar Build
• Impromptu rabbit processing
• …melding of the minds

Get off your ass

BreakTHROUGH

“I dont want to leave - also I CANT WAIT to get home and start some things.

And the whole time I was kicking around doing 75hard, and talked to a participant about it - turns out she has tried twice,

The shift was to How Can I

It wasnt the fellowship, the hijinks, the rum tasting, the torrential rains help at bay by Tajmaholler. 

We didn’t care - we asked what next?

It wasn’t the fabulous food from right here, or the build your niche business presentation, or dog bite demo – we asked what can we do?

It wasn’t the quiet morning coffee because we had late sleeps, or the roasted pig, or the wild edible walk, we asked what do I want to build – then we turned to someone close to us and talked about it.

New connections

Better ideas

A fire lit under our butts

So, in the words of John Willis, I ask: What Are You Doing Next? I am doing 75Hard to increase my mental discipline – and whatever else it brings.

What are you doing today, tomorrow, next week? What thing are you ready to tackle? What do you want to build?

Really, I ask you – What are you doing next?

Make it a great week!

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

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