Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

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Episode 264: Five Lessons Learned From Growing Lettuce Inside Feb 05, 2020

Show notes

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.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

Stump the Sauce

What to do with organ meat Kidney Update

What's Up in the Garden

Cilantro has germinated outside and is about 4 inches tall
Egyptian walking onions are doing well
It is time to get ready to transplant lettuce.
Hillside garden area is mostly ready for planting: goal=no weed problem this year Main topic of the Show: 5 lessons learned from growing lettuce inside

Main Topic of the Show: Five Lessons Learned From Growing Lettuce Inside

Week 4 of growing lettuce - the harvest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xTbj9kRjcQ

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Episode 263: Flex Time and Productivity Feb 03, 2020

Show notes

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.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Freezer redo complete and found some bones to make stock with from the winter venisons
Early spring greens are coming on so we are having lots of salad
Feedback on first sous vide chicken
This week's holler stew: chicken broth, beef stew meat, canned corn, potato, sweet potato, onion, carrot, celery, fresh parsley from the ap, dried oregano and sage
Time to reorganize the prepper pantry itself in advance of the solar hot water heater build

What's in Season

Deadnettle
Mullein - round 2
Missed a dryads saddle mushroom - rats
Noplantain yet
Update on the rose I started

Operation Independence

Indoor lettuce
Seed grown plants
6 seats left for the LFTN workshop

Main topic of the Show: Flex Time and Productivity 7 Steps for Doing Flex Time Effectively

Start with the big picture in mind - both your work and home
Make a list of minimums - actual must delivers - for the day/week/month
Evaluate the consequences of not getting some of the intended work done when you intended to do it
Seek ways to reduce time needed for the same outcome (eg the workout, crockpot dinner, move a deliverable to a later day, etc)
Get real with yourself and others about it
Communicate if you need to (Leos' coffee order)
Flex responsibly/abort the idea if you are leading yourself to doom and destruction

Make it a great week!

Song: Mr. Clammy by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Episode 262: TOTW on Criminal Justice Jan 31, 2020

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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.

Thanks to Carmel and Angie's Gardens.

The Innocence Project

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Episode 261: Starting Plants from Seed Jan 30, 2020

Show notes

Today is a homesteading topic and I thought it would be fun to talk about starting seedlings for your spring garden.

LFTN Workshop Tickets!

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

Stump the Sauce

Cow organs and heart?

What's Up in the Garden

Kratky Update: Lettuce Week 3
Things are growing slowly and early spring greens are emerging
Time to start spring lettuce and brassicas

Main topic of the Show: Starting Plants from Seeds 4 Keys to successful seedlings Some specific Links to equipment

Lighting
2 foot rig: $65 http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/iotd-2-3-20
Tube bulb that fits flourescent fixtures: $23 http://amzn.to/2mXKzZT
"Lightbulb" shaped grow light bulbs: $17 http://goto.walmart.com/c/1950853/568827/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&prodsku=155324222&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FGrowing-Plants-with-Led-Lights-A-Complete-Guide-on-How-to-Grow-Plants-Indoors-with-Led-Lights-9781983565861%2F155324222
Heating mat: $12 http://amzn.to/2mNStZa

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Episode 260: Ten Ways to Go Rogue Jan 27, 2020

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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.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Sweet potato chili
Planning meals around what is left in the pantry: Green beans, tomato, corn, peaches, pickled items, squash, sweet potato, onions
Time for the midwinter freezer defrosting project
Monthly dry good and feed order is working well

What's in Season

Oyster mushrooms
Watercress
Root forage

Operation Independence

The return of Finance Friday
Taxes

Main topic of the Show: Ten Ways to Go Rogue

Take aways

There are ways to get around seemingly endless lists of lists of regulations - sometimes simple ones. But you need to educate yourself on your local laws and find them.
People will not believe you when you tell them the scales of bad that gets hurled your way when you stand up for what is right. We need to get better at telling the story.
It is hard to stand up on your own against an uncivil and unjust bureaucracy. It is easier to stand up when people are by your side. Therefore, we must do a better job of standing up with our brothers and sisters against the machine that is enforcing rules for the sake of rules and to further itself as a bureaucracy.

