Thursday, March 13, 2014

Today dawned clear but extremely windy, and with the air temperature at 20 degrees; the resulting "real feel" at 9 AM was 1 degree.  Today's high, according to the weather app on my phone for Greenwood, was 33 degrees, with a "real feel" of 11 degrees at about 3 PM.

Stephen went out in the height of the wind storm last night to check on the buildings and found a loose piece of roofing on the chicken coop, which had been secured once before from high wind damage.  He fixed it before coming back in, with a little creative use of wood clamps and the aid of the headlights from the Gator.  Once the sun was up, he re-checked all of the property for damage.  Ramsay was very fortunate, not having sustained any damage, and having only a few limbs down.  Geo was here today and spent most of his time removing light wind damage including this limb in front of the Guest Cottage.

There were power outages in our area, but not here at the farm.

Patsy and Heather were here early and made a valiant effort to begin planting, but the cold was severe and the wind still gusting, so they have left plants here in the shelter of the garage and will be back to complete the work tomorrow morning.

Central Virginia Builders has had to delay the start of work on the south portico of the main house because today's high winds forced them to re-schedule the completion of their current project. They will be here on Monday to begin.

We're looking forward to warmer (and quieter!) weather tomorrow!