Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

So, this episode will focus on a man I have long admired in our area: Billy Kaufman of Short Mountain Distillery. Billy moved to Tennessee with a vision. What he started doing morphed into where he is today and we had a great talk about his distillery, the Haunted Woods event, and his journey from arrival to where he is today. There is so much to learn from how he has flexed and adjusted as he develops his farm into something beautiful. And while the what of he is doing has changed, his vision remains largely unchanged. It is a great example of how sticking to a vision over a tactic can help you launch the lifestyle you want. Tales from the Prepper Pantry The weather went from the low 90s to 60s in 24 hours and it is time Hen of the woods while at Dori’s place Tomatoes are finally on the agenda Getting Ready to extract honey What Mother Nature is providing Ap: Green beans, greens Harvesting a round of spices to dry for winter use Mushrooms Watercress  Chestnuts  Operation Independence Did a property walk and homestead plan with 40 Acres and a Cave which is giving me the data I need to offer more of these in the coming year - and it was so much fun I am dying to tell you about it. Paid off a card in the game of finance with a check that was very very very late in arriving. Launched Coffee of the Month Main topic of the show: Haunted Woods, Moonshine, and the Power of Vision with Billy Kaufmann Short Mountain Distillery Facebook Question: How are you surrounding yourself with doers or takers? Make it a great week! Song: Learning What Leaving Is, by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up CAC Team: cacteam.com

Today, we will talk about something a bit different: why we end each episode with make it a great week. We will also take a look at what that means for so many, and tell some stories along the way. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry It’s been a light week in the pantry with all the other projects underway Incoming visit from the Knifemaker (Get Patrick to check in). He showed me how to sharpen my awesome chef’s knife Hot as blazes so boxes are STILL in my office What Mother Nature is providing Green Beans Time to harvest sweet potatoes Chestnuts Stump the Sauce Meatloaf experiment and leftover scramble Tales from the Booze Whisperer A missive from over the pond Operation Independence Coffee of the month beans arrive TOMORROW!! Soft Launch is Wednesday Headed to 40 acres and a farm Main Topic: New tagline - Helping you to live the life you choose on your terms Song: Suicide by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign U: http://amishwisdom.com/amish-coffee-soup-kathleen-fuller/ CAC Team: cacteam.com

Today, I want to talk about progress and the fall. Winter is coming, but right now, we get to enjoy the fruits of our labor. More about that in the main show topic. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Reorganization Needed Did the last round of root cellar orders: 2 bags of onions, 2 boxes of potatoes, 1 sweet potato, 2 cushaw squash, a pumpkin for fun. Total cost: $80 Pantry coaching is a thing - it’s not frantic prepping, it is just smart. Document what you eat Try some seasonal bulk purchases - maybe just 1 thing See if you use it up USE IT UP What Mother Nature is providing Harvested and set out to dry Goldenrod Chestnuts Turkey and Deer season is upon us  Stump the Sauce Using an abundance of peppers Getting home from vacation when the store is not a viable option Tales from the Booze Whisperer How to use Holler Roast Coffee Bitters Operation Independence Holler Roast Coffee of the Month Update Budget Discipline Main topic of the show: Progress. Go out, and make it a great week! Song: Wolf by Sauce (Also referred to as Desire) Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign U: http://amishwisdom.com/amish-coffee-soup-kathleen-fuller/ CAC Team: cacteam.com

Today, we talk through a roundup of questions I have gotten over the past two weeks related to fall homesteading activities. From canning to heating, y’all have been busy trying to figure stuff out. Of course, some of these questions have been addressed over on the LFTN Coffee Break group on Facebook, but I just figured if one of you has a question, many of you have the same question. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Still need to do the consult Pantry yielded many benefits this week More in the full content of today’s show What Mother Nature is providing Goldrod’s last week Fall plants are coming up well in other people’s gardens - but not mine. Stump the Sauce What to do when you can't make your food hot enough. Operation Independence Food for friends: Ad trade, canned foods from the pantry = low expense to be a helpful member of the community. Main topic of the show: A Fall Roundup on Homesteading Q1: How do I figure out how many pounds of tomatoes to use to yield a certain number of jars? Q2: Tattler lids - can you reuse the rubber gasket? Q3: What is it like to heat with a wood stove only? Q4: How do you integrate a new rooster to your flock? Q5: I just got a ton of persimmons that are not completely ripe, what do I do with them? I hate to throw them away… Q6: What kind of garlic grows well in Tennessee? Q7: Is it ok to raid my bees for honey now? Q8: Should I store my canned goods with the ring on or the ring off the jar? Q9: How do I store my potatoes and squash? Q10: How much firewood is enough? Q11: What about garden bed preparation? Q12: What should I plant now for spring? Q:13: What else can you do to prepare your home for winter? Resources Garlic Chili Paste Ghost peppers Tiny Thai Hot Peppers  Music Seed Garlic from Territorial Chesnok Red Garlic Seed at Seedsavers Links to thermal thermometers Imaging Camera CAC Team: cacteam.com Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja

Today, we explore how following the basic concepts put forth through developing your life strategic plan, continually moving your big picture goals forward, and remembering that we are here to live our lives, not have them lived for us. Or something like that... Tales from the Prepper Pantry Raiding the prepper pantry under times of durres Wonderful pork roast with green chilies Stump the Sauce Too many eggs from Andy in Chattanooga Using and Storing an Abundance of Eggs Pickling Beets What Mother Nature is Providing Basic veggies for the daily sautee The dog egg story Late season mint, jewel weed Paw Paw update Independence Fund Update Boat repair Goat repair Deck repair Keep Nicole Sane Repair Resources Tactical Redneck Equipment  

