Today, we review the good, the bad, the ugly from the Living Free in Tennessee Spring Workshop with The Tactical Redneck, one of our participants. All in all, things went well, folks got to learn from each other about homesteading things, a surprise session on how to capture bee swarms happened, and we even got to be intimately involved with a real aquaponics installation. It was a good time, and we hope that the relationships forged at this event will serve all those who were here well for years to come.

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People often ask me about what to do as a new homesteader and I always say, start one thing at a time and do it all the way. Today, I thought we could talk about some of my failures here so that you can avoid them.

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Stump the Sauce

Mayonnaise – I have heard you talk about making your own Mayonnaise briefly before. Could you talk more about how you personally make it, and how long it keeps, and/or ways to extend its useful life?

•  ¼ cup lemon
• 3 duck egg yokes
• Avocado or Olive Oil
• Spices

What’s Up in the Garden

• Peas that escaped the onslaught of the chickens are looking good
• Strawberries are blooming (The rock trick from Nick)
• Herbs and tomatoes are out — but another round is held back in case we get the late April freeze
• Planting potatoes this week
• Sweet potato slips are in progress

Main topic of the Show: 5 Mistakes I Made on My Homestead

1. The Retaining Wall of Shame
2. The Pooey Pig Pasture
3. Animals before Fencing
4. Hoarders Unite: Nowhere to Store Things
5. The Problem is the Solution (On hills, clay, rock, and a south facing house)

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. 

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Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

 

Today is a thought of the walk on being always available. What is the thought of the walk? Well, every so often I take my dogs for a walk. This clears the mind and opens me up for thought. These short, one-topic episodes are simply my way to share thoughts with you and invite your feedback.

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Today, we will take a deeper dive into things that hold you back, why they do, and what to do next. That’s right – Spring has sprung, Easter has passed, the year is 30% behind us, so what are you waiting for? Such a simple question and yet one that often gets in our way.

Tomorrow at 11CT I am Livestreaming – check out her channel here.

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Today we have a wide array of questions to answer from the network. How do these questions come in? Mewe, Telegram and by emailing me. So today, we will cover the following:

• Hosting your WordPress website
• What to do if you were using an electrical canner and the power went out before the processing cycle was finished
• Thoughts on being in mid or later life and freshly on the dating market – or something like that
• Preparing a garden plot this year for use next year when you have goats
• Dealing with the anxiety of future shortages

Should I bring back #HollerHatWednesday?

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