Way New,
Use the normalcy bias to your advantage.
Any bets there’s more than one person who cans as a hobby? Or hunts? Geocaches? Homemade wine/cider? Teaches CPR and first aid?
Take the “prepping ” aspect out of the equation and you will likely find both help and knowledge.
Those fish you are catching with the neighbors, can and smoke them for “winter”. Same with the deer and hogs.
People want to know why you aren’t just freezing the catch of the day, tell them that you lost a freezer full of meat when a compressor went out. You just don’t want to lose as much next time.
That greenhouse, you want to start roses early and get them going before replanting them. You just happened to put in some spuds and carrots to fill the beds.
You can find a normal reason to do most preps and keep it under wraps with little effort. And who knows, you might get asked if you ever thought about prepping by a neighbor.
Its not an OPSEC thing, but being ‘normal’. Mr grandmother made quilts and afghans for the family, but also had a pile of them in case the hater went out again. It took a long time to figure out that my grandparents were ‘prepping’, but it was just real life for them. They saw the Great Depression and no food on the table, so they made sure to have it put back. Broken heaters? Water line break? All covered one way or another.
Just do it different, preserve your “organic” veggies for the off season. Use the most tame and pedestrian reasons for your ‘hobbies’.