Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Homesteading, food, freedom and fun!

Homestead Happenings Roundtable With AJ - Ep 897 04/19/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Shawn Mills - Ep 896 04/18/2024

Homesteaders Are Awful Salespeople - Ep 895 04/17/2024

Homesteaders Are Awful Salespeople - Ep 895 Join me for an interview with John Davis from Laughlin Farms all about homesteaders and our hesitation to sell. Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project Spring Event Sponsor 1: Sponsor 2: John Davis is a resident of beautiful Columbiana county Ohio and is a homesteader, rancher, engineer, and owner of a business that is a professional outsourced sales firm for high tech industrial automation companies. On the homestead front, he and his wife and kids raise and direct market St. Croix sheep, heritage turkeys, pasture raised chicken, and heritage Berkshire pork. The Davis homestead also has two horses, and John is training to be a discount wannabe cowboy in pursuit of impressing his wife. Professionally, John is the second generation owner of Paul Davis Automation, and has been a professional salesperson in the industrial automation space for over 15 years. Connect with John: Instagram - @laughlinhighlandsfarm 1. Why are homesteaders awful salespeople? 2. But, aren't salespeople annoying and out trying to fleece their customers in pursuit of maximum profit? I just want to help people out and sell my stuff as cheap as possible! 3. Why is profit so important if my homestead isn't my main job? 4. How do I even know if I am profitable? What is COGS, gross margin, net margin, how do I calculate them, and how do they apply to my homestead operations? 5. How do I write a business plan for my homestead? How do I actually go into business? Isn't this super expensive and complicated? I just want to sell whatever I grow. Why would I overcomplicate my life? 6. I'm already doing everything we talked about, but I am awful at selling. How do I be a better salesperson for my homestead? Can I practice sales, even if I am an introvert? 7. A lot of homestead content is focused on the growing aspects of homesteading. How do I actually get my product to market? How do I determine if I should direct market or use the sale barn? /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30875473

Nicole Sauce Unplugged - Ep 894 04/15/2024

Nicole Sauce Unplugged - Ep 894 Join me for a show on anything you ask, plus what has been on my mind of late including wwIII, reacting in fear, Is the homestead life easy, and what to do when your competitor says, “I’m Coming For You”. Featured Event: June 9 Poultry Processing Class in the Holler: Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com Livestream Schedule LFTN YT: 🎙️ Monday, 2:00pm, Nicole Unplugged 🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Shawn Mills and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment 🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with John Davis 🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness Project and Kentucky Sustainable Living 🎙️ Friday, 9:30am, Homestead Happenings with Tactical Redneck Tales from the Prepper Pantry AJ is in the house and we are doing a final push in the prepper pantry this week in advance of the LFTN Spring Workshop Last minute event chili for the potluck this weekend Tossing the frozen greens New pantry racks from Grumpy Acres Weekly Shopping Report from Joe Dollar Tree is no longer on our rounds because it is not the best way to get a dose of caffein for our shopping day. We hit both Hobby Lobby (for Sonia) and Lowe's (for me). Although we did not go to Home Depot, a 2x4x8 there has gone up again, to $3.73. Aldi was next. They did not have any lettuce, but other produce was available in normal amounts. They also only had half a case of canned cat food. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.05; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.09. Despite rumblings I'm reading about a cocoa shortage, the 70% chocolate I like was available, and still at the usual price of $1.99. We're out of lettuce, so our last stop was Food City. They had some, although many of the heads were rather light, and some showed more rot than usual. I also grabbed a case of Friskies cans and a 22 lb. bag of the Meow Mix that our cats ask for by name. A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599. Frugality Tip from Margo Make your own mixes and sauces. I have been making my own taco seasoning for years but today I made enchilada sauce. Someone loves the ground pork enchiladas I make and wanted to make some, but did not have enchilada sauce in the pantry. So I went to Online (Pinterest) and looked up a recipe. Making it from scratch, you can adjust the seasoning to your own liking and what you have on hand. I used bone broth instead of vegetable stock; I used olive oil not grapeseed oil, I used more garlic and less Cinnamon than the recipe called for. Recipes are guidelines, they are not set in stone. Use what you like to eat and don't be afraid to substitute or omit ingredients. I actually have enough to save half for next time. Next I will make homemade tortillas, I know Nicole says they are so easy to make, but one thing at a time. Go make something you haven't made before. Operation Independence Someone backed out of our ram so we decided to process it ourselves saving nearly $100 Main topic of the Show: Nicole Sauce Unplugged Reacting in fear wwIII Is homesteading life easy? Im coming for you Membership Plug Social reminder Make it a great week! Song: GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30835953

