Originally Posted by Nightshade

I should also mention that you should learn how to gut, skin and cure various types of meats and animals as well.

Vegetation is good and all but it takes at least 4 weeks to grow a head of lettuce to the point you can eat it. It takes a day of hunting to bring home a months food while you wait for the garden to grow. Small game works as well such as squirrel, rabbit and snake and may also be more abundant as well as faster reproduction. If you learn to trap effectivley then make a point to trap a couple breeding pairs of rabbits and you will never be hungry again.

Learn also about hide tanning and curing. You will never be cold once you learn these skills and how to create sinew and use it as thread for skins and furs.

The best way really to survive in the SHTF situation is to get away from large groups of people and learn the old ways of doing things. they are lost arts for the most part now, but they are easy to learn if you just take the time. As you learn a bit other things come into play and so on until you are pretty much able to make your way with a knife, two pieces of jerky and a water bottle :chuckles: