Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

What else to talk about in a week where I am processing a bushel of cucumbers than making pickles?! So today, I will talk to you about making pickles a few ways, as well as share a fun relish recipe. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce Got nothing this week - send in your questions! Tales from the Booze Whisperer Bourbon Ice Cubes What’s Up in the Garden It is time to start new tomatoes below the current tomatoes Dill is heading out - hoping to get a patch started in the yard that comes back each year Cucumbers are starting to come on! Lots of green beans - reseeded at the base in the AP to hopefully get a second round later in the year Main topic of the Show: All About Pickles QUICK PICKLES FERMENTED PICKLES Hot Pickle Relish 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: @nicolesauce T

Hard work. We sometimes underestimate the impact that hard work has on us. And I don't mean just the hard muscles, but the spiritual benefit of working hard and getting things done. And after you work hard, you play hard right? So today, i thought we would examine that a bit more. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Grocery Store Challenge  Eating mostly off the garden at the moment Canning Pickles What’s in Season All the fresh veggies Blueberries Cookbook announcement! https://amzn.to/2LpPfGG Operation Independence Looking at buying land to put in a hipcamp ground Main topic of the Show: Hard Work Matters Make it a great week! Song: Tripped Out by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce    

Today, I wanted to give you what you were supposed to get on Monday - a walk through of this side hustle life and how, over time, they can lead you to your passion - that is assuming that you are at a place where you are ready to find it. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry 2 more gallons of honey collected - $20 a quart Actively using up last canned goods from 2017 Grocery store challenge - purpose to test my pantry management One item allowed - mine is half and half Travel does not count Farmers market is ok, but not buying prepared foods Regularly scheduled things (like my annual salt purchase) is allowed What’s in Season Yay!! Tomatoes Edible flowers  AP greens and green beans Squash - still not doing awesome with the squash Harvesting potatoes Operation Independence Closed on the new rental house - which folds into today’s show nicely. We’ve been doing the initial sterilization - and I use that word strategically because the last inhabitants were not sanitary with their bodily waste, or

Today, I needed a reminder about living my life on my terms, not society's so we have a replay. We will take a walk through the benefits of simply living. Simply living – as in simply living your life, not letting others live it for you. Why Simply living and not simple living? You gotta listen to find out! Direct Download Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today we explore investing in family and what it means to build your dynasty, why that is not a bad thing, as well as who your family should be. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Canning Reorganization Update Workshop Leftovers, the gift that keeps on giving Getting a handle on how much vinegar we use in a year 9Orders for pickup) Comment on sears and the mercantile What’s in Season Creek mint Mullein is blooming All the garden things! Still no ripe tomatoes Operation Independence Embarking on a new real estate project soon - starting the process of expanding the number of properties I manage Keeping  Redneck around is resulting in things getting fixed without needing to call “a guy” Main topic of the Show: Investing in Family Make it a great week! Song: Grandpa's Song by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/ I

Today we will talk about the 8 projects you can do to master canning. Because canning is a great way to tap into abundance and enjoy your results all year long. But canning, like any skill, works best as a progression. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? 150k sweepstakes ends on Monday - get you shares in and email me to be entered into the drawing. Direct Download Show Resources All American Pressure Canner Kit: https://amzn.to/2F6yHzl Presto Pressure Canner: https://amzn.to/2WFmDQv  Electric Pressure Canner: https://amzn.to/31lnLaC The Encyclopedia of Country Living: https://amzn.to/2WCGyKR Stump the Sauce How to Stop a Circular Discussion? (Broken record syndrome) Figure out the why Break the cycle https://www.psychmechanics.com/2018/12/why-people-keep-repeating-same-thing.html Dry erase board trick Let me repeat what I heard you say - is this right? Would you like me to run out and get you that answer right now? Tales from the Booze Whisperer Whisky Ice Cubes What’s Up in t

Today, we cover some ways to get started in cooking with what you have rather than a recipe. ANNOUNCEMENT: Cook With What You Have will be available for download on the membership portal on Friday!  Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry All the processing is happening Working toward all wide mouth jars 13 quarts of beets pickled Bone broth in process Herbs drying Want: Canning Kitchen set up outside What’s in Season Day lilies: Salads and sautes Dill: Pickling and salads Elderflower: Fritters & Tea Honeysuckle flower: Simple syrup for beverages this week Hearty greens like dock and plantain are getting a bit chewy, but you can harvest and eat plantain seeds Operation Independence 10 Quarts of Honey extracted - a $200 value. Keeping 4 for us and selling the rest. Finished out some of the wrong kind of project opening up more time for the long term push Main topic of the Show: Cook with What You Have Book Recommendation from the show: Ratio Make it a great week! Song: Dr. Feeley, Dr. Skinner b

