Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we talk about farming, lifestyle design, getting off your dime and more with Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal and John Willis. Today’s Sponsor: Live Free Academy - Check out this free webinar on Crypto Currency Reminder: Spring Workshop Prerelease tickets go on Sale Saturday at 9am   Fountain.fm Boost o grams Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee PorterhouseandTeal   Main content of the show Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/live/FMGRoZKwVAg?feature=share 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 talk with Sue Zoldak about how she has built the life she wants, her transition into Manhattan Living, and her new project counteracting big tech censorship.   Livestream Schedule This week 11:00 CT Tuesday Interview with Leigh Murphy on Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Zij38xC_c 12:30 CT Tuesday Live with John Willis and Porterhouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMGRoZKwVAg 9:30 Friday Homestead Happenings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBu6rt3RSQI   Show Resources Sign up if you are interested in a Mailchimp Alternative: https://veracausa.news/early-access-2 Zoldak Agency   Main content of the show: Interview with Sue   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

Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: rat poison, sheep,  Main content of the show From Jenni advice on being patient for the big picture when you want to see movement on your goals From Ken  and when to make a decision to take a loss and switch to a different goal From Nathan How do you prioritize your task list? Filling in the available time with forward progress and achievables, when things like {shortness of available time segments}{supply chain issues}{weather}{missing piece of puzzle} might otherwise leave one in a frozen "paralysis analysis" state. ?What helps you realize, that which might have temporarily sidelined does not necessarily grind you to a halt on every bit of your life simultaneously--unless YOU yourself DECIDE to stop your own progress. 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 new winter lives on the homestead, pregnant sheep, MUD SEASON, the portable sheep shelter and more. Today’s Sponsor: Freesteading.com Surprise live with Sue Zoldak at 5pm Central today: https://youtu.be/fTBL3IaOxqo Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Forage Lettuces from the Aquaponics system Red Sorrel is coming back (dragged the pots out into the rain) Ground Nuts Watercress died back but is reappearing Livestock 2 rabbits gave birth, 1 litter is still alive Pregnant sheep has an even bigger udder but no lamb yet Pairing off of other ewe with the ram is not going well so far (She runs away) Still have not clipped muscovy wings but it is time LGDs are sitting on command better - it is all we have worked on  Need to trim hooves Conserving hay as best we can - boys just moved to grassy area Chicken egg 3 in the last week - all we are getting Mortimer pulled his dewclaw open - treating it with topical antibiotics Harvest Meals Brisket baked in the oven Venison roast - bone in Lamb Shepherd’s Pie Winter on the Homestead Grass is coming back in Working on improving the animal water set up for rabbits (heat tape) and other anti water freezing things Nice warm spell right now - if it stays dry will do the final two garden beds Restocked on winter clothing during Black Friday sales Holler Neighbors/Community Game night was fun Animal Care Fill in for my concert Infrastructure Sheep shelter saga Update on fencing workshop Electrical for the shed - outlets not working and we are not certain why Cleaning out the workshop Finances $50 temporary shelter cost $50 and lasted 2 weeks, lumber that is not strong enough cost $ $ too so it is disappointing to have the failures of this kind 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 food shortages, inflation, aquaponics and aquaculture, panic prepping, 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/HKfWAOy8kSI 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 some homemade holiday gift ideas put together by the Holler Neighbors for this year. Today’s Sponsor, Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com Love listening to podcasts? Check out Paul Wheaton's huge bundle of podcasts, videos, and stuff so you can learn all about permaculture from The Duke of Permaculture himself!   https://permies.com/link/lftn   Livestream Schedule 9:30CT Tuesday Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis, TBD LINK Friday Homestead Happenings will be at 2pm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-dYtvlhFjo) LFTN Weekly Mail LFTN Spring Workshop Presale Dec 17 at 9am   Tales from the Prepper Pantry Cow is safely in the freezer Meal plan by broken vacuum seal VakPakIt brand Vacuum Sealer Update (No longer recommend and why) Cruisin’ through the canned goods (Almost out of stewed tomatoes, using green beans) Still need to do the year end resupply and the Cozi Tool I use   Weekly Shopping Report from Joe   There's likely to be yucky weather off and on all weekend, so we went during a pause in precipitation this afternoon (Saturday). Friday evening, however, a lot of the pumps at the Weigel's I use most often were bagged. I went to my secondary choice, and it was fine. A gallon of untainted regular had dropped to $3.999; this was at both stations.   