Prepping for Brexit thread

betterlife

Hi all, great thread! I hadn!!!8217;t t really thought much about the effects of Brexit on our supermarket prices and food availability, but with a recent cut in our income, and Brexit fast approaching Id like to get a bit more organised. I am not to worried as of yet, as we are already quite resourceful in some areas, but also need to pull my finger out in other areas!
Things we already do:
Grow plums, rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries in the garden. Which we eat fresh, freeze and preserve.
There are a huge amount of elderflower trees around here which I use for cordial, champagne, jelly and jam, and will make more use when the berries are ripe too.
We have use of a private woodland which has apple trees, greengage, hazelnuts, there is also a big problem with deer on the land which my husband is managing (full firearms license) so we have venison, rabbits and pheasants when in season (but will be frozen for year round meat) I can also butcher what we get. And will make use of hides etc.
I have also noticed a local house which has a huge walnut tree full of fruit which over hangs the road, so will see if I can barter for some when ready or collect fallen ones from roadside.
I!!!8217;m extremely crafty and can sew, knit, basket weave, bookbind, work with clay, paint, etc. Cook from scratch, bake cakes, biscuits, bread etc.
My husband can woodwork, weld, fix cars, and pretty much put his hand at most things.
We also can fish and live on coast.
We can forage for wild mushrooms, dandelions (jellies, tea etc) nettles (wine, tea, eat) wood for fire, and more.
What we want to do:
Grow veg: we have a big garden and access to private land so want to grow basics, potatoes, carrots, runners, broccoli, cabbage, onions etc
Salad items, and more fruit.
Considering chickens for eggs and the table.
We have and open fire but don!!!8217;t use it, but can if needed.
We have a 3 bed semi house (four kids) which gets cold in the winter, downstairs the lounger/dinning is open plan so I intend to put thick curtain in between for winter to keep lounge warmer, we use thicker winter curtains and blankets, hot water bottles etc.
I!!!8217;ll stock up on more basic tins and grains. Would like to rely less on freezer so may look into canning.
Need to save some emergency money.
Xx

parsniphead

betterlife wrote: »

Hi all, great thread! I hadn!!!8217;t t really thought much about the effects of Brexit on our supermarket prices and food availability, but with a recent cut in our income, and Brexit fast approaching Id like to get a bit more organised. I am not to worried as of yet, as we are already quite resourceful in some areas, but also need to pull my finger out in other areas!
Things we already do:
Grow plums, rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries in the garden. Which we eat fresh, freeze and preserve.
There are a huge amount of elderflower trees around here which I use for cordial, champagne, jelly and jam, and will make more use when the berries are ripe too.
We have use of a private woodland which has apple trees, greengage, hazelnuts, there is also a big problem with deer on the land which my husband is managing (full firearms license) so we have venison, rabbits and pheasants when in season (but will be frozen for year round meat) I can also butcher what we get. And will make use of hides etc.
I have also noticed a local house which has a huge walnut tree full of fruit which over hangs the road, so will see if I can barter for some when ready or collect fallen ones from roadside.
I!!!8217;m extremely crafty and can sew, knit, basket weave, bookbind, work with clay, paint, etc. Cook from scratch, bake cakes, biscuits, bread etc.
My husband can woodwork, weld, fix cars, and pretty much put his hand at most things.
We also can fish and live on coast.
We can forage for wild mushrooms, dandelions (jellies, tea etc) nettles (wine, tea, eat) wood for fire, and more.
What we want to do:
Grow veg: we have a big garden and access to private land so want to grow basics, potatoes, carrots, runners, broccoli, cabbage, onions etc
Salad items, and more fruit.
Considering chickens for eggs and the table.
We have and open fire but don!!!8217;t use it, but can if needed.
We have a 3 bed semi house (four kids) which gets cold in the winter, downstairs the lounger/dinning is open plan so I intend to put thick curtain in between for winter to keep lounge warmer, we use thicker winter curtains and blankets, hot water bottles etc.
I!!!8217;ll stock up on more basic tins and grains. Would like to rely less on freezer so may look into canning.
Need to save some emergency money.
Xx