Homestead Happenings for April 12 2024 - EP 893 04/12/2024

Network Marketing: Scam or Opportunity - Ep 892 04/10/2024

Episode 891 - Health and Medical Preparedness with Dr. Eric Nager 04/05/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - Ep 890 04/02/2024

Homestead Happenings for March 28, 2024 - Ep 889 03/31/2024

Life Work Integration with Keith Phillips - EP 888 03/30/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and An American Homestead - Ep 887 03/29/2024

All Creatures Great And Small - Ep 866 03/26/2024

All Creatures Great And Small - Ep 866 Today, we have a live recording of our Monday podcast. I will catch you up on the sheep birthing week, our usual segments, and more. Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN $50 off 🎙️ Extra Livestream this week with Tag from Life Done Free today at 5pm: 🎙️Live with Ken Eash at 7pm today: https://www.youtube.com/live/2bBdX4D-nD8?si=U_PVaT0KVRGTuoX_ Here's our LFTN Livestream Schedule for the Week - all available on the LFTN YouTube channel: LFTN YT: 🎙️ Monday, 2pm, All Creatures Great and Small 🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Zac, An American Homestead, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment 🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Keith Phillips, Bunkie Life 🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live with Midwest Preparedness and Kentucky Sustainable Living 🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck Tales from the Prepper Pantry 20 devilled eggs with bacon jam Elbow length nitrile gloves to the rescue Tapping into premade foods this close to SRF Bone Broth to stay healthy Missing echinacea Herbal tea collection coming together in the new kitchen Still need to attain vinegar Skipping segments this week Weekly Shopping Report Frugality Tip Operation Independence Making the decision to cull can be hard Main topic of the Show: " Book Recommendation Joked yesterday that I wanted to to a live about livestock on the homestead yesterday, then we found a prolapse. The best laid plans. Birthing week has been trying this go around - tell the stories and just do open narrative Reminder about our communities and about SRF. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30547908

Homestead Happenings Hijacked By A Redneck - EP 885 03/25/2024

How Do You Get Real Information? With Knightsbridge - Ep 884 03/25/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Alyssa - Ep 883 03/20/2024

