With these basic skills, preppers have the tools they need to make it through hard times.
1. How to Identify Plants That Can Be Eaten
The best way to figure out which plant is edible is to look at the plants in the area and figure out what they are.
2. The Art of Woodworking Manipulation
Some basic woodworking skills and the ability to make shelters and structures out of wood are very useful in the wilderness.
3. How to Construct a Walking Stick
A walking stick with a Y shape on one end and a point on the other can be used to defend yourself and pin animals down.
4. Knots and How to Tie Them
Tieing knots, especially square knots, and slip knots, is another basic skill that every survivalist should know. It is needed to make many types of shelters and animal traps.
5. How to Ride a Horse
Every person should know how to ride a horse. Learn how to ride a horse and be ready to jump in the saddle if you need to.
6. How To Calculate Direction
It’s not hard to figure out the distance between the north and the south. Moss always grows on the north side of trees in the north, but never on the south side.
7. How to Figure Out How Many Hours Are Still Left in the Day
Place your hand under the sun and count how many fingers fit between the bottom of the sun and the ground. This will tell you how many hours are left in the day. All four fingers show that there is still one hour left in the day. Each finger shows 15 minutes.
