Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

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

Being gone every single day, forward momentum, jerky roosters, preparing the homestead for being gone, and last round of harvest. Feature Event: MWPP Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com - Jack’s is Back! https://hollerroast.com/product/bourbon-cooled/ Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx Forage Why forage How to make salves Livestock Even keel Baby lambs are vibrant Looking at adding 2 ewes and selling or processing Cloudy Duck Jail Baby ducks are escape artists - Panic mode and duck gates Rabbit overload Grow Things slowing for the fall Basil harvest Need to pot up things for inside Willow propagation Banana Tree Process Harvest meals Pork chops Buying Keto Snacks like it is a teenage road trip/the ICU story Holler Neighbors/Community Packup and the washing machine Seeking help for animal processing The cast iron pipe and my rental Infrastructure Nothing Finances Nothing to report 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  

Today, I talk with David Hughes about how he built a successful nut tree empire!  Sponsors John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr  EMP Shield: Empshield.com Coupon Code LFTN  Featured Event: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/ Show Resources https://rockbridgetrees.com/ Main content of the show My name is David Hughes, AKA Farmer Dave. I have been a market grower for 25 plus years and nurseryman for 14 plus years. I own and operate Rock Bridge Trees on 8 1/2 acres in Bethpage, TN, selling to customers all over the country. We specialize in Pecans, Hazelnuts, Hickories and other nut producing trees and would love to teach the small-space homesteader how to make their property self-sustaining through the power of nut trees and growing slow food. Why grow nut trees on the homestead? What kinds can be grown? Where and how can they be grown? Do I grow for myself or for a market? How much work is involved in growing nut trees? How do nut trees work with livestock? 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

What do you do when a good friend calls and says, can I drop by? If you have the space, you make t. So excited that Toolman Tim was driving by my house today. We took an hour to catch up, then recorded my podcast. It was a topic that he was well-versed in. I hope you enjoy it! Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Livestream Schedule  Monday, 3pm - Episode 796: What It Takes To Build Community - Or Anything  Tuesday, 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Andrew from Combat Training Art and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment. LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams SOE YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SOEtacticalgear/streams  Thursday, 7pm - SRF Live! Come hear about the food, the fun, and the features! SRF YT: https://www.youtube.com/@selfreliancefest/streams LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams SOE YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SOEtacticalgear/streams  Friday, 10:30am - Homestead Happenings You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b Main topic of the Show: What It Takes To Build Community - or anything 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  

Lamb husbandry, new life, getting ready for fall, fire ants! Featured Event: Sunday Speaking Gig at the Spencer MAG - and a message to you! Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Forage Passions fruit is on the vines Last rounds in the next 2 weeks on: mint, yarrow, passions flower, comfrey, stinging nettle, blackberry leaves, lemon balm Marking the jerusalem artichokes  Livestock Chickens in holler roost need their wings clipped (Or processing) REALLY need to process rabbits New Baby Sheep: Lamb Chop (Rack and Rib) Sheep Decisions/Sheep husbandry Baby Ducks are free to the yard as of yesterday (Playing it by ear on when to combine) Fire ants in the garden Homestead Meals Last? Round of salsa from Holler Hot peppers Crockpot Lamb Ribs Garden Saute - Malabar spinach Grow Closing down areas: How we do it Lettuce looks good Late squash harvest Holler Neighbors/Community Ride share to the MAG Saturday Night Holler Neighbor Dinner Infrastructure $60 to hard fence a tough area (context: reels are about 150 each w braided wire we use) Finances 5 bags of food a month for babies: $100 for September Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift! Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/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

