In spite of ridiculously high winds,
I got our courtyard garden trimmed back and ready for spring. I’ll have to work on the mulch ... the bark chips need to be refreshed, and I’m contemplating trading soaker hoses for a more efficient system (perhaps on a timer). The winds were so high yesterday, it was hard to think. Whenever our spring winds come screaming in for the season, I pity those who lived through the dust bowl years. To sit in the dark, fine soil filtering in the openings of the house, wind howling for hours and hours ... I get the dusty, dessicated flavor now, and fully understand their desperation.
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We’ve had them higher here in Eldo. My house sits on a long rise from the west. I can see clear to Mount Taylor ... so there are no windbreaks from westerlies (I need to grow some sturdy trees). A couple of years ago, patio furniture was sailing by the house 40 feet in the air.
You’d better believe I weighted everything down, placing items on the leeward side of large stationary objects, in order to ensure nothing impacted our sliding glass doors and windows (which were doing a lot of thumping and cracking noises as the winds gusted).
I have a bit of video of the bird feeder outside the courtyard, finches trying to eat while the feeder does 90 degree swings to each side. I may have an opportunity to post it later on.
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I’m not sure if it was the same for you, but in all the 6 years that I’ve been here in Santa Fe, I’ve never experienced winds as strong as they were yesterday. Even my 6 pound doormat and a table (!!) in front of the house were victims of the extreme winds. I’m glad to see that things seem to have softened today.