Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today, we explore five things homesteaders get wrong—and how to avoid them. Every homestead decision is a preference, but some choices lead to costly, time-consuming headaches. Resources Crunchy Mama Beef Processing Class (March 21-24 in Texas) – Crunchy Mama Farms Sponsors: DiscountMylarBags.com  EMPShield.com (Coupon Code LFTN for $50 off) LFTN Spring Workshop National Center For Home Food Preservation Weekly Segments: Tales from the Prepper Pantry – Freezers, Scotch eggs, and pantry upgrades Frugality Tip – How to save $3,000+ on international travel Shopping Report from Joe – Prices on food, lumber, and gas Operation Independence – Expanding aquaponics and biochar progress Main Topic: 5 Things Homesteaders Just Get Wrong 1. Keeping weak animals with genetic problems such as throwing prolapses in sheep, scissor beak, etc 2. Using That Untested Recipe For Canning From Your Grandma, Rebel Canners, Or A Random AI Generated Blog Post 3. You Got Chickens (Or Other Livestock) And Did Not Have Infrastructure (

Today, I am joined by Tactical as we discuss a semi-crazy, off-site week, the coming spring, and more. Featured Event: SUNDAY - Bioremediation Workday in Marshall, NC: https://www.facebook.com/events/1157636552497302  Shout out: Canary Cry Radio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=XK4bqtxb1PA  Sponsor 1: TheWealthsteadingPodcast.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Roof issues and the wind The mama ewe left the pasture Duck feed/Egg issue. Protein content is lower so adding sprouts sunflower seeds, take 2 1st round seedlings placed in raised bed Finishing last 2 raised beds AP update LFTN Email Updates Fencing repairs  Pasture easter egg hunt after the storm Last round of seeding happening this weekend Indoor AP is up and running New 4 wheeler rebuild progress report Prepper Pantry Next Phase So Much Bacon Scotch Egg Experiment update Lettuce from the vet Assessing what is alive after the most brutal winter ive seen in the holler Holler Neighbors/Community Update Finances: Making sure we can source

Join me for a discussion all about kefir, its origins, its benefits, how to make it and HOW TO USE IT!Sponsor 1: Permies.com FUNDLE $45: https://permies.com/wiki/223017f495/Fundle-fungi-bundle Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Shout out: Canary Cry Radio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=XK4bqtxb1PA  Tales from the Prepper Pantry Bacon Week Slicing Like a Mad Woman Ground Lamb The Carnivore Scotch Egg Test Operation Independence No more TAHOE 1. Why Kefir Matters More than just a probiotic – Kefir is a living ecosystem of bacteria and yeast, offering benefits beyond typical fermented foods. Gut health & digestion – Restores microbiome balance and may help with IBS. Immune system support – Contains natural antibacterial and antifungal compounds. Bone health & longevity – High in calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K2, supporting bone density. Why it beats store-bought probiotic drinks – No added sugars, no preservatives, and a wider range of beneficial microbes. The Mysterious Origins

  Tactical Redneck Hijacked my show while I was out of town - Enjoy his update. Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Join me for sad news from the pasture, making progress in spring, a review of a cool event happening in about a week, a NEW recipe, and more!   Featured Event: Refuge Ruckus, March 7-9 in Fort Smith, AR: https://www.refugeruckus.com/   Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Permies Fundle - and why it is so cool, but dont buy it until Saturday: Heads up on the Permies Fundle Listener Feedback From a listener -  I remembered that you decided to sell your AGHs, and I'm in a similar (but bigger) situation, and hoped you might be able to offer some suggestions or possibly send my way  anyone you know who's in the market, and feel free to share my email for contact. I'm local (Cookeville) and the pigs are in the Monterey/Muddy Pond area. Hope everything's going well in the Holler, and hope to hear back from you soon.  Sad News From The Pasture R

Join me for a discussion of how the heavy rains created minor flooding in the barn one day before we needed to give the sheep access and what we did to dry it out. We will also cover all our usual Monday Segments. Featured Event: Blueberry Hill Sunday Meetup in Knoxville: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/bluebird-hill-open-house-gathering/ Sponsor 1: TheWealthSteadingPodcast.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com Coupon Code: LFTN Tales from the Prepper Pantry Processing 2 Ewes with Prolapses, lots of ground meat Homemade Roast Beef Sandwich Meat Prepper Pantry Update Frugality Tip From Margo Stopping in the middle of a project when you run out of something and having to go get more can be annoying. What's more annoying to me is wasting time to go save a dollar or two. While I am probably one of the most frugal people I know with money, I value my time a lot as well. So save some time and run to the closest store and spend an extra $2 and finish the task.  Happy Savings y'all  ~Margo Operation Independenc