Today I examine a bad cultural habit we have of demanding that others give up their rights just because we had to give up ours. This is a thought of the walk episode so it is short. Don't forget - share my podcast with 2 friends and email me to be entered to win 5 lbs of coffee or a premium membership. MeWe Group Friend me on MeWe Direct Download Main topic:  Thought of the Walk on Power Abuse Make it a great week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up LFTN on MeWe Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/   Instagram: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce    

Today, I have invited the Tactical Redneck to come on the show and talk to us about small motor maintenance for three items: a push lawnmower, a chainsaw, and a weed eater (not the goat). Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Stump the Sauce What to do when your passion is hard to find What’s Up in the Garden Updated the trellising strategy in the ap and made sure all the suckers were off the tomatoes Mexican Sourgurken will be ready soon Scapes came and went and it is time to harvest garlic and baby potatoes Lots of firsts: Malabar spinach is up, 1st green bean, coriander seed pods are there, carrots coming on slowly, 1st squash Seeding another round of beans, cloning tomatoes, looking at starting cucumer and squash plants inside to transplant later in the summer after the vine borers dessimate all my stuff. Time to plan the fall garden Main topic of the Show: Small Motor Maintenance on the Homestead Make it a Great Week! Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Re

Sometimes, we must push back on repugnance, learn or try something new, because if we stop learning - we stop growing. And if you are not growing, atrophy quickly follows. Direct Download Reminder: 7am-7:30am Tuesday and Thursday Live Chat on Mewe! Tales from the Prepper Pantry The pickled beet story Dill from the market (Dog Fennel) -- I said Horse Fennel in the show - I meant Dog Fennel! DO NOT EAT DOG FENNEL!! Canning tip: Never reuse lids What’s in Season First baby squash  Rosepetals (candied) Day lilies Nasturtium - too bad I did not plant any Operation Independence Cook with what you have The tool fairy Main topic of the Show: If you’re not learning something new, you’re doing it wrong! Song: Calling My Name - 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 a Friday so we have an interview show today and I think you are going to love this one - Especially all of you who have been dabbling in or dreaming of installing your own Aquaponics system! We will hear about Aquaponics on a large scale, lessons learned and how it integrates with a permaculture approach to homesteading from Richard Hasting. Direct Download Announcements! 150k download celebration - share with two friends and email me to tell me you did and get entered to win 5 lbs of coffee or 1 year annual membership at the premium level New email process for the show - sign up. Mewe Livechats Tuesday and Thursday, 7am-7:30am Central Time on the LFTN Mewe Group Show Resources EastTexasAquaponics.com   Make it a Great Weekend! 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: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce    

I got a question in about ducks and it was involved enough that I thought it would make a great Wednesday topic. And indeed, I find it easier to brood ducks on the summer than the early spring, so today we will go through a bunch of stuff, from brooding, to caring for, to why you might want ducks or chickens or chicken over ducks. #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Stump the Sauce What to do with 12 dozen eggs - decide if you really want to eat that many eggs (8 week plan) Scramble and freeze in 2 egg sets Tales from the Booze Whisperer Variation on  Julep by Derek What's Up in the Garden No rain - have had to water starter plants some more Tossing leftover sweet potato slips in a place where I always fight weeds to see what happens - and starting some organo there (need drip irrigation for that) Frankentomato should ripen soon Lots of volunteer tomatoes in one bed   Keep thinking it is the last salad, and getting another salad ($.75

Originally, I was going to talk about eating frogs, but then I looked at something interesting. Y’all know I love to do CrossFit but that I injured my back moving a clothes dryer and have taken some time off right? But like all CrossFitters, I do tend to keep up on what is going on there. Well today, CrossFit corporate pulled out of Facebook and Instagram - and better yet, they published why. So we will talk about opting out or Orwellian manipulation. MeWe group: https://mewe.com/group/5ad3c44edeec7d2b4612b2bf Join my gym if you are in the Cookeville area CrossFit Article You Need to Read! 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: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce    

