Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today I run the audio from a live video shot with Amy Dingmann of a Farmish Kind of Life. We will do these discussions monthly and you get it as a bonus podcast. This episode has explicit language. Sunday at 9pm EASTERN - I will be live here with Toolman Tim! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaD5Z3VVY4 Shit that really happens on the homestead Cost of feed OMG EVERYTHING BROKE Entitlement Mentality from Listeners  "Amy, you need to talk about current events more because you have a platform you should be using for 'good'." Nicole “Don’t say fuck on your own show because I don’t like it Flouncing “Remove me from your group because I don't like what you said” (Can you be a bigger victim than this?) Get off your ass Telling me you don't have time to do something you "really want to do/start/change", but spending HOURS online chatting/posting. DUDE. I see your constant posting in the chats all day long when I scroll back through. STAHHHHHP. Media Sucks Unprecedented Ukraine is not panicking people enough so we have a new, more transmissible combo variant! 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 Today we talk about the past week on the homestead. Projects, livestock, stories and more in order to serve as an inside look at what homesteading is really like. Get your Self Reliance Festival and Hog Processing Workshop Tickets before the early bird price expires Forage & Gardens Watercress Green Onions Kale Stinging Nettle Morel season arrives Food Storage/Pantry Freeze drying milk once again Making ready to eat meals Seasonal shift from root cellar to house due to temperature Livestock Put my processing pants on BIG decision you all saw coming Poultry classes/Turkey Day/ Sustainable meat chickens Rabbits due in 2 weeks POOP! Grow AP planted IBCs incoming despite everything breaks week Upper garden update/rain Seeds starting and cuttings Infrastructure Living Fence Update Fencing the pond Sheep plans Holler Neighbors/Community Processing weekend and collaboration on food The story of moving feed Gas prices and the weekly milk Finances Feed prices are up Chicks are more than double from last year More went out than came in this week, BUT the cow finances are looking GREAT 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

Billy Bond and John Willis join me today for a replay of yesterday’s livestream. We talk about growing food, mindset and navigating inflation on this episode. New monthly livestream with Amy Dingmann: Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6l_E-iyl1c Odysee: https://odysee.com/afternooontea:b4fb3f0b9d796603b1c18e87e0b1c2255502727c Flote: https://flote.app/user/Nicolesauce/live Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Stump the Sauce From Corey about finding wholesalers Main Topic: Tuesday Live with Billy Bond and John Willis What is up with these livestreams? Resources: Special Operations Equipment Permapastures Hog Processing Registration Self Reliance Festival Registration 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.  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

The last two years, I have seen friends take on smoking and drinking addictions and whip them into submission. As part of the journey, I realized a few things about addictions in my own life. Today, I share them with you. Webinar for April: Getting Started with Freeze Drying: April 10 at 4pm CT Livestreams this week: Tuesday Live: Billy Bond (12:30 CT): SOE and LFTN Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g New Concept with Amy Dingmann: Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters: LFTN YT and Flote:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g Tales from the Prepper Pantry The failed jar of tomato sauce (Video out tomorrow) Freezer Audit/preparation for pig day is complete Prioritizing eating up of the older items: 2021 beef, pecans from Kurt, other items Freeze dried smoked chilies anyone? Precooking chilies and stews for LFTN 22 Forage this week SNOW Operation Independence Side Hustlin to earn some extra cash Exit and Build Land Summit it May Main topic of the Show: 5 Addiction Lessons Mental vs Physical Addiction Physical finite, mental takes time Every day a choice Not just chemicals you consume (Meth, sugar, social media endorphins, helping, etc) When does it become addiction? When it runs you instead of you running it. Addressing root problems If It Was Easy You Would Not Be Addicted Every day choice = a grind Using food for emotional things  Sugar/chocolate Moderation vs not at all The Change Must Come From Within—And Help Can Come From Without Court orders Doing it for your spouse, child, etc Hitting Rock Bottom is different for everyone Speakers AA and other methods Support and boundaries Forgiveness The only forgiveness that matters is your own Focusing on faster resets Every day is a choice Happiness and Enjoyment Establishing new rewards systems Having fun in different ways (Bar story) Some stuff just wasn’t fun and you never realized it Rebuilding health (Mental and physical) Membership Plug MeWe reminder 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 the past week on the homestead. Projects, livestock, stories and more in order to serve as an inside look at what homesteading is really like.   