Ditch The Store
by CJ Steedman
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Episode 186 — Beltane: From Planning to Producing
Episode 186 — Beltane: From Planning to Producing
About this podcast
🎙️ Ditch the Store
Life’s too short for store-bought eggs.
Tired of soaring prices and supermarket nonsense? This podcast is your cheeky, no-nonsense guide to growing food, raising animals, making homemade goods, and living frugally—whether you’re in the suburbs or on a small farm.
New episodes weekly + a new Ditch the Store book every two months to help you break free, one step at a time.
Let’s grow it, make it, raise it—and ditch the store.
Episodes
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- Episode 186 — Beltane: From Planning to Producing · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 186EPISODE 186: Beltane on the Homestead Beltane is an old Celtic seasonal festival that marked the shift into the high-production half of the year, and for us in the Southern…
- Episode 185 - How Real Families Are Ditching the Store · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 185I asked you to send in your stories about how you're ditching the store, and one person did. So this week we hear hers, plus a few real people from around the world who are…
- Episode 184 - Imagine If Half Your Groceries Came From Home · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 184Picture your weekly shop with half the items in the trolley, half the bill at the checkout, and half the time spent on the whole process. That's what this episode is about — not…
- Episode 183 — The 7 Biggest Mistakes New Homesteaders Make · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 183⚠️ THE 7 BIGGEST MISTAKES NEW HOMESTEADERS MAKE (AND HOW TO AVOID THEM)G'day everyone, CJ here, and welcome to episode 183 of Ditch the Store! Today I'm walking through the seven…
- Episode 182 — The Ditch the Store Method · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 182🧾 THE DITCH THE STORE METHOD: A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK TO STARTG'day everyone, CJ here! Before you watch this one, do me a favour: go and find your last supermarket receipt. It might…
- Episode 181 - What We Learned From the Ditch the Store Challenge · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 181🌱 WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE FIRST DITCH THE STORE CHALLENGE (and what's coming next!) Hey everyone, CJ here. Last week we ran the very first Ditch the Store Challenge on Skool…
- Episode 180E — Day 5: Where Do You Go From Here? · 10 min · Season 4 Episode 180DAY 5 of the 5-Day Ditch the Store Challenge: where do you go from here? I'm CJ, and if you've made it to the final day — congratulations! Even if you've only landed two small…
- Episode 180D — Day 4: Building Confidence One Skill at a Time · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 180DAY 4 of the 5-Day Ditch the Store Challenge: building confidence one skill at a time. I'm CJ, and today's episode is about something bigger than any one skill — how real…
- Episode 180C — Day 3: The Biggest Mistake Beginners Make · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 180DAY 3 of the 5-Day Ditch the Store Challenge: the biggest mistake beginners make. I'm CJ, and today I'm naming it straight up — the single biggest mistake I see when people start…
- Episode 180B — Day 2: Progress Beats Perfection · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 180DAY 2 of the 5-Day Ditch the Store Challenge: progress beats perfection. I'm CJ, back with Day 2 — and today's for anyone whose Day 1 attempt didn't go perfectly. Spoiler: that's…
- Episode 180A — Day 1: One Small Change Starts Everything · 14 min · Season 4 Episode 180DAY 1 of the 5-Day Ditch the Store Challenge One small change starts everything. I'm CJ — farmer, homesteader, mum, and full-time off-farm worker — and today kicks off five short…
- Episode 179 - Frugal Isn't Cheap · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 179For years I thought being good with money meant saying no to everything. Turns out that wasn't frugal — that was just stingy, and it was making me miserable. This week I'm…
- Episode 178 - Why Most People Never Start · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 178Why Most People Never Start (Ep. 178) | Homesteading, Perfectionism & The Excuses That Hold You BackDESCRIPTIONIt's not that people don't want to grow their own food or stop…
- Episode 177 - Eggs Without Cartons The Book · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 177Episode 177: My second book, Eggs Without Cartons, goes live on Amazon this Friday — and I'm too egg-cited not to talk about it, even in the middle of the hardest work fortnight…
- Episode 176 - Your Spring Ditch The Store Plan · 46 min · Season 4 Episode 176What To Stop Buying Before You Plant Anything DESCRIPTION Spring success doesn't start with buying seedlings — it starts with deciding what you're going to stop buying from the…
- Episode 175 - The Best $25 You'll Spend in Your Garden · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 175Think $25 can't do much for your garden? Think again. In this episode I break down the exact numbers on why buying seedlings (not seeds) this year could save you well over $200…
- Episode 174 - Stop Buying Seeds Every Year · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 174Do you really need to buy new seeds every spring? The answer is… not always. In this episode, we're talking about one of the simplest ways to become a little more…
- Episode 173 – The Secret to Growing More Food Without Buying More Fertiliser · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 173Have you ever wondered why some gardens seem to thrive while others constantly need more fertiliser, more water and more attention? In this episode, we're talking about the…
- Episode 172: 10 Ways to Make Every Egg Count (and Buy Less at the Supermarket) · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 172Eggs are one of the most valuable foods you can produce—or buy—but most of us only think about them at breakfast. In this episode, I share 10 practical ways to use every egg…
- Episode 171 - Should You Get Chickens.. · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 171Everyone says chickens are the perfect first homesteading animal—but are they? In this episode, I explain why I love chickens, why they're still one of the best additions to any…
