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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.
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:
- The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
Show Resources
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Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
- Twitter: @nicolesauce
- IG: @nicolesauce
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN
Resources
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 $100
Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged
Reacting in fear
wwIII
Is homesteading life easy?
Im coming for you
Membership Plug
Social reminder
Make it a great week!
Song:
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Resources
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!
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we have a recorded interview with Dr. Eric Nager about proactively getting healthy, functional medicine and organizing your medical preps.
Show Resources
Find Dr. Nager: OptiHealth Institute
Make it a great week
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, water rights in Oregon and more.
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:
- The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com
- Homestead Apprentice: HomesteadApprentice.com
Show Resources
TheSurvivalPodcast.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
- FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
- Twitter: @nicolesauce
- IG: @nicolesauce
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN
Resources
Big Pic: Spring Scramble
Schedule Next Week: two shows and a replay the following Monday
Forage
- Dandelion flower
- Early spring forage: deadnettle, chick weed
- Poison hemlock everywhere
Livestock
- Baby has a name
- Black nosed baby
- Four and four or five and three
- Bruny let me touch her belly and I got to feel a sheep head in there
- Eggapalooza is on
- Ducks are hiding eggs
- Rabbit mites are gone
- Sheep birthing summary – monday show
Grow
- Second seeding of peas
- 1 Pepper plant alive from a cutting
- None of my pepper seedlings germinated, trying again
- Transplanting the other seedlings
- Direct sewing this weekend
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Group involved in culling Red
- SRF Bin organization
Infrastructure
- AC Placement just in time
Finances
- $70 on bottle feeding Stormy so far
- On site farm sitter costs $$
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
I boost protein content a bit with extra eggs, add anything from the refrigerator that needs to be eaten, and freeze the results to meter out when the morning hungries hit. I’ll write instructions for both wheat and any gluten-free flour you have on hand. Of course, if you use wheat, just call these Easy Muffins. Bear in mind that ingredients vary with inspiration and availability – and have fun.