One of the first survival books I ever read when I was an early teen stated that survival in the wilderness was 80% attitude and 20% skill and knowledge. It went on in detail about how to build a shelter in the woods, track game for setting snares etc. I always held onto that key note about the 80% during all the times I went on walkabouts in the Canadian woods, and I can state clearly and honestly that it is 100% true.

I have learned over the years many skills that are needed to become self-reliant, and a “prepper”, and have always checked myself against my own attitude, but never have I bothered to focus on the most important thing needed for survival, it just never occurred to me.

Well, there are 97 days left till we should be on the farm, and I am going through all our junk trying to get rid of as much as possible to reduce the amount of stuff we are moving with us. I came across a copy of The suburban farmer's handbook: A comprehensive guide to growing and preserving your own food and drink. Within this book are several charts containing information on when to plant, when to spray for insects, and even on canning and preserving foods. Since it is spring up here in the Great White North, and I won't be able to plant a garden this year, I figure I would share one of the charts with you. Enjoy – Wolfe

Here are some additions to my book wish list.

Last Light by Alex Scarrow

ISBN: 978-0752886145

Last Light has to one of the more recent books I've read to make it to my mental list of must reads. The reason I would include this has more to do with setting of this novel then anything else, the plot wasn't that good.

The story opens up with the main character being a civilian engineer working in Iraq when all hell breaks loose, the end result is the end of oil. This story is really about Peak Oil, and the only fiction in this book is the trigger, at least we the readers, and the author hopes that the trigger is fiction, giving us a little more time.

OK, here it is, my book wish list. It is not by any means complete, although very long, but I will try to update it as time goes on. I am mainly interested in “How To” books, anything published by Foxfire Fund, Inc. Basically, DIY guides related to getting back to the land, gardening, homesteading, survival. My collection is mostly Non-Fiction, including history, crafts, self-efficiency, early trades, activism related topics, environmental issues, human rights, and politics. The fiction books I do collect are almost all “End of the World” and dystopia.

My funds for this wish list is rather limited, so it will take time to complete.

Items with a strike threw the text have been gathered already. And should be on a “Books I Own” list. They are left on this list encase I have some other disaster like my house fire a few years ago. Some books are still on this list as a result of that.