Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, we have a special guest in the house: Shawn Mills. Remember way back when almost a year and a half ago when I had someone come look at my home to help me understand better what it might take to go off grid? Well, that was Shawn. Today we are going to talk about his off-grid lifestyle, as well as focus on things all of us can do to move that direction without committing to a 10k solar panel installation. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry I did not can tomato sauce because of a HUGE web project I am focused on. (The sauce trick) OMG THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE IT IS OVERWHELMING That venison loin we cooked What Mother Nature is providing Persimmons Paw paws are about done Watercress Still have late summer medicinals: jewelweed, goldenrod, etc… Stump the Sauce Lemongrass Operation Independence Traded for a kayak - stoked about it! Put in 6 hours on taxes. Still. not. Done. Landed a new deal for digital coaching that should be great for our ongoing stability and can be done from here. Main topic of the show: Off-Grid Mentality Can Improve Your Homestead with Shawn Mills Make it a great week! Song: The Flood by Sauce ### Resources Hack My Solar: Hackmysolar.com Tomato Sauce Making Cone Self Reliance Ministries Green Curry Tom Yum Soup Membership Sign Up CAC Team

Today, we will take a walk through the benefits of simply living. Simply living - as in simply living your life, not letting others live it for you. Why Simply living and not simple living? You gotta listen to find out! Tales from the Prepper Pantry 38 jars of salsa are canned Putting up tomato sauce this week Need to do an shelving overhaul in there The mud room is mostly full of jars, but some will go to our chili loving friends who put in on the chillies this year What Mother Nature is providing Goldenrod Beans beans beans and funny beans Damn the electrical company for spraying on my land PAW PAWS ARE READY - Stump the Sauce Rattle Snake Recipe Operation Independence Put up 39 pints of salsa for winter August was a record month for the airbnb Sticking to my guns on the weekly finance review Need to get taxes done The Bounty of Simply Living .... not having your life lived for you. Song: Strange Child, by Sauce ### Resources Membership Sign Up The Keychain CPR Masks Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life

Today we talk about preparing for winter, Christmas gift ideas, decision making with emotions, green chilipalooza and more! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Tomato canning Drying red runners Green chili weekend is this weekend: Salsa, canning chilies, roasting chilies, eating chilies What Mother Nature is providing A word on the fall garden Okra okra okra Jerusalem Artichokes are blooming - Lotsa tomatoes A final mullein, mint, lemon balm and comfrey sweep Jewelweed Stump the Sauce Coffee in soup Tales from the Booze Whisperer Using all the tomato water when canning Operation Independence Put up 26.5 quarts of tomatoes - $2 a quart including propane and lids (but not my time). Fridge win for the duplex Christmas is coming - gift ideas Custom bitters Coffee air freshener Jams and jellies Rustic Walking stick Elderberry Syrup kit: dried elderberries, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne pepper, honey The newly adopted family that visited and an update on Airbnb Making decisions by emotion Fall on the homestead = prepare for winter Song: Feed My Hunger by Sauce ### Resources Membership Sign Up Amish Coffee Soup 2016 Christmas Gift Ideas 2017 Christmas Gift Ideas 5 ways to prepare hatch chilies

And today, I have a fun interview to share with you. I talked to a friend, John Moody who boasts a background at the Farm to Table legal defense fund, has built a high tunnel on his land, and approaches homesteading with the simple idea that: don't make it harder than it has to be. He is about to release his book, the frugal homestead, and is an all-around fun guy to talk with! Direct Download What Mother Nature is providing Watercress is starting to come back Creek Mint Lots of veggies Fall Garden Time is Now What we are preserving this week Beans and corn. Lesson learned from canning sauerkraut Tales from the Prepper Pantry Scored another bushel of corn and canned it Need to insulate the exterior wall in the prepper pantry to see if temperature regulates better Ideas from the Booze Whisperer Hickory Smoked Bourbon and Lavender Simple Syrup Operation Independence We relaxed with friends this weekend and what started as a quiet visit expanded into a fun gathering What do do when you have people to feed and not enough eggs (Crepes) Conquered paper mountain!!! (Taxes are almost done because of this) Interview with John Moody, Author of Frugal Homesteading Song: Learning What Leaving Is, Sauce Resources Pre-order form for the frugal homesteader: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFqfumN4cWkjv3RMuuBuHZLivLgaFYJJRdPkuNjvUsxNSvCw/viewform Homesteader Handbook: https://homesteaderhandbook.com/ Booze Whisperer: BiltongForBreakfast.com Membership Sign Up: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/iump-subscription-plan/

Today, we will take a look at what it means to change your narrative into something that helps move you where you want to go. Resources Membership Sign Up What Mother Nature is providing Hot weather AND rain - perfect for fall garden if you can keep things going Tomatoes, beans and okra Swiss chard is ramping up Dill weed and other herbs More elderberries - still seeking 1 gallon Early season apples What we are preserving this week Canning tomatoes Sauerkraut canning Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canned jars are stacking up Garlic is ready to be stored - so it is inside It's hot in there - still haven't defrosted the freezer Tales from the booze whisperer What to do with canned peaches Operation Independence Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life Learn about frame or perspective: This is what those annoying people who love lemonade do. Define what is really important to your success and frame your personal narrative toward that. Learn how your behavior impacts those around you - and use that. Make it a great week. Song: Feed My Hunger, by Nicole Sauce