What Do Webinars Bring You? EP 882 03/18/2024

What Do Webinars Bring You? EP 882 Today we talk about lessons learned from the free five day webinar series that was put together by the SRF team and me. We will also go over our usual Monday segments: Tales from the prepper pantry, the weekly shopping report, frugality tip, operation independence Featured Event: Kentucky Sustainable Living Expo, THIS WEEKEND! Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast Livestream Schedule LFTN YT: 🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Lessons Learned from the Webinar Series 🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with Alyssa, and John Willis, Special Operations Equipment 🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Matt Williams, Knightsbridge 🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live 🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck Tales from the Prepper Pantry Man when life gets busy, it is hard to love to cook, but we made it Curing Pork Bellies this week Found a solution for organizing jars of herbal teas that we grow - the cube Time to grab vinegar - I can’t put it off any more. I am going to have to go to the store Made “Not Quite Cottage Cheese” Weekly Shopping Report, March 11 Saturday's first trip was just by me, primarily to get an oil change for the Santa Fe, but I then went to Hobby Lobby and found a few items I knew Sonia wanted; Saturday was our 17-year Anniversary. Dollar Tree. Most of the drink coolers are full again, and all of them are now $2.25. I still just grab a drink off a shelf. Aldi: more crowded than usual. Stock levels were good, and as usual we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.64 (-); whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99 (-). Home Depot. A 2x4x8 was $3.38, which I don't think is a change (I only put the staples in my notes). A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599. Frugality Tip from Margo When pricing out new appliances, look at the delivery and set up fees. Those hidden little fees can be another couple of hundred dollars. In the last year we have had to replace a spare refrigerator and a stacked washer/dryer.(Side note don't ever buy a scratch and dent washer, ask me how I know). We ended up using one store (Best Buy), because delivery and setup were included in the price of the washer/dryer and if you are nice to people they will put your fridge in too 😉. A family member just got a new dishwasher, but didn't look at the add on fees. What looked like a savings over other stores prices ,ended up being $180 more than the other store with the extra fees. So even if you are handy and are planning on putting your own appliances in, look at that free delivery and setup and let someone else do the work without paying any more money. Happy saving y'all. Operation Independence Missing Chicken Main topic of the Show: Lessons From The Webinar Series Why we are doing it. Learning vs selling vs community Spirit of the world right now Why I do SRF and LFTN to begin with – lots of why Assess Your Assets - just like in homestead design Tap into your community - Cohosts, content creators, and Rebecca Lessons Learned People love a freebie - abuse this to your peril (2 schools of thought) Upfront about upsells - it is in the marketing The technical and production part always takes more than you thought it would. Always. (Backups on your backups) The registration form and where did you hear about this question The landing page and conversion rate - 45% (Why I think this is) Short term vs long term benefit All in all Know Your Why, Know Your Brand, And Be Willing To Take A Chance. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30429493

Homestead Happenings for March 15 2024 - Ep 891 03/15/2024

Homestead Happenings for March 15 2024 - Ep 891 Today we talk about things catching on fire that should not be on fire, a surprise home invasion, a rabbit update, and more! Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck, Tomorrow 1-3pm Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: Sponsor 2: SRF Webinar: Listener Feedback Just listened to your podcast talking about your troubles with the dishwasher and oven. Don’t have any words of wisdom for the dishwasher, but the oven, if the igniter is glowing and the gas is not coming on, the issue still could be with the igniter. If it’s glowing more of a red orange then a white orange, it might be cracked or just not getting hot enough for the controller to bring on the gas. I don’t know if there’s a way to diagnose it other than just by the color or replacing it, but had that issue a number of years ago on my parents oven and replacing the igniter fixed it. Hope that can be of help, Andy From D I am listening to a rather new episode. So this is my pantry porn, it is sooooo bad. You know those Crates for traveling with cats on a plane? Well, when you unscrew them each half takes about 12 mason jars. And they fit under the couch. Lovely. I use screw top bottles - I am not in the States to use the lovely Ball jars, but am able to safely and efficiently pressure can with a canner I had to order in! These jars are a pint or a pint and a bit (720gr-ish). The other photo is about managing stock. It is not 100% effective but does work. I got a template from somewhere and adapted it for us. The table has lines for the items, like tomato or cucumber or meat or whatever, and little empty jars. When I canned something it gets one line through. When it has been used, a cross. So this is my inventory (spelling?!) for what my husband and I use in a year (I started it in July last year, so I recorded what I still had. This year will be my second season using a pressure canner, so the volumes I can do at a time is already much higher than a silly 4 jars at a time in my small stock pot... Whoo hoo. Hope this may be useful. The pictures are horrible, like good pantry porn should be. Forage Wild Mustard Flowers are here! Watercress is still beat back from the flooding Same early spring greens as last week Livestock Rabbit ear mite update 3 am home invasion Moving sheep Still on lamb watch Eggapalooza is on Something’s on fire Grow Seeds germinated! Still need to plant potatoes Swiss chard and parsley Murdering fire ants Holler Neighbors/Community Big boost from the Eversoles Reupping the monthly homesteader meetups Infrastructure Fencing Finances No update Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift! Community Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Advisory Board Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30389328

