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A bit for those who like to be prepared

Start with yourself. Always a good place to start and in my personal opinion the best place to start because it should never ever be a case of do as I or this or that self proclaimed expert says more a case of do as I have shown I can do.

For a chap lets start as he wakes up and goes to the bathroom - With a weekend coming up how about washing and shaving in cold water. The same goes for a woman instead of a nice wash in a warm shower or in warm water give cold water a go. How about even cleaning your shoes and or boots with old fashioned shoe and boot polish and brushes and a cloth, sure many of you do that anyway but equally many others just use a one wipe and shine type of stick applicator.

In late Autumn, Winter or early Spring, turn the heating off in the bedroom and the bathroom - It will bring a sudden hint of the pre 1970 days ( i.e. the 1960's, 1950's, 1940's and earlier). Not that many people had hot water on tap and central heating prior to the 1970's, sure there were some places and areas but it was not as widespread as one may first think or some imply. Many rural areas did not even have running mains water until the 1960's and prior to 1950 and even in the 1950's many did not have electricity in their homes, while vast swathes only had outside toilets until the 1970’s.

Most of us now live in double glazed, centrally heated homes, so with the heating turned off in your bedroom and bathroom lets take it a bit further and have the windows slightly open.

Now I am not suggesting that you subject your unwilling partner to this so you may even have to consider going off to a 'willing friends house to try it out.' Even just for a weekend or perhaps you fancy a night in the shed? Sorry but it will not carry the message across as clearly as when in your own home. For the single or those who have a willing partner and no children try doing without television for a few days or even a week.

Feeling really brave? Then look on-line to the average weekly food rations from the second world war and the immediate years after. To make it more realistic just buy indigenous / or local food and vegetables that are in likely to have been available and actually in season.

Any and all of the above will be a real eye opener to many, though I doubt many will try it as it will take courage. Not because its particularly hard but because it requires one to move away from modernity and take a step into recent history. Leaving ones regular doses of comfort behind while being aware that one can end it any second one chooses takes some courage when there is no forced need. One can liken it to a soldier in an airborne unit stepping out of a perfectly fine and fully functioning plane into the great blue yonder with just a bit of cloth to help him or her get to the ground safely.

Think of it as an experiment on how ones grandparents lives may have been, for it is very educational and yes often water was heated but not always and for the guys shaving in cold water or even dry shaving can be quite and experience and no - forget the pre shave and the balm's and the moisturisers and the after shave for the average person aftershave was a fairly rare thing even in the early 1960's and lets be fair that was only 50 years ago. With so many preppers talking about being thrown back a 100 or more years you will find it interesting.

The first splash or cold water in the morning will certainly wake one up quite quickly. Plus it has with it the bonus it will not cost a fortune to give it a try, at the most you only have to buy a razor that can be used without the need of charging or electricity. For the foodstuffs only buy what would be in season in your wartime rations and for that short period you will save money. As for the television well what is really on it that so demands you sit like a puppy dog paying attention to every flicker of the screen, lack of central heating even in the two rooms I have suggested will minutely reduce your heating costs.

You can read a 101 website threads and posts, download countless gigabytes of information buy dozens of books and read them all and know all about just about every area of prepping and self reliance but until you experience what I have suggested which is the very basics you have no idea of what it will feel like and no. Going out on a short term survival course or for a couple of days in a bivy or under a tarpaulin or canvas is in reality very different to experiencing a few minor hardships and discomforts in your own home.

Why do I imply it will be a shock? Because it will be happening in the sanctity and security of your own home. Yet is that not why you are prepping or learning about self reliance. 'Just in case' fine this is the barest minimum of what to expect if 'Just in case.' Arrives at your door and happens to you.

No my suggestions are not about or from some older man tripping out on the past nor having a walk down memory lane. Its simply about you experiencing a few small hardships, yet nothing that perhaps your parents or more probably your grandparents experienced, possibly on a daily or regular basis.

Plus experiencing a cold wake up call and wash in a safe and secure house will set a few currently relaxing senses waking up.

Let us now consider the partner who is I think a lot less than committed to prepping, self-sufficiency and self-reliance let alone survivalism. Certainly a lot depends not on just the relationship you are in but also the age of your partner and his or her friends then some consideration comes into being when one considers children and their ages too require some thought.

