Learn Some New Skill Sets

So much of what "preppers" teach and study is just stuff our grandparents did as every day practices. Some of us older folks remember it. It's not magic, and it's not some mystical lore. It's just practical things that have been bred out of our culture by the onslaught of industrial farming, big box stores, electronics, and our convenience oriented age.

Most of what we want to know is really easy to access without buying gadgets or gear or even taking classes. Just study up, practice and build up some skill sets. It's easy and fulfilling, and it gives you a great sense of accomplishment along with the knowledge that you have gained another needful skill.

Check out some of the free resources. There are MANY, but I recommend starting with these three, just because they are MASSIVE:

Internet Archives
https://archive.org/

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Google Books
Google Books>tools>any book>free ebooks

In order to get  link I had to do a search.  I typed in farm buildings so that's what will turn up in this particular link:

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1920&bih=889&tbs=bkv%3Ar&tbm=bks&ei=PpEFXPyxHYeH8AP9iaWYCQ&q=Farm+buildings&oq=Farm+buildings&gs_l=psy-ab.3...6253.9314.0.9886.14.14.0.0.0.0.137.1482.7j7.14.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.7.746...0j33i299k1.0.P7HFbrEK8DM

Or, just go to google and search what you want to learn, then go to the top where it says "more" and choose books. After you do that you can click "tools" and it'll let you pick several things. Go under "any books" and choose what you think you will want to see. I usually go to free google ebooks, or however it's worded. Most of the free ones are old books. FASCINATING stuff.

Books: old, out of print, past the copyright dates, and chock FULL of valuable, timeless information.  Just go to one of these, type in the subject you're interested in, and strap in. You can read for yourself what people used to do everyday before we found ourselves so dependent on our modern systems. You can learn steps, how to's, materials; the list is almost endless. I can spend literal HOURS reading once I get on one of these sites. You'll have so much info you'll be swimming in it.

Enjoy!