Build Your Future with The Canny Couple - Ep 890 03/13/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Hand Hewn Homestead - Ep 879 03/12/2024

Three Lessons Learned After 1 Month on Solar - EP 878 03/11/2024

Three Lessons Learned After 1 Month on Solar - EP 878 Join me as I share with you three things about being on solar that I did not realize I would experience as well as our usual Monday segments. Featured Event: Self Reliance Voices: Lessons from Legends Sponsor 1: InvestableWealth.com Sponsor 2: EMPSHIELD.COM, coupon code LFTN Livestream Schedule Tuesday Live with Hand Hewn Farms, 12:30PM CT Wednesday Interview with The Canny Couple, 2pm CT Thursday SRF Live: 7pm CT Friday Homestead Happenings, 9:30AM CT Tales from the Prepper Pantry We’ve been eating lots of green beans because I lack motivation to make more effort Makin Bacon Still in a use it up phase and I canned so much more bone broth than w e need Weekly Shopping Report from Joe Dollar Tree Drink coolers are partially empty i Red Bull products for $2.50. Plenty of drinks on the shelves. The food coolers are mostly full too. Aldi was rather crowded. Stock levels looked good, and we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.78; whole milk: $2.86 (-); heavy cream: $5.19; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; 80% lean ground beef: $4.59 (+). Home Depot has a lot of bulbs, vines, and onion starts in a row of islands in the front. The tool islands have lots of empty compartments. There are still specials going for Milwaukee 12V "Red Lithium" tools and batteries, with just a few of the Ryobi USB-charged tools left, and some 18V One+ items. Fire extinguishers area was full, including various smoke and CO alarms. A 2x4x8 remains at $3.38. Untainted regular has dropped a dime to $3.599/gallon. Frugality Tip from Margo without a t Ever tried a new recipe and it ended up not what you thought it was going to be? Don't throw it out, do something else with it. I recently tried a new humus recipe and it turned out like a soup. So I made some pasta, poured this roasted red pepper chickpea sauce on it, added some roasted tomatoes and a little homemade Italian salad dressing and boom, it is now a pretty darn good pasta salad. Maybe add some roasted chicken to it. The possibilities are endless... And now after writing this, I could have made a soup too. It can be frustrating to make something that doesn't turn out like you want, but to me it's more frustrating to throw good food away. Get creative, who knows you might accidentally make something you will make again one day. Operation Independence Avoiding the need to buy a new appliance through appliance repair Mechanical appliances and helpful video - NEED LINK FROM T - Sorry guys i will update it here when he sends it!! Main topic of the Show: 3 Lessons Learned after 1 Month of Solar Reference: HackMyHomestead.com Background on the solar system and how we sized it. How long it took for it to work right and barriers to functioning that we ran into. The lessons: Know Your Why, Don't Be Rosy Eyed About The Savings, Choose Wisely Sized based on budget for resilience Developed to be scalable as in we can add batteries and panels if we like Reputable companies for equipment means we got a free upgrade when a new model came out Installing solar into an existing home will teach you things about the wiring that you had no idea about. Found Bad Wiring Found Bad Grounding Needed to get some other things up to code for safety not just because of codes Access to the real time data helps you make wiser decisions Time of day to use water and why I have changed The clogged spin down filters Cloudy days make me even less happy than they used to Trimming Trees and the Big Picture Frosty mornings Snow and dust and panel cleaning Bonus observation: Knowing the why and how it fits into my long term energy resilience plan has really helped me embrace the system, learn more about solar, and not have dispatched expectations. Also, batteries are WAAAAAAAY more important than panels. You do get a tax credit FWIW. Make it a great week! Song: GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30328188

Homestead Happenings for March 8, 2024 - EP 877 03/08/2024

LFTN Meet The Network - Ep 876 03/06/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Jack Spirko - Ep 875 03/05/2024