Outdoors equipment can be easier explained with trips to the countryside and coast and making a picnic type of kit to take with you this would probably work easiest with either young children or for those who lead a fairly sedentary life and feel a 'need' to see more of the country without spending a fortune, this can naturally gradually be expanded on.

Many have already suggested the saving money economic areas that are full of handy useful excuses. Recent food scares could also be put to use by saying things like I want to be sure we have enough GOOD AND SAFE food to eat just in case there are any more muck up and contamination of the food chain and supplies. A desire for healthy organic food can also be a reason. A gradual interest in cooking or Victorian and Edwardian lifestyles and pantries are another area worth exploring.

The recent bad weather (yes I do realise its just a fairly normal winter weather) yet as it is so glorified, hyped up and promoted in the media as dramatic and unexpected is an area of possible assistance i.e. CAR KITS, EMERGENCY HOME BACK UP i.e. alternative lighting, heating and cooking sources as well as possible food shortages due to supplies not getting into the retail shops, due to snowbound roads. Frozen pipes and you can soon find a few media references as a reason for stockpiling water and purification kit.

Digging up part of the garden to grow food can be explained as feeling the need for more fresh air, a healthy or improving ones health exercise and a fun money saving experiment, perhaps to get the children interested as well. Even the starting of an allotment can be explained away with this idea or perhaps the distant childhood 'memory' of visiting some relation and picking apples or other fruit in his or her garden as a child.

Going for walks in the countryside or the hills or even the coast in order to keep or get fit is a reasonable excuse. Tall stories about some friend or distant relation or article in the media can help so long as it appears to be a concern and not some major worry. A chance purchase of a book in a second hand shop or better a library book which you picked up when dodging a spot of bad weather or was looking for something else are always possible gentle introductions.

Insurance against job losses or food chain manufacturer closures can assist in basic food / kitchen stock increases as can buy more to save going shopping so often in winter just get the habit going and keep it going all year. Anglers and walker or those assisting or helping out with Scouts, Girl Guides, or whatever or a trip with some mates or a trip you always wanted to make in your school days but never made it are possible excuses. To get the children fitter or to get a bit more air in them or perhaps to blow away the winter blues are all possible excuses.

However here in Britain we can call on both the National and local government for support, in the form of the 'National risk register' and Local Councils Emergency Planning Advice, with their on-line advice and recommendations as to how one should be prepared for relatively common natural disasters from flooding to extreme weather conditions, to man made or at least man related problems from chemical spills to factory fires. All the websites have good clear information on the items that the government consider it essential to have together and a whole list of kit to be carried in a vehicle especially in winter.

Alternatively just say LOOK DIMBO the economy is the the toilet, your job/my job is no longer guaranteed, the country has no money, most people will tell you the politicians could not organise a booze up in a brewery and they have no faith in them, the country is filling up with terrorists and crazies and criminals from all over the world, any fool can see it is going to blow apart and there will be rioting on the streets or super bugs with laziness and excess and poor management ruining the hospitals, every day could be bringing us closer to some holidaymaker, tourist, visitor or migrant bringing in a pandemic. So I have decided to guard/insure against it so get used to it, get off your rear and help.

© R Kiddy 2013.

Many ask where to start – stage one

You have had the introduction now let’s get down to the reality. Following on my introductory ‘Many ask where to start’ thread, let us now consider and perhaps explore together what I believe would be the next step after experiencing a little discomfort in your own homes.

Hopefully my ‘Many ask where to start’ thread will have triggered a hint of what life was like pre the 1970’s and an idea of what it feels like to do without some comforts that most take for granted and as the standard way we live and expect to live in a modern Westernised civilised society. People now consider it their right to be warm and comfortable, to be entertained at the touch of a button so they can live with little or no effort almost in an idealised yet compartmentalised way, instant heat microwave food and or take-aways.

The first step is to consider the hopefully short term inconvenience that any of us might have to experience without any warning such as loss of electrical power or loss of gas followed by perhaps the loss of water supply. For some their first likely consideration may be about being cut off perhaps by snow or flooding from obtaining goods and supplies.