Today, I talk through the two types of canning and the 8 projects you can do to slowly build up your canning skills. Direct Download Resources: Resource for canning times and recipes Negroni Cocktail Brine recipe Carey Pressure Canner (It is $140 today -- keep your eye out for a sale) Membership Sign Up Make it a great week! Song: Mr Clammy by Sauce

Today, we will do a Holler Homestead roundup review and look into fall. That's right, it has been a few months since we took a look at my homestead here, how it is doing, and where we are going as we move into fall. Right now is when you should be readying your fall beds. Now is when you should be at least half wat finished canning your winter stores. Now is when you should be thinking – Christmas is coming, what will I make for gifts? And now is a great time for the quarterly assessment of your lifestyle goals. Direct Download Membership Sign Up: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/iump-subscription-plan/ What Mother Nature is Providing This is where we talk about what is coming off the land around us to enrich our lives. Passion flower: Goats have unearthed passionflower which will turn into passion fruit this fall Elderberries are coming on fast and I will miss harvesting some due to my business trip this week. All the vegetables: squash, beans, corn, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, swiss chard Sweet potato greens: Recipe and processing and the sifference from potatoes A tale of the megadill plants at Cider Hollow Farm What we are preserving this week This is where we talk about what we preserve, when we preserve it, and how we process it. Drying herbs On the road A word on recovering from Pneumonia and the relative level of activity a person can sustain (It's like altitude sickness) An aquaponics update A word on pests Balancing the system and what we did to fix it Funky germination Volume of food and what I will do differently next year Trellising Prune and layer things differently More purposeful layering More beds and not all the things in all the beds Tales from the prepper pantry Bee update: Wax moths and the related cleanup It's official, we are 1/3 ready for winter. 1 room is full of jars. Still pushing slowly forward on the reset for fall storage Operation Independence Three new ducks and a chicken Campground expansion in process #my3things is growing Headed to Houston for the week to earn money Summer at the Holler Homestead. Song: Every Way, by Sauce

Today, we have an exploration topic: Navigating tough communications and interpersonal relationships. What does that have to do with homesteading or independence? Well it turns out it has a lot to do with both those things. What Mother Nature is providing Squash bugs and vine borers have won yet again - the early heat wave. Tomatoes, green beans, okra, corn Elderberry, sumac berries, lemon balm Mimosa flowers are still going strong Still haven't seen blueberries Confession on garlic: You can't dig when you have pneumonia What we are preserving this week Buch update Drying sage, lemonbalm and peppermint Canning corn and beans Tales from the Prepper Pantry From last week: It's about time to re-organize all the canned goods and take an assessment Operation prepper pantry fury as Brian would say Defrosting the chest freezer will happen soon - as soon as I am well Listener Feedback Phone consultation question Listening twice Operation Independence Refined focus has helped despite losing weeks to illness. Increased the debt payoff allocation (emergency fund is back in place, had a good month with our Airbnb, paper sold the most ads ever this edition) Taxes are getting closer Topic: Navigating Tough Communication Song: Cilly Song

Today, we have a chat with the Tactical Redneck about the MBTI personality types and how he has learned from this way of categorizing people to improve his interpersonal skills at work. It is a fast interview paired with an update from Samantha the Savings Ninja.

Today, I want to talk about how focusing on a few things can help you get many things done. That's right. We have touched on this concept in other episodes, but today, I thought we could dive a little deeper. And what sparked this idea? Well, it is the new Facebook group, Living Free in Tennessee Coffee Break. This is where lots of listeners are starting to post up to 3 do or die items that they will get done that day to move themselves forward toward their long-term goals. Some of the things are small, like taking a walk every morning. Some are big: like put up 6 bushels of corn — or some crazy amount — that took that person three days, but she got it done. And people are posting pictures of their progress and sharing ideas. But why three? Why now? We will talk about that after our segments. What Mother Nature is providing Lots of tomatoes, cukes, squashes, onions, cabbage, greenbeans Mullein flowers have arrive and it is time to harvest Mimosa flowers are here – tincture Someone put a goat roast in my freezer and we are having a curry from that Potatoes are here but I hope to put off getting any until October because my storage area is not well enough insulated to keep those puppies cool Peaches arrived this week but I have not seen any blueberries. I fear the frost killed those What we are preserving this week Dried our runner beans so we can hull them (what happened last year) Should be canning corn, but I am sick and taking another week off – maybe 2. It's totally freaking me out Drying mullein flowers Bee balm would be coming on had I not killed it Making komboucha Karley / continuous style (see member portal for her fermentation video) Should be making pickles but again – sick Tales from the Prepper Pantry It's about time to re-organize all the canned goods and take an assessment Operation prepper pantry fury as Brian would say Defrosting the chest freezer will happen soon – as soon as I am well Operation Independence Updating the duplex: New deadline – end of August, and a trade Airbnb has been jammin Build Personal Productivity with #My3Thing Song: Special, By Sauce Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee LFTN Coffee Break