Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

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 nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com 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 i

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

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

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 probabl

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

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 kn

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

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

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: Gratitud

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