When the corn’s in the garden or cheap, cucumbers threaten to take over your counters, herbs are loving the heat, and tomatoes have ripened, try this fresh, fresh side dish.
Today, I am joined by John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Toolman Tik Cook to talk about building your empire, using social media and YouTube to grow your audience, and more.
Event: Advanced Wound Care with Chuck Peoples
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of The Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: EMP Shield, Coupon Code LFTN
Show Resources
Main content of the show
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
Today, I am going to talk about being ready for first aid needs on the homestead.
Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
Sponsor 1: Strong Roots Resources: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Homestead Advanced Wound Care Class. https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/homestead-medical/
Livestream Schedule: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
- Tuesday 12:30pm CT Live with Toolman Tim Cook: Build Your Empire
- Thursday 7pm CT Live for SRF
- Friday 8am CT Homestead Happenings
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- More Green Beans to put up
- Sioux Vide Venison Roast
- Drying more mint for winter teas
- Redoing the prepper pantry since we wont be remodeling it this year
- Kitchen Remodel Update
Weekly Shopping Report
Our trip was a little abbreviated this week. Not needing anything there, we skipped Home Depot; I figured to check the price of a 2x4x8 online, but it’s not clear which product I’ve been viewing; it might be $3.67, but it may have dropped a lot, to $2.98. I’ll have to actually go inside next time.
The first stop, as usual, was Dollar Tree. No big changes were evident. The shelves all look pretty well stocked, although there is some duplication.
Aldi was next and last. We found everything we wanted, which for some reason was a short list this week; perhaps because the garden is producing.
Some staple prices are:
Eggs, $1.12; milk: $2.92; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; flour: $2.19; sugar (jumped): $3.09.
Hearing of shortages, I expected to see the 70% chocolate I like going up, but it is still $1.99 (I don’t think it has ever changed that I remember); and OJ is $3.19 (that’s at least a quart, but I need to recheck to be sure; it’s a large glass bottle).
Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899/gallon.
Frugality Tip: Nothing in this week
Operation Independence
- Around 8 jars of green beans added for “free” this week
Main topic of the Show: First Aid on the Homestead
Why it is important: Often the hospital is far away, things go wrong on the homestead quickly. It becomes up to you to handle things.
- Chuck People’s Class at SRF on Wound Care got me thinking
- Clean, Covered to protect from dirt, Observe
- The Zello Message
- What we did: Pressure, Cleaning, Etc – but the hair
- Sewing scissors (Have a sharp pair of scissors on hand)
Butterfly, steri strips, etc, Good quality clippers
- Some things to audit:
- Bandages, supplies, guaze etc
- Bentadine vs alcohol
- Stop Bleed, Wound Care, Signs of a concussion, etc
- Ointments and meds
- Organization – we moved things around and did not communicate well about it (oops)
- COMMS
Turns out the animal first aid kit was more together for today’s incident than my generalist human one so that got used.
What to do to prepare
- Stop the bleed class
- Wound care class
- Learn how to handle snake bites and bee stings gone wrong
- Learn about dealing with illness and herbal remedies
Homesteading can look like all baby goats and garden abundance, but it is a very physical lifestyle. This means that you are exposed to getting hurt, and responsible one it does happen.
Membership Plug
MeWe 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
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Resources
Today we talk about the overall gardening season
Featured event: Foraging Walk by Kerry Brown
On Saturday August 12th, around 10 am at Solomon Park in Wartburg, TN I’ll be holding a foraging walk as a guest of the Morgan County, TN Homesteaders Group. They have a group on Facebook if you search that particular title. Location: Wartburg Civic Center- Solomon Park 132 Carter Street Wartburg, TN 37887
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of The Wealthsteading Podcast, InvestableWealth.com
Sponsor 2: Agoristtaxadvice.com
Forage
- Wine berries
- Watercress is coming back
- Mint is all over the place
- Yarrow
Livestock
- Trapped!
- Baby ducks got free
- Compost area is built for chickens
- Rabbits are moving to grass next week – took us a long time to get that set up because of sheep being added (talk about adding too much at once)
- Separating the boys from the girls (why)
Grow
- Overall season update
- Last seeding of summer things and rotation into fall
- Processing garlic
- More on the onion harvest
- Green beans and shade cloth
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Update on Jenni
- Meat curing class
Infrastructure
- Rain assists with analyzing hydrology of the land
- Solar and power outages
Finances
- $15 for 16 jars of homemade relish
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today, we talk about learning new things and how that fits in with a happy and productive life. I also highlight a new side hustle that one of our community has launched, and review the results of a recent survey that came from the weekly mail.
