Residents urged to protect plants and drain sprinklers before Colorado freeze
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Updated · Coloradoan · May 5
Residents urged to protect plants and drain sprinklers before Colorado freeze
9 articles · Updated · Coloradoan · May 5
The Front Range, including Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver, faces up to 6 inches of heavy, wet snow and lows near 20F, with winter weather and freeze watches through May 7.
Advice includes brushing snow off tree branches with a broom, covering vegetables and annuals with cloth supports, and moving tender potted plants indoors to limit freeze and snow damage.
Homeowners are also told to quick drain sprinkler backflow systems to stop pipes, valves and joints freezing and cracking after Colorado's unusually warm spring left many deciduous trees already leafed out.
With an early spring bloom now facing a hard freeze, are temporary fixes enough to protect Colorado's agriculture from permanent climate disruption?
After a record-hot spring, will this historic May blizzard bring needed drought relief or signal a devastating new era for Colorado's ecosystem?