It is a lovely day today here in Colorado Springs, but I thought I was Kansas yesterday with all the wind we had here. We had wind gusts up to 60 mph which had everybody and everything outdoors holding on for dear life. Today I got out of my nice cozy bed and went outside to check out the damage. Luckily there was no real big damage just a lot of trash from everyone else yard. I did have to finally get the leaf blower out, which I had been putting off, to collect all the leaves that was blown up against the fences.
Walking around the yard I noticed other things I have been putting off also. It is amazing how you tend to forget about chores in the garden when Old Man Winter arrives. I was supposed to get a bale of straw to cover the garden beds, oh about two months ago. Well the dog paw prints in the beds and the digging of our neighbor’s cats made it clear I have to get it done. Not only will get stop the cats from digging but here in Colorado the lack of moisture, high winds and abundance of sunshine will dry out those beds before we know it.
I love Colorado in the wintertime. I was raised in PA., and there in the winter time it so deary, cold and the snow stays around forever. Here when it snows it only stays around for a few days. Our abundance of sunshine makes quick work of the snow. It may be 10 degrees outside but the sun is shining and you don’t have that cloud of gloom hanging over your head like back East.
Filed under: Today's Garden | Tagged: Gardening in Colorado
