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Today we talk about lessons learned from the free five day webinar series that was put together by the SRF team and me. We will also go over our usual Monday segments: Tales from the prepper pantry, the weekly shopping report, frugality tip, operation independence
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo, THIS WEEKEND!
Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast
Livestream Schedule
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Lessons Learned from the Webinar Series
🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Alyssa, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment
🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Matt Williams, Knightsbridge
🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live
🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Man when life gets busy, it is hard to love to cook, but we made it
- Curing Pork Bellies this week
- Found a solution for organizing jars of herbal teas that we grow – the cube
- Time to grab vinegar – I can’t put it off any more. I am going to have to go to the store
- Made “Not Quite Cottage Cheese”
Weekly Shopping Report, March 11
Saturday’s first trip was just by me, primarily to get an oil change for the Santa Fe, but I then went to Hobby Lobby and found a few items I knew Sonia wanted; Saturday was our 17-year Anniversary.
Dollar Tree. Most of the drink coolers are full again, and all of them are now $2.25. I still just grab a drink off a shelf.
Aldi: more crowded than usual. Stock levels were good, and as usual we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.64 (-); whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99 (-).
Home Depot. A 2x4x8 was $3.38, which I don’t think is a change (I only put the staples in my notes).
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.
Frugality Tip from Margo
When pricing out new appliances, look at the delivery and set up fees. Those hidden little fees can be another couple of hundred dollars. In the last year we have had to replace a spare refrigerator and a stacked washer/dryer.(Side note don’t ever buy a scratch and dent washer, ask me how I know). We ended up using one store (Best Buy), because delivery and setup were included in the price of the washer/dryer and if you are nice to people they will put your fridge in too 😉. A family member just got a new dishwasher, but didn’t look at the add on fees. What looked like a savings over other stores prices ,ended up being $180 more than the other store with the extra fees. So even if you are handy and are planning on putting your own appliances in, look at that free delivery and setup and let someone else do the work without paying any more money.
Happy saving y’all.
Operation Independence
Missing Chicken
Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Webinar Series
Why we are doing it.
- Learning vs selling vs community
- Spirit of the world right now
- Why I do SRF and LFTN to begin with – lots of why
Assess Your Assets – just like in homestead design
Tap into your community – Cohosts, content creators, and Rebecca
Lessons Learned
- People love a freebie – abuse this to your peril (2 schools of thought)
- Upfront about upsells – it is in the marketing
- The technical and production part always takes more than you thought it would. Always. (Backups on your backups)
- The registration form and where did you hear about this question
- The landing page and conversion rate – 45% (Why I think this is)
- Short term vs long term benefit
All in all Know Your Why, Know Your Brand, And Be Willing To Take A Chance.
SelfRelianceFestival.com/Webinar
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Resources
Episode 886: All Creatures Great And Small
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Today, we have a live recording of our Monday podcast. I will catch you up on the sheep birthing week, our usual segments, and more.
Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN $50 off
🎙️ Extra Livestream this week with Tag from Life Done Free today at 5pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO-EDTAinGc
🎙️Live with Ken Eash at 7pm today: https://www.youtube.com/live/2bBdX4D-nD8?si=U_PVaT0KVRGTuoX_
Here’s our LFTN Livestream Schedule for the Week – all available on the LFTN YouTube channel:
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
🎙️ Monday, 2pm, All Creatures Great and Small
🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Zac, An American Homestead, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment
🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Keith Phillips, Bunkie Life
🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness and Kentucky Sustainable Living
🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Skipping segments this week
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: “All Creatures Great And Small.”
Book Recommendation
Joked yesterday that I wanted to to a live about livestock on the homestead yesterday, then we found a prolapse. The best laid plans.
Birthing week has been trying this go around – tell the stories and just do open narrative
Reminder about our communities and about SRF.
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Resources
Episode 885: Hijacked By A Redneck
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Join the Tactical Redneck for a hijacked episode of LFTN!
