Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

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Episode 254: Connect with Your Past to Grow Your Future Jan 13, 2020

Show notes

While visiting family, I have had a chance to connect with some skills and things from my past and I realized that this connection is helpful to GROW into the future. We learn a lot in life if we let ourselves and sometimes looking back is what we need to set the foundation for the future - so I wanted to share with you some ways to do that.

Do not forget that the Spring Workshop tickets go on sale this coming Saturday at 9am Central to members first. There are only 20 eats so you will want to get your registration is as soon as possible. We have been having fun finalizing our sessions and here are a few highlights:

Change your life one word at a time with Jenni Hill
Proper Knife Technique and Care with Patrick Roehrman and Brett Corrieri
Lessons Learned fromLaunching a CBD Business with Brian Norton
GSD with My3Things, Nicole Sauce
Sessions from Mark Alexander, JR Haley, Kurt Dugger, Mike Leonido and more… Final list coming after some final confirmations this week!
Hands on work: Solar Hot Water Heater Build with Shawn Mills of Hack My Solar
Hands on work: Sauerkraut, Feta Cheese, Canning Basics with many of our instructors.
Half a day to enjoy the fruits of our culinary labors, drink and be merry!
Barter Blanket
Tie Dye station to make your LFTN T shirt a custom wonder
Accelerators

Tix are $450 and include your t shirt and other LFTN event schwag.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Tie Dye
Cutout cookies from my Cook With What You Have

What's in Season

Watercress
Wild Garlic

Operation Independence

Launching 2020 Webinars starting with Sue Zoldak's trio of ones centered around increasing your visibility online.
Invested in family time this week as you know

Main topic of the Show: Connect with your Past to Grow Your Future

Take quiet time to think about 2-3 different times in your past when you navigated change well
List 2-3 personality traits that helped make that happen
Are you still connected with those things?
Why or Why Not?
Will reconnecting help you in your next phase?
How will you bring them back?
Are there painful things in your past that are hindering your growth now?
How can you address them, remove them, and move on for real?
NOW CHOOSE 2 - one of each. Then add 1 more and you have 3.

Make it a great week!

Song: Strange Child, by Sauce

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

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Membership Sign Up
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/
Instagram: @nicolesauce
Twitter: @nicolesauce

Episode 253: TOTW on Clutter and Budget Jan 12, 2020

Show notes

It occurred to me as I went over my January budget that clutter has a negative impact on your budget - so I wanted to talk a bit about that today in the Thought of the Walk episode.

Reminder: Sue Zoldak is offering webinars on increasing your digital visibility a series of three and the first one will be January 29. Based on the online polling, we do not have clarity on what works best: Midday or evening so I will schedule them in alternating slots. These sessions are $50 each but if you are a member, you get one included with your plan. If you are a premium member, you get all three. I expect to launch registration for them next week so keep your eyes on your inbox.

Also - Spring workshop tickets go on sale in ONE WEEK! Saturday, January 17, at 9am CT to members. Make sure you can log in because to get first wack at them you will need to be able to do that. The registration link will appear in the side menu of your membership portal.

Main topic of the Show: TOTW on Clutter and Budget

Make it a great week!

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

Advisory Board

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Instagram: @nicolesauce
Twitter: @nicolesauce

Episode 252: Grow Winter Lettuce In Mason Jars Jan 08, 2020

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Today, I will walk you through the overview of what I plan to do in order to grow lettuce indoors in mason jars! I will also cover the supplies needed and goals of the project.

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

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Resources:

My Video on Step One with the Indoor Growing Operation
Net Pots - recommended by Jack Spirko for durability
Rapid Rooter Plugs
Nutrient
Clay pebbles

Nick Ferguson's new project -

RarePlantStore.com
How to plant bare root plants https://rareplantstore.com/how-to-plant-trees/
Why Fodder Trees https://rareplantstore.com/why-fodder-trees/

Workshop Reminder - call for speakers! Email me your idea

Stump the Sauce

Nothing in - send an email - Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com
Christmas Ornaments

What's Up on the Homestead

Planting peas
Lots of winter cleanup
No duck eggs yet, but seeking to move the coop to a less soppy location
Time to plant bare root plants

Main topic of the Show: Growing Winter Lettuce In Mason Jars

Goals of the project
- Least amount in infrastructure outlay
- Very little time investment
- Ability to have an ongoing supply of fresh lettuce year round
- Find ways to visually integrate it with the house redo
Process
- Supplies needed
  - Waterproof container
  - Rockwool or seedling plugs
  - Netpots
  - Seeds
  - Lights
  - Timer
  - Mason Jars
  - Clay pebbles
  - Nutrient
  - Paper or tinfoil
- Germination
- Grow the roots
- Transplant the plugs - (will transplant half prematurely) add the nutrient solution
- Cover the jars
- Check every few days until I understand the speed of water consumption
- Harvest lettuce
- Regrow several times because it is lettuce
- Assess timing so that there is a perpetual crop

Hopes and expectations

5 weeks to harvest, with a smaller thinning harvest
Restart seedling every 4 weeks
10 plants is enough
Lower cost than store bought
Better flavor than store bought
….fun and learning

Make it a great week!