Planting and Cultivating Garlic - Ep 874 03/05/2024

Planting and Cultivating Garlic - Ep 874 Today we talk about how to prepare for, plant and cultivate garlic because a listener sent a note in saying that she had struggled with this. We will also cover our usual Monday segments. And I have something to say about disappointing people and the word no. Featured Event: March 16 Seed Exchange and Potluck, 1pm-3pm, FREE, Sponsor 1: r Sponsor 2: LFTN Live on YT: 🎙️ Monday, 2pm, How to Plant and Cultivate Garlic 🎙️ Tuesday, 9:30am, First Tuesday Coffee Chat with Jack Spirko, , and John Willis, 🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Interview with Jessica Kraft 🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, SRF Live 🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck Tales from the Prepper Pantry Ky Sustainable Living Expo Presentation: Power Pantry Method Phases of homestead pantry management: Beginning | Intermediate | Advanced | Pro Curing Pork Bellies into bacon - see videos Basturma update Freezer Update Weekly Shopping Report 2/26 We took our usual trip on Saturday, skipping Home Depot again. We really need our Santa Fe back from the shop to carry large or long loads, like 8' wood, 10' PVC, or a half dozen bags of garden soil in addition to our groceries. The Dollar Tree drink coolers were in much better shape. Will they stay that way? Cue the theme from Jeopardy; they have not been consistent. Other aisles looked good; Sonia found a couple of minor things in there, the typical craft stuff or organizing accessories. Although we did not go in, the online price of a 2x4x8 at Home Depot is still $3.38. Aldi has larger crowds than previously, but still not too bad. There was plenty of Masaca, and more of the chocolate I like than I've been seeing. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.78; whole milk: $2.93; heavy cream: $5.19 (+50c); OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99. The egg price is correct; same as last week, a full dollar higher than the week before. Untainted regular gasoline is still $3.699/gallon. Frugality Tip from Justin I don't normally think of it in saving money, more about using it all up. Which ends up being very similar in the end. This tip is for the bars of soap some people use for the shower or at the sink. When the little piece is getting so slim it is getting hard to hold on to it, I don't throw them away. I use the technique of scoring from pottery to attach the little piece to a new bar of soap. It will stay there and wear down completely without breaking off and being wasted if done properly. I get both the new bar and the small sliver nice and wet and soapy (perhaps use them in the shower). Then I use a comb to put scratch marks in both pieces where they will press together. Anything hard and pointy enough to make marks in the soap will probably work for this. Next I press them together very firmly. I try to use my palms to press them together with no gaps. I also try to not let them slide around at this point, I want them to start welding together. After they have bonded a bit, I will add some more score marks around the seams of the two pieces. Once the pieces have been scored and pressed together I set them down on the soap dish to dry. The next day they are bonded as if they were made that way at the factory and the different colored piece of the last bar will simply wear down until nothing remains but the new bar. And the new bar will be welded onto the next ad infinitum. Community Highlight: What to do when you disappoint people. Sunshine Prepper Operation Independence: Let things go when you need to Rams and goats oh my. Main topic of the Show: Planting and Cultivating Garlic Why we are doing this How to choose your garlic: Hardneck vs soft neck Sourcing Seed Garlic: Baker’s Creek, Seed Savers, RareSeeds Example: Seed versus bulbs Preparing your planting area When to plant Mulching practices Watering needs When Are they Ready to harvest? Processing Garlic After Harvest Storing fresh garlic Other ways to store garlic Choosing garlic for replanting A garlic business idea Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30230658

Homestead Happenings for March 1 2024 - Ep 873 03/01/2024

Jumpstart Ken Eash 02/28/2024

Tuesday Live with John Willis, Nicole Sauce and Dustin from Wazoo Gear Company 02/28/2024

