The English Homemaker

This episode of The English Homemaker is about how I build my monthly meal plan and why it's been working so well for our family in this season of life! Hopefully you go away from this episode with an idea of how to make one yourself, and how it can save money and time. Mentioned:Episode 27 The 14 Day Pantry Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1OTZU-EL8UMy Sister-in-law Sofia https://www.instagram.com/the_rootsandbones_kitchen/Kezia at The Whole Home https://www.youtube.com/@thewholehomeThe Ancestral Kitchen Podcast https://ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon on BBCMy latest YouTube family vlog https://youtu.be/Kb4vEXn2LroI am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMusic: Dove Love by Quincas MoreiraFor business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.comPlease note, I am not a nutritionist, just a humble mother and homemaker who is obsessed with food.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about all things postpartum... I share my birth story (well "our" birth story really, it's hers and mine), how I prepared my home and my mind for a nourishing postpartum, what I cooked, and how I advocated for myself throughout. I talk about why Community is the most important thing, but how that can look different for everyone. .. Mentioned:What I Would've Packed in my Hospital Bag if I'd have known I was going to have an Emergency C-Section Video https://youtu.be/R8bui_BurhkOur Summer Trip to Sweden (where I realised I wanted another baby) https://youtu.be/cdsaWxRNg0UFavourite Nursing Snack this time around: Rhythm 108 Swiss Vegan Creamy Coconut Bar with Dark Chocolate https://amzn.to/4blAq2e (aff link)Set a meal train up for yourself or a friend! https://www.mealtrain.com/Our Family Life in Lockdown https://youtu.be/Lr7XLdiAnsYMotherbloom https://www.instagram.com/motherbloom_/AbiSmissen https://www.instagram.com/abismissen/The First 40 Days by Heng Ou https://amzn.to/4s4OQL5 (aff link)I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMusic: Dove Love by Quincas MoreiraFor business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.comI receive a small % of commission from anything bought via any amazon links above. It doesn’t cost you any more, but is a little way that you help this podcast keep on going.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 a gorgeous conversation with the incredible Elisa Rathje of AppleTurnoverTV and The Journal of Small Work.

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 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 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