Places in Colorado and times can be very, very windy. Just ask the neighbor on Indiana who lost his giant Colorado blue spruce a couple of years ago. Luckily, it missed the house.
Late last week, wind gusts were clocked at 63 mph at Denver International Airport, and it was just as windy at The Place. The neighbor's trashcan separated, and the lid ended up in our yard. And one of our weeding buckets returned the favor. A large cottonwood lost several big branches near the library.
According to a recent Denver Post article, "This is just the beginning of a wind-plagued winter."
Apparently it is a double-dip La Nina. If so, it will be the second year in a row as last year was pretty windy, too. Meteorologists say that cooler-than-normal sea-surface temperatures across the equatorial central and eastern Pacific foster stronger than normal west-to-east jet stream over the Rockies.
What to do? Move anything that can be blown around to the garage, shed or protected area. That includes empty flower pots, weeding tubs, cloth patio covers and light furniture. Make sure covers on grtills and AC units are secure.
Otherwise you will be running down the road chasing something of yours or retrieving it from a neighbor's yard. We still have some pots from an abandoned nursery across the ditch that blew in a couple of years ago.
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