Big picture: spring is very involved
Featured forage
1 trees waking up
Livestock
1) rabbits look better
2) 2 sets of triplets
3) assisted birth: shoulder and intertwined with the second: narrow cervix
4) watching for shock in the ewe and having a vet out
5) ram schedule will be fall to better align
6) more time invested in handling
Grow
Peas are up
Potatoes are in
Seedlings are up
We have greens
Infrastructure
Base for minisplit. Challenge is moving it in
Fencing update
Community
Seed exchange was fun but small
Next event is April 13
Holler neighbor dinner
Finance
Spent money on milk replacer and a vet
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
Advisory Board
Resources
Episode 884 – How Do You Get Real Information? With Knightsbridge
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Today, I am joined by Matt Williams to talk about Open Source Intelligence, getting better information and opting out of the fear-based news cycle while maintaining situational awareness.
Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com/Webinar
Sponsor 1: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
Show Resources
https://www.knightsbridge.ltd/
https://www.twitter.com/kbr_intel
Global Hotspot Report and Briefing – $14.95 (email only 5 days a week)/$24.95 (with weekly 60-90m briefing call)
Coupon Code LFTN for a free month to try it out!!
Matt Williams is the head of intelligence operations for Knightsbridge Research, Ltd., an open-source intelligence (OSINT) company focused on global hotspots. He spent over a decade in Wall Street research and financial operations, later moving to an executive position at a midsized Texas firm. He’s learned and applied these techniques in both personal and professional instances for over 20 years. Matt works from his ranch in North Texas raising cattle, gardening, and watching tornados from the front porch.
Make it a great week
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Advisory Board
Resources
Master Mix the Basis for Many a Good Thing
Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Alyssa – Ep 883
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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Alyssa from the Lampost Collective. Alyssa left the Self Reliance Festival a year ago with new connections and a desire to build something new. She filled a niche in her town for small remodel projects. She has done so well that she and her husband will move to a new state, new projects and a new life.
Connect with us:
OriginalSOEGear.com
NicoleSauce.com
@lamppostcollective on Instagram
Featured Event:
FREE WEBINAR! March 17-21 selfreliancefestival.com/webinar
Don’t miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5
Sponsors:
Show Resources
Special Operations Equipment
Living Free in Tennessee
NicoleSauce.com
HollerRoast.com
HandHewnFarm.com
Main content of the sho
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Resources
What Do Webinars Bring You? EP 882
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Today we talk about lessons learned from the free five day webinar series that was put together by the SRF team and me. We will also go over our usual Monday segments: Tales from the prepper pantry, the weekly shopping report, frugality tip, operation independence
Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo, THIS WEEKEND!
Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee
Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast
Livestream Schedule
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Lessons Learned from the Webinar Series
🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Alyssa, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment
🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Matt Williams, Knightsbridge
🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live
🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report, March 11
Saturday’s first trip was just by me, primarily to get an oil change for the Santa Fe, but I then went to Hobby Lobby and found a few items I knew Sonia wanted; Saturday was our 17-year Anniversary.
Dollar Tree. Most of the drink coolers are full again, and all of them are now $2.25. I still just grab a drink off a shelf.
Aldi: more crowded than usual. Stock levels were good, and as usual we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.64 (-); whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99 (-).
Home Depot. A 2x4x8 was $3.38, which I don’t think is a change (I only put the staples in my notes).
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.
Frugality Tip from Margo
When pricing out new appliances, look at the delivery and set up fees. Those hidden little fees can be another couple of hundred dollars. In the last year we have had to replace a spare refrigerator and a stacked washer/dryer.(Side note don’t ever buy a scratch and dent washer, ask me how I know). We ended up using one store (Best Buy), because delivery and setup were included in the price of the washer/dryer and if you are nice to people they will put your fridge in too 😉. A family member just got a new dishwasher, but didn’t look at the add on fees. What looked like a savings over other stores prices ,ended up being $180 more than the other store with the extra fees. So even if you are handy and are planning on putting your own appliances in, look at that free delivery and setup and let someone else do the work without paying any more money.
Happy saving y’all.
Operation Independence
Missing Chicken
Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Webinar Series
Why we are doing it.
