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Episode 594 – Homestead Happening for July 15, 2022


Today we talk about an update on the drought, green bean palooza, succession planting in the garden, what to do when you only get male squash flowers, a hurt pig and more.

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ONLY 5 SEATS LEFT! Swale Workshop: https://selfreliancefestival.com/product/swale-workshop/?aff=nicolesauce

Forage

  • Echinacea
  • Seed saving: Dill
  • Confrey and Jewel Weed (Salve time)

Livestock

  • No ducklings yet
  • Rats!
  • Lady Pig’s Foot (2 ppl needed to inspect)
  • Sheep are becoming easier
  • May breed rabbits – it is too hot,,,, expanding genetics
  • Egg count is down from the duct so watching for the molt
  • Fodder Harvest Time

Grow

  • Blueberrypalooza
  • Green bean harvest 1.0
  • Reseeded the potato area with green beans
  • Setting up the garlic bed 
  • 1 lb tomatoes
  • Male squash flowers (Nitrogen, heat, age)
  • Rain Update

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • By by Jenni – you are still a Holler Neighbor (The Rain Storm)
  • Basecamp Update: Possible Apprentice, Transitional Housing
  • Covid

Infrastructure

  • August 6 Open House (Potluck and Project)
  • Tractor Tire Problem

Finances

  • Inflation Hits Us Too – just not as hard

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Episode 593 – Progress Through Prepping with Bear Independent and John Willis


Today I am joined by Bear Independent and John Willis as we talk about prepping with an eye toward progress instead of panic.

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

Bear Independent

Grindstone Ministeries

Refuge Medical

Main content of the show

As recorded in this video:

https://youtu.be/o5U9FqHdhDk

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Episode 592 – Homestead Happenings for July 8 2022


Today we talk about homesteading in the dog days, the business of summer, preserving food and more.

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Swale Workshop

Forage

  • Berries: Blue, Rasp., Wine, Black, Goose
  • Elderberries are not yet rip but moving that direction
  • Comfrey
  • Plantain
  • Mint
  • Almost echinacea time

Livestock

  • 7 baby rabbits
  • Clearing Basecamp (sheep)
  • Duckling due in the next week
  • Ducks as entertainment
  • Freeloaders

Grow

  • Drought update
  • Cucumber week
  • Volunteers in the pig pasture
  • Green beans in slow motion
  • Garden30 update
  • Preparing the fall bed
  • Starting seeds
  • Preservation Update

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Kat’s blueberry patch
  • Free seeds from Ashley
  • Roller Coaster transition

Infrastructure

  • Perimeter Hot Wire (Possible Open House)
  • Cooking outside

Finances

  • Chicken Class – traded labor for half priced birds

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Episode 591 – Rubber Meets The Road on Pantry Management with Tori


Today is a conversation with Tori frow out Mewe group about what her family eats, and how to extrapolate form that to developing a better food savings account.

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Episode 590 – Content Creators, Livestock, and Fountain.FM with Jack Spirko, John Willis and Nicole Sauce


Today we talk about how to contact content creators, a cool new podcasting app, livestock, weathering drought and more with Jack Spirko and John Willis.

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Special Operations Equipment

Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

Main content of the show

Replay of the Tuesday Live on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXi3b79U5eo

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Episode 589 – Homestead Happening for July 1, 2022


Today we walk through the week on the homestead: drought, lack of rain, growing plants in drought, preparing the chicken workshop, and lack of water.

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Swale Workshop

Forage

  • Milk Weed Flowers
  • Dry grass
  • Dry mint
  • Dry bergamont
  • BTW it is dry
  • Plantain seed- they are dry

Livestock

  • 2 new does are in house
  • KH has baby rabbits
  • Sheep are inching closer to the barn and field where they will mostly live
  • Duck is setting 8 viable eggs
  • Snapping turtle woes
  • Goats need to earn their keep
  • Chick processing preparations – relief!