Please keep your posts coming. It was so lovely to read. I do many of those things but have no access to woodlands and live nowhere near the coast.!!!128533; I'm so jealous.!!!128521;

[Deleted User]

I wonder if the 'infrastructure' of this country will be kept together post Brexit, the roads are in a pretty bad way now, the national grid isn't in very good shape either although I have to say that here in Hampshire they had a refurbishment programme running for a couple of years, the water infrastructure is old and leaks very badly, the gas pipes here have been renewed in the last 20 years but I don't know if it was countrywide, the sewerage system is old and so are many of the treatment plants, our coastal defences and river flood defences aren't adequate for the job, the bus and train companies are so badly run and unreliable, I just wonder what we'll be dealing with if EU money and grants disappear ? Then there are ageing NHS buildings, schools that are old and have been so badly built that they are falling down (literally)the defence forces have been pared to the bone, the police forces also are much less in all areas than they ever have been before, I just wonder what we'll be left with and if any of it will ever be fixed?

mardatha

Agree with all of that MrsL. Things have been let slide for too long and we don't know where that will go.
For me, the only thing I can think of just now in the food line, is fruit. I live too high to grow anything apart from berries, so we would miss out on apples and plums. I'd have to go back to an older kind of diet though, and research what people here used to eat.
Porridge and turnips probly :rotfl::rotfl:

[Deleted User]

Sorry to have to mention this MAR but I think you'll find that KALE played a big part in the Scottish diet in the past along with the porridge and turnips! In all the history books I've come across regarding scots cuisine it's been kale that is the staple of the day I guess because it flourishes in the cooler climate. But on the bright side you've got the salmon, the raspberries, the whisky, the smokies and the herring (I know not up your mountain) and any of those would be a treat from time to time eh?

Forgot to mention all that delicious lamb and mutton too which IS up your mountain!

cuddlymarm

Hi guys
Mrs LW lamb is my favourite meat and the raspberries and whisky will definately perk up a more basic diet.
Regarding the infrastructure being allowed to go to rack and ruin, the local councils are having the extra expenses of social care, etc put on to them which means there just isn’t the money any more to keep the infrastructure up. I think they are going to have to start shouting louder to get their share from central government, especially since there won’t be any more money from the EU.
Charity can only do so much. There are that many charities calling for your money and people can only do so much.
Oh I better go
Teas ready
Cuddles

[Deleted User]

I understand the lack of funding and the having to stretch what councils are allocated thinner and further than ever before but with everything in such a poor condition it can only get more and more run down and less and less fit for use. We will still have the need of roads, hospitals, schools etc. after Brexit and I really do wonder how the government are going to manage keeping the country running. The British people I have no doubts about, I think even in 2018 people will, after the initial moan and disgruntlement , pull together and be the strong nation that we always have been. I'm not sure the government will appreciate that either as it's more likely they'll be held to account when things go topsy turvey and be forced to do the fixing that is needed.

mardatha

My granny called the kitchen garden the kail yard. True. So she must have grown the stuff. I use it in soup. I love lamb too, could eat it 3 times a day every day. I think I could manage fine on local traditional food - I'm not at all an adventurous cook or an original one. And simple things like oatcakes with good butter are lovely, far nicer than sugary sweet synthetic tasting biscuits. Home mad cakes ditto.

[Deleted User]

Shortbread? Gingerbread, Parkin, abernethy biscuits (of are they welsh?), morning rolls , Dundee cake, black bun Oh the joys of Scottish cuisine, you lucky lady!

Floss

Water infrastructure should be renewed by investment from the water companies rather than paying shareholder bonuses...although I know locally UU has & continues to invest heavily in renewing supply piping in my home town.