The most obvious would be to purchase at least two torches one in your bedroom and the other in the kitchen, if and when finances allow get a couple more especially so if you have a two storey home we keep one at the top of our stairs and another in our living room. In our case we have invested in a rechargeable torch/lantern in our kitchen which switches itself on automatically in the event of a power failure, I think they are great and worth every penny that they cost. For a lantern in the home I recommend a no nonsense plain Camping Gaz gas lantern as these last longer than a battery powered one and I have found them to be pretty safe, convenient and just about idiot proof, I have used Camping Gaz lanterns in our home as a back up for longer power cuts for anout forty years. Yes, you can get a Tilley lamp or a paraffin fuelled hurricane lantern but then you have to consider storage of the fuel and safety and some insurance policy limitations plus they are smelly. Candles and night light to me a night or tea light is just a waste of money so a candle, used then all my life for the average home these day’s I would say only use candles in a proper candle lantern, heating the bottom and standing them in an ashtray or a saucer is asking for problems. When there are pets or children in the house the potential danger will magnify dramatically. Wind up lanterns some are good and quite useful but standing in a no power darkened house having to crank one up before one can use it for a pretty limited period is not my idea of the way forward. Light-stick’s great in the field but in a home your best bet with a light-stick is to place one in an empty two pint milk container and use it as a mobile lantern.

Next on my list of home backups is something to cook with and on. Here I have purchased a twin burner gas powered camp kitchen stove, mainly because it is so convenient to pull out of the cupboard set it up on a worktop and use it, our one runs off a larger sized gas cylinder. I don’t have to elaborate on the point that obviously we are quite used to frequent power cuts in the village we live in. This is also backed up with a lightweight gas stove and a Triangia alcohol / Methylated spirit stove, although I would have to raid my camping kit for them. Some modern saucepans and frying pans are not really suited to using on a camp kitchen type of gas stove so in the same cupboard in the kitchen is a camping set of pots and pans along with a kettle also designed for use on a camp stove. For if you as most have an electric kettle its just not going to work on a camping stove and boiling water in a saucepan is not as convenient to make a hot drink from as a kettle is.

Some may want to consider a wind-up or crank radio for important news bulletins, while for others a comprehensive first aid kit and a couple of handy fire extinguishers may be of more importance. So much will depend on the individual, their family members, the situation and possibly the location they are in. In a hard winter or extreme cold weather sleeping bags used inside a bed can be a real bonus when it comes to keeping warm without any form of heating in your home and don’t forget you can get sleeping bags that zip together to make a double. Some will consider water purification, filtration and or storage of spare water far more important, while for some having a few weeks extra food stored will rank higher. Certainly keeping your body hydrated and stoked up with good food will help you keep warm as can moderate activity providing you have the calories spare to burn. In high flood areas some might even want to consider some form of inflatable raft or dinghy, however there are obvious danger for the inexperienced to consider before attempting to use such in flood conditions although chest high waders may have a place here.

Hard copies of important personal information and or family information you may wish to consider also having copies on a spare flash drive. Perhaps you could even store a set well away from your home with a friend or relative in a different area. Some people may even want to consider alternative activities or alternative leisure pursuits with which to occupy oneself and ones family due to lack of television and or the inability to get out and about easily.

Torch
Lantern
Candles and lighter or matches and a safe way of utilising candles
Cooking stove and fuel
Pots and pans if needed
Kettle
Filtration/purification
Store of spare water
Extra food store
Sleeping bag/s
Alternative form of heating
First Aid Kit
Fire extinguisher/fire blanket
Radio
Alternative charger for mobile telephone
Personal information copies

At the end of the day so much will depend on you and your decisions based upon your personal circumstances and the area you live in, coupled with the most likely problems you could or might assume to be the likely immediate danger bringing difficulties that you and or your family might face, in the normal course of a winter although summer too is not without its potential problems. This is where a little self inflicted and taught experience of doing without and a little difficulty in ones standard of lifestyle in ones own home can and will help you to envisage and understand. How you and or your family cope and prepare for possible problems and difficulties is your responsibility and some would say your duty.

© R Kiddy 2013.