Have you signed up for the weekly mail? Do so here.
Featured Event: Early Bird Prices are about to be a thing of the past for Self Reliance Festival
Sponsor 1: TheHomesteadConsultant.com: https://bit.ly/43aLbid
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx
Livestream Schedule
- Tuesday Live with Davian McNight, 2:30 PM Central
- Friday Homestead Happenings, 10:30 Central Time
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Getting ready for the canning webinar: Bone in chicken
- Failed to notice a rotting butternut squash “What’s that smell?”
- Spicy Pickle relish (thoughts on condiments)
- Return of the Dinner for One concept
- Quick Cube Steak Recipe
- Send me pictures of 4% vinegar if you find them at your store (And how to react to information like that)
Side Hustle Feature: BovineBits
Operation Independence
- New Round of Items for Auction
- Chicken Composting System is Beginning to Work
- Holler Roast Update
Main topic of the Show: Learn New Things or Die
Evocative headline, no?
They say if you are not growing, you are failing in business – the same goes for building your life. If you are not learning something new, you are dying.
- 75hard, one more day (LEARN new things)
- Spinning Wheel Community Story
- Setting it up: attempt | Learning | Attempt | Learning | ATTEMPT | jury rigged part filed | Ordered new part
- Youtube university
- Revisited the drop spindle
- So now yall are going to her for the next few months all about me learning how to spin wool – and this is a good thing
- Chicken Processing Story (LEARN new things)
- When things become habitual they seem easy, yet for a first timer, they can be quite hard
- Are you cruising right now? Or pushing yourself?
- LEARN new things
- What is that one thing you have been avoiding because you do not know how to do it? (LEARN new things)
Weekly Mail Survey Results:
- Community Update, Events, Recipes and Tips (Avoiding the greater reset)
Social connection: Medford Oregon Meetup on August 9 – RSVP Here.
Make it a great week!
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
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- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Resources
This very easy condiment adds zing but doesn’t also bring on a case of onion mouth. We use it sometimes in simplest form – onion and salt – and sometimes with lemon or lime juice.
I love red onions for both flavor and cheerful color, though any onion works: yellow, white, or scallions. Read more
Today we give a midsummer update on the homestead, talk about community, and celebrate some things that have made life a little easier this year.
Featured event: Pressure Canning Class Wednesday at 5pm Central
DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
LAST CALL: Paul Wheaton’s Permaculture Adventure Bundle, $35
Rainy year is good
Schedule based on weather: Early morning, midday break, later afternoon (Lots of breaks)
Forage
- Paw paw update
- Red clover, mullein, echinacea, chocolate mint
- Creek mint
- Lambs quarter (final round)
- Mullain seed
- Elderberries acting differently this year
- Yarrow
Livestock
- Baby rabbits
- Feeding dogs raw is a challenge
- 8 baby ducks – all girls again
- Go to bed training
- Working with automation and the chickens
- Sheep pregnancy assessment
- Getting ready to move boys to my place
- Goat is foraging
Grow
- Tomato blight experiment
- T has pet projects for food
- Reset mottled shade bed for thorny berries
- Green beans are banging
- 1st zucchini
- Brussels sprouts still not ready (Under seeding with squash)
- Beets sucked this year
- Onion update
- Potato update
- Chard is a perfect balance
- Cucumber update: volunteer versus planted
- Malabar spinach and forever spinach doing well
- Pigs planted squash
Holler Neighbors/Community
- Holler Neighbor Dinner
- Spinning Wheel Story
Infrastructure
- Maintain or make forward progress when Nicole is gone, hammering hard when Nicole is here
- Disturbing ground so that things can grow back before winter
- Collecting supplies for a subpanel project for the solar system
- Setting plans for a mini solar system for the main house that will run the oven and some lights
- 4wd 4 wheeler, game changer
Finances
- No new income at the moment
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we talk about what an economic crash looks like, discuss if we are in the midst of one, and explore what you can do to navigate the current economy with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival in Camden, OCT 14-15
Sponsor 1: Paul Wheaton
Permaculture Adventure Bundle
Paul Wheaton and our friends at permies.com are offering a limited-time Permaculture Adventure Bundle that can kickstart your journey into natural building and homesteading. This fantastic offer has the potential to turn your summer into an educational tsunami. It’s available at an unbeatable price of $35 through Friday.
