Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we explore investing in family and what it means to build your dynasty, why that is not a bad thing, as well as who your family should be. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canning Reorganization Update Workshop Leftovers, the gift that keeps on giving Getting a handle on how much vinegar we use in a year 9Orders for pickup) Comment on sears and the mercantile What's in Season Creek mint Mullein is blooming All the garden things! Still no ripe tomatoes Operation Independence Embarking on a new real estate project soon - starting the process of expanding the number of properties I manage Keeping Redneck around is resulting in things getting fixed without needing to call "a guy" Main topic of the Show: Investing in Family Make it a great week! Song: Grandpa's Song by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we will talk about the 8 projects you can do to master canning. Because canning is a great way to tap into abundance and enjoy your results all year long. But canning, like any skill, works best as a progression. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? 150k sweepstakes ends on Monday - get you shares in and email me to be entered into the drawing. Direct Download Show Resources All American Pressure Canner Kit: https://amzn.to/2F6yHzl Presto Pressure Canner: https://amzn.to/2WFmDQv Electric Pressure Canner: https://amzn.to/31lnLaC The Encyclopedia of Country Living: https://amzn.to/2WCGyKR Stump the Sauce How to Stop a Circular Discussion? (Broken record syndrome) Figure out the why Break the cycle https://www.psychmechanics.com/2018/12/why-people-keep-repeating-same-thing.html Dry erase board trick Let me repeat what I heard you say - is this right? Would you like me to run out and get you that answer right now? Tales from the Booze Whisperer Whisky Ice Cubes What's Up in the Garden Green Beans Chard Potatoes Squash Basil Still no ripe tomatoes Time to start second wave of summer veggies and the fall garden plants Main topic of the Show: Steps to Mastering Canning Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we cover some ways to get started in cooking with what you have rather than a recipe. ANNOUNCEMENT: Cook With What You Have will be available for download on the membership portal on Friday! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry All the processing is happening Working toward all wide mouth jars 13 quarts of beets pickled Bone broth in process Herbs drying Want: Canning Kitchen set up outside What's in Season Day lilies: Salads and sautes Dill: Pickling and salads Elderflower: Fritters & Tea Honeysuckle flower: Simple syrup for beverages this week Hearty greens like dock and plantain are getting a bit chewy, but you can harvest and eat plantain seeds Operation Independence 10 Quarts of Honey extracted - a $200 value. Keeping 4 for us and selling the rest. Finished out some of the wrong kind of project opening up more time for the long term push Main topic of the Show: Cook with What You Have Book Recommendation from the show: Ratio Make it a great week! Song: Dr. Feeley, Dr. Skinner by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up MeWe Group Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today I examine a bad cultural habit we have of demanding that others give up their rights just because we had to give up ours. This is a thought of the walk episode so it is short. Don't forget - share my podcast with 2 friends and email me to be entered to win 5 lbs of coffee or a premium membership. MeWe Group Friend me on MeWe Direct Download Main topic: Thought of the Walk on Power Abuse Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN on MeWe Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I have invited the Tactical Redneck to come on the show and talk to us about small motor maintenance for three items: a push lawnmower, a chainsaw, and a weed eater (not the goat). Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce What to do when your passion is hard to find What's Up in the Garden Updated the trellising strategy in the ap and made sure all the suckers were off the tomatoes Mexican Sourgurken will be ready soon Scapes came and went and it is time to harvest garlic and baby potatoes Lots of firsts: Malabar spinach is up, 1st green bean, coriander seed pods are there, carrots coming on slowly, 1st squash Seeding another round of beans, cloning tomatoes, looking at starting cucumer and squash plants inside to transplant later in the summer after the vine borers dessimate all my stuff. Time to plan the fall garden Main topic of the Show: Small Motor Maintenance on the Homestead Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Sometimes, we must push back on repugnance, learn or try something new, because if we stop learning - we stop growing. And if you are not growing, atrophy quickly follows. Direct Download Reminder: 7am-7:30am Tuesday and Thursday Live Chat on Mewe! Tales from the Prepper Pantry The pickled beet story Dill from the market (Dog Fennel) -- I said Horse Fennel in the show - I meant Dog Fennel! DO NOT EAT DOG FENNEL!! Canning tip: Never reuse lids What's in Season First baby squash Rosepetals (candied) Day lilies Nasturtium - too bad I did not plant any Operation Independence Cook with what you have The tool fairy Main topic of the Show: If you're not learning something new, you're doing it wrong! Song: Calling My Name - by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is a Friday so we have an interview show today and I think you are going to love this one - Especially all of you who have been dabbling in or dreaming of installing your own Aquaponics system! We will hear about Aquaponics on a large scale, lessons learned and how it integrates with a permaculture approach to homesteading from Richard Hasting. Direct Download Announcements! 