People often ask me about what to do as a new homesteader and I always say, start one thing at a time and do it all the way. Today, I thought we could talk about some of my failures here so that you can avoid them.

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Stump the Sauce

Mayonnaise – I have heard you talk about making your own Mayonnaise briefly before. Could you talk more about how you personally make it, and how long it keeps, and/or ways to extend its useful life?

•  ¼ cup lemon
• 3 duck egg yokes
• Avocado or Olive Oil
• Spices

What’s Up in the Garden

• Peas that escaped the onslaught of the chickens are looking good
• Strawberries are blooming (The rock trick from Nick)
• Herbs and tomatoes are out — but another round is held back in case we get the late April freeze
• Planting potatoes this week
• Sweet potato slips are in progress

Main topic of the Show: 5 Mistakes I Made on My Homestead

1. The Retaining Wall of Shame
2. The Pooey Pig Pasture
3. Animals before Fencing
4. Hoarders Unite: Nowhere to Store Things
5. The Problem is the Solution (On hills, clay, rock, and a south facing house)

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• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

 

Today is a thought of the walk on being always available. What is the thought of the walk? Well, every so often I take my dogs for a walk. This clears the mind and opens me up for thought. These short, one-topic episodes are simply my way to share thoughts with you and invite your feedback.

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Brian Norton of Food Forest Farms joins me today to give us an update on how his life has evolved as he dives  more deeply into entrepreneurial living and following his passion.

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Today, I bring you a replay episode, replay of Episode 127 from 2019, right as we were starting to do three episodes per week! That year, I had no idea if I could make it work so I set up a content plan where one day a week was hardcore how to. This episode talks about how to transplant those seedlings that you have so lovingly nurtured into your garden.

Replay of Episode 127

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Today, I will highlight two examples to approaching someone you may want as a mentor, or from whom you would just like a little advice. Why does this matter? Because as you go through life, you will find, from time to time, that you wish to learn or try new things, — or that you may start a business or side hustle — and a great way to avoid mistakes that are obvious to someone with experience, but not obvious to you, is to hold an interview, go to a demo, become an intern, or find a mentor.

And in the last few weeks, I have been approached by two people with very different approaches and they got very different reactions from me. It made me think – let’s look at the two approaches and learn from that.

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