FOOD IN SEASON

FISH – JANUARY

Bass - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Conger Eels - Crab - Crawfish (short supply) - Dabs (sporadic) - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Flounder - Grey mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Scallops - Shrimps - Skate - Smelts - Sprat - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – JANUARY

Chicken - Duck - Goose - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pheasant - Pigeon - Rabbit - Snipe - Teal - Turkey - Venison - Wild goose - Woodcock

VEGETABLES – JANUARY

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines – Avocado Pears - Beetroot - Broccoli, purple – Broccoli, white - Brussels sprouts - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Chicory - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic Globe Artichoke -- Horseradish - Jerusalem artichokes - Kale - Kohl rabi - Leeks - Lettuce - Mushrooms - Mustard and Cress - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peppers - Potatoes, new - Radishes - Salsify - Savoys - Scorzonera - Sea Kale beet - Shallots - Spinach - Spring greens - Spring onions - Swedes - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – JANUARY

Imported and home produced

Almonds - Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Brazil nuts - Chinese gooseberries - Clementine’s - Cranberries - Dates - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Lychees - Mandarins - Mangoes - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Passion fruit (short supply) Pawpaw (short supply) - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Pomegranates - Rhubarb (forced) - Satsumas - Strawberries - Tangerines - Walnuts

FISH – FEBRUARY

Bream, freshwater – Bream, sea - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Crab - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Flounder - Grey mullet - Haddock - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Scallops - Shrimps - Skate - Sprat - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – FEBRUARY

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Hare - Pigeon - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison - Wild duck

VEGETABLES – FEBRUARY

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines – Avocado Pears - Beetroot - Broccoli, purple – Broccoli, white - Brussels sprouts - Brussel tops - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Chicory - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe Artichoke - Horseradish - Jerusalem artichokes - Kale - Kohl rabi - Leeks - Lettuce - Mustard & Cress - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peppers - Potatoes, new - Radishes - Salsify - Savoys - Sea Kale - Shallots (short supply) - Spinach - Spring greens - Spring onions - Swedes - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – FEBRUARY

Imported and home produced

Almonds - Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Cape gooseberries - Clementine’s - Cranberries - Dates - Grapefruit - Grapes - Kumquats (short supply) -Lemons - Lychees - Mandarins - Mangoes - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Ortaniques (short supply) - Passion fruit (short supply) - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Plums - Pomegranates - Rhubarb (forced) - Satsumas - Strawberries – Tangerines

FISH - MARCH

Bass - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger Eel - Crab - Dover Sole - Dublin Bay Prawns - Fluke (Rock Salmon) - Flounder - Grey Mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon Sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland Halibut) - Mussels - Oysters (Native) - Oysters (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Salmon - Scallops - Scampi - Shrimps - Skate - Sprats - Trout – Rainbow - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – MARCH

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Hare - Pigeon - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – MARCH

(Home produced, and imported)

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado Pears - Beetroot - Broccoli, Purple or White - Brussels sprouts, Or Tops - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French Beans - Garlic - Globe Artichokes - Horseradish - Jerusalem Artichokes - Kale - Kohl Rabi - Leeks - Lettuce - Mushrooms - Mustard and Cress - Onions - Parsnips - Peppers - Potatoes, New - Radishes - Savoys - Seakale - Spinach - Spring Greens - Spring Onions - Swedes - Sweet Potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – MARCH

(Imported)

Apples - Bananas - Cape Gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Kumquat - Lemons - Limes - Mandarins - Mangoes - Melons - Oranges - Ortaniques - Passion Fruit - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Plums - Rhubarb (Forced) - Strawberries - Tangerines

FISH – APRIL

Bass - Brill - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Crawfish - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock - Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Plaice - Prawns - Salmon - Sea trout - Shrimps - Skate - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whelks - Whitebait - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – APRIL

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Pigeon - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – APRIL

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broad beans - Broccoli - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celery - Chillies - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Kohl rabi - Leeks - Lettuces - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes, new - Radishes - Salad cress - Salsfiy - Spinach - Spring onion - Swedes - Tomatoes (English hothouse) - Watercress

FRUIT – APRIL

Imported

Apples - Bananas - Grapefruit - Grapes - Kumquats - Lemons - Limes - Mangoes - Melons - Oranges - Ortaniques - Passion fruit - Peaches - Pineapples - Rhubarb - Strawberries