150k download celebration - share with two friends and email me to tell me you did and get entered to win 5 lbs of coffee or 1 year annual membership at the premium level New email process for the show - sign up. Mewe Livechats Tuesday and Thursday, 7am-7:30am Central Time on the LFTN Mewe Group Show Resources EastTexasAquaponics.com Make it a Great Weekend! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

I got a question in about ducks and it was involved enough that I thought it would make a great Wednesday topic. And indeed, I find it easier to brood ducks on the summer than the early spring, so today we will go through a bunch of stuff, from brooding, to caring for, to why you might want ducks or chickens or chicken over ducks. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Email feedback to [email protected] Stump the Sauce What to do with 12 dozen eggs - decide if you really want to eat that many eggs (8 week plan) Scramble and freeze in 2 egg sets Tales from the Booze Whisperer Variation on Julep by Derek What's Up in the Garden No rain - have had to water starter plants some more Tossing leftover sweet potato slips in a place where I always fight weeds to see what happens - and starting some organo there (need drip irrigation for that) Frankentomato should ripen soon Lots of volunteer tomatoes in one bed Keep thinking it is the last salad, and getting another salad ($.75 salad) Squash blooms Malabar spinach is finally up! Main Topic: Introduction to Ducks Brooding, feeding, water, diseases, training and more! Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Originally, I was going to talk about eating frogs, but then I looked at something interesting. Y'all know I love to do CrossFit but that I injured my back moving a clothes dryer and have taken some time off right? But like all CrossFitters, I do tend to keep up on what is going on there. Well today, CrossFit corporate pulled out of Facebook and Instagram - and better yet, they published why. So we will talk about opting out or Orwellian manipulation. MeWe group: https://mewe.com/group/5ad3c44edeec7d2b4612b2bf Join my gym if you are in the Cookeville area CrossFit Article You Need to Read! Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I talk through elements of an aquaponics system, bed styles and some things to think about when you start with aquaponics. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Find out how you can win 6 pounds of coffee or 1 year of free premium membership! Stump the Sauce What to serve if you want a totally foraged side dish What's Up in the Garden germination all the greens tomato and mexican sauergurken set Main topic of the Show: Basic Mechanics of an Aquaponics System Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we have an important topic for many of us - what to do when your time is not yours. Because there are times in almost everyone's life where you end up in a situation where for one reason or another, your time is not yours. The expectations or agreements you have made put you in a position where you do not want to be. I know I feel choked whenever I end up in this position. Like I literally cannot breathe. So I thought it would be a good time to walk through ways to bear it, and ways to avoid it. Live Chat on MeWe Tuesday and Thursday 7am-7:30 am CT Tales from the Prepper Pantry I am so bad - the reorganization is still not done Using up green beans and corn and pickled things Researching green chili salsa recipes in advance of Green Chili Fest this fall A word on dry good storage What's in Season Day lilies Vetch flowers Clover flower, Bee balm, Sage, Berry leaves, Lemon balm, Peppermint Thistle Operation Independence Dutch Buckets and gleaning soil from old grow beds Main topic of the Show: What to Do When Your Time Isn't Yours Walk away Reset your expectations Retraining Seek the middle ground (Reduce times of pull) Accept that this is a tradeoff (I get to go to work vs I have to go to work) Make it a great week! Song: Thanks Dave by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is a Friday so we have an interview and this interview is great. Local farmer and listener Jason Smith of Smith Family Farm joins me today to talk about how they built their 10 acre paradise into something that both brings them high quality food and supplies locals and restaurants with awesome produce. You also get a booze whisperer segment today. Direct Download Show Links www.smithfamilyfarmtn.com (includes a blog) On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Smith-Family-Farm-255557241224922/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH_6SzCMTTkjNDS8qU2TzEg?view_as=subscriber Tales from the Booze Whisperer Red kryptonite Interview with Jason Smith of Smith Family Farm Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today will be the first in a series of shows on Aquaponics - and today is the most basic of overviews - from the perspective of a user, not an installer, not a designer, but someone who has been hands on with an Aquaponics system for a year. #HollerHatWednesday: Whose floor is she on and who or what threw her there? Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Stump the Sauce How would you season your perfect bacon cheeseburger? Buy this paprika! Tidings from the Garden $.95 salad will be served this evening (some lettuces are starting to bolt) Potatoes are looking great Peas are going strong Swiss chard is coming into its own Need to add nutrient - probably mg and calcium, though it could be iron, though that would be really odd Some beans are climbing their poles Tomatoes are blooming but have not set fruit Parsley and cilantro are going to seed More variety than last year Thai water spinach has germinated, malabar spinach has not - may put some in pots under heat mats Spent my June liquor budget on lava rock for AP expansion Main topic of the Show: Introduction to Aquaponics - a user's view Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I talk through something kind of personal - the thought process on whether to push through the hard time in my business or to pull the plug. This is a place everyone seems to come to when starting a micro business (under 5 employees) and I am right there. But more on that in the main section of today's show. Show Links Mewe morning Chat Tuesday and Thursday: https://mewe.com/join/living_free_in_tennessee Kurt's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eF7NSGkVf8 Tales from the Prepper Pantry Drying herbs: Oregano and sage - comfrey Still in the massive reorganization Used the final onion Pulling out pork to grind rather than buy it ground to use up the meat in the freezer What's in Season All the greens Strawberries Comfrey and vetch Bee balm, lemon balm, berry leaves No mushrooms this week Operation Independence Spike in web work Main topic of the Show: Business Decision Time - Push Through or Pull Out? Did your hustle turn out to be what you love? Will pushing through yield the financial results you want? If you add side income, is it the best use of your time? Are you actually set up to make a profit? Will you always have to have side income, or is this temporary? (VERY IMPORTANT) What are your alternative options and do any look more appealing than what you are doing now? Do you have the support you need to go for it? Make it a great week! Song: Tripped Out by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN on MeWe Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we have a thought of the walk for Friday about Doers versus Takers. It really is amazing what happens when you gather a group of doers together and the become friends. Perhaps this is why the communities that work the best are based on doers, not takers. More on that in the show today. Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I talk about how to begin implementing a permaculture approach to your homestead. This has been at the front of my mind this year as I started taking a PDC. I will share with you how I stumble across permaculture, what it is, and some steps we have taken here to begin adjusting our homestead to be more functional through permaculture design. Don't get me wrong: I am a student of permaculture sharing my journey with you, not an expert. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? @nicolesauce1 on Instagram... Direct Download Stump the Sauce From Christie: What to do with too many onions Tales from the Booze Whisperer Update Getting the Gardens Ready Potatoes are looking awesome - need to fill in with wood chips or straw to encourage more potatoes Time to look for Garlic scapes Building Dutch Pots for last of the peppers and tomatoes Filled in herbs, water plant seeds, and other warm weather plants this week Onion starts going in the ground Sweet potatoes going in when dutch pots are done so we do not lose all the real estate in the ap like we did last year Main topic of the Show: Beginning the Permaculture Approach to Homesteading Show Links Zones simplified: https://www.permaculturevisions.com/getting-permaculture-zone/ Gaias Garden: https://amzn.to/2H9DpxP Onion Recipes: https://www.onions-usa.org/recipes Jack Spirko's New-ish Episodes on Permaculture http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/permaculture-part-one http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/permaculture-part-two http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/permaculture-part-three http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/permaculture-part-four Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

It is so easy to get hurt by what people say and do to you - even when those same people meant something completely different. Today, I have a reminder for all of us to not take things so personally. It is not about you and it is not about me most of the time - but we perceive the world through our view - and everything can seem personally targeted to us, even when it isn't. We will discuss that and some ways to reframe your view right after our regular segments. Cookbook update - Got my copy for a final edit - very excited to launch it! Email feedback to [email protected] Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canning lots of stock Not done with the summer pantry transition we discussed in Wednesday's show What's in Season "Wild Strawberries" which are really Mock strawberries or Duchesnea indica Peas are blooming - pea shoots Hairy vetch All the lettuces Clover flower collection week (for tea) Operation Independence Talk about the independence fund and being penny wise and pound foolish Duplex is truly rented! Main topic of the Show: Remember Not to Take Things Personally Make it a great week! Song: Thanks Dave by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we will talk about the annual process of preparing for summer in the pantry. You see, we are moving from eating what we have stored in large part to eating fresh foods and storing the excess and with that comes the need to audit, reorganize and plan for the coming year. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? (on Instagram: @nicolesauce1) Stump the Sauce From Angela: Do you grow lettuces from seeds or seedlings Event stock Getting the Gardens Ready Too many plants - need to get my dutch pots built Transition from cool weather plants to warm weather plants Harvesting every other day or so Battle of the weeds begins Main topic of the Show: Preparing the Pantry for Summer Process: Audit what it where Remove and deep clean section by section Move old to the "use it first" section, put empty jars in the add new canned goods section Freezer management: (Challenge every year) Assess if we used things at the same rate as we usually do Fast track 2 year old jars and/or meats by moving to the kitchen freezer Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we talk about some highlights from the spring workshop we had here at the Holler Homestead. The Tactical Redneck and Mama Sauce will join me to give their perspectives as well. Direct Download

Today is a big day at the LFTN Spring Workshop! We will have sessions all day then land at the barter blanket where folks have the fun of trying to tell the bet story to sell their wares. We bring you a timely replay today on how to make homemade salad dressing. Direct Download

We are just launching out first evening of workshop hijinks today, so I bring you a replay episode in honor of my good friend The Tactical Redneck who has worked his ass off helping us get all set up for the big event. Direct Download

This week, we have the Spring Workshop at the Holler Homestead so Living Free in Tennessee's podcasts will be all replay episodes all the time. First up this week, "Breakthroughs Happen When You Least Expect Them." It is always nice to have a reminder to make time to have the breakthroughs you need. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Today, we have an interview with a wonderful couple who are working together to build the life they want with a homesteading mentality but in an urban environment. Tom and Julie Domres of a Small Scale Life are a big part of our LFTN community and today, we get to talk about how they are accomplishing the best life they can build together. Direct Download Tom and Julie in the Web SmallScaleLife.com Instagram: @smallscalelife Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we walk through something we have never really discussed on the podcast: Easy to Bake Bread via a process I learned from Geraldine Duncan - one of my early in life influencers and inspirers - the lady who showed me not to fear taking on big tasks in the kitchen. We will also walk through some homestead hijinks as this week has been crazy and when it is crazy on the homestead, your animals can sense something is up and I SWEAR they become crazy themselves. Or spring is in the air - either way. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce How can I keep my lettuces fresh How long can I expect them to remain fresh Tales from the Holler Homestead Goat Night Swarming Bees Holler Roast Ottoman Getting the Gardens Ready Potatoes are up Sweet Potato Slips Ready to Transplant $2.50 salad was achieved yesterday Tomatoes a foot tall and growing like mad Volunteer Squash, beans and other plants Main topic of the Show: Easy to Bake Bread Make a sponge Work in the rest of the flour Let Rise Bake@425 for 20-25 minutes Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we go back to one of our core topics to cheer myself up: Making tasty food. Also, we are precooking much of the food for the Spring Workshop right now so the house smells amazing. I dearly hope you enjoy this food-based episode! Announcement: There will be replays next week as we will be very focused on making this event fun. Do be sure to join the LFTN Coffee break Group if you want to see any of the livestreams we do from the event. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Serving us well - easy meals for crews of folks dropping in to help prepare for the workshop Onion Update Almost done with sweet potatoes - using them up this year! Lot's or reorganization by Tactical means there may be a better system in the root cellar this winter What's in Season Found another dryads saddle Reports or morels Will save the garden update for Wednesday, but we had a $2.85 salad this week. Tomorrow's harvest will be our break even salad at $2.50 Operation Independence Traded rando reject coffee for lumber Duplex is probably rented - never say it is until the person moves in Share the podcast Main topic of the Show: Delicious Event Food Make it a great week! Song: Anonymous Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday so we have a Thought of the Walk episode. This is a short show where I talk through an idea I had while walking with my dogs, or sitting around the fire. American ingenuity is one thing that has made our economy grow despite all the fetters instilled upon it by government. It has lead to breakthroughs. But are we losing it? Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