Late Winter Garden Prep - EP 870 02/26/2024

Late Winter Garden Prep - EP 870 Today we talk about what you can do now to get your garden beds ready for spring planting, even though you procrastinated til late winter on setting them up. We will also cover Tales From The Prepper Pantry, The Weekly Shopping Report, A Frugality Tip, Operation Independence. From the Weekly Mail. Livestream Schedule 🎙️ Monday, 2pm, Late Winter Garden Preparation 🎙️ Tuesday, 12:30pm, Tuesday Live with and John Willis, 🎙️ Wednesday, 2:00pm, Accelerator for Ken Eash! 🎙️ Thursday, 7:00pm, Three Sisters Live 🎙️ Friday, 9:30am CT: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck Featured Event: Early Bird Is Almost Over for The Self Reliance Festival! Sponsor 1: Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar Tales from the Prepper Pantry Fresh sprouts in four or five days Refining what I store since the dietary needs have changed in the household Planning the garden for 2024 Seed Starts Investigating the ability to update the prepper pantry (Not sure if we CAN hang melamine) Basturma Weekly Shopping Report from Joe Dollar Tree was first. Some of the drink coolers are again completely empty. I think they may still just be trying to assemble their defecation in there, because there are plenty of drinks on shelves. The food coolers are well-stocked, and other aisles look to be in good shape too. Don't overlook Dollar Tree for cleaning supplies; that area has always been well-stocked. They have a lot of the Awesome branded products, which we really like. Lysol, Ajax, and other name brands are all represented in this section. A buck and a quarter (plus extortion) beats the tar out of typical grocery store prices on these products. Although we did not go into Home Depot, the online price of a 2x4x8 has gone up, to $3.38, a 13-cent increase.Aldi has had slightly larger crowds the past few weeks. Other than the hiatus with the Masa, they have not had difficulty maintaining stock, and we found everything we wanted. Staple prices were: eggs: $2.78 (+); whole milk: $2.93; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.29; butter: $3.69; bacon: $4.25; potatoes: $3.99; sugar: $3.09; flour: $2.29; and 80% lean ground beef: $3.99 (+). That egg price is a full dollar higher; if not hand-written, I'd think it was a typo. We didn't buy eggs this week, so I can't confirm on our receipt. Although I had heard egg prices might be going higher again, I'll keep an eye on this one, as that's a huge jump. Untainted regular gasoline was $3.699/gallon last week. That's slightly higher, but could also be a station difference. Frugality Tip from Margo with an oCool weather, means outside projects. For me one was a painting project. I did some house touch up, and I painted the driveway. My frugality tip is NEVER buy the Cheapest paint roller. Save yourself paint and energy expended by buying a good roller!!! Ask me how I know. Operation Independence Making an egg for sale sign this weekend to FINALLY start the egg business after almost a year of getting ready, starting with the building of the Holler Roost. Sheep Math Main topic of the Show: Late Winter Garden bed Preparation Intentions can help us move toward our best goals and build the life we want to live, rather than continuing to live a life that was developed for us, by someone else. We talk about this a bunch here because the systems in our society increasingly lead toward a life lived in service to the system rather than to ourselves and our chosen communities. It can be so hard to get people who have been programmed by the system to see the system as the only option on how to break out. Yet when the system fails people, they get scared and start looking for options. And when they start looking for options, if we can be mentors and connectors, a small percentage of those looking for a better life will start to make the changes it takes to get here. Many of you have heard my story of transitioning from a socialist leaning toward communist to libertarian overnight. <Tell the story> And that change seems like it just happened and I became the Nicole Sauce you know today, but that is not at all how it happened. I still had habits and programming to bust through. Heck, despite being a thought leader in the world of agorism, I still find programming that I MUST deprogram. But the Intention to move myself toward true freedom and opt out of the system as much as I can is how I have moved from an urban chick completely unprepared to take care of myself through anything, to a prepared, badd-assed homesteader not afraid to share failures alongside successes because the INSTAGRAM homesteading community often only shows the good side of homesteading and, gorsdurnit, homesteading is heartbreaking, hard, messy, gross and one fo the most rewarding parts of the life I have built for myself. What does all this have to do with garden prep you ask? Well, I HAD intentions to get my garden beds put away for the fall, but what really happened is I spoke at a bunch of events and handled a major repair to my home. And it is time for spring planting in Tennessee though we are not in spring for another 3 weeks. So today I talk about getting your garden ready for spring planting. Never had a garden there before: Til vs no til Raised bed vs in ground Sod removal Solarizing or smothering The role of mulch What I would do if faced with a grass bed in late February north vs south Existing garden Cover crop vs no cover crop over the winter What you could have done with tarps or cardboard but you did not do Germination and mulch Planning what you will plant with your current reality What I would do now to get ready for spring planting Biochar, IMF, Lactobacillus, fungi from the woods, synthetic fertilizers, etc Stephen Raisner: All in all it is not too late to get your beds ready but you will not do as well as you would have done. However, you can make a HUGE difference this year by simply making some IMF, which you still have time to do, for example. And if you do a bit each weekend between now and planting, you should be in good shape anyway. So get out there and grow some food guys! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30119553

