Living Free In Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

A friend from down under recorded this version of the poem for us with a few adjustments made for her local environment. Thank you AussieRo.

NOTE: I TALK ABOUT WHO SANTA IS IN THIS... Join us in the series in the first in a series for 2018 of poems read from throughout the world. This version of The Night Before Christmas comes from our friend “Jaggy Little Thistle” who listens from Scotland. Thanks for the recording Jaggy!

Today, I want to take on another country kitchen topic but from a bit of a different angle over last week: Modern Cooking in the country kitchen with a sous vide machine. Yup, this year, I got my hands on a sous vide machine and started experimenting with it. At first I was a bit skeptical about if it would really make a difference, but I also knew of other uses for it outside of cooking and thought it would be handy to have around. Then I got the thing and ended up LOVING it - like as in loving it more than my crockpot. So today, we will talk about what sous vide is, why I have started using it here at the Holler Homestead and even talk through some recipes. Direct Download First Aid Episode Feedback Announce Holler Hat Wednesday Modern Cooking with Sous Vide Nicole’s Lessons Learned on Soux vide It really shines with meat  Large numbers of eggs work well Pre-spice your meats then freeze…. Defrost with it, or go from frozen to cooked without the defrost phase Awesome when you need to time things just right

Today, we talk about five areas of first aid that you should think about both on your homestead and, well, pretty much anywhere. Spring Workshop Session: Developing Your Positive Community in the Modern World, from the Tactical Redneck Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Turkey for the weekend reception Smoked Leg of Marty Cushaw Squash, roasted, in soup, with feta as a salad Retort Pouch Canning: Video Stump the Sauce Preparing Eggplant from the Store Operation Independence Really Cool Thank You Gifts for our Premium Supporters Main topic of the show: Learning First Aid for the Homestead #My3things Teresa - managed to do a move with a sprained ankle - go girl! A note on #my3things for the week: Update from last week: the surprise is ready to ship Paperwork Domestic decluttering Prepare week 1 jan 2019 Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up

I haven’t talked much about homesteading or domestic arts lately. We’ve focused more on building the life you want to live. So today, I thought, why not surprise them with something that goes back to our roots of homesteading? Cooking has changed Eating out culture Processed/prepared foods Dietary changes and fancified meals Plated and other mail order meal services But the country kitchen goes through cycles. One thing feeds another - or gets in the way. So today, I thought I would run you through a not so atypical morning here at the Holler Homestead…. It all starts with coffee and 30 minutes of peaceful reflection…….Then we dive in. There is something quite satisfying about the levels of production that you can attain if you let one thing feed the next in your kitchen. Next thing you know you have homemade broth in the pantry, lard going in the crockpot, home smoked meat, and easy plan for dinner, and a load of laundry hung out by the fire. So why not learn a new "old" skill this winter and begin develop

Living on a homestead is like having a variety show in your life: Something unexpected happens almost every day. Just today, I walked out to the roasting camper and saw 2 goats in my yard. If you look at the show’s photo today, you will understand why I was baffled by this. They should have been shut in the barn. And sometimes we get so mad when things go off plan, but when has anything ever really stayed on plan? Today, I will walk through several topics that impact homesteaders and those of you who are starting or have started your own business. From honey bees to healthcare, today is like a fireside chat. Spring Workshop Session: Chef Brett Corrieri - Charcuterie.  Tales from the Prepper Pantry A cow and 2 pigs fit in the freezer and the process dictated our menu this week: Pork chops, ribs, chicken dumpling soup, and I am making lard. Winter budget tightening means a focus on living off the pantry stores: Borscht - beets, broth and a blender and spices. Served with Sour Cream. Wish I could solve the dair

Easy ways to find ideas for homemade gifts and firing the toxic people in your life, today on LFTN! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Early cold has = better cold storage Drying Mushrooms for vitamin D Harvesting and using or drying root things like Sassafras (which I have not done) Canning all the stock Stump the Sauce Q1: Why does my gravy taste like flour? Q2: What should I stuff in my bird (first time roasting)? Q3: What should I roast a turkey IN? Q4: What if I forgot to defrost the turkey? COOK TIME - TEMP No fat for the gravy, now what? Q5: What if I left the turkey out overnight on accident? Q6: What is Your pumpkin pie recipe? (2.25 c pumpkin pulp, 1 8 oz can condensed sweetened milk, 2 eggs, 1 tsp salt, ginger, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, 1 tbsp brown sugar. 425 for 25, reduce to 350 until done. Operation Independence THE GREAT FINANCE REVIEW OF 2018...not yet finished but it is unearthing some waste and some good stuff too We ate ALL our thanksgiving leftovers. ALL OF THEM. Main Top

