Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today I am joined by Jenni Hill to talk about things she has learned through her battle with cancer about LIVING with dignity. Jenni is a member of the LFTN and TSP community living with Stage 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. While she introduced “The Word of The Year” to our community, she’s also exhibited her courage with being transparent and vulnerable in sharing her challenges and lessons she’s learned along the way. Resources Donate to Jenni's Recovery: https://venmo.com/u/Jennifer-Hill-470 https://www.facebook.com/jensparkles83 https://mewe.com/jennijoyful t.me/Ok_CalamityJen Q1: Give us an update on Jenni Q2: What are some things you’ve had to prepare for while getting ready and going through the treatment process? Q3: What sort of preparations did you make for yourself at home while having to navigate this alone? Q4: How did you navigate conversations with people who wanted to help? Did you get any push back on your decisions? Q5: Tell us some ways you took care of yourself when things were hard and overwhelming? Q6: What are some things you learned while navigating this experience? Q7: What advice or resources would you direct others to when thinking about end-of-life planning? Q8: How are you keeping yourself positive and motivated? Q9: What’s next?

Today we have a recording of the SMART Homesteading presentation I did for the Midwest Preparedness Project. I talk about organizing your projects in small segments and in a good order to get things done in your busy homesteading day. Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo:  Sponsor 1: Agorist Tax Advice: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa  Sponsor 2: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx Tales from the Prepper Pantry in Busy Times Weekly Shopping Report from Joe on Mewe Main topic of the Show: Smart Homesteading From MWPP Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link

How things went while we were away, winter is coming, escaping rams and more on today’s homestead happenings show. Featured Event: "🌟 Join us for a Freedom Cell Network Meet & Greet! 🌟 📅 When: Saturday, November 4th at 4:00 pm 📍 Where: 1370 Remsen Rd, Medina OH 44256 RSVP to: serenityminded@protonmail.com Sponsor 1: DIscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: StrongRootsResources.com Forage The final cycle of gathering herbs and spices How I dry them Watercress resurgence Marking jerusalem artichokes Livestock Escaping rams Animals and our being away - went smoothly Desperately need to process roosters Duck Jail Chicken eggs are started up Rabbits are due in a week Grow Peppers and tomatoes still on the vines - all else removed Outdoor lettuce and radishes Need to set up the inside grow Harvest Meals Prepackaged steaks Final Harvest Tomato Soup Holler Neighbors/Community Everyone pitched in for SRF Everyone is pitching in because I will be on a sudden road trip next week Infrastructure Plumbing Troubles Pulling outdoor dishwasher, shower, sink and turning off solar water heater Glamper  Finances Cow this month 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: 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

Sarah Thompson, homeopathy expert and founder of Inner Sea Homeopathy, discusses the principles of homeopathy and its applications in acute and chronic diseases. The frustrations of seeking medical help and recommendations for period supports are explored. The podcast also touches on working with Inner Sea Homeopathy, embracing authenticity and community in the virtual world, and effective marketing strategies.

Bear Independent and John Willis discuss topics such as coping with extreme heat, water prepping, challenges of survival seed vaults, shade cloth in gardens, building sizes, the reality of human trafficking, a fundraising event for Caleb House, water management and storage, radio communications for disaster relief, ham radio vs GMRS radios, mischievous behavior of goats, and the importance of sharing knowledge and appreciation.

Today we have a content creator’s roundtable, with Brian Aleksivich from The Lots Project, Backwoods Butcher, and Toolman Tim Cook. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr  Sponsor 2: Discount Mylar Bags: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx  Livestream Schedule Tuesday, 12:30 PM: Tuesday live with John Willis and Risky Chrisky Tales from the Prepper Pantry Restocked vitamins Planning meals based on pantry items for SRF so we stay healthy Putting up Tomatoes a la Geraldine Last summer garden harvest - this and that! Smoked Venison Roast Frugality Tip from Dan My first tip is to have gorilla tape, wherever you go. If you have quality pens that you can replace the ink, wrap it with as much tape as is comfortable for writing, and keep it until you use it. You never know when some formally tape is the difference between driving home and getting towed, which is a big difference of time and money. Also, who knows what other problems can be fixed for long enough to replace or properly fix the issue. It has saved my butt. Operation Independence Spending money to set a foundation for future success Main topic of the Show: Content Creator’s Roundtable Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link

