Today we talk about how decentralization empowers you, and whatever else you bring up in the live chat with Xavier Hawk of Phireon.com and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.
Today we talk about upselling, self reliance and more with Toolman Tim and John Willis.
LAST CHANCE:
- Pig Processing Workshop June 10
- Self Reliance Festival June 11 & 12
- Niti Added A Food Church Workshop, June 10 (COUPON CODE LFT50OFF)
Paul Wheaton has a Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/free-heat?ref=1f3rkb
Chicken Processing Workshop, July 2 9am-2pm
Show Resources
https://www.youtube.com/c/TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP
Main content of the show
Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceTD-y9DM8
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/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today is a response to a question from a listener who wanted to know how it is that the LFTN Community is so functional, mostly spam and scam free, and able to talk about hard things in a productive way. Rather than just answer that one person, I thought I would share some thoughts on how to foster a functional community.
Announcements:
- Chicken Processing will be rescheduled to July 2.
- Tuesday Live Update
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Post vacation reset
- Garden producing all vegetables (What that looks like)
- FD running 24/7 and freezers being used to stage the next batch
- Canning kitchen almost set up (why we have it outside)
- Curing and grinding the pork to finish the four pigs
- Chicken breast recipe – alfredo (Cook With What You Have)
Frugal Tip
- Gas Buddy
- Reusable bag update
Operation Independence
- We are at 90% from Homestead food at this time of year – it feels very good.
- Considering renting access to our processing setup
Main topic of the Show:
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- Decide Purpose (Communicate it)
- More is bad (Communicate it)
- Be a community of doers not takers (communicate it)
- Set and model clear and healthy boundaries (communicate it)
- Use technology (communicate it)
- Have an inner circle and accept help (Communicate it)
- Erase toxic people (communicate it)
- Mentor people on the edge (communicate it)
- Discussion is good – arguments are bad (Take things offline that should be off line)
Membership Plug
Social Network Reminder
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Join us this Sunday, May 22, at 4pm CT for a special webinar with the Tactical Redneck. He will walk us through how to assess your property for defense!
Register Below
Today is a homestead update and we cover pig relocation hijinks, how the gardens are faring, handling things alone, money matters, food problems, and more.
Forage
- Lambsquarter
- Poison Hemlock
- Daylily flowers
- Radishes, greens, lettuce, basil and herbs, mint
- Tactical forged through my freezer while I was gone
Livestock
- Pig Moving Hijinks
- Chickens are on pasture (Processing class June ??)
- Pod sealing with swines (Corn over holes)
- Broody duck
- Goat on tether
- Begin harvesting fodder
- Cycy is better
Grow
- Bean germination problem
- Cukes and squash up
- Tomato wall looks good
- Hops need trellis
- Foliar spray cycle needed, plants look sad everywhere but the ap and hydro system
- Potatoes look great, need to be hilled
- Sweet potato slips
Holler Neighbors/Community
- T held down the fort
- LB and playing dead
- Jenni feeding pigs
Infrastructure
- Pond, three sections with electric for sheep
- IIBCs for the ap are cut and prepped for the AP
- Perimeter fence is underway
- Hydro is about done
- Need to install trellis everywhere
- Automated pig water and garden water
Finances
- The last 2 weeks cost us money
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/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we talk about rotational grazing, crazy people, being the counter economy and food shortages on a Tuesday Live episode with Billy Bond and John Willis.
Show Resources
https://www.permapasturesfarm.com/
Main content of the show
Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi3b79U5eo
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we talk about community, problems of our own making, or the game “What’s that smell?”, and more on Afternoon Tea with the Spicy Sisters.
Show Resources
Main content of the show
Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhxswOGTRc
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/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today is a live stream from the volunteer room at Exit and build! Go do something good this weekend guys.
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
Community
- Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
- Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup
- Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b
Advisory Board
- The Booze Whisperer
- The Tactical Redneck
- Chef Brett
- Samantha the Savings Ninja
Resources
Today we talk about prepping, knives, getting things done, planting trees and more with Patrick Roehrman and John Willis.
Show Resources
Main content of the show
Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJU9kAZ01uw
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
Today, we dive deeper into a concept that came out at the LFTN Spring Workshop: Finding and embracing your Special Sauce.
May Webinar: Assessing Your Land For Security, May 22 at 4pm CT
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- The last two jars of 2019 and some discolored beets from 2020
- Swimming in lettuce and greens
- Onion Flowers in salad
- Road food: fd cheese, cold cuts, left overs
- Chicken Recipe: Tuscan Chicken with Ginger and ham
Frugal Tip
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-make-foaming-hand-soap/
Operation Independence
- Launched the chicken processing workshop
- Using pigs to hopefully seal a pond
Main topic of the Show: Find Your Special Sauce
Why?
What do I mean by Special Sauce
I started out as a food blogger – ended up a podcaster and facilitator.
How to find it:
- What do you love?
- What do you hate?
- What are your naturally great at?
- What are you naturally bad at?
- What do other people tell you you are good at?
- What have you tried?
- Why did it succeed or fail?
- When you are happiest, what are you doing? Why does this make you happy?
- Wait 2 weeks and review
- Tear this down to its base elements
Ex – happy at the farmers market (great at talking to people, tells good stories, quickly establishes trust, etc)
Happy in the Garden (comfortable being alone, excellent observation skills, etc)
>>>Go out and try, learn, refine, analyze until you find your Special Sauce or Sauces
I started out as a food blogger – ended up a podcaster and facilitator.
- Used to sing rock n roll
- Started a food blog (could NOT motivate)
- Became a facilitator and story expert
- Tried podcasting for the heck of it
- Realized some things: Performer, facilitator, teacher and storytelling with a heavy musical/verbal focus = podcasting and teaching, not blogging and WRITING.
My special sauce is Story Telling, Connecting People/networking (from others), Reading People/Facilitating.
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
- 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