Today, I have two topics for you. The first is a simple walk through our simple weekend of doing odd, quaint things. Someone pointed out to me that what I think of as a stress free Thanksgiving is filled with tons of basic homemaking skills that no one does anymore….and we will talk about a deeper idea: Mourning loss as an adult and also mourning loss for the first time, and ways to navigate sadness when you lose someone close to you. I know, I know. This may seem like a depressing topic, but it won’t be, I promise. Workshop Session Highlight: Dori Mulder - Side Hustle Mentality: Gleaning Value From What You Have. Get Founders Tickets here. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Catfood Incident Early Cold has been good on the root vegetables Freezer filled with Pork, sorting last year’s beef (and selling some) in preparation for the next cow (Cow story) A word on stability and cashflow. What Mother Nature is providing Oysters have appeared, finally (Turkey mushroom gravy) Lemon balm is still giving us leaves Same as

Today, we will talk about a basic homesteading activity: Processing Pigs for winter -- and a deeper topic: Processing Life. The last 10 days, many people I know and ones I just recently got to know in the LFTN community have been facing hard life lessons. So we will look at lessons learned from processing pigs next to lessons learned from life. And they are not all that different. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Reviewing the root vegetables (Cat got into the pantry) Care of cheese Thanksgiving from stored foods What Mother Nature is providing Down to nuts and mushrooms Jerusalem artichokes are ready to dig Stump the Sauce Salad Dressing Operation Independence Porchetta for the workshop New coffee launching this week - should be a good one! Processing pigs - processing life. #My3things Highlight: Cindy and her 54 birds - many hand make light work Make it a great week! Song: Every Way by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja

Today, I run through three key lessons from the #TSP18 workshop that happened over the weekend at Jack Spirko's place in Texas. There were many more than three lessons to learn, but when it comes to living your life rather than have someone else live it for you, this event was a great motivator.

Today, we talk about what steps I will take to prepare the aquaponics system for winter, as well as go over what you can do now to get your garden beds ready for a great spring! Tales from the Prepper Pantry Phase 1 has been completed  Final canning events of the year (after Jack’s) Drying Mushrooms November: Meat rotation in the freezer Time to extract honey, or package it in tinfoil to avoid freezer burn Gluehwein season is here What Mother Nature is providing Ap: Swiss chard and not much else at the moment Time to winterize. More on that later Winterize the bees Mushrooms are exploding Firewood Stump the Sauce Oxtail: Part 2 with BRETTChef Elderberry Syrup Stability with John Moody of (http://abbyselderberry.com/) Operation Independence Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile on the rental that has taken forever. Tiling on a wavy wall (operation independence) One annoying thing season Main topic of the show: Winterizing the Aquaponics System and garden beds Four things to to to the ap: Stock tank heater Bed hoops

Today is that moment you have all been waiting for: A debrief of our visit to see Dori at her place, 40 Acres and a Cave. We will have a short debrief of what happened for the visit and a run down of some things we can all learn from what she is doing out there with that fantastic property. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Harvested my sweet potatoes and got about ¾ of a bushel for the prepper pantry. Curing Sweet potato Last green bean harvest of the season Blueberry oatmeal Still have not done the big move-in for Winter 2018 The great lasagna and the mandolin zucchini noodles What Mother Nature is providing Ap: Swiss chard is coming on First Oyster mushrooms - planning to put up a ton Last of the sage Lemon balm - last call Almost time for horseradish Parsley Stump the Sauce Oxtail: Paired with jerk or curry - http://coopcancook.com/braised-oxtails/ What Sauce would do: sear then do a roemertopf with smoked paprika, rosemary, garlic, salt, peppers, carrots, onion, salt - served over sautee

So, this episode will focus on a man I have long admired in our area: Billy Kaufman of Short Mountain Distillery. Billy moved to Tennessee with a vision. What he started doing morphed into where he is today and we had a great talk about his distillery, the Haunted Woods event, and his journey from arrival to where he is today. There is so much to learn from how he has flexed and adjusted as he develops his farm into something beautiful. And while the what of he is doing has changed, his vision remains largely unchanged. It is a great example of how sticking to a vision over a tactic can help you launch the lifestyle you want. Tales from the Prepper Pantry The weather went from the low 90s to 60s in 24 hours and it is time Hen of the woods while at Dori’s place Tomatoes are finally on the agenda Getting Ready to extract honey What Mother Nature is providing Ap: Green beans, greens Harvesting a round of spices to dry for winter use Mushrooms Watercress  Chestnuts  Operation Independence Did a property walk

Today, we will talk about something a bit different: why we end each episode with make it a great week. We will also take a look at what that means for so many, and tell some stories along the way. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry It’s been a light week in the pantry with all the other projects underway Incoming visit from the Knifemaker (Get Patrick to check in). He showed me how to sharpen my awesome chef’s knife Hot as blazes so boxes are STILL in my office What Mother Nature is providing Green Beans Time to harvest sweet potatoes Chestnuts Stump the Sauce Meatloaf experiment and leftover scramble Tales from the Booze Whisperer A missive from over the pond Operation Independence Coffee of the month beans arrive TOMORROW!! Soft Launch is Wednesday Headed to 40 acres and a farm Main Topic: New tagline - Helping you to live the life you choose on your terms Song: Suicide by Sauce Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources

Today, I want to talk about progress and the fall. Winter is coming, but right now, we get to enjoy the fruits of our labor. More about that in the main show topic. Tales from the Prepper Pantry Reorganization Needed Did the last round of root cellar orders: 2 bags of onions, 2 boxes of potatoes, 1 sweet potato, 2 cushaw squash, a pumpkin for fun. Total cost: $80 Pantry coaching is a thing - it’s not frantic prepping, it is just smart. Document what you eat Try some seasonal bulk purchases - maybe just 1 thing See if you use it up USE IT UP What Mother Nature is providing Harvested and set out to dry Goldenrod Chestnuts Turkey and Deer season is upon us  Stump the Sauce Using an abundance of peppers Getting home from vacation when the store is not a viable option Tales from the Booze Whisperer How to use Holler Roast Coffee Bitters Operation Independence Holler Roast Coffee of the Month Update Budget Discipline Main topic of the show: Progress. Go out, and make it a great week! Song: Wolf by Sauc

Today, we talk through a roundup of questions I have gotten over the past two weeks related to fall homesteading activities. From canning to heating, y’all have been busy trying to figure stuff out. Of course, some of these questions have been addressed over on the LFTN Coffee Break group on Facebook, but I just figured if one of you has a question, many of you have the same question. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Still need to do the consult Pantry yielded many benefits this week More in the full content of today’s show What Mother Nature is providing Goldrod’s last week Fall plants are coming up well in other people’s gardens - but not mine. Stump the Sauce What to do when you can't make your food hot enough. Operation Independence Food for friends: Ad trade, canned foods from the pantry = low expense to be a helpful member of the community. Main topic of the show: A Fall Roundup on Homesteading Q1: How do I figure out how many pounds of tomatoes to use to yield a certain number of jar

Today, we explore how following the basic concepts put forth through developing your life strategic plan, continually moving your big picture goals forward, and remembering that we are here to live our lives, not have them lived for us. Or something like that... Tales from the Prepper Pantry Raiding the prepper pantry under times of durres Wonderful pork roast with green chilies Stump the Sauce Too many eggs from Andy in Chattanooga Using and Storing an Abundance of Eggs Pickling Beets What Mother Nature is Providing Basic veggies for the daily sautee The dog egg story Late season mint, jewel weed Paw Paw update Independence Fund Update Boat repair Goat repair Deck repair Keep Nicole Sane Repair Resources Tactical Redneck Equipment  

Today, we have a special guest in the house: Shawn Mills. Remember way back when almost a year and a half ago when I had someone come look at my home to help me understand better what it might take to go off grid? Well, that was Shawn. Today we are going to talk about his off-grid lifestyle, as well as focus on things all of us can do to move that direction without committing to a 10k solar panel installation. Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry I did not can tomato sauce because of a HUGE web project I am focused on. (The sauce trick) OMG THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE IT IS OVERWHELMING That venison loin we cooked What Mother Nature is providing Persimmons Paw paws are about done Watercress Still have late summer medicinals: jewelweed, goldenrod, etc… Stump the Sauce Lemongrass Operation Independence Traded for a kayak - stoked about it! Put in 6 hours on taxes. Still. not. Done. Landed a new deal for digital coaching that should be great for our ongoing stability and can be done from here

Today, 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! Tales from the Prepper Pantry 38 jars of salsa are canned Putting up tomato sauce this week Need to do an shelving overhaul in there The mud room is mostly full of jars, but some will go to our chili loving friends who put in on the chillies this year What Mother Nature is providing Goldenrod Beans beans beans and funny beans Damn the electrical company for spraying on my land PAW PAWS ARE READY - Stump the Sauce Rattle Snake Recipe Operation Independence Put up 39 pints of salsa for winter August was a record month for the airbnb Sticking to my guns on the weekly finance review Need to get taxes done The Bounty of Simply Living .... not having your life lived for you. Song: Strange Child, by Sauce ### Resources Membership Sign Up The Keychain CPR Masks Change Your Narrative, Change Your L

Today we talk about preparing for winter, Christmas gift ideas, decision making with emotions, green chilipalooza and more! Direct Download Tales from the Prepper Pantry Tomato canning Drying red runners Green chili weekend is this weekend: Salsa, canning chilies, roasting chilies, eating chilies What Mother Nature is providing A word on the fall garden Okra okra okra Jerusalem Artichokes are blooming - Lotsa tomatoes A final mullein, mint, lemon balm and comfrey sweep Jewelweed Stump the Sauce Coffee in soup Tales from the Booze Whisperer Using all the tomato water when canning Operation Independence Put up 26.5 quarts of tomatoes - $2 a quart including propane and lids (but not my time). Fridge win for the duplex Christmas is coming - gift ideas Custom bitters Coffee air freshener Jams and jellies Rustic Walking stick Elderberry Syrup kit: dried elderberries, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne pepper, honey  The newly adopted family that visited and an update on Airbnb Making decisions by emotion Fal