Looking in the fridge and feel like you’re on an episode of Chopped as you see chicken, feta cheese, and green beans? Let’s turn them into a delicious dinner that satisfies but doesn’t heat the kitchen.
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Join us on June 8 for a poultry processing experience in Lancaster, TN

  • 8:30am Central-2pm Central
  • How to raise chickens
  • Humanely processing your birds
  • Optimizing poultry weight during processing to increase profit
  • Food safety best practices
  • Lunch included (Beef not chicken) 🙂
  • Go home with your processed bird and cooking instructions

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I will be joined by AJ Harrison and The Tactical Redneck today at 9:30am Central for an update from the Holler and a fireside chat.

Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop – https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com…

Sponsor 1: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN
Sponsor 2: Midwest Preparedness Project

Enjoy this more casual conversation with AJ Harrison from Preparing4Prosperity.

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Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Shawen Mills of Hack My Homestead about off grid living, solar, wwIII. 

Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com

Sponsors:

Show Resources

HackMyHomestead.com

Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

NicoleSauce.com

HollerRoast.com 

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GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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Join me for an interview with John Davis from Laughlin Farms all about homesteaders and our hesitation to sell.

Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event

Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

John Davis is a resident of beautiful Columbiana county Ohio and is a homesteader, rancher, engineer, and owner of a business that is a professional outsourced sales firm for high tech industrial automation companies. On the homestead front, he and his wife and kids raise and direct market St. Croix sheep, heritage turkeys, pasture raised chicken, and heritage Berkshire pork. The Davis homestead also has two horses, and John is training to be a discount wannabe cowboy in pursuit of impressing his wife. Professionally, John is the second generation owner of Paul Davis Automation, and has been a professional salesperson in the industrial automation space for over 15 years.

Connect with John:

www.laughlinhighlandsfarm.com

Instagram – @laughlinhighlandsfarm

1. Why are homesteaders awful salespeople?
2. But, aren’t salespeople annoying and out trying to fleece their customers in pursuit of maximum profit? I just want to help people out and sell my stuff as cheap as possible!
3. Why is profit so important if my homestead isn’t my main job?
4. How do I even know if I am profitable? What is COGS, gross margin, net margin, how do I calculate them, and how do they apply to my homestead operations?
5. How do I write a business plan for my homestead? How do I actually go into business? Isn’t this super expensive and complicated? I just want to sell whatever I grow. Why would I overcomplicate my life?
6. I’m already doing everything we talked about, but I am awful at selling. How do I be a better salesperson for my homestead? Can I practice sales, even if I am an introvert?
7. A lot of homestead content is focused on the growing aspects of homesteading. How do I actually get my product to market? How do I determine if I should direct market or use the sale barn?

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Join me for a show on anything you ask, plus what has been on my mind of late including wwIII, reacting in fear, Is the homestead life easy, and what to do when your competitor says, “I’m Coming For You”. 

Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/

Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast

Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com

 

Livestream Schedule

LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams 

 

🎙️ Monday, 2:00pm, Nicole Unplugged

🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Shawn Mills and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment

🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with John Davis

🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness Project and Kentucky Sustainable Living

🎙️ Friday, 9:30am, Homestead Happenings with Tactical Redneck

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • AJ is in the house and we are doing a final push in the prepper pantry this week in advance of the LFTN Spring Workshop
  • Last minute event chili for the potluck this weekend
  • Tossing the frozen greens
  • New pantry racks from Grumpy Acres

Weekly Shopping Report from Joe

Dollar Tree is no longer on our rounds because it is not the best way to get a dose of caffein for our shopping day.

We hit both Hobby Lobby (for Sonia) and Lowe’s (for me). Although we did not go to Home Depot, a 2x4x8 there has gone up again, to $3.73. 

Aldi was next. They did not have any lettuce, but other produce was available in normal amounts. They also only had half a case of canned cat food. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09. Despite rumblings I’m reading about a cocoa shortage, the 70% chocolate I like was available, and still at the usual price of $1.99.

