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Episode 738 – A Variety Show for May 6, 2023

Today, I share the story of WHY I moved from Oregon to Tennessee and talk about a few other things on this short form variety show. 

Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival in Camden, TN – SelfRelianceFestival.comToday’s Sponsor: StrongRootsResources.com

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Episode 736 – Youtube Challenges, Forest Fires and Trolls with Porterhouse and John Willis

Today John Willis and I welcome Porterhouse of Porterhouse and Teal to talk about his struggles with Youtube monetization, forest fires, trolls and homesteading.

Featured Event: Oct 12-13 Zero to Hero Ham Radio Training by Radio Made Easy

https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/zero-to-hero-radio-operator-course/

Today’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

TheHomesteadConsultant.com

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Living Free in Tennessee

PorterhouseandTeal.com

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Episode 735 – Exit and Build with Rebecca and John Bush

Today I am joined by Rebecca and John Bush to talk about their journey from poverty to prosperity and how they have used their experiences to create a vast network of people ready to exit the cities and build homestead communities in the country.

Featured Event: Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, Texas
https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/?ref=183

Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com

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Live Free Academy

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Rebecca and John Bush built their life from tiny home, city living to a 10 acre homestead in Bastrop Texas with grit, determination, work and love of community. They founded and run the Exit and Build Land Summit in Bastrop, Texas and connect thousands of people with practical skills through The Live Free Academy.

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Episode 734 – A Variety Show for Early Spring

Today we have a collection of questions from you, the listeners, mainly on early spring topics and the Holler Roost project completed by Steve Eversole. This is a combination of two questions and answers sessions with Holler Neighbors.Featured Event: 

Wild Edible Walk

Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

RSVP to: strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Today’s Sponsor: FreeSteading.com

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Episode 733 – The Power of Persistence with Thecia Ellis

Today, I am joined by Thecia Ellis to discuss how persistence has taken her from the brink of bankruptcy to a developing homestead.

Featured Event: The 2023 Health Expo hosted by Barron County Patriots on May 6 in Chetek, WIToday’s Sponsor: The Homestead Consultant

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https://www.grandmashomestead.farm/

This Grandma’s Life Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ywkimBphxuAqn7rwx9hQg

Farm Animal Life

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkUUHdXKN8OUGiODPXEupg

Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KinziesCandleShop

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Thecia Ellis is a grandmother of three that has settled in NE Oklahoma after a lifetime of moving around Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas and Southern California with a very short move to Venezuela as a toddler.

She and her husband own 26 acres of the 40 acre plot of a reclaimed coal pit. After her husband became severely depressed that morphed into bi-polar depression, their lives slid backward for several years nearly losing everything.

Through sheer stubbornness and persistence, Thecia is slowly clawing their way forward again and even has begun to enjoy the journey.

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Episode 732 – Critical Thinking with Ryan Steva

Today, I am joined by Ryan Steve of TheHomesteadConsultant.com to discuss how critical thinking is done and why it is important to sharpen this skill.

Featured Event: Paul Wheaton’s PTJ Event in Missoula, MT

Today’s Sponsor: DiscountMylarBags.com

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TheHomesteadConsultant.com

ClarityHomeInspection.com

www.instagram.com/inspectionsbyclarity

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youtube.com/@lovefarm9862

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I grew up in rural Wisconsin with lots of room to roam, experiment and explore. I was home schooled before it was cool. After a departure from the corporate world, I now make my living as a home inspector and homesteading consultant. I love to innovate solutions and I am passionate about building soil, building community and building better, more resilient food systems.

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Episode 731: Jack and Nicole Talk About Everything

Today I talk with Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast about – well – everything!

Featured Event: The Exit and Build Land Summit, May 18-21 in Bastrop, TX

Today’s Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice: AgoristTaxAdvice.com

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Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Jack Spirko and I hopped on a two hour livestream to field a bunch of questions from gardening, to ammo, to storing fuel. Enjoy

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Episode 730 – Get Real with The Spicy Sisters

Today we talk about spring not coming on the homestead, cats, and life priorities with Amy Dingmann from A Farmish Kind of Life on our monthly Spicy Sisters show.

Talk about the week’s schedule.

Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28

Today’s Sponsor: Strong Roots Resources

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A Farmish Kind of Life

Living Free in Tennessee

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Episode 729 – Homestead Happenings for April 21, 2023

Today we talk about the duck egg incubation experiment, another coming frost risk as predicted, pre planning for healthy meals, rabbit procrastination.

Featured Event: 

Wild Edible Walk

Lenoir City, TN

Saturday, May 20th

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

RSVP to: strongrootsresources@gmail.com

Today’s Sponsor: TheHomesteadConsultant.com

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Chicken Processing class

Forage

  • Hairy vetch is blooming
  • New mullein is popping up
  • Dead nettle and chick weed is still around but getting old
  • Bee balm is popping up, as is lemon balm

Livestock

  • Epic Muscovey Battles
  • Rabbit procrastination
  • Time to rotate goats but we are waiting til after the Spring Workshop
  • Meat chicken update – whey and milk, class
  • Sheep escaping the fence – weird electrical fencing problems
  • LGDs need to go to the vet

Grow

  • Tomato update
  • Hardening off seedlings, why it is important (Sunburned leaves)
  • Spring garden salads

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Steve and the outhouse trim
  • Holler Roost T Shirt
  • Share what you are accomplishing on TG
  • A word on Nostr

Infrastructure

  • Holler Roost is finished
  • Focusing on food forest maintenance (Trying to get the ground cover I want over ground cover mother nature wants
  • Garden planting time

Finances

  • No update

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Episode 728 – Lessons Learned in Business Resilience with Toby Truman

Join me for a discussion with Toby Truman of Discount Mylar Bags about how he grew his business on Amazon, ran into roadblocks, and ultimately shifted focus beyond the Amazon community. Lots of lessons learned in this show today!

Featured Event: The Midwest Preparedness Project, April 26-28

Today’s Sponsor: Discount Mylar Bags

We are pleased to welcome a new sponsor today! I thought it would be fitting to announce this sponsor the same day we speak with its founder. Discount Mylar Bags has been providing quality mylar solutions and other packaging for over a decade, as well as linking folks up with food preservation systems such as the Harvest Right Freeze Dryer and more! A family run business, DMB loves its customers and they operate out of Tennessee. in fact, early on in Holler Roast’s live, Toby from DMB reached out to me to offer to connect me with coffee packaging at a high volume rate, but without having to store 50,000 bags in the Holler. For five years, we have exclusively sourced the Holler Roast bags from DMB.

It is without hesitation that I welcome Discount Mylar Bags to our sponsorship rolls! Find out more at DiscountMylarBags.com.

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What makes someone want to sell Mylar bags for a living? What were you doing before that?
What were your goals for the business starting out?
How much did it cost to start your business?
Have you had any other side hustles?
Now that you’re ‘retired’ at 52, what does your life look like?
What do you attribute your success to?
What do you want us to know about your products or company?

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