Are you stockpiling for brexit?

[Downtroddenhousingass]

I am, chest freezer is full and my kitchen is overflowing with dry food.

Seeing as how the shops were empty last year with two days of snow a best case scenario will be a few weeks of shortages. Or am I crazy?

it's Brexit not the fucking apocalypse.

Actually, I've decided it's either the Brexocalypse or the apocalexit.

Either word better than this infernal bloody shitstorm etc etc.
Naming it won't make it any better though.

I’m liking both of those Onalong.

I hate all the that 'Christmas is only one day' crap, I have lots of family for a week and cook about 20 meals in that time. It's my busiest time of the year and I will be darned if I want to go food shopping in that time .

Love the idea of relying on the local kebab shop if the ports all seize up!

Duckshead you are not doing this correctly. How very dare you moan you enemy of the people, you traitor, how dare you give a shit about your family and take some common sense precautions.

We survived the Millenium Bug don’t you know, you should want to food shop all the time. Hang your head in shame in the corner over there and have a l8nt think about your behaviour

People buying things before Brexit won't cause a food shortage. Well, unless everyone goes out and tries to do a full month's shop on March the 27th or something. But buying things this far in advance and over time, no.

This is because our supply chains work on the just in time principle, they respond very quickly to demand and so more will simply be imported. It is people who try and buy extra during any disruption who cause shortages. And of course there not being enough supplies arriving in the first place.

People who take steps to mean they won't need to buy food/buy as much food during supply disruption actually make shortages less likely, because it means whatever does come in and what's stored in supermarket warehouses at that time will have to be divided up between fewer people.

No. & it's people like you that do that will cause a food shortage

Nope. Its people that leave it to the last minute and then panic that will cause a food shortage, while we don't need to visit the supermarket much at all. And the food we have stockpiled in the months coming up to brexit hasn't affected supply
If it had there would be shortages now.

I’ve just thought, we do a whole term’s topic on WW2 after Easter.
Dig for Victory will have a whole new relevance. We will plant and tend and gather the harvest.

We’re digging for Brexit now, except our dearly beloved Leader clearly isn’t a veg grower and triggered A50 in what’s called the Hungry Gap when there’s not much to harvest between the winter crops of previous year and the new season’s crops. Assumably she didn’t think at the time that she would fuck things up so much that we’d be talking of food shortages, that went so well didn’t it, bit like Grayling and the Ferries..

I'm looking forward to all the "it will all be fine" and "it's just scaremongering" brigade putting their money where their mouth is and donating everything edible in their house to a food bank on March 29th.

I'm a keen veg gardener - with a tiny garden and imagination. Thanks to some one on here (apologies for not remembering who it is or which thread ) I am planting swede for next autumn/winter. High in vit c and my dh loves it.

For those who've never done it, Perpetual spinach is easy and can easily be done in containers- nice salad leaves. Just sayin'.

Really? I love spinach!

ContinuityError that's ridiculous! I'm not stockpiling, I think it will all be fine and its scaremongering but why would I give away everything edible?

Well, today some of the MN BeLeavers are so convinced that it will all be fine and Remoaners are just over reacting, what else could show their faith in Brexit more than clearing your cupboards - because they just KNOW there won't be any problems?

Re growing veg - has anyone started doing this with Brexit in mind?
I've been interested in growing my own veg for ages but too disorganised to get around to it However, feeing a bit more motivated and wondering where I should start. Potatoes? Carrots? Hmm, there's probably a whole board for veg growing...I'll go and look
Ps just bought 48 toilet rolls...Ds looked at me like this

I struggled with carrots this year - enough for Christmas dinner which was my aim - but spuds were easy and plentiful.
There are gardening threads on here but please keep politics out of them.
Huws Nursery
Home grown veg
Liz Zorab
On YouTube

I don't clear my cupboards on payday when I'm going shopping. Do you know why? Because I'm not ridiculous

I’ve got three raised beds and some containers, been growing our own for a couple of years. Grow what you eat, what is expensive or very seasonal, and sow little and often to ensure supplies.
Salad leaves, tomatoes, herbs, courgettes, potatoes (three different varieties) leeks, spinach...all very easy.

Ah but today, clearing cupboards on March 29th would be a win win - food banks would get plenty of supplies and BeLeavers get to reaffirm their faith in their grand project.

After all, Brexiters keep saying that absolutely nothing will change after March 29th when it comes to the supermarket shelves.

What could possibly go wrong?

Bellini - thanks, I've just been reading a couple of threads but will need to do a bit more research before I actually post anything and certainly no chance of me bringing anything political to the threads

Armchair - brilliant, thanks. My dsis' boyfriend has offered to make me some raised beds but might start off with tubs.

Definitely use the space you have for things that cost more to buy. Agree perpetual spinach is great and grew mine in a shadier place which it liked and stops it trying to go to seed so much, planted in March and it was still going when I looked just before Christmas. Rainbow Chard is another one, leaves like spinach and the stalks can be used separately.

If you have flower beds put things in with them eg. Herbs etc. Cucumbers are easy to grow outside, skins can be a bit tough but just peel them - Marketmore is a good variety for this.if you have friends who grow veg talk to them as they probably have strawberry runners they can give you, clumps of chives and possibly others and maybe seeds.

Keep plastic containers and food trays to get seed started. If you have a free paper you can make pots using them and an aerosol. In need of toilet rolls are handy as well. Moreveg and Premierseeds online are good, also Wilkos and Aldi. Once you have seeds with some varieties (not F1) you can save the seeds for next year.

If you have space get a compost heap on the go. 4 pallets and cable ties do the job. For tools look on Gumtree and once spring starts people are often giving away topsoil if you need it.

If I can't get my meds (my gp & Psychiatrist won't let me stockpile) then I won't be needing extra food...

Re grow your own .....
I've been a veg gardener for over 30 years
am happy to help newcomers (and be assisted by other gardeners)
on here
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/gardening/3504562-29th-March-Grow-your-own-newcomers-welcome-here?

Postnotinhaste definitely in the Paddington corner for being too sensible.

Just ordered my vegetable seeds

My garden is too small to grow veg, but those who want to - pop along to your local allotments, find the grizzliest looking chap, ask him what grows well - I guarantee you'll come away with a ton of advice tailored to your soil type and probably some cuttings/seedlings too if it's the right time of year.