Today, we have a special guest in the house: Shawn Mills. Remember way back when almost a year and a half ago when I had someone come look at my home to help me understand better what it might take to go off grid? Well, that was Shawn. Today we are going to talk about his off-grid lifestyle, as well as focus on things all of us can do to move that direction without committing to a 10k solar panel installation. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry I did not can tomato sauce because of a HUGE web project I am focused on. (The sauce trick) OMG THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE IT IS OVERWHELMING That venison loin we cooked What Mother Nature is providing Persimmons Paw paws are about done Watercress Still have late summer medicinals: jewelweed, goldenrod, etc… Stump the Sauce Lemongrass Operation Independence Traded for a kayak - stoked about it! Put in 6 hours on taxes. Still. not. Done. Landed a new deal for digital coaching that should be great for our ongoing stability and can be done from here. Main topic of the show: Off-Grid Mentality Can Improve Your Homestead with Shawn Mills Make it a great week! Song: The Flood by Sauce ### Resources Hack My Solar: Hackmysolar.com Tomato Sauce Making Cone Self Reliance Ministries Green Curry Tom Yum Soup Membership Sign Up CAC Team

Today, we will take a walk through the benefits of simply living. Simply living - as in simply living your life, not letting others live it for you. Why Simply living and not simple living? You gotta listen to find out! Tales from the Prepper Pantry 38 jars of salsa are canned Putting up tomato sauce this week Need to do an shelving overhaul in there The mud room is mostly full of jars, but some will go to our chili loving friends who put in on the chillies this year What Mother Nature is providing Goldenrod Beans beans beans and funny beans Damn the electrical company for spraying on my land PAW PAWS ARE READY - Stump the Sauce Rattle Snake Recipe Operation Independence Put up 39 pints of salsa for winter August was a record month for the airbnb Sticking to my guns on the weekly finance review Need to get taxes done The Bounty of Simply Living .... not having your life lived for you. Song: Strange Child, by Sauce ### Resources Membership Sign Up The Keychain CPR Masks Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life

Today we talk about preparing for winter, Christmas gift ideas, decision making with emotions, green chilipalooza and more! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Tomato canning Drying red runners Green chili weekend is this weekend: Salsa, canning chilies, roasting chilies, eating chilies What Mother Nature is providing A word on the fall garden Okra okra okra Jerusalem Artichokes are blooming - Lotsa tomatoes A final mullein, mint, lemon balm and comfrey sweep Jewelweed Stump the Sauce Coffee in soup Tales from the Booze Whisperer Using all the tomato water when canning Operation Independence Put up 26.5 quarts of tomatoes - $2 a quart including propane and lids (but not my time). Fridge win for the duplex Christmas is coming - gift ideas Custom bitters Coffee air freshener Jams and jellies Rustic Walking stick Elderberry Syrup kit: dried elderberries, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne pepper, honey  The newly adopted family that visited and an update on Airbnb Making decisions by emotion Fall on the homestead = prepare for winter Song: Feed My Hunger by Sauce ### Resources Membership Sign Up Amish Coffee Soup 2016 Christmas Gift Ideas 2017 Christmas Gift Ideas 5 ways to prepare hatch chilies

And today, I have a fun interview to share with you. I talked to a friend, John Moody who boasts a background at the Farm to Table legal defense fund, has built a high tunnel on his land, and approaches homesteading with the simple idea that: don’t make it harder than it has to be. He is about to release his book, the frugal homestead, and is an all-around fun guy to talk with! Direct Download What Mother Nature is providing Watercress is starting to come back Creek Mint Lots of veggies Fall Garden Time is Now What we are preserving this week Beans and corn. Lesson learned from canning sauerkraut Tales from the Prepper Pantry Scored another bushel of corn and canned it Need to insulate the exterior wall in the prepper pantry to see if temperature regulates better Ideas from the Booze Whisperer Hickory Smoked Bourbon and Lavender Simple Syrup Operation Independence We relaxed with friends this weekend and what started as a quiet visit expanded into a fun gathering What do do when you have people to feed and not enough eggs (Crepes) Conquered paper mountain!!! (Taxes are almost done because of this) Interview with John Moody, Author of Frugal Homesteading  Song: Learning What Leaving Is, Sauce Resources Pre-order form for the frugal homesteader: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFqfumN4cWkjv3RMuuBuHZLivLgaFYJJRdPkuNjvUsxNSvCw/viewform Homesteader Handbook: https://homesteaderhandbook.com/ Booze Whisperer: BiltongForBreakfast.com Membership Sign Up: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/iump-subscription-plan/

Today, we will take a look at what it means to change your narrative into something that helps move you where you want to go. Resources Membership Sign Up What Mother Nature is providing Hot weather AND rain - perfect for fall garden if you can keep things going Tomatoes, beans and okra Swiss chard is ramping up Dill weed and other herbs More elderberries - still seeking 1 gallon Early season apples What we are preserving this week Canning tomatoes Sauerkraut canning Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canned jars are stacking up Garlic is ready to be stored - so it is inside It’s hot in there - still haven’t defrosted the freezer Tales from the booze whisperer What to do with canned peaches Operation Independence Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life Learn about frame or perspective: This is what those annoying people who love lemonade do. Define what is really important to your success and frame your personal narrative toward that. Learn how your behavior impacts those around you - and use that. Make it a great week. Song: Feed My Hunger, by Nicole Sauce