FISH – MAY

Bream sea - Brill - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Grey Mullet - Haddock - Hake - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Plaice - Prawns - Red Fish - Red mullet - Salmon - Scad (or Horse |Mackerel) - Sea trout - Shrimps - Skate - Trout, river - Turbot - Whitebait - Whiting - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – MAY

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Pigeon - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – MAY

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broad beans - Broccoli - Cabbages - Carrots (young) - Cauliflowers - Celery - Chicory - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Leeks - Lettuces - Mange, tout peas - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes - Radishes - Salad cress - Salsfiy - Spanish Onions - Spinach - Spring onions - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes (English hothouse) - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – MAY

Imported and home produced

Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Cherries - Gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Kumquats - Lemons - Limes - Lyches - Mangoes - Melons - Oranges - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Raspberries - Rhubarb - Strawberries

FISH – JUNE

Bass - Bream sea - Brill - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Crawfish - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Flounder - Grey Mullet - Haddock - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Plaice - Prawns - Red Fish - Red mullet - Salmon - Sea trout - Shrimps - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whitebait - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – JUNE

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – JUNE

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broad beans - Broccoli - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celery - Chicory - Courgettes - Cucumbers - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Lettuces - Mange, tout peas - Mushrooms - Mustard and Cress - Okra - Onions - Parsley - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes - Radishes - Shallots - Spinach - Spring onions - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – JUNE

Imported and home produced

Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Blackberries - Black currants - Cherries - Figs - Gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Limes - Loganberries - Mangoes - Melons - Oranges - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Plums - Raspberries - Red currants - Rhubarb - Strawberries

FISH – JULY

Bass - Bream sea - Brill - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Crawfish - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Flounders - Grey Mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Red mullet - Salmon - Sea trout - Shrimps - Skate - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – JULY

Chicken - Duck - Guinea fowl - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – JULY

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broad beans - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celery - Chillies - Corn on the cob - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Horse radish - Lettuces - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes - Radishes - Runner beans - Shallots - Spinach - Spring onions - Sugar peas - Tomatoes - Turnips - Vegetable marrows - Watercress

FRUIT – JULY

Imported and home produced

Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Blackberries - Black currants - Cherries - Figs - Gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Limes - Loganberries - Mangoes - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Passion fruit - Peaches - Pears - Persimmons - Pineapples - Plums - Raspberries - Red currants - Rhubarb - Strawberries

FISH – AUGUST

Bass - Bream sea - Brill - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Flounders - Grey Mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Red mullet - Salmon - Sea trout - Shrimps - Skate - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – AUGUST

Chicken - Duck - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Hare - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Snipe - Turkey - Venison

VEGETABLES – AUGUST

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broad beans - Cabbages - Calabrese - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celery - Corn on the cob - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Horseradish - Leeks - Lettuces - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peas - Peppers - Radishes - Runner beans - Shallots - Spinach - Spring onions - Swedes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Vegetable marrows - Watercress

FRUIT – AUGUST

Imported and home produced

Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Blackberries - Black currants - Cherries - Figs - Gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Loganberries - Mangoes - Melons - Mulberries - Nectarines - Oranges - Peaches - Pears - Persimmons - Pineapples - Plums - Raspberries - Red currants - Strawberries - Walnuts - Watermelons - White currants

FISH – SEPTEMBER

Bass - Bream sea - Brill - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Red mullet - Salmon - Shrimps - Sprat - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whelks - Whiting - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – SEPTEMBER

Chicken - Duck - Goose - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Teal - Snipe - Turkey - Venison - Wild duck

VEGETABLES – SEPTEMBER

Home produced and imported

Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broccoli - Brussels sprouts - Cabbages - Calabrese - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celery - Chicory - Corn on the cob - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Horseradish - Leeks - Lettuce - Mushrooms - Mustard and cress - Okra - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes - Radishes - Runner beans - Shallots - Spinach - Spring onions - Swedes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Vegetable marrows - Watercress

FRUIT – SEPTEMBER

Imported and home produced

Apples - Bananas - Bilberries - Blackberries - Blueberries - Chinese gooseberries - Grapefruit - Grapes - Greengages - Lemons - Mangoes - Melons - Oranges - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Plums - Pomegranates - Raspberries - Watermelons

FISH – OCTOBER

Bass - Bream sea - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Freshwater Bream - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Scallops - Shrimps - Skate - Sprat - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – OCTOBER

