Prepping for Brexit thread

cod3

thriftwizard wrote: »

Thanks for the T&M link, Cod3, that's irresistible! Between the garden - not big, but big enough - and the allotment, we'll fit all of those in; we do grow some strawbs & rasps already, and have one blueberry, but the bantams stole all the blueberries last summer when OH moved the pot with the bush in "to get more sunshine"... it's just a shame they don't like gojiberries any more than I do!

We got two blueberry bushes years ago as I read they prefer a partner. Not sure if that's true but when one died, the other didn't flourish. Might be the blueberry's old age, but I am hoping the two new ones will perk the old one up a bit. I keep them in pots as they need acidic soil.

GreyQueen

I don't know if black or red currants appeal to you, but they are super easy to grow, can mostly be propagated by cutting off a branch and sticking it in the soil to grow a whole new bush (80% success rate in my experience) but do need netting against the birdies.

cod3

GreyQueen wrote: »

I don't know if black or red currants appeal to you, but they are super easy to grow, can mostly be propagated by cutting off a branch and sticking it in the soil to grow a whole new bush (80% success rate in my experience) but do need netting against the birdies.

We got several canes from Aldi once without labels - we called them "randomberries" as we didn't know what they were. Ended up with black and red currants. Great in a crumble. I will have a go at propagating some branches. Glad to hear it's easy. Thanks for the tip! :beer:

Honey_Bear

GreyQueen wrote: »

I think there may be a presupposition that producers are going to wait for Brexit and then put in PP for agricultural sheds/ bring additional chicks up to point-of-lay. I'd be very surprised if business people are sitting on their hands until the end of next month then making moves which require a lengthy lead-in time.

I don't live in a rural area any more, so I don't know how many planning applications have been submitted for new build poultry sheds. I'd be very interested to know where and how many have been already.

Until Michael Gove publishes his White Paper on agriculture, we won't know if the government intends to increase imports of eggs from, say the USA, or whether the government intends to aim for self-sufficiency. I don't know of anyone who intends to invest in the agricultural sector post-Brexit, simply because of uncertainty.

I've worked in agriculture, and after that life I started and then ran several successful businesses so I do know a little bit about business planning.

Goldiegirl

Honey_Bear wrote: »

We've got a fair amount of meat and salmon in ours, all of which I'm planning to eat prior to 29 March. We've been decreasing the amount of meat we eat slowly but surely over the past few years and what's left is only what we bought for a big party and didn't use, or was on such a good offer it couldn't be ignored.

For Prepping purposes tinned fish seems to be the answer to this conundrum, and we live in the UK's biggest fishing ports, about a quarter of a mile from the fish market. If Brexit goes t*** up we won't be able to export what we actually catch, so we're going to become very continental in learning how to use what's actually landed here. Reminds me, must print off cuttlefish recipes now, while the power is still available, and no, I'm not being facetious. Fortunately it works well on a barbeque so it's ideal.

As the main shortage that's discussed for March, April and May is fruit, veg and diary, that's what's going to be in our freezer, along with butter and cheddar. Longlife milk can be used if people must have milk in their tea and coffee (I don't), but much more importantly, can be used to make fabulous yoghurt.

In the event of a powercut, the advice has always been not to open the freezer, as the contents will stay frozen for 24 hours even with no power as long as the door isn't opened.

It's sort of self-defeating if that's where your Prepping Stores are and you need to raid it to eat, and then don't have the power to cook what you took out anyway.

Tinned fish is pre-cooked, so it's win:win.

I'm not keen on tinned fish, so I'm going with tinned chicken curry and tinned stewing steak. Not things I'd normally buy, but I thought it'd be something to fall back on if needs be. My main focus has been tinned pulses and beans - however this turns out, I will be eating a lot of vegetarian curries and chillies this year!

My husband isn't keen on longlife milk, so I've been getting some milk powder in a standby.

For quite a few years now, I've been using Easi Yo yogurt satchets, so I've been ordering exact and making my order at shorter intervals, so we should be ok for yogurt for a little while.

I'll be honest, I'm pretty fed up that I feel the need for all this, but needs must However, I like that we can exchange ideas, I'm getting lots of useful tips.

Goldiegirl

GreyQueen wrote: »

I think there may be a presupposition that producers are going to wait for Brexit and then put in PP for agricultural sheds/ bring additional chicks up to point-of-lay. I'd be very surprised if business people are sitting on their hands until the end of next month then making moves which require a lengthy lead-in time. You don't run a successful business by being so lackadasical, do you? And backyard chicken keepers are a lot more flexible in terms of their ability to add a few hens to satisfy their own household needs and possibly have some extra eggs to sell/ barter or gift to others.

I'm sure people are making their plans - we can't be the only ones.

However it is difficult, as we still don't know what type of Brexit we're going to get.

If TMay pulls off the almost impossible and a deal is agreed, then egg producers who've bred more chickens for laying would end up with an egg glut!

Goldiegirl

This may be of interest to people - A supermarket fruit buyer talks about Brexit planning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXyI9jNIUQ&feature=youtu.be

Lizling

Goldiegirl wrote: »

This may be of interest to people - A supermarket fruit buyer talks about Brexit planning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXyI9jNIUQ&feature=youtu.be

Excellent video. Thanks!

Caramac

Lakeland have an offer on the plain greek and natural yoghurt Easiyo sachets. Two boxes of six sachets for £20.

gettingtheresometime

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I'm not keen on tinned fish, so I'm going with tinned chicken curry and tinned stewing steak. Not things I'd normally buy, but I thought it'd be something to fall back on if needs be. My main focus has been tinned pulses and beans - however this turns out, I will be eating a lot of vegetarian curries and chillies this year!

My husband isn't keen on longlife milk, so I've been getting some milk powder in a standby.

For quite a few years now, I've been using Easi Yo yogurt satchets, so I've been ordering exact and making my order at shorter intervals, so we should be ok for yogurt for a little while.

I'll be honest, I'm pretty fed up that I feel the need for all this, but needs must However, I like that we can exchange ideas, I'm getting lots of useful tips.

I've been recommended the savoury soya mince from Holland & Barrett...I have no idea if it is actually edible though lol