Assess Your Assets – just like in homestead design
Tap into your community – Cohosts, content creators, and Rebecca
Lessons Learned
All in all Know Your Why, Know Your Brand, And Be Willing To Take A Chance.
SelfRelianceFestival.com/Webinar
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Resources
Bread, Vegetable, or Main Dish?
Broccoli Spoon Bread is definitely a comfort food – hot, starchy, and cheesy – from plain ingredients. It’s also health food, containing protein; calcium; Vitamins A, B6, C, and K; […]
Homestead Happenings for March 15 2024 – Ep 881
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Today we talk about things catching on fire that should not be on fire, a surprise home invasion, a rabbit update, and more!
Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck, Tomorrow 1-3pm
Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu
Sponsor 2: SRF Webinar: https://selfreliancefestival.com/webinar/
Listener Feedback
Just listened to your podcast talking about your troubles with the dishwasher and oven. Don’t have any words of wisdom for the dishwasher, but the oven, if the igniter is glowing and the gas is not coming on, the issue still could be with the igniter. If it’s glowing more of a red orange then a white orange, it might be cracked or just not getting hot enough for the controller to bring on the gas. I don’t know if there’s a way to diagnose it other than just by the color or replacing it, but had that issue a number of years ago on my parents oven and replacing the igniter fixed it.
Hope that can be of help,
Andy
From D
I am listening to a rather new episode.
So this is my pantry porn, it is sooooo bad. You know those Crates for traveling with cats on a plane? Well, when you unscrew them each half takes about 12 mason jars. And they fit under the couch. Lovely. I use screw top bottles – I am not in the States to use the lovely Ball jars, but am able to safely and efficiently pressure can with a canner I had to order in!
These jars are a pint or a pint and a bit (720gr-ish).
The other photo is about managing stock. It is not 100% effective but does work.
I got a template from somewhere and adapted it for us. The table has lines for the items, like tomato or cucumber or meat or whatever, and little empty jars.
When I canned something it gets one line through. When it has been used, a cross.
So this is my inventory (spelling?!) for what my husband and I use in a year (I started it in July last year, so I recorded what I still had. This year will be my second season using a pressure canner, so the volumes I can do at a time is already much higher than a silly 4 jars at a time in my small stock pot… Whoo hoo.
Hope this may be useful. The pictures are horrible, like good pantry porn should be.
Forage
Livestock
Grow
Holler Neighbors/Community
Infrastructure
Finances
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
Advisory Board
Resources
Build Your Future with The Canny Couple – Ep 880
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Join me at 2pm CT for a live interview with the Canny Couple. We will talk about their move into building a life they want to live on their terms, freedom, homesteading and more!y to it all.
Featured Event: March 17-21, 2024, Self Reliance Voices: Lessons from Legends
https://selfreliancefestival.com/webinar/?aff=nicolesauce
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
Show Resources
About Aaron and Julia
We are a small homestead family that has been slowly building our homestead for many years, merging homesteading and frugality. We work everyday on being more self-reliant on a budget. We have officially became 100% debt free, which has lead to some amazing changes for our homestead.
Linktree – https://linktr.ee/thecannycouple
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRspWFevoyYcUuEsr9Mjgvg?sub_confirmation=1
TikTok – http://tiktok.com/@thecannycouple?lang=en
Podcast – https://fountain.fm/show/aW3kvtrG84EW2iluwcmQ
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
Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Hand Hewn Homestead – Ep 879
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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.
Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.
et’s talk about building freedom through following your butchering passion with the guys from Hand Hewn Farm. Both Doug and Andy will join us to talk shop and take your questions live!
Want to grab one of the 8 remaining spots in their class April 4 & 5 in Camden, tn? Here is the link: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/pig-processing/
Connect with us:
OriginalSOEGear.com
NicoleSauce.com
HandHewnFarm.com
Featured Event:
FREE WEBINAR! March 17-21 selfreliancefestival.com/webinar
Don’t miss the Hand Hewn Farm Processing Workshop, April 4-5
Sponsors:
Show Resources
Special Operations Equipment
Living Free in Tennessee
NicoleSauce.com
HollerRoast.com
HandHewnFarm.com
Main content of the sho
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
Resources