And you know what Wednesday - er I mean Thursday means: We have a homestead focused episode today and I thought it was about time to have the second in our cheese series. Why? Because last week, I was on the road and one of my favorite things to do to eat well is to make a plate with veggies, pickled things hard yummy cheeses and meats in place of a heavy dinner meal. This is even more fun when you can grab a nice cheddar you have been aging and add some slices of that to the mix. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Direct Download Stump the Sauce How to tap into what you have on hand to feed a work crew (easy meals) Getting the Gardens Ready Tomatoes are all out minus Timmy which will go out tonight Banana plants are going out New holly plant from Brand Volunteer squash has germinated so I am seeding squash and cukes to see if I can beat the dreaded supersonic SVB that I am convinced David transported here (it must be all his fault) Buying peppers at the market Saturday - I hope Potatoes are up Main topic of the Show: Cheddar Cheese Don't let the perfect get in the way of the good. Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we have a replay episode. The cement pad has been poured and people are still on site putting in the final touches on it and I am just dying to have a DANCE PARTY. But the episode on making hard cheeses is a bit much to jump into at this late hour, so I bring you a replay of an episode from one year ago. We were getting ready for the first spring workshop ever. I got completely publicly reamed by someone in a board meeting in a very inappropriate way. And it got me to thinking about ways to deescalate tense situations. Something we can all use a reminder about, right? SO, enjoy the episode formerly knows as 76. Make it a Great Week! Direct Download

Today we have an update from the Holler Homestead on how things are progressing here. The first quarter is over and it is a good time to assess how 2019 plan is unraveling, look over the land before things get too overgrown, and make sure our focus is in the right place for long term success. So I will walk through the coffee, the podcast, the consulting and the paper - as well as check in on the progress of our developing homestead. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Meal planning around the pantry: fresh salads, stew, meatloaf this week Using up butternut squash: roasted May find a moment to head up to the nettle patch to gather some for winter teas What's in Season Stinging nettle Hairy vetch- what an unfortunate name Dryad's saddle mushrooms Lettuces, greens, pea shoots Carrots are up and looking good Transplanting tomatoes into the aquaponics system, 100 year old timmy is still hardening off Operation Independence Seeking 100 old bricks - the kind without holes in them. Email me if you know of a decent source in TN Main topic of the Show: Personal progress, business development and focus Make it a great week! Song: Tripped Out by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday and that means we have a guest interview and today is another great one. We will hear from Salima Singletary about designing a life you want to live, specifically how she has set things up to be the way she and her husband wish to live in the long term --- and along the way she has learned skills, started a new business, and generally had fun adventures. Direct Download Salima's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Homestead-Glamour-1526103667698847/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homesteadglamour/ Body Butter Order Form Salima is a stay-at-home mom who enjoys various arts and crafts when she isn't doing laundry and hauling kids to practices and games. In a previous life she worked as a copy editor at a university press and an advertising proofreader in one of the nation's oldest newspapers. She expected to end up a magazine editor, but life is full of surprises. Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Travel teaches some great lessons that apply to normal home life and side hustle living. Today, I will talk through 6 things that occurred to me this week. 2 tickets left for the spring workshop! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Balancing on the road with pantry practices Almost out of Salsa What's in Season Getting loads of salad greens from the aquaponics Watercress is at peak harvestability right now Dandelion flowers Transplanting tomatoes this coming weekend Operation Independence Sales - because it is important Collections - because it is even more important Main topic of the show: What We Can Learn From Travel Daniel from the coffee break group and logo design Make it a great week! Song: Dr Feeley, Dr Skinner by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday so it is a Thought of the Walk day and I got a little weird this week. I started thinking about social networks, censorship and the Bonfire of the Vanities. So we will discuss how social networks are behaving much like Friar Savonarola's rein of terror is mich like what is starting to happen now on what have become major publishing platforms. Direct Download Image licensed for reuse - original Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filippo_Dolciati_(1443_-_1519)_Execution_of_Girolamo_Savonarola._1498,_Florence,_Museo_di_San_Marco.jpg Source: Museum of San Marco [Public domain] Make it a great week!