10 ways to go rogue

Grow your own food
Process your own food
Establish a food church
Establish a food cooperative (Membership organization)
Retain ownership in animals with those you sell them to
Don't invite inspectors in to begin with
Explore waste streams
Start spreading stories of how healthy food is being kept from people who want it in favor of unhealthy food (Collect and repeat these stories)
Skip the start up grants
Find ways to buy food from sources that have gone rogue

Make it a great week!

Song: Burned by Sauce

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Episode 259: Start Your Handyman Business with Tim Cook Jan 24, 2020

Show notes

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.

Main content of the show

Tim Cook is one of those weirdos that loves the cold and really doesn't mind the heat. He gave up working for the man nearly two years ago. At the encouragement of his wife Becky he turned his side hustle into a full time gig. Together with the help of their 9 year old twin girls, they run All-Seasons Maintenance. A small town handyman business in the frozen tundra that is East Central Alberta.

Tim's Facebook Page

Tim's Youtube

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Episode 258: Four Things to Get Ready for Your Garden Jan 23, 2020

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Today I share with you four things you should do to be ready to plant your spring garden.

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#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

LFTN Workshop Reminder

What's Up in the Garden

Kratky Lettuce Update & related seedling plans
Cold weather crops still going though we had a freeze this week
Making plans for the 2020 gardens

Main topic of the Show: Four Things to Get Ready for Your Garden

Order your seeds
Set up your seedling growing area
Start your sweet potato slips
Tarp your beds if you have not

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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Episode 257: 5 Preps For Having The Flu When You Live Alone on A Homestead Jan 20, 2020

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After a long five days of being in the throws of the flu, I thought I would review five things that you want to have in place if you live alone on a homestead - or anywhere really - to be ready to be sick or gone. And I would love to hear your ideas about how to make unplanned away or sick times go smoother.

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Two Reminders:

Registration deadline is Friday the 24th for the Sue Zoldak Webinar on "How to Be seen online." January 29, 7-8pm.
- https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/webinar-how-do-people-find-me-on-the-web/
LFTN Workshop Registration is Open!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Weakness found: No heat and go meals that do not require a 5 min rolling boil
Tapping into the herbal dried teas

What's in Season

Snow
Watercress
Root forage: Jerusalem artichokes, dandelion roots, day lilly tubers
Nick Furguson in TN?

Operation Independence

Headed to Rogue Food Conference this week - do you want to meetup? https://www.facebook.com/events/844002892718093/

Main topic of the Show: 5 Preps For Having The Flu When You Live Alone on A Homestead

Make it a great week!

Song: Learning What Leaving Is

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

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Episode 256: CBD, Coffee and Conference Sherpa with Brian Norton Jan 17, 2020

Show notes

Today, I have Brian Norton in from Food Forest Farms to talk about his various endeavors: CBD, Coffee and a new business he is calling Trade Show Sherpa.

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Reminder, registration for the Spring Workshop goes on sale tomorrow morning at 9CT to LFTN members – make sure you can log in and that everything is working tonight!

Brian set up a coupon code for LFTN to try out is CBD trial pack: Use code LFTN10

Make it a great week!

Episode 255: 2020 Aquaponics & Hydroponics Plans Jan 15, 2020

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Today, we will go over the 2020 aquaponics and hydroponics plans for 2020. I h ope this will spur some ideas from you and that you can learn from my lessons learned over the past two seasons with this system!

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

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Are you going to the Rogue Food Conference in Cinncinati on the 25th? If so, I plan to be there serving yummy Holler Roast Coffee and I thought it would be fun to have a meetup Friday the 24th for those of you arriving the night before.

Barleycorns - Florence: 8544 US 42, Florence, KY 41042, 6:#0PM

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/844002892718093/

Webinar: How do people find me on the web?

January 29, 2020, 7-8pm

Become a member https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/iump-subscription-plan/

Stump the Sauce

Fatless meatloaf?

What's Up in the Garden

Spring temps: peas going in, lettuce going nuts
Update on indoor kratky lettuce growing operation

Main topic of the Show: 2020 Aquaponics & Hydroponics Plans

[caption id="attachment_4033" align="alignnone" width="613"] This is the initial sketch of the growing system I want to build in front of my home in 2020.[/caption]

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.

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