Today, I talk through elements of an aquaponics system, bed styles and some things to think about when you start with aquaponics. Direct Download #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? Find out how you can win 6 pounds of coffee or 1 year of free premium membership! Stump the Sauce What to serve if you want a totally foraged side dish What's Up in the Garden germination all the greens tomato and mexican sauergurken set Main topic of the Show: Basic Mechanics of an Aquaponics System 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: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce    

Today, we have an important topic for many of us - what to do when your time is not yours. Because there are times in almost everyone’s life where you end up in a situation where for one reason or another, your time is not yours. The expectations or agreements you have made put you in a position where you do not want to be. I know I feel choked whenever I end up in this position. Like I literally cannot breathe. So I thought it would be a good time to walk through ways to bear it, and ways to avoid it. Live Chat on MeWe Tuesday and Thursday 7am-7:30 am CT Tales from the Prepper Pantry I am so bad - the reorganization is still not done Using up green beans and corn and pickled things Researching green chili salsa recipes in advance of Green Chili Fest this fall A word on dry good storage What’s in Season Day lilies Vetch flowers Clover flower, Bee balm, Sage, Berry leaves, Lemon balm, Peppermint Thistle Operation Independence Dutch Buckets and gleaning soil from old grow beds Main topic of the Show: What

Today is a Friday so we have an interview and this interview is great. Local farmer and listener Jason Smith of Smith Family Farm joins me today to talk about how they built their 10 acre paradise into something that both brings them high quality food and supplies locals and restaurants with awesome produce. You also get a booze whisperer segment today. Direct Download Show Links www.smithfamilyfarmtn.com (includes a blog) On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Smith-Family-Farm-255557241224922/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH_6SzCMTTkjNDS8qU2TzEg?view_as=subscriber Tales from the Booze Whisperer Red kryptonite Interview with Jason Smith of Smith Family Farm 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: @nicolesauce Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today will be the first in a series of shows on Aquaponics - and today is the most basic of overviews - from the perspective of a user, not an installer, not a designer, but someone who has been hands on with an Aquaponics system for a year. #HollerHatWednesday: Whose floor is she on and who or what threw her there? Instagram: @nicolesauce1 Stump the Sauce How would you season your perfect bacon cheeseburger? Buy this paprika! Tidings from the Garden $.95 salad will be served this evening (some lettuces are starting to bolt) Potatoes are looking great Peas are going strong Swiss chard is coming into its own Need to add nutrient - probably mg and calcium, though it could be iron, though that would be really odd Some beans are climbing their poles Tomatoes are blooming but have not set fruit Parsley and cilantro are going to seed More variety than last year Thai water spinach has germinated, malabar spinach has not - may put some in pots under heat mats Spent my June liquor budget on lava rock for AP expansi

Today, I talk through something kind of personal - the thought process on whether to push through the hard time in my business or to pull the plug. This is a place everyone seems to come to when starting a micro business (under 5 employees) and I am right there. But more on that in the main section of today’s show. Show Links Mewe morning Chat Tuesday and Thursday: https://mewe.com/join/living_free_in_tennessee Kurt's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eF7NSGkVf8 Tales from the Prepper Pantry Drying herbs: Oregano and sage - comfrey Still in the massive reorganization Used the final onion Pulling out pork to grind rather than buy it ground to use up the meat in the freezer What’s in Season All the greens Strawberries Comfrey and vetch Bee balm, lemon balm, berry leaves No mushrooms this week Operation Independence Spike in web work Main topic of the Show: Business Decision Time - Push Through or Pull Out? Did your hustle turn out to be what you love? Will pushing through yield the financial resu

Today, we have a thought of the walk for Friday about Doers versus Takers. It really is amazing what happens when you gather a group of doers together and the become friends. Perhaps this is why the communities that work the best are based on doers, not takers. More on that in the show today. 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    

Today, I talk about how to begin implementing a permaculture approach to your homestead. This has been at the front of my mind this year as I started taking a PDC. I will share with you how I stumble across permaculture, what it is, and some steps we have taken here to begin adjusting our homestead to be more functional through permaculture design. Don’t get me wrong: I am a student of permaculture sharing my journey with you, not an expert.  #HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with? @nicolesauce1 on Instagram... Direct Download Stump the Sauce From Christie: What to do with too many onions Tales from the Booze Whisperer Update Getting the Gardens Ready Potatoes are looking awesome - need to fill in with wood chips or straw to encourage more potatoes Time to look for Garlic scapes Building Dutch Pots for last of the peppers and tomatoes Filled in herbs, water plant seeds, and other warm weather plants this week Onion starts going in the ground Sweet potatoes going in when dutch pots are done so