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Well, almost!:rotfl:
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
If I were a backbencher I'd be staying well clear: how can you want to be associated with an immoral, philandering, incompetent and lazy liar?
Anyway, it appears that the allotment where I went to water my neighbour's plot may have vacancies (it certainly appeared that way!). It appears an increasingly good idea to have a source of fresh vegetables not contingent on a swift passage through Dover. Given the changing climate perhaps a lemon tree would be a good idea. ;-)
I can highly recommend chard as the 24/7/365 no maintenance multi-purpose veggie. I bought a pack in about 2009. One pack. I let it set seed and have had volunteer plants ever since.
You can eat the stems as a celery-substitute and eat the leaves as a salading or stir-fryed. It's highly nutritious, frost hardy, requires nil tending and yields leaves and stalks at any time of the year. If I'm not eating it immediately, I treat it as a cut flower and stick it in a water jug in the kitchen, keeps for 2-3 days.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
Retired August 2016
Paid off French mortgage September 2018
New kitchen fully installed June 2019
Not counting this! 2020
Garden fencing completed, woohoo 2021
Now the anxiety's subsided a bit, I'm about to start rebuilding the stash with a trip to Aldi later today, health permitting. They'll be sensible purchases of course, but more than anything I'm looking forward to buying 10 bars of dark chocolate at the till, that will be a great feeling
I guess it's been useful to have a bit of practice living largely off the store cupboard, it's helped clarify what's most useful, along with stuff I either avoided or couldn't stomach (sorry hotdogs!). Funnily enough I really enjoyed eating tinned fruit again, lovely straight from the fridge during the hot weather.
Meanwhile, The Sun is reporting that our dear leaders are about to drop a leaflet entitled Why The Government Believes You Shouldn't Panic :rotfl: Not 100% sure if this is a Sun windup but it's definitely reassuring having a beans and bog roll backstop in place!
My preps will mostly be canned and jarred foods and packets with good long use by dates. Also as much wood as we can aquire for the stove and we've good sturdy footwear, outdoor and waterproof clothing, warm winter gear and house and garden equipment , all that we need already. We're as well prepped as we can be and we'll have to live day to day from now on watching and waiting to see what our futures actually turn out to be. I'm sure as sure there will be changes to what we currently have as 'normal' and perhaps our income won't in the future give us the ease and comfort we've become accustomed to (in a very mild way on a pension) BUT I'm also sure as sure that when the moaning is over, as people will inevitably moan, we'll get on and make as good a life for ourselves as a nation as it's possible to make with what we find post Brexit if it happens because despite all appearances to the contrary in modern times we are a tough and resilient people in this little island, no matter which bit of it we identify with and we don't like to be beaten by anything!
Also pleasing is how much more environmentally friendly prepping can be. My plastic consumption has noticeably dropped with all these nice recyclable cans and jars, as well as less packaging with bulk buys and supersizes. Who knows, maybe there'll be a green new deal to replace lost jobs and reduce energy bills.
I'm intrigued by The Sun running that story though, complete with a picture of the leaflet. The Sun's print circulation is massive as it's often shared in workplaces etc, so I wonder if it's being used to sound out grassroots reaction - will readers panic at the word panic?