Today's first stop was Dollar Tree. The drink coolers were in better shape, but still had a lot of empty spaces. They had lots of canned goods, but we didn't see any of the lentils we've previously seen there, and the only beans were Northern White. We hadn't bought any lentils in a while, so I don't know if they've been missing for longer. The store was otherwise normally stocked. It was also busier than we've often seen it, especially for a poor-weather day.   Home Depot was next. Every open area had islands with a lot of smaller items. The prices looked reasonable. We found the couple of items we wanted without difficulty. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.75.   Aldi was last. We found everything on our list, including heavy cream (at least two boxes in the cooler). Stock everywhere looked good. They have more of that generically-packed chicken.   Frugality Tip from Christina I find myself traveling quite a bit. Recently, I found myself on the road without good coffee (gasp!!!). Long story short - and leaving out the scary days of gas station coffee - I went to the store and bought a pack of coffee filters for $1.50 and a cheap coffee grinder. Someone could do this without the coffee grinder by also buying pre-ground coffee but I had a couple pounds of whole bean bouncing around the truck. I took out my trusty Coleman thermos, put a coffee filter in the top so it was hanging over an inch or so then filled it with coffee. I heated water and poured it through the filter. Voila! Redneck pour-over coffee. Hope this helps someone! I’ve learned so much from you and this community. I’m grateful to have a chance to give back.   Operation Independence Turned a corner from panic minimums to progress   Main topic of the Show: Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas   Past episodes on this topic: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2016/12/12/episode-15-five-country-holiday-gift-ideas/ https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2017/10/23/episode-54-five-homemade-holiday-gift-ideas/ https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2018/08/27/christmas-gift-ideas-emotions-winter-preparation/ https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2019/08/28/four-christmas-gift-ideas-to-start-now/ https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2020/10/21/four-homemade-gift-ideas/   Why homemade? Thoughts on the expectations surrounding gifts  Declare independence from debt, but have fun gifting people Toxicity and gifts   Ideas Pine shaving ornaments (Reference) Preserved lemons and decorated jar (10 lemons, ½ cup salt, water or lemon juice to pack) Clean lemons, put 2 tbsp salt in quart jar, cut lemons into a blooming onion in quarters, sprinkle with salt, pack, press, fill with liquid, seal and refrigerate) Juniper berries (Or other spices) Handmade walking stick Homemade granola (reference) Homemade tea blend in mason jar, or in a decorative bag with a tea infuser   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.    Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/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

Join me for a Homestead happenings update: pregnant sheep, assessing progress, rain has finally come, black garlic and more.   Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.com LFTN on Free Steading: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/   Forage Watercress  Creek Mint Garden lettuce and chard Roots Must plan garlic this week   Livestock Still no baby sheep but we have udders Set up Brownie with Brunie - no romance to date Rabbits due next week Ducks appear to be through the molt but still no eggs LGDs getting more training   Harvest Meals Holler Stew The Dry Roast Black garlic Sauerkraut pork roast   Winter on the Homestead Musical plants - still alive but not looking very good Collecting leaves and mulching Rains finally came and there is some green Kinds of wood and temperature in the house   Holler Neighbors/Community Fun Holler Neighbor Dinners Christmas is coming - let’s buy from each other   Infrastructure Outlet covers on water tank redo project, making it done and powering the fence Pulling perimeter fence one section at a time   Finances Local, grass fed beef for $4-5 a pound Buying a roll of fence   Assessing progress   Membership Plug   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!   Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/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 homesteading, community, using your mind to set yourself up for success, hard work, and more with Tag from Life Done Free and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment Show Resources Special Operations Equipment Living Free in Tennessee Life Done Free Youtube Freesteading.com   Main content of the show https://youtu.be/DrMihhskstA 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 are you waiting for? The New Year? Monday morning? Your next physical exam? The end of a particularly stressful time? Today is the day to start.    Show Sponsor: Paul Wheaton of Wheaton Labs and Permies.com   Paul Wheaton over at permies.com and Wheaton Labs wants you to see how easy permaculture can be! That's why he wants to share Michael Judd's webinar on water harvesting and soil building, so you can plan out your permaculture paradise!   