skills comprising Food, shelter and clothing should be first priority.Food supplies should include Non GMO sprouting seeds.
even the beans and rice will sprout and provide an almost instant food supply while waiting for the first garden crop. Sprouts can be added to most dehydrated foods to enhance the flavor and it certainly boosts the health factor.
Try sauteing those sprouts, add reconstituted eggs and butter or bacon fat. A delicious, quick and nutritious meal.
After that, prepare the garden spot. It should be tilled and with compost, rotted leaf mold and rotted manure. If possible do this in fall and let it ripen over the winter. In spring, re -till and plant.
A garden will not produce well if it is planted in poor soil.
Learn clothing skills. Hand sewing, mending, weaving and spinning will provide the necessary clothing in a grid down situation.
Handyman skills.
A minimalist view of necessities will cut costs and clutter.