Webinar reminder: Assessing your property for microclimates   Email homesteading questions to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com   Forage Friday Foraging Frenzy: dead nettle, watercress, dandelion greens Spreading seed foraged from last year   Food Storage/Pantry Milk Story Freeze Dryer cycle reboot   Livestock Decided Sheep Winter bedding problem   Grow Garden meeting Finished pollarding Eggs are increasing with the light   Infrastructure Pond fencing progress Weed control set up for living fence AP Plan for hillside garden Weedcloth   Better Living Post construction cleanup Dog training.Cycy update   Finances More is going out than coming in (feed/grain, infrastructure, and bedding)   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 I am joined by Charles the Humble Mechanic and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment to discuss getting your business house in order no matter what the current environment. Reminder: Member Webinar this coming Sunday: Assessing Your Property for Microclimates with Kerry Brown, Sign Up The show is growing as a resource for improving your life, homesteading, and self reliance. Language happens New Wednesday format Extra Show this week Stump the Sauce This isn't really a stump the Sauce question but can you talk more about vacuum bagging your dressed chickens? Pros, cons, and maybe what to look for like the size for whole birds, and what else you've found it useful for. I know these machines are expensive and you are the only person I have ever heard even mention them on any show I listen to. Love the show and your coffee made great Christmas gifts. Keep up the good work. (Eric) My vacuum packer: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/vacpak-it-vmc10op-chamber-vacuum-packaging-machine-with-10-1-4-seal-bar-and-oil-pump/186VMC10OP.html Bird size Bone damage (Bone shields) 5ML bags or thicker: https://vacuumsealersunlimited.com/shop/commercial-chamber-vacuum-sealer-bags-pouches/5-mil-chamber-bags/6-x-9-flairpack-500-chamber-vacuum-sealer-bags-case-of-1000/ Oil changes not hard Main topic of the Show:  Fireside Chat with Charles the Humble Mechanic and John Willis Resources:  Charles the Humble Mechanic Special Operations Equipment Self Reliance Festival 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.    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 discuss getting ahead of the urgent by doing your homework, as well as communicating when schedules slip. Live with The Humble Mechanic and John Willis, Tuesday at 12:30 CT Microclimates Webinar with Kerry Brown, Sunday, March 13 at 3pm Central SelfRelianceFestival.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Road food fail STILL SEEKING to reorganize the freezers Reconfiguring the above chest freezer storage this coming weekend Lots of green beans to eat - not sad about this Scored a beautiful Bok Choy from the Stoltzfuss farm at Rogue - so nice to have something fresh to cook Forage this Week - not much has changed Watercress (but flooding) Dead nettle Chickweed Dandelion greens Operation Independence Post Rogue Assessment - lost money - next steps (Profit was -$455) Main topic of the Show: Do your Homework We haven’t had a hard conversation in a long time. You know the one I mean - the one I mean. The one where we are honest with ourselves. Just got back from Rogue - got me to thinking about doing my homework (explain the coffee situation there and what we did) Then starting thinking about SRF 1 and 2 and ways we could have better equipped sponsors, vendors and attendees with information in advance of the festival and realized we had more homework to do as well as a 9 hour drive. I am very good at handling changing demands of an event with grace, but if I do my homework, there are fewer of these issues. What do I mean by doing your homework? Post meeting follow ups the same day Preparing a thank you note in advance of an event where one will be needed gets that small but important task done Thinking through big projects and identifying production needs, then doing them BEFORE deadline Looking into the background of people and things that you must know about to be successful (SRF Speakers) Establishing project goals and planning how to achieve them Setting up systems so that post event items get cleaned and stowed efficiently The list is endless. And therein lies the rub. The key to finding success and easing your life by doing your homework is knowing which homework you truly must do. If you don;t change your hvac filters, you end up with a huge mess. Likewise, if you do not thank your sponsors or other supporters, you damage the relationship.  And usually these kinds of problems stem from not doing your homework in advance. Usually these things keep us from doing our homework: Fear of failure Overcommittment or overwhelmedness Disorganization Distraction Depression All are excuses when you embrace who is in control of your life and schedule. So how then, do we hold ourselves accountable while maintaining that all important health-relationship-work-fun balance? Separate the important form the busywork (Example - coaching call transcript vs coaching call summary. Speaker confirmation and communication vs internet sleuthing for more on the speaker) Establish your baseline: what must always be done (Example - coaching call must always have a post call write up the same day) Set up the system that empowers the homework: (Example - schedule coaching calls with an additional hour or two for the post call write up) Make the promise to yourself (I WILL do or die this thing) The hard step: follow through.  