Great ideas, Vlad and TIK.
Except for one thing, it appears preppers have been doing some shopping lately.
I recently went to emergency essentials and Honeyville grains, trying to get the weights of their beans, wheat and rice. The number 10 cans. Trying to see what kind of shelves to buy for the new house. He built the last ones but if I wait for him to build this next one’s it should take another five years. That’s how long it took for the ones I have now
The internet shelves were empty.
Now over the past few years I’ve seen the “fast” prepper food disappear. Pre-packaged meals and such. But not rice and beans and wheat.
It’s a little scary.
I was thinking about getting an All-American canner so I don’t have to worry about buying the sealing rings for my handy little presto. There are none to be found, at least in the places I looked.
https://grandpappy.org/indexhar.htm How to Survive Hard Times by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E.
Canning supplies were in VERY short supply last year. Buy them when you see them, no matter where you are!
I will also recommend http://www.lehmans.com for all kinds of old-timey gadgets and things to make life easier. :)
They also offer a catalog: https://www.lehmans.com/catalog_request
When we remodeled the house, I had the bathroom shelves fitted to tp rolls. Twenty-five years later, there are inches top and sides to spare.