Knowledge is something that you can start prepping for that "should" be relatively inexpensive. Also gives you something to help get a prepper group started as you can just "hip pocket" with your peeps anywhere at the price of $0.00.
Most anglo militaries have their manuals in PDF forms and online. Survival, First Aid, Field Sanitation and Hygiene, google search for "US Military Smart Book" to get the basic training manual which has excerpts from a bunch of other manuals (a chunk of the info won't be relevant and you will definitely know which chunks to skip when you see them). You can go for the combat related things for funzies but outside of Combat Engineer diagrams for building small hardened fighting positions, they won't be much use if you aren't in a group.
Maps could be useful unless you have a great memory and communication skills. So learn about topographical maps in general and see if you can't score some for the area you are in. Topo maps will be very as they give an indication of elevation changes (useful if/when you're going off road to better plan routes.)
Books and knowledge about the wildlife and plants of the local area. These types of books are invaluable and if you're going to spend good money on books, these are the ones you don't want to skimp on. You're looking for full color high quality pictures for the entries. Books with drawings aren't the worst but they definitely aren't great.
Pay attention to the weather. Learn roughly when should get hot, cold, freezing, leathally hot, flooding rain events, etc.
Storey's Guides is a line of books that covers many topics related to various aspects of farming. They are constanly being updated and published, should be available relatively commonly, and don't cost that much. We've accumulated a bunch that are geared towards raising animals but they should have some crop centric ones too.
Pick a technical skill that sounds interesting and read up on it. Carpentry, general construction, electrician stuff, plumbing stuff.
Learn about knives and blades, which is for what purpose and how to sharpen them. For instance, bow saw blades are pretty cheap and typically thrown away after getting dull but can be re-sharpened with a slim taper file to give a blade years of regular use.
Knowledge is something that you can start prepping for that "should" be relatively inexpensive. Also gives you something to help get a prepper group started as you can just "hip pocket" with your peeps anywhere at the price of $0.00.
Most anglo militaries have their manuals in PDF forms and online. Survival, First Aid, Field Sanitation and Hygiene, google search for "US Military Smart Book" to get the basic training manual which has excerpts from a bunch of other manuals (a chunk of the info won't be relevant and you will definitely know which chunks to skip when you see them). You can go for the combat related things for funzies but outside of Combat Engineer diagrams for building small hardened fighting positions, they won't be much use if you aren't in a group.
Maps could be useful unless you have a great memory and communication skills. So learn about topographical maps in general and see if you can't score some for the area you are in. Topo maps will be very as they give an indication of elevation changes (useful if/when you're going off road to better plan routes.)
Books and knowledge about the wildlife and plants of the local area. These types of books are invaluable and if you're going to spend good money on books, these are the ones you don't want to skimp on. You're looking for full color high quality pictures for the entries. Books with drawings aren't the worst but they definitely aren't great.
Pay attention to the weather. Learn roughly when should get hot, cold, freezing, leathally hot, flooding rain events, etc.
Storey's Guides is a line of books that covers many topics related to various aspects of farming. They are constanly being updated and published, should be available relatively commonly, and don't cost that much. We've accumulated a bunch that are geared towards raising animals but they should have some crop centric ones too.
Pick a technical skill that sounds interesting and read up on it. Carpentry, general construction, electrician stuff, plumbing stuff.
Learn about knives and blades, which is for what purpose and how to sharpen them. For instance, bow saw blades are pretty cheap and typically thrown away after getting dull but can be re-sharpened with a slim taper file to give a blade years of regular use.