Today, I thought I would talk about something all of us in Tennessee have been doing for a few weeks and that many of you will soon need to do: helping your plants through morning frosts that happen in the spring as the earth embraces spring, gets warm, then spikes down below the freezing point at night. I've got 5 things you can do without spending a ton of cash - and these are especially important if you are playing early spring plant roulette as I am. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Direct Download BrettChef on Hard Boiled Eggs Getting the Gardens Ready The year of taming the weeds by my house - transplanted day lillies, elderberry, comfrey, potatoes Added rose bush and rosa ragusa Need to fence out the chickens and do regular weed hoeing sessions, ground cover What I would be doing in sunshine plot: cutting weeds in the pathways, cleanup and mulching Stump the Sauce FROM Tom on pickled carrots Main topic of the Show: 5 ways to save your plants from frost Prepare the ground: Mulch Water them well Heat their feet Cover them Heat under the cover Bring plants inside... Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, I want to examine gratitude and how being grateful for what you can do, what you have and what being grateful for others are in your life can do to help you find a pathway toward growth and success - and ultimately build the life you want to live rather than fall back into old habits of living up to everyone else's expectations. Direct Download We are 3 seats away from being sold out for the Spring Workshop! Tales from the Prepper Pantry Set up the composting area for kitchen scraps in Garbage grove A person cannot put up too much salsa Sweet potatoes are starting to think about turning - making sweet potato chips Pickled quail eggs for the workshop What's in Season Ap salad and pea shoots Chickweed Wild mustard flowers All the other greens All the eggs Operation Independence Focused on renting the duplex, finishing the recipe book and starting another 2 salads from the ap = $10 each :) Tomatoes and pepper transplants are up and free from seed from previous years Main topic of the Show: Gratitude 1: Perspective is everything 2: Find the good in the bad things 3: Add purpose to being grateful 4: Break bad habits of ingratitude And how does being grateful help you build the life you want to live? I think that it does in a few ways: Redefines what is important and where to focus Puts you in a positive frame of mind, which leads you toward solutions rather than critiques Reminds you to be the one responsible for your happiness, success and life Brings graciousness and politeness back into the habit - and this is a habit fast disappearing Make it a great week! Song: Anonymous Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday so we have a guest interview. When I got to know Jessica Mills, AKA "Dixie" from Homemade Wanderlust, I was impressed with her no nonsense, friendly and empowering approach to everything. She was fun to talk with, eager to share information, and genuinely interested in seeing everyone around her do well. This, paired with her ability to get things done well no matter what, made her a great person to interview. Join me today as I talk with Jessica about building your dream job, establishing a personal brand, backpacking, self-reliance and more!

Today we run through things to thing through for the transition from winter into spring on the homestead. And not just for the homestead, but really, with a few minor tweaks for any household that is looking toward ongoing, steady management instead of the "on demand" approach to living and lifestyle. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce Using up the last of your canned goods before a move Getting the Gardens Ready Potatoes are in the stepped area near the AP - hope is that I will keep up better on weeds Spring greens are doing well Tomatoes and peppers are up in the seedling trays Setting up a new mulching system since we are sans pigs Need to ground cover seed the pig pasture - clover and daikon radish Main topic of the Show: Spring on the Homestead Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we will talk about My3Things - and more specifically - how to use it to balance your long term success with short term needs. As the group that shares accountability online grows, subtleties are beginning to appear in the approach - as well as some confusion on what #my3things is and how it works. So I will quickly review the basics as well as talk about your long term success strategy and how to build it into your daily and weekly life. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Fed a crew of 12 this weekend from the pantry Sweet potato chili Smoked butt, greens, corn and beans Bacon and eggs Holler Stew: Leftovers plus venison and tomatoes The Blackstone Cooktop What's in Season All the early spring greens - though I have not seen wild mustard yet. Lettuce, leeks, peas from the AP Operation Independence GSD Weekend Happened and we now have a second composting outhouse Tore down the building in front of our workshop and cleared the area to prepare for the slab pour Did the earth works for the slab pour on Monday Main topic of the Show: #My3things - covering your long term bases in a short term environment Identify why: short term push (Das Website); overcommitted; poor prioritization; wasting time on something like social media, tv, etc (tracking app). Block time to focus on the long term at least 3 days a week for a full hour. (Monday choir story) Reprogram expectations away from always available, always responsive, both from yourself and from others. How to attack different roadblocks TN GSD Crew Classic Rock List: (Bryan Young) Make it a great week! Song: Thanks Dave, performed by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Because today is a Wednesday, we will be talking about a homesteading topic - and one that is near and dear to many a heart. At the request of Victoria from the LFTN Coffee break group, I thought I would share with you 5 tools that I think every homestead should have - even the off-grid ones. But remember - if you ONLY can have 5 tools on your homestead, these are not they. Rather - these are 5 I truly wanted to highlight and each for a different reason. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Listener Feedback White Coffee Getting the Gardens Ready Potatoes ready to plant Seedlings on the heat mats Peas are up, which means pea shoot salads are coming soon Main topic of the Show: 5 Tools to Keep on Your Homestead Coffee Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Guys, I had one hell of a day today - and mostly not in a good way. By 5pm, I still was unable to record the show. It is rare that so much bad stuff comes up that I cannot record, but it happened today. So a close couple of friends asked me: "Why not do a replay?" And I thought about it and realize this: I NEEDED to re-listen to "Change Your Narrative, Change Your Life," so why not do a replay of that episode for all. We all have weird, yucky stuff happen from time to time - and it is a good reminder to make what you can of it when it does. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Putting lambsquarter seeds out Potatoes are going in the ground this week, along with a rose bush I got, rosehips Speaking of which: The last potatoes from the prepper pantry are either getting planted or eaten What's in Season Watercress Chickweed Dandelion, deadnettle, stinging nettle, plantain Keeping my eyes out for dryad's saddle mushrooms Operation Independence Duplex Other things Topic: Replay - Change Your Narrative, Change Your Live Song: Feed My Hunger Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we have a fantastic guest and a fantastic topic. Sue Zoldak founder of The Zoldak Agency joins us to talk about setting up your business for success. Sue started her own ad agency in 2016 due to...client request. She has since gone 36 months without a corporate paycheck. She is also the founder of a networking group she started with 40 friends and now, 5 years later, is 1,400 people deep and one of the most well known in her industry. She is an adjunct professor in digital strategy at George Washington University. Direct Download I first met Sue at a workshop we were running and she was positioned to me as a competitor. As it turned out, she was fun to talk with, knew a helluvalot more than I did about digital marketing, and is one of those people who approaches life with a prosperity for all mindset. She saw the client as someone who needed a win and turned into a powerful force to help them as best she could - and she welcomed other people helping them in different ways. Make it a great week! Sue on the Web Web: www.thezoldagency.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thezoldakagency/ Web: www.suezoldak.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/szoldak/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suezoldak/ Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

It is the first Wednesday in March so we should be doing a new topic, but I feel like plants got the shrift last month with those 3 missing days, so we are doing the second in a two part series on 8 plants to grow in your yard or on your homestead. Today I will share with you the final four plants. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Website migration update Email feedback to [email protected]. I have gotten some great show topic suggestions that you will hear soon! Main topic of the Show: 8 Plants You Should Grow in Your Yard, part 2 Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

If you don't know who the TN GSD crew is, they are a group of friends who sometimes get together at one place or another and help kickstart a project. They've done site visits, plans, aquaponics builds, a composting toilet and had lots of fun along the way doing it. So what makes this community different? We will talk about that in today's show as well as ways you can start developing your own community --- or finding one like it. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Using up stewed tomatoes: Sweet Potato Chili Normal Chili with Crowder Peas Preparing the potatoes to go in the ground (link to post in show notes) Hoping this freeze is the last real one for the year so we can bring out the overwintered banana plant and the water hyacinth Elderberry syrup in rotation as I feel seasonally challenged What's in Season Early Spring Plant Roulette Update: It's cold and the peas are thankfully not up Dandelion greens Watercress (will beat back a bit from the cold) Stinging nettle Tales from the Booze Whisperer Spices in drinks Stump the Sauce How to skim cream off of milk Operation Independence What goes around comes around - GSD Weekend at Brett's - But more on that in today's show Energy Expert Answer Should I grab these free solar panels? Main topic of the Show: TN GSD Crew strikes again Kudos from Coffee Break: Song list on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4re3uS64zN04patCYB3SlD?si=FN6aCWdeStCHh9F3JZW-dw Make it a great week! Song: 911 Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is Friday and a Thought of the Walk day. It has been a long couple of weeks selling random things and seeking to rent my duplex apartment out and this has gotten me to thinking about how technology is changing human behavior. It may seem like i am down on technology - I am not. But I do think we need to be aware of how we come across when we use it so that we are using the technology, not letting it define us. Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today is the first in a two-part series about 8 plants that you should grow in your yard or on your homestead if you can. Some of these are "wildly available" and others domesticated but all of them serve a culinary purpose. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday on Instagram 4 of the 8 plants you should grow Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