For just 10 bucks, you can learn all about how to design water-harvesting swales and berms for your orchard and garden designs. You'll learn how to plan them out, how to create them, and all the reasons why it will make your gardens go nuts.   Check out the link in the show description to get your hands on this 90 minute masterclass in water harvesting earthworks design to make your landscape flourish with ease.   Learn how to harvest water and build your soil with simple landscape design principles derived from permaculture! Check out the webinar here: https://permies.com/wiki/171179/Water-harvesting-soil-building-webinar?f=495   Livestream Schedule Tuesday Live with Tag from Life Done Free - 12:30 Central Homestead Happenings - Friday at 9:30 Central   Tales from the Prepper Pantry Thanksgiving was so easy with a deep pantry - no fighting the crowds at the grocery store Cow arriving this week, had a closeout holler neighbor sale and deep cleaned one freezer Venisons are processed: 4 ham roasts (to be cured), ground, breakfast sausage, steaks The tinfoil story   Weekly Shopping Report No report this week   Frugality Tip from Margo So we just had a little Halloween party. I put out a veggie and dip tray. So I buy a celery and a bag of carrots and the like.  I cut up veggies for the tray and then make two bags to put in the freezer. One with the tops and such for stock and then dice up some veggies in another bag to add to soups and stews.  Use all the parts of the vegetables and save yourself some money in the long run.    Operation Independence Loading up on meat Thoughts on sheep and winter timing Christmas Gift Workshop Tickets, Dec 17 at 9 am   Main topic of the Show: The End is Near - What Are You Waiting For?   What are you waiting for? The new moon? The New Year? Monday?   Reasons to fail are many:   Reason to succeed are there too, but we often refuse to see them   The bigger question is this: why do we choose to fail? Lazy Easy Fear of failure - as in real failure Fear of success I don’t really want to do it   The big reason: Change=losing a piece of yourself   As we sit in a very significant week: Tactical’s first year   I got to thinking about all the excuses we make to delay starting - yet starting is often the only thing we need to do to succeed - as in start every day. Without fail. And when you do fail, start again. And again. And again.   This is the time of year when LFTN starts discussing the word of the year.   Episode with the word of the year   So questions come up:  Are you done with this year’s word of goals?    If yes, why not start early on next year? What is stopping you? What are you waiting for? You can do so much in the next 4 or 5 weeks.   If no, what do you need to do to focus on the most important things so that you DO finish your goals.   We often fail at new years resolutions precisely because we make a bigger deal out of the timing, rather than succeeding at the goal.   Back to T - We will be having a delicious steak meal on Thursday to celebrate one year of sobriety. And that celebration is a good thing.   But he didnt succeed by saying “Monday I will start”, or “Screw it, Christmas is around the corner, I will quit after that.”   He did it through making the hard decision every day, multiple times a day. He did it through addressing core underlying stressors. He did it by grieving a part of himself that will no longer be in his life - a part he sort of liked, I suspect.   And he started the last day of November when he realized NOW I will really make this improvement.   What about you? Are you ready to make your move? To Lose that weight? To cut those cigarettes? To add that side hustle? To plant that garden? To organize that house?    To let go of whatever you hang onto as part of your personality that keeps you delaying the start? To embrace that change is good - and also sometimes sad?   What are you waiting for? Today is your day.   Membership Plug   Weekly Newsletter   Make it a great week!   Song:   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 FreeSteading 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

Join LFTN listener, permaculturist, and Still Side Hustling Sam Billings as he tells the story of how he realized that a JOB is part of what he needs in place to build the life he wants. Show Resources Main content of the show Sam Billings got his permaculture design certificate in 2009 in College. He used that to create his own position on an Estate in Connecticut turning 2 acres of grass into a food forest. He then started a vegetable farm in Massachusetts, closer to his family. After the landowner could not continue to lease to him, he had to get a job working for someone else and create his homestead with his wife on nights and weekends. Turns out, that's the best balance he has found yet in his life. - What is Permaculture, but more important, what is it NOT? - How did "Big Permaculture" fail you? - What are some of the things you wished you had known when starting your own farm? (This one could be an episode in itself, we can hone it in) - What contributed to the closing of the farm? - How have you been able to restructure your work/life balance? - What's next? Membership and Coffee Pitch 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