Let's see, I think it will be easiest to start with what I already know:
- Firearm safety
- Grow a vegetable garden
- Read the weather (thanks to Girl's Camp!)
- Learn to use a shovel, spade or hoe without hurting your back
- Learn to light a fire indoors or outdoors
- Learn to crochet
- Learn to hang clothes on a clothesline
- Learn to cook 10 meals from scratch
- Learn to distinguish healthy plants and animals from unhealthy
- Learn basic sewing skills
- Learn how and when to use hybrid seeds
- Learn to live within your financial means
- Learn to clean and fillet a fish
- Learn to can and preserve
- Learn to use a washtub and washboard
- Learn leatherworking
- Learn to plan an orchard
- Learn to jerry-rig anything with baling twine, duct tape and whatever is on hand (Thanks MacGyver!)
- Learn to refinish furniture
- Learn to mentally deal with life, death, and failure
- Learn to use non-electric lighting
- Learn how to give an injection
- Learn to use basic carpentry tools
- Learn how to use a wood stove and bank a fire
- Learn to make butter
- Learn to use a hot bed or cold frame
- Learn how to plant a tree
- Learn how to bake bread
- Learn to use a garden sprayer
- Learn to grow herbs
- Learn to grind wheat
- Learn to make paper and ink
- Learn the idea of false economy and when to buy for quality or make it oneself
- Learn to choose a location for a garden
- Learn to weave a basket
- Learn to make firestarters
- Learn to sew your own underwear/clothes
- Learn basic plumbing
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