During the drought of 2016, as the landscape was drying up and all the grass was turning brown, we noticed a strip of alfalfa that stayed green. It was located a distance from the current stream bed of Lonetree Creek which was completely dry.
Caleb and I took the skid steer and put on the auger that would drill nearly five feet deep. We had a suspicion that there was water below the surface, but had no idea how deep. Knowing that alfalfa roots can grow very deep was our clue. We drilled numerous holes some dry... and some we hit gravel,sand and then water. Four feet down in a meandering fashion, we had found the ancient stream bed of Lonetree Creek. We continued to follow the path. In 2017 we put in cottonwood cuttings. We had some success, but due to extreme 100 degree weather, some of them did not make it. However, some did
This year we made our cutting earlier and have been fortunate to have cooler weather.
I will write more on this project. As of now we have 50 very nice cuttings in the ground in a satisfactory manner.
I enjoy doing these projects with family. Hopefully some of the trees will live and the next generation of Reinhold will have stories to tell to their children.
