The English Homemaker (Alissa Evelyn)

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

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about home education, our story, why we started and what we're doing right now.

I hope this is a helpful overview of the pros and cons of different education choices, and if it's something you're considering, I hope this gives you something to chew on.

Please remember, every family, every child is different, and quite frankly, every country and community too - so what I share really is only relevant to the small little world we live in, but stories are helpful so I thought I'd share! It's a big topic and I've only just scraped the surface with this episode, but I hope you take it for what it is, our story.

Mentioned:

CGP study books

National Curriculum https://www.gov.uk/national-curriculum

Twinkl Resources and worksheets https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Educating the Whole Hearted Child by Clay Clarkson

Sally Clarkson https://sallyclarkson.com/podcast

Shayla Singing a New Song Homeschool https://youtu.be/-eqWpXcKpDA

A Little Glam A Lot of Mom https://www.youtube.com/c/alittleglamalotofmom

Five Little Birds

Nicole Schiffler

Treehouse Schoolhouse

Tiger Lilly Quinn

Keri Botch

The Peaceful Press

Lucy Aitkenread / Lucy Disco

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

This episode of The English Homemaker talks about the art of homemaking, what the home is for and why it's vital to society. 'Home' isn't about being a mother or wife, it isn't about home ownership, it's about creating a safe and loving environment for other people to feel themselves, to belong, to become who they can be.

Home can be a place of...

Freedom, Connection, Full bellies, Love, Conversation, Relaxation, Fun, Life, Hugs, Comfort, Safety, Teamwork

It's not about perfectionism or DIY or meal plans or cleaning routines... right?

Mentioned:

Rajiv Surendra on YouTube

The Life-Giving Home by Sally and Sarah Clarkson

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

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

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

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

This episode of The English Homemaker is a conversation with my brother, Martin, about how we can start to use the principles of permaculture as homemakers. We talk through our beginner level understanding of the fascinating ethics and principles behind this design science. It's super applicable to all of us, it's not about agriculture, it's not about homesteading, it's a way of living in alignment with our values and the planet and the communities we are in.

This is a really impassioned conversation between my older brother Martin and I - he has been in two previous episodes and those set some of the groundwork for today, so do go and listen to Episodes 7 and 14 as well to hear more about who he is and how his gorgeous family moved to Sweden.

Find Martin at:

http://www.instagram.com/therootsandbones

Mentioned:

Dan Lawrence - Hazel Basketry @dan.lawrence.uk

Dave Budd Forging Workshop @dave_budd_handmade_tools

Ben Falk @ben_falk_wsd

Geoff Lawton @geofflawtononline

James Clavell Shogun

A Family Guide to Waste Free Living by Lauren and Oberon Carter @spiralgarden

Diamant D525 Hand Grain Mill

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

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Agnes Becker, she's an artist, a nature lover and a science communicator - I love her perspective on the world and I wanted to share her passion for life and the living world around us with you. We talk nature journaling, biophilic home design, creating a relationship with the natural world around us, and matrescence.

To find Agnes:

https://www.wearestardust.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/wearestardustuk/

Rewild Your Soul - https://wearestardust.uk/pages/rewild-your-soul

“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. ”

― Gaston Bachelard

Mentioned:

The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws

Enchantment by Katherine May

The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane

Starling Murmuration Info & Guide where to see - https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/birds/what-is-a-murmuration-and-where-are-the-best-places-in-britain-to-see-one

Kitty Macfarlane Starling Song - https://open.spotify.com/track/7AcRbY3fI25Mq6emWIUvZ4

Drawing Correspondence - https://drawingcorrespondence.org/

Nature Journaling resources - https://www.naturejournalingweek.com/

Green Sketching by Ali Foxon

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Awe by Dacher Keltner

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

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about what I keep in my first aid kits, in my tea cabinet and around my home for first aid and wellness. I talk my favourite herbal teas, salt baths, homeopathic and flower remedies, as well as what I use for cuts and scrapes and colds.

Disclaimer – Please note, the information provided here is not intended to replace professional medical advice and care. It is simply my perspective. Seek the support and care of a physician and/or complementary care practitioner you trust. Look after yourselves.

