tornado? wtf. || bits and bobs

 * apparently, there was a tornado in southern wisconsin almost two weeks ago. i just found out about this yesterday and promptly told mister we're moving back to california where there are NORMAL things like earthquakes. then, later in the day, i found out northern CA is on a tornado watch. go home, earth, you're drunk. 

he said tornadoes don't happen where we are (proximity to the lake and crap) and TECHNICALLY he's correct. but there have been tornadoes in the past that are close enough to here to make me want a storm cellar. *nod*

* mister ordered lights and a heater for my little garden shed/greenhouse so i can get some seeds going soon. i have to spend some time today mapping out when to start and when to plant all the things — it's a little overwhelming, but i'm up to the task. :) he's going to start work on my raised beds pretty soon, so we need to really have an idea of where they're going and how the garden will shape up in the next few years. 

i found some resources on growing carrots that require nothing more than five gallon buckets (and soil and seeds and fertilizer and water, shush), so i'm going to try that with a few heirloom varieties. i'm excited about carrots! i'm not excited about ugly five gallon buckets, but i have a plan to hide them. =D

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