  Today, Joshua Hale shares his journey from a programmed life in the matrix to moving to a homestead, then building value by tapping into the opportunities surrounding AI. Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com Sponsor 2: AbovePhone.com: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 Use coupon code for $50 off: LiveFreeTN Show Resources >>Use coupon code Sauce for 15% off Joshua's courses Website: https://joshuahale.io Social Media and Free Stuff: https://linktr.ee/joshuahaleio Main content of the show Make it a great week GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Tactical Redneck Hijacked my show while I was out of town - Enjoy his update. Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBagsd.com Home Alone Update from tactical 1) Frozen pipes 2) Keeping 2 fires going 3) The stuck truck 4) Impressions of premade meals 5) Keeping up with bacon curing Seed Roullette Update - it dropped to 8 so Nicole seeded the peas and will check in on the radishes when she gets home. Garden bed is covered Incoming nomad hands this coming week so we will focus on the garden spaces. Sheep dont care that it is cold Bottl;e Baby update Rabbits can get it done through the cage mesh Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!   Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Memb

  Today is an interview show with Sue Zoldak from The Zoldak Agency all about creating your life to be the way you want it to be. Featured Event: SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsor 1: HollerRoast.com Sponsor 2: AbovePhone.com: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 Use coupon code for $50 off: LiveFreeTN Show Resources https://www.suezoldak.com/  https://www.thezoldakagency.com/  https://www.zoldakvictory.com/  https://www.zoldakresearch.com/  https://www.wolframlabs.io/ Main content of the show Make it a great week GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Today I had a surprise visit from Dawn Gorham, here to pick up her half lamb, so we decided to replace the Monday show with a fin interview show. Spponsors: InvestableWealth.com EMPShield.com - Coupon Code: LFTN More notes detail coming soon!

Join me for our weekly homestead update solo this week because Tactical is picking up feed from BooneTop Farm in Centerville! Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck Saturday 12-3pm Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: The Wealthsteading Podcast Listener Feedback  I've been telling my wife about you swim spa. We think it might be a good thing for her to get. She has a couple of questions: “Having been used to lap pool swimming, in 25-yard pools, is it difficult to get used to a swim spa?” “How do you track distance?” (I’m used to counting laps to know how far I’ve gone) Boone Top Farm Feed Source Bracing for another single digit time Duck Egg Feed Update - tucker milling Tiny house community concept Seed Roulette Next Week Seedling update Prepper pantry Just In Time Stinging Nettle, chickweed and deadnettle Operation Email Zero More rabbit breeding Better rabbit rotation needed Eversoles Departing Tomatoes are finally all canned   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook

  How does entrepreneurship empower free living - or does it? Today, I am joined by Isaac Morehouse to discuss his journey from founding Praxis, through taking on a project that was NOT his passion (but not NOT his passion) and landing in Florida. He openly shares his struggles and successes. Featured Event: Cast Iron Webinar, Feb 23 at 6pm Sponsor 1: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 COUPON CODE FOR $50 off: LiveFreeTN Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com Connect with Isaac Morehouse: https://isaacmorehouse.com/ https://www.instagram.com/isaacmorehouse/ Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

Join me for a discussion about opting out of fear. You are easier to control when you make your decisions from a fear-based place and that is why it is so profitable too keep our population divided and frantic. But you don’t have to participate. You can mindfully move yourself to a place of awareness without the constant fear and build a better place for yourself and your family - and that it what homesteading is all about! We will also cover our usual Monday Segments. Featured Event: Cast Iron Webinar, Feb 23 at 6pm Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, coupon code lftn Tales from the Prepper Pantry Concrete Pour on Wednesday do clearing the freezers out and needing to turn them off at night when it is cold Holler Stew, Carnivore style - lamb and chicken Idea for using up chicken breasts Excellent roast leg of lamb recipe Frugality Tip Making left overs sexy - frugality tip - - pair it with eating before you leave and Bone broth packets Operation Independence New car this weeken

Today we give you an update on the homestead after we have spring into FIRST SPRING in Tennessee, operation eyesore, keeping up with meals on the homestead, egg issues and more. Featured Event: Rabbits and Roses, Huntsville, AB, https://www.facebook.com/events/1010824777095474/?ti=ls  >>This may change your perspective on your rabbit meatery

  Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast. Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com Sponsors: The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com https://selfreliancefestival.com/ Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/   Holler Roast Coffee Show Resources Special Operations Equipment TheSurvivalPodcast.com Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com HollerRoast.com  Main content of the show Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN  Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate

