Today I come to you from the studio at The Survival Podcast to go over our weekly homestead update. I will cover livestock happenings, the overall gardening season, canning abundance and give an update on Jenni's cancer journey.
Featured event: Foraging Walk by Kerry Brown
On Saturday August 12th, around 10 am at Solomon Park in Wartburg, TN I'll be holding a foraging walk as a guest of the Morgan County, TN Homesteaders Group. They have a group on Facebook if you search that particular title. Location: Wartburg Civic Center- Solomon Park 132 Carter Street Wartburg, TN 37887
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano of The Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: Agoristtaxadvice.com
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I've got so many videos on making bacon on my YouTube Channel
#lftn #livingfreeintennessee #nicolesauce #bacon #makinbacon #soeasy
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2024/03/11/three-lessons-solar/
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Day four moved ahead slower than we hoped because we have livestock and they needed half the day.
This was recorded as we start day 5.
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From their own butchering to a whole community event
#lftn #livingfreeintennessee #nicolesauce #handhewnfarm #pigs #butcher #event #party #calendar
https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2024/03/12/tuesday-live-hand-hewn-farm/
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Do you ever give some advice to people, then realize the person who needs it the most is you? That’s basically how last week went here at the Holler Homestead. The ducks discovered the creek resulting in a cascading series of projects that were of top priority, and not originally on my list.
Today, I will cover something promised from last week: potato preservation, go over questions to ask as a result of reading chapter 6 of Gaia’s Garden, there will be the first in a series of gardening economics discussions, and, last but not least, Dances with Ducks – a view into how keeping animals means you can’t depend on any plan you ever make.
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Justin Rhodes chicken tractor plans
Eating Seasonally
Wild Garlic and Watercress still going strong
Dead Nettle, Lamium purpureum , Identifying it (Salads, sautee’s and with eggs)
Chickweed, more on this next week
Getting the Gardens Ready
Where we share what we are doing to get our food growing operation up and running.
Sweet Potato Slip Update: The first slip is starting to poke out!
Organized seeds
Pic of the potato slip starting…
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
How we are keeping our winter stores interesting.
Freezer Audit: (Notebook is awesome, in theory)
Sweet potato, potato puree
Green beans as breakfast
Renewed effort on the pickled things – Man! Dilly beans are fantastic!
Stories from the Holler
Bee mentor/ Hive inspection
Potato Preservation
Drying.
Canning – The guide: http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/usda/GUIDE04_HomeCan_rev0715.pdf
Lessons learned from Toby Hemenway
This week: Chapter 6
Next Week*: Chapter 7
Questions
What do I want/need to support with my plants? (shade, forage for animals, shelter from wind, food for us, enjoyment, pest resistance vs attracting beneficial bugs – or wildlife for that matter?
What problems do I currently have that plants can help with? (Deer destruction, sad soil, etc)
What do I really love? How can I plan my homestead to support those things?
What balance of mulching, soils loosening, nutrient mining, fungal growth sparking, and so forth will be best for my land – and therefore what plants should I integrate to set this up?
What areas should I develop first with intensive planting, versus setting the stage for a longer-term play?
Garden Economics
Do home gardens save you money?
Dances with Ducks
It is so nice at this time of year to go outside in the morning with my cup of coffee and watch the world go by for a few minutes before diving in. And despite the ducky duties this week, things are still moving forward at the Holler Homestead. Thank you so much for joining me today here on Living Free in Tennessee and make it a great week!
Song: Feed My Hunger, Sauce
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Well well well, the past week has been full of strange misadventures. We’ve demo’d a new coffee bean for Holler Roast Coffee, run it by a friend, found someone willing to help me grow the business by loaning me a few extra roasters, opened the cabin rental for the season, out the newspaper to bed and even decided to put out tomatoes before May 1, my usual planting date. And it has made me think about how it is so easy to prepare for some things, but getting ahead in finances can be really tough. So today, I thought I would run through my thought process as I decide if I will grow the Holler Roast business beyond it’s extremely limited market.
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Eating Seasonally and Tales from the Prepper Pantry
This is where we share what we are eating as it comes to us – and talk about ways to use what we store.
Wild Mustard, watercress, hairy vetch, last of the dead nettle, arugula (story of the Easter Salad)
Crappie, fish stock
Hitting the canned peaches because it is about to be canned peaches time again!
Getting the Gardens Ready
Where we share what we are doing to get our food growing operation up and running.
Trimming and chipping the pathways
Planting the last of the fruit trees
Beating the wineberries BACK
Shade cloth is on the greenhouse and that made the tomatoes really happy
5 Questions to Ask When It’s Time to Grow
Do I love this enough to really do it?
How does it pencil as I grow? (time, extra licensing, etc.)
How am I going to expand sales, is my market growing or am I planning to increase market share in my existing market?
Why am I better than my competition? Why are they better than I am?
What are the do or die items that if they are not in place, I will pull the plug?
Stories from the Holler
Make it a great week!
Song: Suicide, Sauce
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeB8S8GwW_I
Join us for our monthly coffee chat at 9:30 Central today. Come and ask us anything.
References:
NicoleSauce.com
OriginalSOEGear.com
TheSurvivalPodcast.com
SelfRelianceFestival.com
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