Colette O'Neill, creative force at Bealtaine Cottage… Ireland's Sustainable Living, Permaculture Lifestyle Practitioner, celebrating 12 yrs growing a sustainable sanctuary for Mother Earth, with magical gardens powered by Goddess-inspired Permaculture. Mother Earth can live without us. We cannot live apart from Her. It's time to nurture and care for our only home.
Many people are feeling dis-empowered and frustrated at the way the world around them seems to be disintegrating. It is the role of mainstream media to keep you locked in that paradigm, for it is much easier to control and influence those who feel helpless and dis-empowered…ask any victim of domestic violence or bullying! You […]
Read MoreI’ve been de-cluttering over recent weeks. An empowering exercise that allows one to see the beauty of less is more… Despite the trend of pretending to have little, distressing perfectly good furniture to add a vintage look and working hard to create a ‘country, frugal feel,’ to one’s home, the reality of actually living this […]
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Made today… Frugality, simplicity and thrift…cutting down old curtains bought at a Boot Fair, to make new curtains for this window. Hung on curtain wire…the cheapest and most effective way to hang light curtains. And cafe curtains on the kitchen windows… These curtains are easy and fast to make, sewing in straight lines and no […]
Read MoreAs the days darken and midwinter approaches, I find myself spending more and more time in the craft room at Bealtaine Cottage… It’s a warm and cosy room and painting it orange makes it seem even more so…no better place to be on a winter’s day! Melting wax on the kitchen stove to make an […]
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