Living The Simple Good Life

Is The Land Calling You? New Pioneers are independent thinkers who harness the best of the old and new worlds. New Pioneers may live in urban or suburban areas, but their hearts are in the country. New Pioneers come in different ages, sexes and colors, but they all share a respect for self-sufficiency and a meaningful way of life. Discover what the fortunate ones, that purchased this great resource found, as we open wide last year's 2010 Premier Issue of the New Pioneer Magazine. This is not your standard book or magazine review. Lynne and I are now New Pioneers living the simple good life on the land, and this great resource written by talented and experienced New Pioneers, has helped to show us even more, how to live the simple good life in a more self-sufficient and meaningful way. Listen in for a scoop on how you can purchase a back copy of this keepsake edition and learn what we know about if and when there will be a next edition of this highly desired treasure. To order your very own copy of the 2010 Premier Issue of the New Pioneer (better order more than one if you want to keep a copy for yourself), click on this link We also discuss in this episode the book, Root Cellaring by Mike and Nancy Bubel. Thank you for ordering this resource through our link! Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

We get walloped at our NW Georgia homestead by an eight inch snow storm, our second snow storm within two weeks. Our white Christmas snow of four inches melted within a few days and that was a good thing. The Deep South is unaccustomed and unprepared to handle this much snow and so were we. In this episode we ex-Floridians talk about our feeble attempts to get ready for the winter blizzard that was on its way. The snow came as forecasted, boy did it!!! Without a four wheel drive vehicle, a snow blower or even a snow shovel, we were snowed in and stranded, until we were rescued by what looked to us to be a snow angel riding on a tractor. Listen in and hear our story of being snowed in, but not forgotten and meet our rescuer. Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Click Play Button Above or Right-Click Here To Download. Today’s new pioneer small farmers and rural agrarian homesteaders seek to harness the wisdom and lessons of the past, with the most effective science and technologies of today, for living more self-reliant, sustainable lives. Join us at the kitchen table as we sit with pencil and paper to make a simple living cost/value analysis for purchasing five major appliances for the new homestead. Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Join us for this lighthearted final episode for 2010 as we have some fun closing out the year and as we look forward with more Big Dreams and exciting plans for 2011. Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Dreams Do Come True - Welcome to our dream come true NW Georgia mountains homestead. Never think or dream too small, never be a person of too little faith and never, never, never give up, because faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). In this episode we tell the continuing saga of our mortgage financing and real estate closing difficulties that threatened to destroy our dreams and keep us from purchasing our new homestead. Join us as we tell the inspiring story of our homeless journey of faith and the amazing grace that led us home, to our new rural homestead in the wonderful little community of LaFayette, located in the beautiful mountains of NW Georgia. Click to enlarge Tammy Renee' Cupp My Journey Through Grief Blog Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

In this episode Lynne and I talk about how our faith has been put to the test this week. The dark cloud of the massive national foreclosure processing crisis looms ominously overhead threatening our purchase of our NW Georgia homestead dream. With no mortgage approval or closing date yet, we continue in faith to further simplify by getting rid of stuff and packing for our scheduled move out of Florida on October 26, 2010. The Dixie Dachshund Boys are excited by all the commotion of the move and join in to help pack. Scripture References NIV: Proverbs 26:13 Psalm 37:7 James 5:7-8 1 Corinthians 3:6 Ecclesiastes 11:4,6 Psalm 5:3 Born To Farm Website Washington Post Saturday October 16, 2010 Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Subtitle: Is the Foreclosure Crisis Real or Another Political October Surprise? Where did the seeds of our desire to own a NW Georgia sustainable small farm homestead first get planted? Listen in as we tell the story of a spiritual mountain top trip and experience that began our long and hopefully successful journey. Will the developing bank caused foreclosure crisis halt or put at risk our signed Buyer’s Agreement and our dreams, to purchase our NW Georgia rural mountain homestead? We get in front of our new media reporter microphones and provide a fair and balanced “News Alert” regarding the massive national home foreclosure crisis. Is this a real crisis or a political October Surprise to affect the outcome of the November congressional midterm elections? We report…you decide! What does all of this mean for our moving plans and schedule? How will we respond to this potentially life altering dream breaking challenge? A significant amount of risk is involved in trusting God, in all things, in all relationships, in all choices and in all decisions. Risk is part of the very nature of faith (Dr. Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries Atlanta, Georgia). Fannie Mae HomePath Washington Post article Reuters article Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Chef Keith Snow is a true friend and partner to small farmers and a strong supporter of naturally grown local foods and sustainable community food systems. We were hoping for an interview and got so much more in this farmhouse front porch conversation with celebrity chef, cookbook author, podcaster and food entrepreneur Keith Snow. This warm and intimate conversation introduces our listeners and Lynne and me, to the real Keith Snow, the humble but very astute and passionate man who stands in front of the bright lights and cameras of the celebrity chef. Don’t miss this opportunity to get to know Chef Keith Snow and listen to Living the Simple Good Life episode #11 to learn more about the great recipes, resources and products that Keith makes available through Harvest Eating and Thoughtful Harvest. Harvest Eating Website Thoughtful Harvest Website Thank you for listening, we welcome you to our community of listeners and subscribers. We thank you for using our Amazon.com Associate link below to order the Harvest Eating Cookbook. The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

