I really need... call them retinue, call them staff... call them a couple of people helping me getting things done around the place, contributing...
Well, a few pressing matters have now passed - in a good way, but not anything directly tied with prepping. It means that I have a little more time free to paying better attention to my slowly growing orchard. I have more trees in pots than I have space to put them, but the problem is that they're not the ones I have specific spaces set aside for.
I have space for Melaleuca alternifolia - invaluable post-collapse for its anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. I have space almost ready for a carob in between four Moringa saplings. I have two date palms to be planted near two already planted... And a lot of fruit trees that I'm not quite sure where to put - especially as I've germinated some coffee seedlings...
My thoughts are directed toward having three medium-term pshtf trading crops: coffee, carob, and melaleuca oil. All three need preparation before they are ready for use. Trade is much easier when you can control a supply of a product. All three need some sort of preparation before use...
Admittedly, those three rely on major supply chains breaking down. I have a few, longer term thoughts - cotton, various dye plants - but they would be needed only in the much longer term.