Today we will discuss how I built a rental business while at a relatively low-paying job. I will also talk about some things I have learned about rentals along the way. We will also cover our usual Monday segments. Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: Permies.com Your ref code to promote the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/low-tech-0?ref=9bl6gk  Details on the earlybird rewards: https://permies.com/wiki/earlybird Sponsor 2: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr  Livestream Schedule Monday, 3pm, NOTE: I changed the time due to my evening Choir schedule Tuesday, 12:30pm: LIVE with Pat Watson of Uncensored Tactical and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment  Friday, 10:30am: Homestead Happenings - We have BABY SHEEP!!!  Tales from the Prepper Pantry Really need to kick Up cheese production for the winter So. Much. Food. Power Pantry Webinar  Weekend Eaten Up with Roaster Repair- so less forward momentum on harvest. Creek Mint Fall restock will happen in the next four weeks or so (How we do this) Weekly Shopping Report From Joe I gassed up on Friday, and spent the usual $3.899 per gallon of untainted regular at Weigels. Traffic was moderate, and the weather was nice. All of the drink coolers are working at Dollar Tree, and they are well-stocked. The health aisle looks pretty full too, with a good supply of generic OTC meds.  A 2x4x8 remains at $3.68 in Home Depot. I'm not sure I saw any AA or AAA Lithium batteries, but they have plenty of alkaline, and they do have Lithium coin cells and CR123s. The store was normal-busy. Aldi was last. We found what we wanted. They even had a little bit of 70% chocolate in stock again. Staple prices were: milk: $2.82, eggs: $1.03, heavy cream: $4.69, butter: $3.19, OJ: $3.19, bacon: $3.99, potatoes: $5.99, sugar: $3.09, flour: $2.19. Frugality Tip from Janet - who just started a sewing podcast This one can help keep things tidier in your bathroom too! I save little slivers of soap in a jar in the bathroom. When I make a batch of homemade liquid hand soap with a bar of grated soap and a gallon of water, I add all the little slivers to the batch and use them up that way. Operation Independence Three sheep were born, Lamb Chop and Two Unnamed Girls! Main topic of the Show: How I Built a Rental Business with a $25,000/Year Job It was the early 2,000s and I was living in an apartment with a roommate. I was in my late 20s and had rarely lived without roommates - that was how I made money work. Background: Grew up helping Dad with rental properties Took jobs cleaning and painting in college because they were flexible Was an excellent tenant KNEW I wanted to eventually have rental properties Learning the Trade: Befriended someone who managed several rentals and helped with property management. Standardized agreements Standardized paint colors Standardized policies/template agreements Garbage disposals, ceiling fans, and appliances The “Move in fee’ Month to month versus leases Screening services Mentorship and My First Home Qualified for $150k on my 25000/year salary with good credit Could only really afford 100k when I looked an finances At this time, houses in the “wrong” part of town fell into that category How I got the first home How I kept the first home (Roommates) Remodeling myself It was 2006 and the mortgage market was playing free and loose with loans – New state, Tennessee. I found myself becoming a landlord across the country. Established a long term goal: ongoing revenue in old age, 10 units Mid 30s and still had roommates Went in on a duplex in Nashville with a 50-50 partner in an undervalued part of town. It needed work and updates. Established a property manager I trusted (words on this) Bad experiences happened when I let folks in with former evictions I let folks in with criminal history I let folks in with bad credit I did not check monthly Bought the Holler and my former Nashville Home became a rental - the NEW DAWN Standardized policies No exceptions to screening rules Hired a lawyer for rental agreements Standardize paint colors, ceiling fan, garbage disposal, appliances policy Immediate eviction notices for late rent Philosophy: strict adherence to contracts from the start Financial goal per property: Positive cash flow, not long term asset appreciation Today, we rarely have issues and use time between tenancy to implement maintenance. The approach is that it is better to be empty a bit longer than to have a bad renter experience. There is still improvements to do on each property and we update things as extra budget happens.  Speaking of finances: for 20 years, most money from the rentals goes back into the rentals, which are nicer than my personal home. By choice. To build this long term into ongoing revenue for when it is harder for me to work. Today I have 4 and if you think about it, by having Tactical in my guest house, I STILL live with a roommate. In my 50s. Because that is one of the BEST ways to quickly improve your financial situation quickly and leverage the money toward rental property acquisition. 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

Leaves are starting to turn on the trees that turn the earliest. It is the time to pay attention to cherry leaf drop. Indeed, fall is not here, but the weather has turned a corner in Tennessee to cooler nights and mornings. AC is off more than on. Fresh air in the house makes everything fee better. Animals are friskier and garden plants are doing a last push. Strategically, we are reducing time needed on the homestead to care for things so that one person can more easily manage it. Featured Event: Homestead Advanced Wound Care with Chuck Peoples: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/?aff=nicolesauce Sponsor 1: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Forage Missed my tree shaking Goldenrod is everywhere Nettles are ready for harvest Mints, etc still harvestable Grabbing Yarrow Echinacea Seed collection to start additional patches Chicken of the woods this week Livestock Baby sheep playing this morning Really close to another round of babies Timing rotation so that the sheep are easy to get to for SRF Starting to rotate goats again when fencing is simplified Deer season is nigh and there are many in the area Time to process rabbits Picking up a rooster or two (Need leg bands to mark them) Time to put on ear tags for the new lambs Grow Lettuce is up and needs thinning - transplant to the AP system May have enough peppers to do another round of salsa Getting ready to prepare beds for spring planting Preparing bed for garlic Last brussels sprout harvest this weekend Flowers did great this year Holler Neighbors/Community SRF Stage Assistance Filling in when we are gone The roaster repair Infrastructure Semi permanent electric fencing to make life easier (Making straight shots) Building a new rabbitry - need to put pine tar on the structural wood (Making a big mess under Tajmaholler Finances Expensive chicken eggs are night - Today is the earliest day for eggs Tracking system is working well Andy has sheep shares  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

Today we talk about choosing freedom, finding the right kind of community, keeping up with life, and setting yourself up to live in a way that is healthy for you with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment. Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com VIP Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/ StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBEL COUPON CODE: LFTN Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee LifeDoneFree 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  

In this podcast, Brian from The Lots Project shares his journey of building a desired lifestyle through simplicity and sacrifice. They discuss the importance of focusing on the life you want to build, self-reliance events like the Back to the Land Festival, food storage, grocery delivery services, frugality tips, growing plants, creating a network of campsites, and the freedom to explore. They also reflect on underground networking and announce plans for rebranding and new projects.

Today we talk about Managing the homestead while down one person, new infrastructure for the animals, impending birth and more! Featured event: Homesteaders Meetup Sat at 4:30 here - info at LivingFreeinTennessee.com Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa Forage Paw paw time Livestock Bruny is getting close - her udder is growing Time to process another round of rabbits Where to look when the sheep go missing Almost time to integrate smallest ducks which makes management easier Grow Having trouble getting harvest in while working in Nashville on my duplex Lettuce is germinated just need to keep it going through times of no rain while the plants are small Fall beets look horrible Peppers are slow Storing basil in the kitchen Ginger is up Holler Neighbors/Community Meetup for our local freedom cell on Saturday at 4:30 Played a new game - world without Rule of Law Infrastructure New chicken waterer - Cement tray with water - then put in a 5 gallon bucket, drilled a hole in the side to fill with a hose then turn it upside down. Easier to clean all the parts Installing semi permanent fence through the tree lines in the secondary property. If it works, will do more sections to make rotation easier. _Aluminum wire that will be charged when in us Finances Tracking is on point -  Focus on rental and home sale 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