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Nicole Sauce
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Hostess of the Living Free in Tennessee Podcast, Self Reliance Festival founder, public speaker, excellent craft coffee roaster at HollerRoast.

I need.to schedule in garden and canning time too!

Gm #coffeechain. Morning reading is done. Today, in the book Good Energy by Casey Means, we explored the impact of heat and cold exposure on your body's metabolism. I appreciate that she included gree ideas for getting heat and cold exposure. As a homesteader, I get more heat than cold at this time of year, but perhaps more plunges in the 55 degree creek is in order...

Today is a heavy coffee roast ans ship day, a catch up on chores day, and a visitor day. A friend was supposed to meet me for lunch in town and decided to come here for a coffee on the homestead instead.

As usual, the days are full!

#lftn #homesteading #homesteadstr #hollerroast

Monday Show is LIVE IN FIVE to talk about the hidden costs of distraction as well as our usual Monday segments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5KJz81kmZU

GM

It's the BIG DAY!

Meetup and tomato wall demo at my homestead today.

Getting some grounding in before I start making iced coffee.

Anyone wanna come help set up?

You're a poet ans you didn't know it.

As do I. Will see what is at the market this week and also what can come out of my garden. I had an initial flush but now they are slow to develop roots

GM #coffeechain

We found this rose quartz last night and I thought it must be just the thing to set the tone for the weekend.

Tomorrow, we have a gathering as we build the final section of tomato wall. Excited to see new and familiar faces, share a meal, and learn from the experience.

We've been called to stop hiding woods and open up the homestead more. Should be a fun time!

As an aside, I've heard a rumor that having no indoor animals makes it easier to keep the house clean. Is this a thing?!

Like, are there people with no indoor pets?

:)

#lftn #homesteading #homesteadstr #get roasted #hollerroast

It is a modest beginning to the canning season, but it's a start.

#aunthelenspickledbeets

#homesteading

#lftn

Gm. Er. I mean ge :)

Long day was busy.

But it is peaceful here. So very peaceful.

Roasting shack was about 120F yesterday for the roast. I wonder what August will bring... :)

#getroasted #gm #gsd #lftn

How money works, opting out of big banking, growing hopps as a side business, snakes and more today on First Tuesday Coffee Chat. I was joined by John Willis and Jack Spirko and today was straight firehose.

https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2025/06/03/monetary-system-grow-hopps

Did he go long? I'm just now downloading the audio

Join me at 2pm Central: It’s an old-school variety show!

Pickling beets, building a farmstand, managing your time (and garden) with purpose, banking outside the system, and how not to build a greenhouse.

Plus Monday segments, pantry wins, and your questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUngFKjOCWU

GM nostrites.

We were excited to get some salad greens this week while the day lilies were blooming (verify variety before eating yo).

This flower has a peppery, radish flavor and grows all over the us.

Makes for a beautiful salad presentation.

#lftn #grownostr #homesteadstr #homesteading

We like to talk about foraging on our Friday show.

Gm #coffeechain

Doing chores early today because we are headed to Strong Roots Resources today and Tactical wanted to hit church on the way.

Contemplating the tomato wall system today. We are building the last one to shield my house from summer sun next Sunday afternoon. We decided to do an open house/potluck for anyone who wants to see how this is done.

The weird thing? This is a hydroponic system. I tossed compost tea in there 4 weeks ago along with Texas Tomato Food. Since that time these plants have gone from babies to almost as tall as my house AND I have added water but no more fertilizer. The nutrient count keeps going up. The plants look healthy. It has turned into a great experiment. What did I trigger and how did I trigger it??

Anyway the new wall will have a worm bin integrated and I'll see if we can go 100% compost tea and worm casting tea.

Wanna come? JUNE 8, 1pm ct-4pm ct

Rsvp here https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2025/05/30/open-house-tomato/

#homesteading #homesteadstr #lftn #grownostr

GM #coffeechain. Enjoying some Holler Roast while deciding what to do about the problem I am having sourcing organic Colombian beans. Going to have to change our house blend unless something changes.

Today's list is impossibly long but at least it is a foundation from which to pull #my3things

Humming birds are all over the place lately and watching them fight over feeders is like watching folks with TDS and TSS discuss tarrif's...

Only the humming birds ate more relaxing.

Enjoy your day.

#homesteading #craft coffee #getroasted

Gm #coffeechain!

Holler Roast house is in my mug today, a blend of crisp Colombia and chocolate Brazil.

Headed to Polyface Farm tomorrow so today is "go" day. Time to polish the presentation, pack my bags, and get ready to be inspired!

What are you up to this weekend?

#lftn #grownostr #homesteading

Gm #coffeechain.

Enjoying the quiet, country noises. Birds tweeting, water alling. This place is mostly free of modern sounds unless a plane goes by and I never realized how loud the real world is until I left, then came home.

Don't forget to find your peace.

Caritas!

#lftn #homesteadlife #homesteading #grownostr #hollerroast

Wonder what she wants?

Apparently it is still Easter around here.... find the egg ans GM yall!

Made it back, safe and sound.

GM #COFFEECHAIN

Ma Sause is knitting and the sunrise looks more like a cloud rise today.

Packing for our trek to Kansas after I roast and ship orders today!!

#grownostr