Link to Product: https://permies.com/w/permaculture-adventure?f=495
Link to Blog Post: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/07/12/permaculture-adventure/
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com
Matthew Sercely at Agorist Tax Advice offers a free consultation to LFTN listeners so that you can find out if working with him to structure your finances, track tax write offs, and understand any risks associated with taking them can put more of YOUR money in YOUR pocket. He has broad experience in real estate, end of life planning, rentals, business taxes and more.
Find out more at AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN
Show Resources
Main content of the show
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
- Twitter: @nicolesauce
- IG: @nicolesauce
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN
Resources
Paul Wheaton and our friends at permies.com are offering a limited-time Permaculture Adventure Bundle that can kickstart your journey into natural building and homesteading. This fantastic offer has the potential to turn your summer into an educational tsunami. And the best part? It’s available at an unbeatable price of $35 through Friday.
From now until July 14, 2023, you can access this exclusive bundle by visiting https://permies.com/w/permaculture-adventure?f=495. (Disclosure, I do get a commission if you use my link.) Don’t miss out on this opportunity to unlock permaculture skills and embrace a more fulfilling and sustainable way of living.
Homesteading, hand tools, furniture making, fruit trees, edible landscaping, off-grid living, livestock infrastructure, soap making and rocket mass things are all included in this bundle. For a fill list go here.
You’ll gain insights into creating a resilient homestead and discover creative ways to generate income from it. Dive into the art of food preservation, learn the art of affordable and minimalist living, and explore a plethora of other captivating topics.
This bundle doesn’t just offer valuable content; it also presents it in various formats, including e-books, online courses, movies, plans, presentations, podcasts, and digital magazines.
The Permaculture Adventure Bundle is available at a discounted price for three days only. Individually, these resources would cost you over $514, but by taking advantage of this offer, you can save 93% ad get it for just $35.
Grab your Permaculture Adventure Bundle before the price goes on Friday.
There is always more we can do to live a more resilient life. The Permaculture Adventure Bundle from permies.com is a great way to build your library of concepts, ideas and skills as you build your SMART homestead.
Join me as we explore what seven years of podcasting has taught me about getting started, gear, monetizing and more.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast: https://bit.ly/3oPLTmr
Sponsor 2: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu
Livestream Schedule:
- Tuesday, 9:30M CT, Live with Jack Spirko and John Willis
- Thursday, 7AM CT, Self Reliance Festival Livestream
- Friday, 10:30AM CT, Homestead Happenings
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Moved and inventoried last year’s canned goods
- Herb Garden Pick Me Up Tea
- 21 jars of green beans are put up for 2023/24
- Beets did poorly this year 🙁
- Got to use the All American Canner that was gifted to me last fall and LOVED IT. Will be selling the Presto Canners I have (⅔)
- Wednesday at 5pm CT, Preserve It! Overview and Waterbath Canning: https://nicolesauce.podia.com/waterbath-canning
Frugality Tip: Cherry Pitter
DIY Quick, inexpensive, easy way to pit cherries!
Operation Independence
- “Fast” food
- $50 Travel Spend
Main topic of the Show: Lessons from 7 Years of Podcasting
From Micah
How about podcasting?
Equipment, guest form, interview tips, how it fits in with a business, how it incorporates with other areas of life, etc.
Software, workflow
Podcast lessons:
- The how it happens matters less than the actual happening
- Consistency and predictability
- Developing categories or segments helps keep focus (Also scripting vs outlines vs winging it)
- Committing to a co host can get you in trouble
- Streamlining the process:
- The Guest Form (From Jack Spirko)
- Audio Editing for Mistakes
- Prepopulating the website and social posts, etc.
- Community, Network, Keeping Things Growing
- The Money: webinars, books, events, coffee, podcasting 2.0 and fountain, social capital
- how it fits in with a business, how it incorporates with other areas of life, etc.
- Successful Interviewing: (Research, Do not be afraid to ask, have things you can bring up ready to go if things lag. Only interview people you think are interesting, THE FORM)
- Ok, I will talk about gear and software: Scarlett solo box, Rhode NT 1, Alesis studio mixing set, Lighting, Garage Band, Levelator, iMovie, Canva – other options!!!
- It doesn’t matter – just start recording, create your rss feed, and register on itunes – from there you will find other places that require registration or adjustment and add them as people complain that you are not on one platform or another.
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Resources