Today we talk about the overall gardening season

 

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

 

Forage

• Wine berries
• Watercress is coming back
• Mint is all over the place
• Yarrow

 

Livestock

• Trapped!
• Baby ducks got free
• Compost area is built for chickens
• Rabbits are moving to grass next week - took us a long time to get that set up because of sheep being added (talk about adding too much at once)
• Separating the boys from the girls (why)

 

Grow

• Overall season update
• Last seeding of summer things and rotation into fall
• Processing garlic
• More on the onion harvest
• Green beans and shade cloth

 

Holler Neighbors/Community

• Update on Jenni
• Meat curing class

 

Infrastructure

• Rain assists with analyzing hydrology of the land
• Solar and power outages

 

Finances

• $15 for 16 jars of homemade relish

 

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. 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

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee
• Harvest Right Affiliate Link