Homestead Happenings for February 23, 2024 - Ep 869 02/23/2024

Homestead Happenings for February 23, 2024 - Ep 869 Today we talk about rabbit poos systems, a sheep hay sled, more on electric fences, building community and more. Featured Event: LFTN Events Calendar: Self Reliance Through Permaculture: Marc 2 in Crossville, $25 Sponsor 1: Sponsor 2: Listener Feedback I GOT STARTED! I've been a listener for a couple years now and between you and Tim I finally started a business. Still getting things moving but I used Joshua at getahostnow and he was great at getting me off the ground with a website (still building it now). Thank you for being an inspiration for those that want to be free! Jesse Tattooing Rabbits You probably know this already, but I thought I would share my experience tattooing rabbits. If you can get tattoo paste (black is best, in my opinion) that works so much better than other options So here is what did: -clean left ear -use a towel over the head (to prevent bites/scratches)...a lot easier with two people..but otherwise, hold in your arm with rabbit head in your elbow -Clamp -wipe any blood -smear and press tattoo paste into the holes -wipe off excess with a slightly damp cloth, check to make sure color in every hole With characters-we would put the number of the year as last character (so 2024, 4 at the end), and first digit of which doe it came from (so, doe "Aphrodite," all her descendents started with A) And I'd HIGHLY recommend starting pedigree so you can avoid too much incest . The does will become too dumb to take care of babies, or become vicious, or do other dumb things. Hope this helps! Also, did you get my email about recirc pump to help with frozen pipes in your house? Take care, Kelsey Parallel fence and power lines especially can interfere with your circuit. It might be possible, in an Edge Case situation like that, that the grounding rods and salt could combine to form cupric oxide diodes around the ground rods, which will rectify the voltage into the ground (passing DC voltage in one direction and passing it in the other). Disclaimer: I am not an electrical engineer. I'm a liberal arts grad and math is a distant second language. Sorry about the sheep. That is rough. Something to "look forward to" (not) at the time we get animals on our place. Best, packradt packradt Forage Dandelion Chick weed Dead nettle Wild garlic Livestock No lambs yet - technically due March 1-20 Duck jail Duck litter process - do the work of the chickens Duck feeder update LGDs prefer chicken over rabbit but rabbits are easier to raise Wing clipping Laying in the listeria contaminated place Grow Peas are in Beds are in More wood chips needed ¾ of food forest is pruned Want a wood chipper Seedlings not started but seeds chosen Time to re-up the AP system Holler Neighbors/Community Seeking homestead sitter Getting a homestead intern in April Homestead Alliance Meeting Second Sat in March: potluck and seed exchange 1pm-3pm Infrastructure Rabbitery update Sheep Hay sled Solar update Finances Eggs should be for sale shortly, rabbit poop idea Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift! Community Mewe Group: Telegram Group: Odysee: Advisory Board Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources /episode/index/show/nicolesauce/id/30083038

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