This episode of The English Homemaker is about conscious/principled spending, rising food prices and our two week pantry challenge. I've been excusing our spending on food for months now, and it is time to take action!
I talk through the meal plan, what budget dinners we have made and will be making, and the things I will be buying during the challenge.
Mentioned:
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Immy Lucas / Sustainably Vegan
Three Rivers Homestead #threeriverschallenge
I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn
Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira
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Episode 26 : Time is our Treasure, On Loss and New Life
This episode of The English Homemaker is about pottering through the house intuitively, listening to the still small voice and getting rid of the to-do lists. I also tell you a couple of personal things I've been keeping to myself, and how that's challenging me.
I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn
Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira
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Episode 25 : A Soul Nourishing Advent Season
This episode of The English Homemaker is about the joy, abundance and overwhelm of Christmas for the homemaker. I talk about how I set about creating a really intentional advent season, how I learnt to say 'no', take the pressure off and choose what our family needs.
I discuss the slow living Christmas ideas I have already set in motion, how I space and plan everything out and what warm, cosy activities we've got going for December.
"May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend." Traditional Irish Blessing
Mentioned:
Episode 14 Choosing Joy and Restorying Christmas with Martin Carter https://youtu.be/mF5Lo5Llx-0
Updated Home Tour on my Alissa Evelyn YouTube channel https://youtu.be/VIEVnpud1NY
Crowdfarming - Direct from the grower Organic Fruit https://www.crowdfarming.com/en/search?q=persimmons&tab=boxes&sort=date
Copper String Lights for the stairs https://www.noma.co.uk/products/200-fit-forget-b-o-warm-white-bare-wire-led-string-lights
Grapat Advent Calendar https://www.grapat.eu/products/advent-calendar/
Slow Scenes of Home Advent resource https://www.instagram.com/slowscenesofhome/
Earth Prayers from Around the World by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon
I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn
Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira
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Episode 24: In a Glorious State of Disarray
This episode of The English Homemaker is about home renovations, the ups and downs of having our bathroom redone and our rooms painted. And ultimately about always choosing joy in the process, practicing gratitude and why we consistently choose good quality over the cheaper, easier option.
Mentioned:
Episode with Lizzie "Colourful Country Living" https://youtu.be/0MUUUbDVdBI?si=pb1J9ReDb8aPpkbj
Rajiv Surendra's Autumn Wardrobe https://youtu.be/8UtkOreF_Lo?si=oBPo_ABuUgJd8oRg
My craft room tour https://youtu.be/LqnHzgx7ALc?si=AmKyRgc0kMid-z0x
My house tour from 5 years ago https://youtu.be/OPueJq7R4lE?si=mypX87ZO3y289kCN
All Creatures Great and Small on Channel 5
I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn
Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira
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Episode 23: Living a Principled Permaculture Life, with Martin Carter
This episode of The English Homemaker is the continuation of our last episode, we came back to talk through Permaculture principles 7-12, delve in to how they can apply to much more than the garden, and explain this deep way of living in culture. It's an intense episode, delving into the psychological ways we can apply these ideas as well as the practical. But goodness gracious, these are life-changing, mind-blowing ideas!
Find Martin at:
http://www.instagram.com/therootsandbones
Mentioned:
The Milkwood Permaculture Handbook by Kirsten Bradley
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Elisa Rathje Stacking Functions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSyYiJ2jQY
Apple Turnover TV Grapevine for Natural Cooling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfeuMyQYu2o
John Jeavons How to Grow More Vegetables https://johnjeavons.org/books-and-videos/
Kezia of The Whole Home https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/
Retrosuburbia by David Holmgren
The Way Home by Mark Boyle (and The Moneyless Man)
I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:
https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/
https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn
Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira
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