The Rational Prepper - Apocaloptimist

Summer is almost here so it's a good time to talk about some Spring projects.

Victory Garden Expansion
The Victory Garden was a disappointment last year, but I decided to expand the garden anyway.  Over the past several weeks I've added a 9x18 section to the east of last year's garden.

Since the ground slopes up to the east I decided to use 1' high containers rather than the 2' containers in the original garden.  The back half of this section already has 18-24 inches of topsoil so no containers are needed.

Of course, the electric fence had to be extended to keep Bambi and Yogi out.  The wildlife is so inconsiderate.   The posts are set in concrete.   Like last year, I ran three stands of electrified wire and then attached rabbit fencing.  Installing the rabbit fencing is really tedious but it keeps the raccoons out and strengthens the fence.

This expansion more than doubles the size of our growing area.  However, this is NOT a garden that could sustain us in an apocalypse.  As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm an apocaloptimist ... I'm prepping for continued inflation and the decline in quality of 'industrial' vegetables.

If I feel ambitious, I'll add a similar extension to the west (left) next year.

The Guardians of the Garden
We now have two whimsical guardians at neoTerra!   We have a tactical garden gnome with a rocket launcher (He's small but deadly!)  and a fierce Gargoyle (to ward off evil spirits and demons).

We've had the Gargoyle for many years but he was lost in the weeds.  I decided to upscale an expended Starfleet photon-torpedo casing as a pedestal so he now has a place of honor.