The handy man gets on my nerves but then again so do a lot of folks.

He has some good insight and ideas though.

I like the garbage can filtration system they set up, and watching them work on the wood gas generator was just plain interesting.

The foraging is a bit cheesy and contrived. I'd have more than a stick for defense.

In the absence of firearms, the old ways come to mind (spear and shield).

I'm surprised that the guy with military experience had the foraging party so exposed and spread out. If you lose one person to injury or death, then the whole group is in trouble.

Also, fortifying the warehouse with redundant layers of hard defense (physical barriers, etc) sort of how old castles were set up seems like a good idea if you were really worried about marauders.