(Taken at 4:00 p.m. on my way home from work)
A horrible, high wind/cold front hit here yesterday morning bringing with it freezing temperatures and high winds gusting 45-50 m.p.h., the temperatures only getting to around 58*.
The mountain behind our place is the Uncompahgre Plateau, which borders Colorado and Utah. Therefore, whenever we get high winds we get dirt from Utah.
I felt really bad for Terry because he was still planting corn in the bitter cold wind. Planting doesn’t stop just because a person is cold. Anyway, as you noticed the tractor he plants with doesn’t have a cab so not only does he have to work in the cold he has to work in the dust.
(This is Grand Mesa…I keep waiting for the snow to go. Not yet.)
The wind was amazing. When I was helping him irrigate (once water is started it is never turned off until harvest) we would sometimes be almost knocked off our feet. I truly understand the term ‘being blown over’.
(Dust from Utah, the sky was a brownish red.)
Night time temperatures only dropped to 38* but today is not much better for warmth only getting up to 61* and dropping below the freezing point tonight.
But I’m ready.
The frost cloth holds temperatures steady and will protect down to -35*.
Looks like this thing will blow out of here by Thursday night so Friday should be good once again.
Then the weather map says the heat from Arizona will replace the cold front from the Pacific Northwest and we should hit 81*.
I’m ready!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Great pictures to show ‘Dark and Gloom’
we had snow on the ground this morning….yada yada
Hope all goes well as planting is finished
We have a big outdoor BD party for the 3 year old on Sunday
praying for that Arizona weather (o:
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Rotten Wind!! We’ve got it here too. We just send all our dirt to Wyoming. They’ll never notice a little extra. Sorry for the farmer having to deal with the wind and dirt. He must be a good man to hang in there and grit it out to get his crops in.
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Ugh, Linda… Sorry about the cold and dust. Did you get snow also??? I heard on TV that Denver and other parts of Colorado are having lots of snow…. GADS!!!!
I cannot imagine working in winds that strong–but you all are probably used to it. SCARY! Hopefully, things will turn around for you on Friday… In the meantime, stay WARM —if possible.
Hugs,
Betsy
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And you can have it! Oh wait…we’ll just get more heat. And more. And then some more. I’m comin’ over with my sleeping bag and sleeping on your pretty patio area until November. k?? 🙂
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Then it kept on going and hit Sydney. We’re down here in Sydney freezing.
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58 is postively balmy, Linda! WE got 6″ of SNOW. Yes, snow but thankfully our wind was nowhere as bad as yours. I gave up on gardening this year. Temps are still down in the lower 30’s at night. Too cold for me — and any plants.
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I figured you were in a dirt /dust storm..doesn’t sound like any fun especially for your hubby with no cab on the tractor. I hope he finishes up with the corn soon. We had two sunny cold days last weekend and it has been raining ever since:(
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You poor things. Its time to retire, pack up and come to sunny Queensland
where it is always warm and the lowest temperature at night in winter is 7C.
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The things you guys have to put up with and here I am complaining about our weather. We actually are working on our 2nd day off blue sky and sunshine, wahoo- now that says it all, when a person gets excited over 2 days of sun you know there has been a huge shortage of said substance. I was looking at your Frost cloth it looks the same as the stuff I use but I don’t think mine would protect much past freezing temps.I want yours. Well I hope Arizona helps you out and brings you some nicer weather.
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You guys sure don’t need this bad weather……no fun for Terry and it’s such a lot of work having to put your plants to bed like that just to keep them alive. I hope you DON’T get any more of this junk.
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We had a hard frost here, I had the boys cover the potted plants…my husband on the other hand likes to live life on the edge at times and took a chance. His rhubarb was looking pretty sad in the morning but inner stuff was ok and he pulled the outer stuff. Only a few strawberries had a bit of damage.
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