This blog post is about the tools / skills you need in the event of a down turn.

In blog post #8, I talked about, the tools you need to
build and fix almost everything. Now I want to talk about tools you will need to get by in hard times. Based on case study’s from the depression and during down times of a US recession. No banking or limited credit. Source multiple articles in print and family memories.

The best skills repeatedly appearing in multiple articles boil down to the following skills:

1. Ability to Horse Trade: Barter, Trade, and Sell Things.
2. Ability to grow a garden, and provide meat or milk / cheese.
3. Ability to minimize debt.
4. Have a root cellar and or pantry: Skills in canning and food preservation
5. Being handy or skilled in woodwork, metalwork, stone / brickwork, and machine repair.
6. Having a supply of hand and power tools or equipment.
   In the old days, steam engine sawmills is an example.
7. Being able to live off of a cash-based economy.
8. Strong community for protection and working together.
9. Availability of reference material/books.
10. Local resources and raw materials to make or fix.
11. Access to communication.
12. Time to think, work and health

To be fair: 15 Tools everyone needs at home.