Today is a super short, unplugged episode while I am away at the Midwest Preparedness Project giving a talk on the 15 minute homestead! 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 is a re-release of this episode because there were audio issues! 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

Today, I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast for a discussion on the dreaded October 4th test of the digital emergency network, building your business, irrigation ideas, raised beds and more. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival Digital Pass Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr Sponsor 2: Agorist Tax Advice: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa https://bit.ly/3hDFWpaShow 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, we talk about the definition of Homesteading and cover some principles that will help you build it into your life. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Festival going on right now in Slough Creek West-G2 Group Camp Site, Dr b, Ozawkie, KS 66070, USA Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: Strong Roots Resources, StrongRootsResources.com Livestream Schedule Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, 9:30am CT Tuesday.LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams Tales from the Prepper Pantry Not planning to do the “in-person”  Autumn resupply until after SRF as a matter of tidiness Dawn Gorham’s Tomatoes sparked an idea Managed to get more dried tea Zooming Out - A story from the networkI don’t know how I missed this, but it autoplayed on the perfect day. Because of timing, I’m not the person that “has a failed rabbitry and I know who I am” because in August I hadn’t yet let myself acknowledge that I have a failed rabbitry. I didn’t know I was that person yet, so Nicole couldn’t have been talking right to me. Could she? 😬My mushroom gig has been On Point! But one of these pictures is not like the others.The reality of the gorgeous golden oysters with perfect Renaissance lighting is that I took the picture at midnight and that was the only clean spot on the counter.. correction, only clean surface in the kitchen.. further correction, only clean surface on the first floor of my house. >>>Zoom Out Wednesday   Crockpot chicken stew with backs and legs Frugality Tip from Margot Don't you hate it when you reach for that tube of glue and it all hardened and you can't squeeze any out, then you pop it with a pin and glue your fingers together. Yeah me too!!  I now buy multi packs of small tubes of crazy glue (cheapest is the 4 pack at the dollar tree) or e6000 for ceramics and glass (cheapest I've seen this 4 pack is on Amazon, unless you got to JoAnn or Michaels with a coupon). The multi packs are usually the same price and you don't really cry when one of the little ones is hardened up, because you you have extra tubes. Operation Independence Got top-quality, organic hay for the sheep at $5 a bale Final Hipcamper of the season Main topic of the Show: Defining Homesteading You know what is outrageous? People telling other people that they are not “real” homesteaders for stupid reasons. Reasons like they do not have enough land. Or their barn is not cool enough. Or they don’t raise ALL their food from their land. Or they outsource butchering. Or they use electricity and are not off grid.  There are many reasons WHY people attack fellow homesteaders for not being PURE.  And it bleeds. It bleeds into the psyche.  I have heard from some of the baddest assedest homesteaders that they “feel” like they are not really homesteading. I mean, we are talking people from whom I have learned to make sourdough, or a better way to compost. People who have GIFTED me seeds they saved. People you probably follow. THEY are starting to doubt if they are homesteady enough. What is behind all this, anyway? I started digging through some comments that I found online about “real” homesteading and, not surprisingly, I found a bunch of accounts with few to no followers, no content, and probably run by the same person or small group of people.  Guys, some people are just better and the best thing you can do for your future is learn to step around bitter people. And this means NOT taking on any emotional baggage from some rando on the internet telling you how you must define “real” homesteading. It’s hard enough to keep all these heartbeats going without worrying about wether or not what we are doing is real. So what is REAL homesteading - some things that have tapped into the homesteader’s spirit in the last 150 ish years?  The Homestead Act perspective, 1862 Back to the land 1 Hobby farming The slow march corporatization of food and farming makes small, family farms rarer Small scale farming and back to the land 2 and 3 Backyard chickens, hippies, and organic food hipsters The question is NOT are you or are you not a “REAL homesteader, but rather how are you tapping into the homesteading spirit? Do you work for your home or does your home work for you? Gain value from your environment while living in harmony with it Heritage SkillsGardens, food livestock, etc   Suburban Lot Apartment Small acreage Larger acreage  >>>Seasonal