Chicken - Duck - Goose - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pheasant - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Teal - Turkey - Venison - Wild duck - Woodcock

VEGETABLES – OCTOBER

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broccoli - Brussels sprouts - Cabbages - Calabrese - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Chicory - Corn on the cob - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Globe artichokes - Horseradish - Jerusalem artichokes - Leeks - Lettuce - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peas - Peppers - Potatoes - Pumpkins - Radishes - Runner beans - Salsify - Shallots - Spinach - Spring onions - Swedes - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Vegetable marrows - Watercress

FRUIT – OCTOBER

Imported and home produced

Apples - Bananas - Blackberries - Blueberries - Chestnuts - Chinese gooseberries - Cranberries - Coconuts - Damsons - Dates - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Limes - Mangoes - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Pawpaw - Pears - Pineapples - Plums - Pomegranates - Quinces - Satsuma’s - Strawberries - Walnuts

FISH – NOVEMBER

Bass - Bream freshwater - Bream sea - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cod - Coley - Conger eels - Crab - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Grey mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Prawns - Redfish - Scallops - Shrimps - Skate - Smelts - Sprat - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – NOVEMBER

Chicken - Duck - Goose - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Grouse - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pheasant - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Teal - Turkey - Venison - Wild duck - Wild goose - Woodcock

VEGETABLES – NOVEMBER

Home produced and imported

Asparagus - Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broccoli - Brussels sprouts - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Chicory - Chillies - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Horseradish - Jerusalem artichokes - Kale - Kohl rabi - Leeks - Lettuce - Mange-tout peas - Mushrooms - Mustard and Cress - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peppers - Potatoes - Pumpkins - Radishes - Runner beans - Salsify - Savoys - Spinach - Spring onions - Swedes - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – NOVEMBER

Imported and home produced

Almonds - Apples - Bananas - Brazil nuts - Chestnuts - Chinese gooseberries - Clementine’s - Cranberries - Coconuts - Dates - Figs - Filberts - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Limes - Mandarins - Mangoes - Medlars - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Pawpaw - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Pomegranates - Tangerines - Satsuma’s - Uglis - Walnuts

FISH – DECEMBER

Bass - Bream freshwater - Bream sea - Brill - Carp - Clams - Cockles - Cod - Coley - Crab - Dabs - Dover sole - Dublin bay prawns - Eels - Fluke (rock salmon) - Grey mullet - Haddock - Hake - Halibut - Herring - Lemon sole - Lobster - Mackerel - Mock Halibut (Greenland halibut) - Mussels - Oysters, native - Oysters, (Portuguese) - Pike - Plaice - Redfish - Scallops - Shrimps - Skate - Smelts - Sprat - Trout, rainbow - Turbot - Whiting - Winkles - Witch

POULTRY AND GAME – DECEMBER

Chicken - Duck - Goose - Grouse - Guinea fowl - Grouse - Hare - Mallard - Partridge - Pheasant - Pigeon - Quail - Rabbit - Teal - Turkey - Venison - Wild duck - Wild goose - Woodcock

VEGETABLES – DECEMBER

Home produced and imported

Aubergines - Avocado pears - Beetroot - Broccoli - Brussels sprouts - Cabbages - Carrots - Cauliflowers - Celeriac - Celery - Chicory - Chillies - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Endive - Fennel - French beans - Garlic - Horseradish - Jerusalem artichokes - Kale - Leeks - Lettuce - Mushrooms - Mustard and Cress - Onions - Parsley - Parsnips - Peppers - Potatoes - Radishes - Salsify - Savoys - Sea Kale - Spinach - Spring greens - Spring onions - Swedes - Sweet potatoes - Tomatoes - Turnips - Watercress

FRUIT – DECEMBER

Imported and home produced

Almonds - Apples - Apricots - Bananas - Brazil nuts - Cherries - Chestnuts - Clementine’s - Coconuts - Dates - Figs - Grapefruit - Grapes - Lemons - Mandarins - Mangoes - Melons - Nectarines - Oranges - Pawpaw - Peaches - Pears - Pineapples - Pomegranates - Rhubarb (forced) Satsuma’s - Strawberries - Tangerines - Walnuts