Join me for a reading of the Night Before Christmas, Cajun Style – read by the Elender family.

Today we have Michael Leonido (also knows as the chef at the Spring Workshop) reading the Intellectual Night Before Christmas followed by the traditional text in song. Merry Christmas Y’all!

Join Aussie Ro as she reads the Night Before Christmas, Australian style.

Today, we have the Scottish version of The Night Before Christmas, read by Jaggy Little Thistle.

 

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Each year we read variations of the classic poem, The Night Before Christmas. Today’s version is the Redneck Night Before Christmas read to us by The Tactical Redneck.

Every Friday, we record our Homestead Happenings update, followed by a questions and answers session. Today’s podcast is the questions and answers session from yesterday’s podcast. We cover: favorite holiday cookies, where to prioritize investments into your homestead as a new homesteader, how many pets are too many, and more

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The LFTN Spring Workshop is April 27-29 and includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Learn homesteading skills, permaculture, business, off-grid projects and more. Meet people who are DOERS! The relationships you build at LFTN are the best benefit.

SOLD OUT OF PRESALE TICKETS. Check back in January.

This December, we are releasing TEN TICKETS. Grab your presale tickets while supplies last!

Featured this year:

  • Janet Szabo, Big Sky Knitting Designs
  • John Pugliano, The Wealthsteading Podcast
  • Joel Ryals, FortressK9
  • Nicole Sauce, Living Free in Tennessee
  • Patrick Roehrman, MT Knives
  • Many more!

Features this year:

  • How to build your online training business
  • Fencing
  • Defense animals
  • Building connections that matter
  • Creating wealth through any economy
  • Sewing, knitting
  • Food forest development
  • Getting started in homesteading
  • Small scale animal rotation
  • Power pantry development in good times and bad
  • Off-grid build
  • Property walk
  • Wild forage walk
  • Barter blanket
  • Food and fun!
  • More topics TBD

All tickets include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and camping.

Total cost is $500, deposit of $150 required to grab one of these TEN tickets. Get them while you can!

 

 


Today we talk about the BIG DEEP FREEZE, babies on the homestead, brainstorming local revenue ideas and more.

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Forage

  • Pasture seed is germinated and looking good
  • Next week is time to trim/pollard
  • Juniper Berries
  • Wreath evergreens
  • Jerusalem artichoke

 

Livestock

  • Baby bunnies – 3 or 4 – are doing well (We are very hands off right now)
  • Sheep Birth Watch
  • Preparing the pasture sheep for incoming ice (We are actually growing more grass now than we did this summer)
  • Ducks still not laying – chicken is and she is OLD
  • Hoof trimming this weekend

Harvest Meals

  • Eggs and bacon (2 weeks)
  • Beef Neckbones
  • Red curry turkey

Homesteading in Winter

  • Single digit deep free and snow on the way
  • Stacking Osage logs inside as I find them
  • Removing all stuff from outdoor freezers and fridge, unplugging
  • Testing the kerosene heaters and staging them 
  • Setting up electric heater in prepper pantry
  • Stuffing holes in the pump house
  • AP System drain
  • Extra sump needs a stock tank heater
  • Water heat tape and heating systems (electric JUST finished for goats)
  • More mulch

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • We’ve been innerly focused (Final coffee push is right now)
  • LFTN Spring Workshop Presale

Infrastructure

  • Close to perimeter fence
  • electric

Finances

  • Rental 

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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. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Today we talk about farming, lifestyle design, getting off your dime and more with Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal and John Willis.

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