It is easy to be sucked in by the siren's call of being busy and checking things off your list — but are you viewing your time as an investment? We will talk about that and more today on Living Free in Tennessee. Workshop registration Tales from the Prepper Pantry Bugging in happened – almost had to tap into my condensed milk – which we need to rotate through What I put in the car Working through the green beans Making Sweet potato chili Method: weekly assessment of what needs to be used up and freezer audit season What's in Season Watercress Duck eggs (also at the workshop) Lettuce Green Onions Wild Garlic 1st spring dead nettle popped up Tales from the Booze Whisperer Segment Stump the Sauce Sick of homemade vinaigrette – ideas for different salad dressing? Operation Independence DAS WEBSITE – on last task (that is of course taking longer than ever expected) Creative Outlet: Alzheimers, friends, singing, lifting your spirits (how that plays into independence) Main topic of the Show: ROI on Your Time Make it a great week! Song: Belly Dancing Vamp Tune, by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today April Ray of Radiant Acres joins me to talk about transitioning to the homestead from city living ---but not quite. Many folks need to have one person working a full time job while the other gets the homestead up and running. April and her husband and three children live in Hampshire, Tennessee, a tiny town an hour outside of Nashville. Four years ago, after living their entire lives in big cities (Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles), they moved out to the country with a desire to grow their own food and be more self-sufficient. But April's husband, Nick, kept his day job in Nashville and they've learned to be both city and country dwellers at the same time. They've discovered that homesteading isn't an all-or-nothing venture. Self sufficiency doesn't happen overnight. Instead, there's a long period of learning, growing, adventuring, failing, succeeding -- and commuting -- that takes place on the journey. https://www.facebook.com/raydiantacres/ Instagram @raydiantacres

Today, I will share with you how I go from seedling to plant in the ground, talk a bit about garden bed preparation, how to know when it is time and care of newly transplanted plants. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce Sausage Hash and Roast Beef Hash Main topic of the Show: Transferring Seedlings Into Your Garden Prepare the ground How to know when it's time How to transplant Care after transplant Do the same with store plants! Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we will go through several things you can to do get your head right and enjoy the darkest days of winter. Seasonal Affective Disorder is not a fake thing, but it is something you can take on and change your narrative. So, let's do this! Tales from the Prepper Pantry Not using canned vegetables as much and here is why Audited what we have canned and in the root cellar and integrated them into the workshop menu Watercress is slow in the creek but growing well in the AP system Lost 2 heads of lettuce - left the cover off Should be doing sprouts but I am not… need to kick that into gear What's in Season Watercress Wild Garlic Nettles are almost ready Mushrooms Tales from the Booze Whisperer Segment from David Oswalt Stump the Sauce My french press makes the coffee taste like ash...? Operation Independence We have applications in for the duplex and it will be done by the end of this month! (A bit on rental income and the pros and cons) Main topic of the Show: Chase Away the Wintertime Blues Make it a great week! Song: SURPRISE!! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce

This is a shorter episode where I share something that occurs to me while out on a walk. We focus so much on getting things done around here that sometimes it is easy to forget to make time for your mind to wander and a walk is a great way to do that. Today, I have some thoughts on the great tradeoff of control for other things such as reach, security, money and more. There is a constant pressure between these things and many folks do not assess their choices with this knowledge in hand. Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Shawn Mills Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Today, I will talk about early spring plants, planting and the roulette game that many of us play as part of our gardening effort. Holler Hat Wednesday: Latest photo is up and quite a few of you have figured it out! Get your ticket for the Spring Workshop Early Spring Plant Roulette What is early spring plant roulette? Mama Sauce's radish planting strategy The Method Link to how to start seedlings: https://livingfreeintennessee.com/2017/03/06/episode-26-starting-seedlings-for-the-newbee/ Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Twitter: @nicolesauce