Grow

  • Without sprinklers and the hydro systems we would be screwed this year
  • The great tomato blight weather pattern is upon us
  • Beets, garlic, carrots, cucumbers
  • Still no green beans
  • Best dill year ever
  • Rabbit poop is magic

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • Update on what we plan to do with Basecamp

Infrastructure

  • Fencing, fencing, fencing
  • Setting plans for the flooring under Tajmaholler

Finances

  • 2022 chicken raising cost

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Episode 588 – Freedom and Choice with Tesstamona


Today we talk about choosing freedom through geography, the criminal justice system, differences in the West versus the South, music, and more with Tesstimona, John Willis and NIcole Sauce.

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Living Free in Tennessee

The Survival Podcast

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Episode 587 – Revisit #My3things


Today I walk through #my3things as well as discuss why LFTN came to be and also why preparing for life is what is needed to thrive.

Epoch Times covers Self Reliance Festival – welcome the new folks

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Fall Events

  • July 30 & 31, Swale Workshop in Camden, TN ($197)
  • September 26-29, Butchering Masterclass in Camden, TN ($TBD)
  • Oct 1-2, Self Reliance Festival in Camden, TN ($75)
  • Oct 28-29, Food Forest Install Workshop, Lancaster, TN ($375) – tickets launch August 1

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

  • A word on the drought and its impact on crops
  • Early spring greens transition
  • Still no green beans or cucumbers but they should hit next week
  • Chickens for the winter
  • Busy day meal preparation for a stir fry
  • Filling in the gaps in the pantry: salt, vinegar, etc

Frugality tip for extension cords from Strider47

Weekly Shopping Report for 06/25/2022

Operation Independence

  • Broccoli Story

Main topic of the Show: Revisit #My3Things

  1. Zumba class at the gym
  2. Set up election booths for tomorrow’s election
  3. Start clearing growth under power lines

You read that on our mewe group and you wonder – what is this all about? How does it work? Often people respond with a list of five or six things. Because doing more is better right? I mean, we talk about going the extra time, doing better, AND THE VALUE OF HARD WORK.

But does working harder really pay off?

What is My3things

Why it works and what it will bring you

How to get started – big picture goal

Is go to work a my3thing?

What to do when there are more than 3 things

How to balance the list (maintenance vs new territory)

I only have 1 three thing

Night time to do list and journal

Monthly review, annual review

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MeWe reminder

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Episode 586 – Homestead Update for June 24, 2022


Today is a homestead update where we discuss what happens next with the sheep, discuss the impact of this year’s drought, share another livestock loss, and more.

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Forage

  • Dill weed is ready to harvest or let go to seed
  • Should get green beans this week
  • Tomatoes are getting close
  • Wild raspberries are ripe
  • Bergamot / bee balm harvest time and mint harvest time
  • So much I am missing due to travel
  • Found a bartlett pear tree at basecamp that is HUGE

Livestock

  • Rabbit passed – not sure why but it was hot and she was pregnant
  • KH’s bunnies had babies
  • What is next for the sheep: Moving to the barn next door – we are prescreening the terrain for knows hazardous plants
  • Shade spot last week during the extreme heat
  • Sheep are bucket racists: they dislike the white ones
  • Sheep nutrient and seeking timothy hay in large amounts
  • 5-6 eggs a day from ducks

Grow

  • Hillside garden looks fantastic
  • Tomato wall is amazing
  • Rabbit poop/garden 30 results and update
  • Carrots, squash, etc

Holler Neighbors/Community

  • T took care of darn near everything by himself
  • Tapping into the local hvac talent to pimp out the roasting shack
  • What really happened on my “quiet” weekend (Potluck fun times, car repair, etc)

Infrastructure

  • Step in posts are not working well due to the drought
  • Chicken netting is up
  • Setting up the sheep barn
  • Watering on timers
  • Looking to add pasture spigots

Finances

  • Looking at sourcing scraps for the pigs and other things I learned from Billy
  • Sheep hay and materials is costing more still (As well as not knowing how the fencing was going to go)

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Event Management Webinar – June 30 at 7pm CT

Join us June 30 at 7pm for a member’s webinar as we discuss the 5 aspects of event management, gleaned from years of running successful events at the Holler Homestead and within the LFTN Community.

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