Plant a garden ASAP, even if its only pot-plants sitting in your window sill, that's still better than nothing. If you have land, plant fruit & nut trees too. Even if you don't like the food from them, they still attract lots of tasty animals
On equipment: You get what you inspect, not what you expect. On training: Our drills are bloodless battles so that our battles are bloody drills. On tactics: Cheating just means you're serious about winning.