Communicate better - underpromise and overdeliver rather than over promise and underdeliver. Eg - someone wants something now From planning events, to executing things well on your homestead, to interacting with people better - homework is something that is easy to put off. Part of this is because we are expected to do things that are busy work - like filing our tax reports. And because things like taxes come with a heavy consequence if you do not do the busywork, we have become trained to not separate the true homework that is important from the busywork that it is easy to assign ourselves because we feel good when we do it. You know - that endorphin rush you get when you click things off your list?  But imagine what it is like when you DO set yourself up for doing your homework? Think of how SRF check in will be when we have everyone with parking passes in advance. When vendor spaces are on a map and assigned? Or think of how easy it is to add people to your table when you have a plan for dinner and a deep pantry? Or how about when you have a template email ready to go to confirm things? All of these sorts of structures happen when you do your homework. But you have to do it or it will never get done. Membership Plug MeWe reminder 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 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 have something new: a monthly chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis. These First Tuesday talks are at 12:30 CT and we stream them live on various video channels. Be prepared for the f bomb in these episodes. Headed to rogue Food Conference this weekend. Get your tickets for the June 11-12 Self-Reliance Festival Stump the Sauce Feedback from Jon in West Virginia on Siloing. Main topic of the Show:  Fireside Chat with Jack Spirko and John Willis Connect with us! Jack Spirko, The Survival Podcast John Willis, Special Operations Equipment Nicole Sauce, Living Free in Tennessee Why we are doing this new show series and what do you think? Covered on this episode: Proper prepping Unkraine Coffee Building a Business Finding Employees 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.  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

We have had two permaculturists out to help review what we are installing at the Holler Homestead. Kerry Brown and Nick ferguson. Today, I run through the list of things that we have to do and will describe how we move on when the list is bigger than the pocketbook. Show Resources: Kerry Brown: Strong Roots Resources Nick Ferguson: Homegrown Liberty Weekend things in March: Planting Ausage for the living fence this coming Sat, 1pm Processing Pigs (no class) March 19 - come and help if you want GSD Weekend: March 25 - Sat and Sunday (Bonfire, operation eyesore, outdoor shower, installing power, hanging lights. RSVP to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Tales from the Prepper Pantry Chicken tastes good again Illness in the Holler Roemertopf Beef Roast Recipe of the week Freeze Dryer Update (busy times) Re-upping milk subscription Missing fresh veggies from the garden and need to start seeds now Spring Forage Chick weed Dead nettle Watercress Dandelion greens Operation Independence Taxes Main topic of the Show: Permaculture Debrief Process: Goals discussion, walk about, the rain event Hillside Garden/Aquaponics/Water Feature French Drain Outlet Erosion Issue Fodder Trees - Camping Area Fodder Trees Elsewhere Food Forrest  Pond Area and Sheep/Goats Fig Hedge Membership Plug MeWe reminder 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 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

Russia invaded the Ukraine - that is what the headlines say. For days, I have watched people hyper focus on this international event. Then the joke memes started. Then the prepper facebook group got amped up about getting prepared via purchasing all the things. Then more humorous memes happened. Then it was Friday - and I had extra time to spend on something. And I had a decision to make.  Today, I will share with you how I am moving beyond the crisis reporting drama of this world event to do my best to focus on the things that will move my life forward despite the fight with Russia, or the Ukraine, depending on which side is the side du jour. Connect on Social: t.me/lftnupdates https://mewe.com/join/lftn https://flote.app/user/Nicolesauce Resources:  Investable Wealth:  https://www.investablewealth.com/ukraine-invasion-war-is-profitable/ What the Hell Is Actually Going on in the Ukraine, Jack Spirko Main Topic: Living with War War sucks - and what happens next from our country’s leaders to this altercation could have a pretty dramatic impact on our lives. Or very little. And the hell of the matter is that it is entirely out of our control. So, then, how do we live with war? Situational awareness vs obsession (Time is investment) What does war mean if it happens? Profit opportunities (John’s email) Terrible loss of life - military activation We are not as tough as we once were and this is a problem If it goes on: supply chain issues for things that are not easily available/made here Violence against us citizens abroad and possibly on us soil  What if it doesn’t happen? We know something will happen - just not how far the US admin will go If you go all in on “we are going to war” and it does not happen - you lose If you make decisions motivated by fear, they are usually the wrong ones So what do you do? What can you do? Time is an investment. Investing time in learning resilience is something that pays off forever, no matter what happens. Learning new skills will help you if we seriously go to a wwIII scale war. Investing is personal and community stability is worthwhile. Invest in relationships Keep moving your life and your community forward  Situational Awareness is key - obsessing on wargames will only undermine your success (Jack Spirko’s video) 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