There’s a forum at https://permies.com/forums that I’ve found to be an excellent resource for improving self-sufficiency. Be warned that there is a chance that a lot of the people there are lefties, but the moderators have been really good at keeping politics out of the discussions, to the point where it’s actually hard to tell which way most of the forum members lean. I have found a good number of tinkerers and DIYers there, always willing to help answer questions and brainstorm solutions.
Some people on that forum take self-sufficiency to extremes I wouldn’t have thought possible. Things like making concrete from scratch, using bones, shells, or even wood ashes to get the quicklime from. Or mixing clay and linseed oil to make their own flooring material. Things that most people will probably never need to know. . . but given what’s been happening it might be worth knowing where to learn it.
If nothing else, some of the discussions there are fascinating!
Thank you for that forum.
I actually love reading about the things people do that are probably taken to extremes. And then I feel like I am woefully underprepared. But people can be extremely creative.