Today, we’ve got a good one with an exploration of how well goats work for weed control, as well as some tactics we have learned about over the past “almost year” of having these playful little devils — and they are devils — on our land.

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What mother nature is providing

• Shagbark Hickory Update
• Deadnettle is starting to spring up
• Bees legs are full of pollen
• Watercress may be big enough this week to harvest a round
• Bad mushroom year – all my best logs are gone
• Sprouts 
• Eggapalooza –

Getting the Gardens Ready

• Seedling trays – maybe – big trip to houston coming up and not sure if things will be in place
• Special replay this week: Growing your Own Seedlings.
• Mud farming – facial idea

Tales from the prepper pantry

• Marty the pig will graduate in a few weeks – a confession
• Laying plans to eat more green beans – for some reason this year we’ve been finding lots of collard greens and not hitting the canned stores
• Still swimming in sweet potatoes – anyone got some fun recipes?
• Onions from last fall will be done in about two weeks, just as the wild garlic is coming on 

Operation Independence

• Duplex taxes are done – so much more to do on taxes
• Arranged for Marty to be processed

Goat Fencing Episode

Make it a great week!

Today, I am going to talk with you about opportunity and simplification. Simplification is the top of people’s minds for so many right now as they declutter their closets, re-examine their priorities and see opportunities come to fruition.

And opportunity is the name of the game.

Here at the Holler Homestead, we have been on 18 months of growing side hustles as I transitioned to a different way of life, and, well, the opportunities just keep coming in.

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Today, I’ve got a whole bunch of stuff lined up for you, some of which I meant to tell you last week, but ran out of time. We are going to go through some lessons learned on budgeting for the homestead – Ive collected them from various sources, most of whom are not natural budgeters and we will talk about something I learned this week: How to square a pole barn with a measuring tape, stakes and string.

SPRING WORKSHOP INFO

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Today I am joined by Brian Norton of Food Forest Farms as he talks about his trials and tribulations along the road toward starting a micro roasting business, breaking out of corporate America, and more!

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It is amazing to me how adding music to a great poem can bring more life to it. This is the final in a series of four versions of the Night Before Christmas with a special song, performed live on Dec 3, 2017 in Cookeville, TN, by the Cookeville Mastersingers and the music wsa arranged by Simone.

Merry Christmas all!

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