Mentioned:

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Thomas Bartram

Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs A Beginner's Guide

The Herb Society's Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody

Collins Nature Guides Herbs and Healing Plants of Britain and Europe

Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch

Reader's Digest 1001 Home Remedies

Compeed Blister Plasters

PurEssentiel https://uk.puressentiel.com/

Weleda Calendula Cuts and Grazes Skin Salve

Bach Rescue Remedies https://www.bachrescue.com/

Most of my essential oils come from Tisserand

Beth Barbeau https://www.indigoforest.com/blog/the-holistic-moms-guide-to-college-first-aid-kit-essentials

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

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

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about Homemaking in SUMMER! We talk tayberry jam, keeping bugs out the house, making my own Jersey milk yogurt, taking picnics to nearby gardens, absorbing Vitamin D properly and the celebration of Lammas. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Blog posts:Cinnamon bun recipe - https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-perfect-cinnamon-cardamom-buns-or.htmlMy very own temamånader - https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-very-own-temamanader.html Mentions: Things for your Christmas wish list:JML Hands-free Can OpenerKnitPro Yarn SwiftKilner Yogurt Making Set Books:Food for Friends and Family by Sarah RavenThe Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 by Lia LeendertzRenegade Beauty by Nadine Artemis A bit about Lammas - https://themysticalkingdom.blogspot.com/2009/08/lammas-celebration-of-first-harvest.html Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about the politics of being a homemaker in the UK. It's heavy and it takes a look at the decision to make homemaking a full-time job for me and my family. I tell you about my £42.13 Sainsbury's shop, my gluten free sourdough experiments, my Beatrix Potter moments this week, and the changeable English weather lately (what's new eh?). Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. Blog posts:Why I Call Myself a Homemakerhttps://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2021/11/why-i-call-myself-homemaker-now.html Books:Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about introducing my approach to the home: cleaning, organising, renovations, decor, pretty vs practical, shame and pride, zero waste, minimalism, homes full of soul, gratitude and life lessons learned the hard way. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you.   I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thealissaevelyn/home-lifestyle/ Mentions: YouTube Scandish Home Homemaker Chic Podcast by Shaye Elliott and Angela ReedSHE method : Sidetracked Home Executives by Pam Young and Peggy Jones Spring Wardrobe Switchover Refresh on YouTube : https://youtu.be/eDOnW2TqBeUThrift Shopping Tips : https://youtu.be/XN-iigOclXg Zero Waste Home by Bea JohnsonThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo Dara Dubinet Instagram Favourites:inasfinakarlerikhalldenpatriciarodihannesmauritzsonchoki.home

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Lizzy of Indi Skoven Prints. We talk renovating a Georgian home, adding colour and texture to create a 'visually joyful' home, inspiration for her interior style, the 'bolognaise test', and raising her family in the Wiltshire countryside. Also expect an update from me about our roadtrip holiday to the Moselle valley in Germany and how I'm leaning into autumn homemaking. Find Lizzy at:https://www.instagram.com/indi_skoven_prints/https://indiskoven.com/ See our family trip to Germany at:https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/09/road-trippin-with-my-three-favourite.html "Easing into the Autumn Season in my Home & my Heart" :https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/09/easing-into-autumn-season-in-my-home-my.html Mentioned:Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones on NetflixCarl LarssonNature & Nourish with Becky Cole https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nature-nourish-with-becky-cole/id1331978126Desktop/Tech Backgrounds via The Everygirl https://theeverygirl.com/category/tech-backgrounds/See my Instagram Outfits for the IOIC at https://www.instagram.com/handmadeyears/IOIC hosted by @trust.your.styleMayak Eggs, Korean Marinated Eggs Recipe https://seonkyounglongest.com/mayak-eggs/  I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about building community, nurturing relationships and making friends. It's about reclaiming the home as the birthplace of community, creating a space where people feel loved, peaceful and connected, and why that matters more than most anything else. There's a load of practical tips for engaging with those around you and reminding yourself of your community. I’m preaching to myself here because these are things I often forget, and I need to hold fast to. I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn   Mentions: Healthy at 100 by John Robbins 12 Ways your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke Homesteading with the Zimmermans YouTube Hannah McNeely YouTube   Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