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

Advisory Board

Resources

Membership Sign Up
LFTN Gift Registry
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Instagram: @nicolesauce
Twitter: @nicolesauce

Episode 251: Just Be Selfish Jan 07, 2020

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Today I wanted to delve a little deeper into this concept of selfishness. I had a great day of being pretty selfish yesterday and it made me a bit sad to think of people who never make time to care for their personal self interests. So today, I will push back on the idea that always focusing on the "Greater Good" is better than handling your personal house.

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Sue Zoldak is going to offer THREE marketing webinars to LFTN MEMBERS y'all!

We need your FEEDBACK though! We will do these on Wednesdays and want to know which time slot is best?

a) 2-3pm ET
b) 7-8pm ET

Here are the topics:

1) How do people find me on the web? Learn basic tips on how to get found on search engines, how to write content that gets read, and how to see who is visiting your website. This digital seminar is for those who run or wish to run their own website and want to learn how to use Google Analytics, a free tool to measure site traffic.

2) How do I know what digital platforms are best to market my business? Do you use multiple digital tactics such as Facebook, Instagram, and email to drive people to your website? Learn how a simple step (UTM link tagging) can help you know for sure which activity is driving the most business. We will also discuss the basics of A/B testing (i.e. comparing two different email subject lines) and take your understanding of Google Analytics to the next level by understanding Goals.

3) Learn how to set up a Facebook Ad Campaign in 60 Minutes

Workshop registration will launch for members on January 19 at 9am CT

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

SADS on my Water Hyacinth - this is why you need backup friends
Potatoes are gone for the year
Plenty of sweet potatoes and hard squashes, though
GREAT LETTUCE score
Salsa stores are half used
A word on cravings….

What's in Season

Inside veggies - sprouts, lettuce (Will talk more about the grow operation on Wednesday's show)
Should have oyster mushrooms - but haven't found any recently.
Turkeytail
Watercress
Wild game

Operation Independence

The new bedroom story

Main topic of the Show: Just Be Selfish

Song: Wolf by Sauce

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

Advisory Board

Resources

Membership Sign Up
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Instagram: @nicolesauce
Twitter: @nicolesauce

Episode 250: GROW with Mark Alexander Jan 03, 2020

Show notes

Last year was filled with adversity, heartbreak, moments of insane work schedule, worry, great friends, fun adventures and so much more. And as I reflected on my next step in life, I realized that I need to grow as a person, must grow my businesses in order to grow my independence, and want to grow my food because it brings me happiness and stability.

So today, we will have a great interview with a fellow who is growing food for fun and has recently launched his business. But he is more than that: Mark Alexander is one of the angels in our network who is there to encourage, make jokes with and ask us hard questions. You will find him lurking about the LFTN Mewe group, but you can also see him live in the Columbia area or order his yummy farm meat products.

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LFTN 2020 Highlights

Sauce songs will be available, one per month, to members
Exciting new growing system on the front of the house
Spring Workshop 2020 - solar build, awesome food, great presentations and the best networking you can find
Holler Roast will turn a corner
Girl Gun Weekend
Hands On Workshops: making sauerkraut, canning in 8 sessions
Webinars on Marketing available for members for free, or non members for a one-off fee
A new goat

Main topic of the Show: GROW with Mark Alexander

Make it a great week!

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

Advisory Board

Resources

Membership Sign Up
LFTN Gift Registry
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

Instagram: @nicolesauce
Twitter: @nicolesauce

2019 Intellectual and Musical Night Before Christmas Dec 24, 2019

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Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy the Intellectual Night Before Christmas read by Leos from TSP Zello and a finisher from Mastersingers of Cookeville singing the original poem.

2019 Australian Night Before Christmas Dec 23, 2019

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Today we are running a replay from 2018 of a reading of the Night Before Christmas by our Australian Friend, Aussie Ro.

2019 Redneck Night Before Christmas Dec 23, 2019

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Tactical Redneck reads a special version of the Night Before Christmas in this replay from 2018.

Enjoy!

2019 Scottish Night Before Christmas Dec 21, 2019

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Please enjoy the 2019 Replay of the Scottish Night Before Christmas!

XOXO

AMY

Episode 249: Strength and Love Dec 20, 2019

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Today, I thought what better thing to discuss than why building resilience into your life matters, no matter where you are, a review of how 2019 went, what 2020 will bring and the big reveal: my word for 2020.

Main topic of the Show: Strength and Love

THE WORD for 2020 at LFTN!

Make it a great week!

Merry Christmas!

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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