Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce Nicole Sauce

 
Join me for a group discussion with John Willis of Special Operations Equipment and Shawen Mills of Hack My Homestead about off grid living, solar, wwIII. 
Each Tuesday, we welcome a different guest to tell their story, as well as take your questions live. 
Featured Event: The Self Reliance Festival, SelfRelianceFestival.com
Sponsors:
The Self Reliance Festival: SelfRelianceFestival.com https://selfreliancefestival.com/ Tickets: https://selfreliancefestival.com/tickets/   Show Resources
HackMyHomestead.com
Special Operations Equipment
Living Free in Tennessee
NicoleSauce.com
HollerRoast.com 
Main content of the sho
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
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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: DiscountMylarBags.com
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
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:
www.laughlinhighlandsfarm.com
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?

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: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/product/poultry-processing-workshop-ticket/
Sponsor 1: The Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: AgoristTxAdvice.com
 
Livestream Schedule
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams 
 
🎙️ 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!
 
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GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 
 
Community
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Join Tactical Redneck, Preparing4Prosperity and me for a live discussion of life on the homestead post SRF.
Featured event: Potluck meetup and sauerkraut tomorrow 1-3pm
Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/webinar
Sponsor 2: HollerRoast.com
Busy times: All the events, post construction, spring planting and having helpers is great.
Forage
Mustard flower Morels Watercress Hunting oyster mushrooms this weekend  Livestock
Animal birthing over - the last ram and the ear story Chicken nest 1.0 failed - we do not know why Babies: 5 girls, four boys (We think) Stormy is vibrant Successful sheep shifting Holes in the metal siding of the duck coop and quarantine duck wholived Rabbits need to move to their final hutch Grow
Ken and the tomato wall Pre Germinating beets Planting cuttings all over of things we want Time to manage the food forest and get wood chips in there Willow fence to get roots in the ground Garden planning/planting this weekend Need to make fodder tree guards Hillside garden snarl Holler Neighbors/Community
Ashley: Homestead sitting and the bottle baby Aj: Butchering Infrastructure
Finances
The dude who backed out of the lamb and why we take deposits Serving ground lamb at the spring workshop 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/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board
The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources
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Join me for a frank discussion with Michael Sparks about network marketing and when it is a scam, and when it is an opportunity.
Featured Event: Exit and Build and Summit: https://livefree.academy/op/land-summit-4/?ref=183
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
Show Resources
Find Michael: MichaelSparks.us
A generic (non promotional) show on understanding Network Marketing Business Opportunities. Below are some questions
1. Why do you think so many people are negative on network marketing/home business opportunities?
2. What's the difference between a legitimate business opportunity and a scam?
3. Can you really make money in the the industry?
4. Approximately How many Direct Sales companies are there?
5. What do you see as the biggest hurdle for people being successful in Network Marketing?
6. What are some negatives about joining a network marketing company. What are things to look out for?
7. What are the sales circles 1, 2, and 3...?
8. What kind of training can one expect when joining?
Bonus, how to pick and choose the right company?
Make it a great week
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 
Community
Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board
The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources
Membership Sign Up

Today we have a recorded interview with Dr. Eric Nager about proactively getting healthy, functional medicine and organizing your medical preps.
Show Resources
Find Dr. Nager: OptiHealth Institute
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