We’re out of lettuce, so our last stop was Food City. They had some, although many of the heads were rather light, and some showed more rot than usual. I also grabbed a case of Friskies cans and a 22 lb. bag of the Meow Mix that our cats ask for by name.

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Make your own mixes and sauces. I have been making my own taco seasoning for years but today I made enchilada sauce. 

Someone loves the ground pork enchiladas I make and wanted to make some, but did not have enchilada sauce in the pantry. So I went to Online (Pinterest) and looked up a recipe. Making it from scratch, you can adjust the seasoning to your own liking and what you have on hand.  I used bone broth instead of vegetable stock; I used olive oil not grapeseed oil, I used more garlic and less Cinnamon than the recipe called for. Recipes are guidelines, they are not set in stone. Use what you like to eat and don’t be afraid to substitute or omit ingredients.

I actually have enough to save half for next time.  Next I will make homemade tortillas, I know Nicole says they are so easy to make, but one thing at a time. 

Go make something you haven’t made before.

 

Operation Independence

  • Someone backed out of our ram so we decided to process it ourselves saving nearly $100

 

Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged

 

Reacting in fear

wwIII

Is homesteading life easy?

Im coming for you

 

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Social reminder

 

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Here’s a very simple dessert that tastes as if Great-Grandma made it – as she may have! Read more

Join us for a laid back meet and greet. Limited seats. Rain or Shine. Camping welcome. Adults over 18 will need a ticket. Kids do not need a ticket but please add to notes or email if you are bringing kids

Address will be emailed as we get closer to the event. It will be located in Hinckley Illinois. Just off of Route 30 between I39 and Route 47. Come Join us on telegram to get the up to date info!

Telegram group

https://t.me/twochickshomesteadpodcast

https://t.me/toolmantimsworkshop

Add to the notes if you are camping. Email will be sent with the address, and dedicated telegram group for the meetup.

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Join Tactical Redneck, Preparing4Prosperity and me for a live discussion of life on the homestead post SRF.

Featured event: Potluck meetup and sauerkraut tomorrow 1-3pm

Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/webinar

Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com

Busy times: All the events, post construction, spring planting and having helpers is great.

Forage

  • Mustard flower
  • Morels
  • Watercress
  • Hunting oyster mushrooms this weekend 

Livestock

  • Animal birthing over – the last ram and the ear story
  • Chicken nest 1.0 failed – we do not know why
  • Babies: 5 girls, four boys (We think)
  • Stormy is vibrant
  • Successful sheep shifting
  • Holes in the metal siding of the duck coop and quarantine duck wholived
  • Rabbits need to move to their final hutch

Grow

  • Ken and the tomato wall
  • Pre Germinating beets
  • Planting cuttings all over of things we want
  • Time to manage the food forest and get wood chips in there
  • Willow fence to get roots in the ground
  • Garden planning/planting this weekend
  • Need to make fodder tree guards
  • Hillside garden snarl

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Ashley: Homestead sitting and the bottle baby
  • Aj: Butchering

Infrastructure

Finances

  • The dude who backed out of the lamb and why we take deposits
  • Serving ground lamb at the spring workshop

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!

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Join me for a frank discussion with Michael Sparks about network marketing and when it is a scam, and when it is an opportunity.

Featured Event: Exit and Build and Summit: https://livefree.academy/op/land-summit-4/?ref=183

Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com

Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com

Show Resources

Find Michael: MichaelSparks.us

A generic (non promotional) show on understanding Network Marketing Business Opportunities. Below are some questions

1. Why do you think so many people are negative on network marketing/home business opportunities?

2. What’s the difference between a legitimate business opportunity and a scam?

3. Can you really make money in the the industry?

4. Approximately How many Direct Sales companies are there?

5. What do you see as the biggest hurdle for people being successful in Network Marketing?

6. What are some negatives about joining a network marketing company. What are things to look out for?

7. What are the sales circles 1, 2, and 3…?

8. What kind of training can one expect when joining?

Bonus, how to pick and choose the right company?

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