In this episode we talk about Harvest Eating or seasonal eating, HarvestEating.com and the Harvest Eating Cookbook. We introduce our listeners to Chef Keith Snow the creative leader of the Harvest Eating or seasonal eating movement and community. Barry and I reveal that we selected and are in the process of purchasing our NW Georgia rural homestead that we are eager to convert to a sustainable small farm homestead. I talk about the special dinner I cooked for us in celebration of our small farm dream becoming closer to being a reality for us. We talk about Chef Snow’s Thoughtful Harvest brand of premium pasta sauces and how the Thoughtful Harvest Sun Dried Tomato and Rosemary Premium Pasta Sauce was the delicious ingredient that made our celebration dinner so delectable and enjoyable. Harvest Eating Website Thoughtful Harvest Website We are honored and excited about the prospects of Chef Keith Snow being a guest on the Living the Simple Good Life show in an upcoming podcast. Thank you for listening, we welcome you to our community of listeners and subscribers. We thank you for using our Amazon.com Associate link below to order the Harvest Eating Cookbook. The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

We use this episode to complete the details of our trip at the end of August to purchase a small farm homestead in NW Georgia. We headed back to LaFayette, Georgia this past week on a short three day trip to investigate four new additional properties. We discuss how excited we are to report the good news that we made a selection of one of those properties that we love, and submitted an Offer/Purchase Agreement with earnest money. We introduce our listeners to Billy Teems of Teems and Teems Realty located in LaFayette, Georgia. Billy has not only been our trusted real estate professional he is also becoming our new friend. Our search began in this area of Georgia, will it finally end here after a couple of years, at exactly the location and community of LaFayette that we have so desired? Or, was this our promise land that the Lord has been directing us to all this time? The picture below of Fisher Price’s “Little People” illustrates an intimate story Lynne shares from our early marriage years. Thank you for listening, we welcome you to our community of listeners and subscribers. Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

In this episode of Living the Simple Good Life Barry and I continue to talk about the trip we took at the end of August to NW Georgia in search of our small farm. We talk about dropping the Dixie Dachshund Boys off at doggie day care for a day while we search for properties and interview a small farmer friend. The Pet Palace We introduce our listeners to Cowboy Church of Lafayette and express our fondness for Pastors Sandy and Randy Harden and the members of the fellowship. Barry and I share with our listeners the wonderful time of fellowship we spent with our dear friends Mark and Gina who have a 27 acre farm in Lafayette. In this episode we introduce our new Prayer Request email address for anyone who would like for Barry and me to join them in prayer. As always we have had great fun podcasting and sharing our journey with our listeners. We have more yet to share about this trip and our continued search for a small farm property in NW Georgia. We are very excited and thankful about the direction and progress of our journey to becoming self-reliant, sustainable small farmers and New Pioneers. Thank you for listening and for subscribing to our podcast. Barry and I welcome you to the community. Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276 Prayer Request: SimpleFaith@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com

Lynne, me and the Dixie Dachshund Boys headed back to NW Georgia on August 23rd in search of our small farm homestead. We stayed searching for a week and returned home on August 30th. We had such a hindering start to our trip that we decided to use this episode to whine about the petty circumstances that almost kept us from heading out, that is, if they all weren't so laughable. Next episode we will be discussing our productive week in Georgia and talk about some of the great people we were with and some of the details of our search. Thanks for listening, God Bless Tammy Renee' Cupp My Journey Through Grief Blog Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276

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In this episode we share more of our simple good life journey and our continued search for our small farm homestead. We give an update on our consideration of a five acre small farm in Trenton, Florida that we really like. Lynne and I are prepared to move really fast so we can occupy our promise land and start planting and growing for the fall harvest, and at the same time not be set back in the progress of our New Media business. We discuss at length and in some geekish terms, the impact that the lack of broadband in rural America, and especially at this five acre property location, is having on our decision making process. Our desire to be sustainable small farmers/new media podcasters adds to our internet broadband requirements. Not having all the knowledge and information about internet broadband, especially satellite provided broadband that we need for making a wise choice, we turn to Cliff Ravenscraft, “The Podcast Answer Man”, our trusted friend, and podcasting consultant and coach for his experience and valuable advice. We discuss our prayers and decision making process to make a wise decision in making this life changing move, to acquire this farm and don’t want to find ourselves, “Left Behind in Rural America.” Cliff Ravenscraft, the Podcast Answer Man Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276

Lynne and I discuss our dual role, two hats media coverage and attendance of the 2010 Florida Small Farms Alternative Enterprises Conference. We give highlights of the well attended conference and name this year’s multiple recipients of the 2010 Florida Innovative Farmer Award. We discuss the very positive response and gratitude that we received about this year’s conference from the many small farmers we interviewed. Barry and I had an educationally, socially and business rewarding experience and a super fun time at the conference. We offer our thanks and congratulations to the faculty, extension agents and staff at the University of Florida/IFAS and Florida A&M University/CESTA for a great and successful conference. We talk about the fun time we had as invited guests of the highly popular Family From The Heart podcasting show, co-hosted by Cliff and Stephanie Ravenscraft. Family From The Heart is one of many popular and successful podcasting shows that the Ravencrafts produce from their GSPN.TV Podcasting Network. We share our love for these folks and our appreciation to be special guests on their live UStream podcasting show. Growing Power, Inc. - Will Allen Burns Best Farm, Ringgold, GA Family From The Heart Episode 121 Simple Good Life Network Contact Information: Email: ShowTalk@SimpleGoodLifeNetwork.com Listener Voicemail Feedback Line: 727-238-7276