A podcast episode all about good food and the kitchen dance. In this episode we discuss my food heritage, my travels and my recipe book, diet & food culture, how to cultivate the skill of cooking, meal prep & planning, my favourite cookbooks. It's a really broad intro to food as a homemaker in England, I could talk about food for such a long time, so there will be more detailed episodes on things like meal prepping and what I keep in my fridge. This podcast as always, comes to you from the suburbs of the south of England. Hopefully you find this a fresh and realistic take on homemaking. My name is Alissa Evelyn, and I'm so happy to have had time to chat with you today.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/   Social Mentions:5oclockapronfrenchfamilyfoodEllen Fisher Links to my blog posts:Bircher Muesli Recipe: https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-we-ate-on-monday-my-bircher-muesli.htmlFar Breton Recipe: https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/05/far-breton-prune-custard-slice-to-live.htmlWeekly Meal Plan - Free Download : https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-kitchen-dance-my-free-weekly-meal.html Recommendations:The Makanai on NetflixOur Toaster: Dualit Classic 4 Slice NewGen (made in the UK and fully repairable) Cookbooks:Atsuko Ikeda's Japanese KitchenTessa Kiros' Falling Cloudberries (& Apples for Jam)Sophie Dahl's Miss Dahl's Voluptuous DelightsJamie Oliver's 30 Minute MealsSarah Raven's Food for Friends and FamilyPhillip Stephen Schulz' As American as Apple PieOlia Hercules' Summer Kitchens

This episode of The English Homemaker is a gorgeous conversation with the incredible Elisa Rathje of AppleTurnoverTV and The Journal of Small Work.

Really I don’t think ’balance’ is a thing we find the magic key to and then voila we’re suddenly all ok, I think life is richer with the variety it brings and we need to embrace the up and down rollercoaster... but I also think there are things we can do to feel more balanced in the everyday, and so I’ll talk about those today!

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Kezia from The Whole Home, and we talk all about realistic sustainability for the homemaker, how to make it practical and not overwhelming. I think it will surprise and encourage you, and give you some practical tips for adjusting your homemaking to have a lower footprint on the earth. We talk about the why and the mindset shifts behind truly making lasting change in your daily habits. She is the queen of conscious consumerism on a budget, second-hand shopping, meal planning, costing out your purchases and how to reduce waste. "It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality." Martin Luther King Find Kezia at:https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/the.whole.home/https://www.youtube.com/@thewholehome Mentioned:Clean & Green by Nancy BirtwhistleConsumed by Aja BarberRajiv Surendra's Tudor Halloween CostumeKiss The Ground documentary I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about money, budgeting, saving, frugal living, questioning ’normal’, money management and finances.

This episode of The English Homemaker is a conversation with my brother all about Christmas traditions, embracing winter and remembering your childlike joy.

An introduction to The English Homemaker podcast, who, why, how, when?

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about happiness, joy, structure and routine, and how we can stop taking it all so seriously and take a more light-hearted approach to those things which you don't determine as important. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you.   I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn   Mentions: Re-defining Rich by Shannon Hayes Sidetracked Home Executives by Pam Young and Peggy Jones Master the Art of Effective Communication and Handling Conflict with Richard Newman on The Ellen Fisher Podcast Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is a little spring catchup. I talk about why and how I love to take and preserve photos and videos, and why I take 15 seconds to try and keep happy moments alive.

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with my older brother Martin, who lives on his smallholding in Sweden with his wife and four children. He passionately believes in a wild way of living, connected to place and home, and talks about his journey to self sufficiency. He's a creative and philosophical soul, and he shares their daily and weekly seasonal routines. Find Martin at:https://www.instagram.com/rebornferal/ See my trip to Sweden to visit him on YouTube:https://youtu.be/cdsaWxRNg0U Books Mentioned:The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John SeymourDark Emu by Bruce PascoeSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellThe Intelligent Gardener by Steve Solomon I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

A long, luxurious breakfast is the epitome of slow, hygge living, especially when we get the crossword out over a cup of hot chocolate with our favourite music playing softly in the background. I don’t think you could leave this episode without some fresh, healthy breakfast ideas and inspiration!

This episode of The English Homemaker is the season finale, and is a bit of a Q&A, a chat about how to clean the oven, about the benefits of monotasking as it pertains to stress and tidying your brain as well as your home. I answer questions about balancing motherhood and homemaking, and share my heart and thoughts, as usual. Anne of Green Gables: "You can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will". Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. Books:A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei MatsumotoThe Life-Giving Home by Sally & Sarah Clarkson Videos:Rajiv Surendra on Cast Iron Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwvbQWR6DUThe Cottage Fairy video on Monotasking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdH1jP6mtqI I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira