patandchickens
Crazy Cat Lady
You know, if the S actually *should* ever really HTF, you are not going to be needing things like recipes for facial cleanser scrubs (I mean think about it) or laundry detergent (lye soap yes; detergent made from now-unobtainable ingredients no) or compost bin info (honestly stuff rots down just fine on its own).
The majority of what you'd need is EXPERIENCE. Meaning, doing things regularly (growing plants, cooking basics, foraging, fixing/building things, etc).
The relatively small number of things where exact info is important yet hard to remember with just a "normal" am't of experience... THOSE are the things you want reference books for. Medical stuff, wild plant ID (specific to your area), and possibly recipes for doing stuff that you have not got round to doing but would be genuinely useful (lye soap making, for example)
A book (let alone a web printout or magazine article) is really really really NOT a good substitute for experience though. Those who find the S hitting the F without having grown many seasons' worth of veg gardens, or preserving the food for later use, are going to be up S creek (so to speak) no matter HOW many books they got on the shelf.
JMHO,
Pat
The majority of what you'd need is EXPERIENCE. Meaning, doing things regularly (growing plants, cooking basics, foraging, fixing/building things, etc).
The relatively small number of things where exact info is important yet hard to remember with just a "normal" am't of experience... THOSE are the things you want reference books for. Medical stuff, wild plant ID (specific to your area), and possibly recipes for doing stuff that you have not got round to doing but would be genuinely useful (lye soap making, for example)
A book (let alone a web printout or magazine article) is really really really NOT a good substitute for experience though. Those who find the S hitting the F without having grown many seasons' worth of veg gardens, or preserving the food for later use, are going to be up S creek (so to speak) no matter HOW many books they got on the shelf.
JMHO,
Pat