Today, I will share what a day looked like for me at the beginning of this podcast compared with a day now, after just about 1000 episodes. We will also cover all our usual segments. LFTN Spring Workshop Tickets: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/2025-lftn-spring-workshop/ Featured Event: Seed Exchange and Potluck at the Holler Homestead, Feb 15 at 12pm-3pm https://www.facebook.com/share/1BN558PR4i/ Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/lftn Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code: LFTN Tales from the Prepper Pantry Holler Neighbor Potroast Pantry Challenge Update Seed Sorting Project Working 1 hour at a time for the win Weekly Shopping Report: None today Frugality Tip: None today Community Note: Follow Kiri’s Youtube channel, Thunder Hill Farms: https://www.youtube.com/@ThunderHillFarm38  Operation Independence Relationships are important and not in order to get what you want.  Basecamp is rented because of relationships Pasture adjustments and new bnbs coming to the Holler Main topic of the Show:

Today, we update you on the new lambs on the Holler Homestead, the new feed source we found, importance of community and more!   Featured event: 9 am. Tomorrow (Saturday). Workshop Tickets go on sale! Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com   Celebrate! Got first round of seedlings ready (Yesterday’s episode) Bottle Lamb Updates Awesome Kitchen Vent Hood Pasture Brat Pack Normalized Paddock Rotation again Operation Eyesore New Feed Source for TN Processor connections Update on managing while Nicole was away Forage: Time to be on the lookout for wild garlic and early spring greens Concrete project sound fun this weekend? Invoicing the lambs we sold this weekend - and why I waited so long.   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!   Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advis

Join me for a discussion on starting your seeds and out usual “Monday Segments.” Spring Workshop, April 24-26:P https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/spring-workshop-2025/ Sponsor 1: InvestibleWealth.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code LFTN LFTN Spring Workshop Tickets go on Sale Saturday at 9am Central.  Alan Booker, 2 deep sessions on permaculture topics Jack Spirko, Building Bioreactor Compost and Biochar Nicole Sauce, Lessons Learned from 3 Years Raising Regenerative Sheep Emily Skyles Zanotti: Urban Homesteading Dawn Gorham, Building A Homestead Business  Tactical Redneck - A tour of erosion remediation projects at the Holler Homestead.  Joel Ryals, Problem Solving and Planning for Success Roundtable Discussion. Function stacking: Holler Homestead Greenhouse Design with Nicole Sauce Harry Albright - Hands on - Building Cages Knitting - Lani Johnson Jenni Hill - Somatic Movement and Breath Work Barter Blanket John Pugliano - Permaculture Your Wealth Kerry Brown- Planning Your Off Grid Home Patrick

  Today I am joined by the Tactical Redneck and perhaps Knighthawk for the latest news from the Holler Homestead. Babies, extreme cold, planning the gardens and more   Featured event: LFTN Spring Workshop   Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/LFTN Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon Code LFTN   Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com   Forage Wheat is ready to harvest Iding herbals/wilds that we do not want the sheep to eat Day Lillies are blooming  Garden: Cover crop sautees Inside cherry tomatoes   Livestock Rabbit ear mites No ducklings yet Eating things faster than we thought so we are moving them each day until cleared (overseeding pasture mix) Muscovies incoming tomorrow thanks to Kerrry and Lisa 4 eggs a day - summer slump Sheep story   Grow   Holler Neighbors/Community   Infrastructure   Finances   Membership Plug   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!   Community Mewe Group: ht

Join me for a group discussion with members of our community and beyond about building the life you choose, current events, building a durable life, community development, business, getting started, health and more.  Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live.  Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop, LivingFreeinTennessee.com Sponsors: Meticulous.com HollerRoast.com AbovePhone.com: https://abovephone.com/?above=104 Use coupon code for $50 off: LiveFreeTN Show Resources AbovePhone.com HackMyHomestead.com Living Free in Tennessee NicoleSauce.com HollerRoast.com  Main content of the show Make it a great week! GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.  Community FreeSteading Group: https://freesteading.com/groups/living-free-in-tennessee/ Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Twitter: @nicolesauce IG: @nicolesauce

Today, we talk about how to plan your kitchen garden, especially from the perspective of replacing dependence on the grocery store. I also cover our usual segments: Tales from the Prepper Pantry, Frugality Tip, Operation Independence and more. Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop Sponsor 1: TheWealthSteadingPodcast.com Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com Resources Mad River Seeds on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/market/mad_river_seeds Baker Creek: https://www.rareseeds.com/  Seed Savers Exchange: https://seedsavers.org/  Homegrown Cooking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbCr4DQ3KI0  SCHEDULE THIS WEEK AND NEXT Listener feedback - I want to move to TN, where do I go? Tales from the Prepper Pantry Big thanks to Ryan Steva on the prepper pantry before this deep freeze Homegrown Cooking: Beef Heart - Next month is steak and kidney stew from Dawn and meatballs from me Travelling with a cooler Freezers are reorganized and ready for incoming lambs Weekly Shopping Report Based on some videos from a few prepping channels