Today we have an interview about the move from urban living onto a small shed-to-house structure in a very rural setting with Beau Brotherton, founder of the popular Youtube Channel, Better Together Life.
Today is Wednesday so we have a homesteading topic and since I harvested my first round of lettuce grown inside in mason jars yesterday, I thought I would share with you five things I learned about the process along the way.
Today was a beautiful day and I must admit that I traded some inside computer time for outside gardening time. So today, I want to talk to you about how to flex our time responsibly so that you can get important things done, while also taking advantage of weather opportunities – or other opportunities.
Today’s Thought of the Walk is on our criminal justice system in the US and more specifically the concept of innocent until proven guilty.
Today is a homesteading topic and I thought it would be fun to talk about starting seedlings for your spring garden.
Over the weekend, I took a trek on up to Cincinnati to check out the first ever Rogue Food Conference and it was a great reminder to stand strong when things seem to be stacked against you. So many people with many of the same problems gathered together under the hopes of finding solutions that may or may not be there. So today I share with you ten ways to go rogue.
Today is Friday so we have an interview show with Tim Cook all about how to start your handyman business with what you have, rather than waiting until you can afford the next great tool before you begin.
Today I share with you four things you should do to be ready to plant your spring garden.
Starting January 29, LFTN will offer webinars to help you grow!
No matter how beautiful your website and content, no matter how much you invest in quality, no matter how clever you are – unless people see what you are doing, the effort is worthless. Join us in a three webinar series focused on driving eyes to your site and using empirical information to decide what is working best for your business. We are honored to partner with Sue Zoldak of The Zoldak Agency to offer the following sessions:
- January 29: 7-8pm ET: How Do People Find Me on the Web? (Register)
- February 26: 7-8pm ET: How Do I Know Which Digital Platforms Will Best Market My Business (Register)
- March 18: 7-8pm ET: Learn Facebook Ad Campaigns in 60 Minutes (Register)
Cost is $50 per webinar – or FREE with LFTN membership. (See membership levels for details).
Course Descriptions:
How do people find me on the web?
Learn basic tips on how to get found on search engines, how to write content that gets read, and how to see who is visiting your website. This digital seminar is for those who run or wish to run their own website and want to learn how to use Google Analytics, a free to, to measure site traffic.
How do I know which digital platforms are best to market my business?
Do you use multiple digital tactics such as Facebook, Instagram, and email to drive people to your website? Learn how a simple step (UTM link tagging) can help you know for sure which activity is driving the most business. We will also discuss the basics of A/B testing (i.e. comparing two different email subject lines) and take your understanding of Google Analytics to the next level by understanding Goals.
Learn how to set up a Facebook Ad Campaign in 60 Minutes
Be heard above the noise! Learn strategies and tactics for setting up an effective Facebook ad campaign.
As the year expands, we will add webinar opportunities on both business and practical homesteading topics.
Make it a great week!
From the mistress of cabling, a healthy start
Early one morning, four knitters constituted the bulk of chatters on Living Free in Tennessee MeWe, and we kind of took over the conversation. You know how it goes: non-knitters ribbed us needly people (pun intended, although awful), which got us thinking about yarn moldering in some closet, and we wondered:
What if we joined forces from around the LFTN world to knit a warm blanket?
Mamasauce starts a cable rib strip
So here it is. Let’s build a blanket from strips people knit. Mamasauce will assemble it, and if we have anything even a sofa throw’s worth, we’ll toss it on the barter blanket at the LFTN Spring Workshop 2020.
If you want to make a strip, hop right in.
Specifications, such as they are
US 8 needles
Worsted weight washable yarn
Cast on 36 stitches and work until the strip is about 5 feet (60″) long. This is about a “regular-sized” skein of yarn.
Bind off and get in touch with Mamasauce for an address to send your strip to. Don’t wait to bring it to the Spring Workshop, because the blanket must be assembled and blocked before we give it away.
Use any stitch, stitches, or design. Any color or combinations of color. Any sort of yarn, so long as it can be washed and dried in automatic machines.
Try this direct download for some stitch ideas.
This should be fun!
Update
Cable rib, finished
The Mistress of Cabling and Mama Sauce each have a strip or two ready to go. Ms International began a blanket strip during some weeks of severe pain, then unraveled the work and began again during a happier time. Mr New Hampshire, presently the only male known to be engaged in knitting part of this community blanket, has a good start.