Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Guys, I had one hell of a day today - and mostly not in a good way. By 5pm, I still was unable to record the show. It is rare that so much bad stuff comes up that I cannot record, but it happened today. So a close couple of friends asked me: "Why not do a replay?" And I thought about it and realize this: I NEEDED to re-listen to "Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life," so why not do a replay of that episode for all. We all have weird, yucky stuff happen from time to time - and it is a good reminder to make what you can of it when it does. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Putting lambsquarter seeds out Potatoes are going in the ground this week, along with a rose bush I got, rosehips Speaking of which: The last potatoes from the prepper pantry are either getting planted or eaten What's in Season Watercress Chickweed Dandelion, deadnettle, stinging nettle, plantain Keeping my eyes out for dryad's saddle mushrooms Operation Independence Duplex Other things Topic: Replay - Change Your Narrative, Change Your Live Song: Feed My Hunger Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we have a fantastic guest and a fantastic topic. Sue Zoldak founder of The Zoldak Agency joins us to talk about setting up your business for success. Sue started her own ad agency in 2016 due to...client request. She has since gone 36 months without a corporate paycheck. She is also the founder of a networking group she started with 40 friends and now, 5 years later, is 1,400 people deep and one of the most well known in her industry. She is an adjunct professor in digital strategy at George Washington University. Direct Download I first met Sue at a workshop we were running and she was positioned to me as a competitor. As it turned out, she was fun to talk with, knew a helluvalot more than I did about digital marketing, and is one of those people who approaches life with a prosperity for all mindset. She saw the client as someone who needed a win and turned into a powerful force to help them as best she could - and she welcomed other people helping them in different ways. Make it a great week! Sue on the Web Web: www.thezoldagency.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezoldakagency/ Web: www.suezoldak.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/szoldak/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suezoldak/ Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

It is the first Wednesday in March so we should be doing a new topic, but I feel like plants got the shrift last month with those 3 missing days, so we are doing the second in a two part series on 8 plants to grow in your yard or on your homestead. Today I will share with you the final four plants. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Website migration update Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com. I have gotten some great show topic suggestions that you will hear soon! Main topic of the Show: 8 Plants You Should Grow in Your Yard, part 2 Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

If you don't know who the TN GSD crew is, they are a group of friends who sometimes get together at one place or another and help kickstart a project. They've done site visits, plans, aquaponics builds, a composting toilet and had lots of fun along the way doing it. So what makes this community different? We will talk about that in today's show as well as ways you can start developing your own community --- or finding one like it. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Using up stewed tomatoes: Sweet Potato Chili Normal Chili with Crowder Peas Preparing the potatoes to go in the ground (link to post in show notes) Hoping this freeze is the last real one for the year so we can bring out the overwintered banana plant and the water hyacinth Elderberry syrup in rotation as I feel seasonally challenged What's in Season Early Spring Plant Roulette Update: It's cold and the peas are thankfully not up Dandelion greens Watercress (will beat back a bit from the cold) Stinging nettle Tales from the Booze Whisperer Spices in drinks Stump the Sauce How to skim cream off of milk Operation Independence What goes around comes around - GSD Weekend at Brett's - But more on that in today's show Energy Expert Answer Should I grab these free solar panels? Main topic of the Show: TN GSD Crew strikes again Kudos from Coffee Break: Song list on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4re3uS64zN04patCYB3SlD?si=FN6aCWdeStCHh9F3JZW-dw Make it a great week! Song: 911 Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday and a Thought of the Walk day. It has been a long couple of weeks selling random things and seeking to rent my duplex apartment out and this has gotten me to thinking about how technology is changing human behavior. It may seem like i am down on technology - I am not. But I do think we need to be aware of how we come across when we use it so that we are using the technology, not letting it define us. Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is the first in a two-part series about 8 plants that you should grow in your yard or on your homestead if you can. Some of these are "wildly available" and others domesticated but all of them serve a culinary purpose. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday on Instagram 4 of the 8 plants you should grow Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

It is easy to be sucked in by the siren's call of being busy and checking things off your list — but are you viewing your time as an investment? We will talk about that and more today on Living Free in Tennessee. Workshop registration Tales from the Prepper Pantry Bugging in happened – almost had to tap into my condensed milk – which we need to rotate through What I put in the car Working through the green beans Making Sweet potato chili Method: weekly assessment of what needs to be used up and freezer audit season What's in Season Watercress Duck eggs (also at the workshop) Lettuce Green Onions Wild Garlic 1st spring dead nettle popped up Tales from the Booze Whisperer Segment Stump the Sauce Sick of homemade vinaigrette – ideas for different salad dressing? Operation Independence DAS WEBSITE – on last task (that is of course taking longer than ever expected) Creative Outlet: Alzheimers, friends, singing, lifting your spirits (how that plays into independence) Main topic of the Show: ROI on Your Time Make it a great week! Song: Belly Dancing Vamp Tune, by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today April Ray of Radiant Acres joins me to talk about transitioning to the homestead from city living ---but not quite. Many folks need to have one person working a full time job while the other gets the homestead up and running. April and her husband and three children live in Hampshire, Tennessee, a tiny town an hour outside of Nashville. Four years ago, after living their entire lives in big cities (Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles), they moved out to the country with a desire to grow their own food and be more self-sufficient. But April's husband, Nick, kept his day job in Nashville and they've learned to be both city and country dwellers at the same time. They've discovered that homesteading isn't an all-or-nothing venture. Self sufficiency doesn't happen overnight. Instead, there's a long period of learning, growing, adventuring, failing, succeeding -- and commuting -- that takes place on the journey. https://www.facebook.com/raydiantacres/ Instagram @raydiantacres

Today, I will share with you how I go from seedling to plant in the ground, talk a bit about garden bed preparation, how to know when it is time and care of newly transplanted plants. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce Sausage Hash and Roast Beef Hash Main topic of the Show: Transferring Seedlings Into Your Garden Prepare the ground How to know when it's time How to transplant Care after transplant Do the same with store plants! Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we will go through several things you can to do get your head right and enjoy the darkest days of winter. Seasonal Affective Disorder is not a fake thing, but it is something you can take on and change your narrative. So, let's do this! Tales from the Prepper Pantry Not using canned vegetables as much and here is why Audited what we have canned and in the root cellar and integrated them into the workshop menu Watercress is slow in the creek but growing well in the AP system Lost 2 heads of lettuce - left the cover off Should be doing sprouts but I am not… need to kick that into gear What's in Season Watercress Wild Garlic Nettles are almost ready Mushrooms Tales from the Booze Whisperer Segment from David Oswalt Stump the Sauce My french press makes the coffee taste like ash...? Operation Independence We have applications in for the duplex and it will be done by the end of this month! (A bit on rental income and the pros and cons) Main topic of the Show: Chase Away the Wintertime Blues Make it a great week! Song: SURPRISE!! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce