DIGGING SPUDS

Took a break from our morning chores and harvested our potatoes.... We were quite pleased. Around 350# dug and sorted. We even picked out a batch to use for the Steak Feed at our upcoming Men's Day event on September 29th. This was a pretty efficient system in digging spuds. We have three different gardens... The Pathfinder, "Robin's Garden" and this one is called "The Patch".

WORKING COWS & CALVES - GREAT CREW (FAMILY)... BLESSED

Gathering Cows - Preconditioning Time

"OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY..." AUGUST 28, 2018

2018 WEANLINGS ARE GROWING AND SHOWING "OFF"

WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING SOME OF THESE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE. CONTACT MOLLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

MOVING COWS TO NEW PASTURE

PUTTING UP SWEET CORN

We are so grateful that we were able to have sweet corn. The last years of extreme drought proved too much for gardening. What is amazing... we did not have to water this corn at all. Along with what the family processed yesterday, "The Patch" also provided sweet corn for a couple of meals at Rainbow Bible Ranch.  

RACHEL AND JULIA REINHOLD AND THEIR PAINTS.

FROM DAYS OF PAST

On the return of our Saturday afternoon fire run, we also stopped at the Old Buell (Buhl) Place. For a short time, this was the location of a Post Office called Grashul. Grashul post office was located in several places in past years and is no longe…

On the return of our Saturday afternoon fire run, we also stopped at the Old Buell (Buhl) Place. For a short time, this was the location of a Post Office called Grashul. Grashul post office was located in several places in past years and is no longer in existence.

The "winter' route of the Ft. Pierre - Deadwood Trail passed near here coming across the Cheyenne River to the east and passing on the top of the breaks of our ranch before it dropped over the breaks down toward Alkali Creek to Ft. Meade and Sturgis before heading to Deadwood.

The barn roof is still visible, even though the building collapsed many years ago. Dad told of an occasion when he found a horse that had been locked up inside, whether intentional or not, nearly dead. He let it out. The shelterbelt around the old homestead is still in quite fair condition. Mostly Elm, Caragana, Russian Olive with a few Hackberry, Cottonwood and Plum Thickets.

CELEBRATING JULIA'S 13TH BIRTHDAY... A WONDERFUL DAY WITH FAMILY AT THE RANCH.

MOISTURE CONDITIONS GREATLY IMPROVED

 

Saturday evening... we enjoyed our supper around the picnic table. To the south, there was alot of rain and we only received a trace. We are still praying that our ponds and reservoirs will fill up, however the rains that we have received have done so much for the subsoil moisture reserves. 

In this heavy clay soil (Gumbo) we can really get dry. It takes a long time for moisture to get down. Water will run off quite easily, because it takes so long to permeate. The rains in June and July have been, in most instances, just right. I will say that our subsoil moisture is better than it has been at anytime since the beginning of the century

2000 - 2007 were dry years. It took six to seven years for our big dam to dry up. 2008 - 2011 were heavy snow years and some hard rains. I do not believe the soil had a chance to replenish completely. 2012 and most of 2013 were dry... and then Storm Atlas... which provide much moisture, but again did not get deep. And then this region was extremely dry in 2016 and 2017. Our big dam went dry in just two years. That had never happened before. 2018 started out somewhat bleak as well. We did receive some snow, but most of it was very dry. All said and done... these rains in June and July have been amazing. We are counting our blessings. The good thing about gumbo... when it is soaked up... it does not dry out very fast either. And sometime that can be tough as well. But when you rely on grass as your main crop. ... 

BREAKING IN A NEW BATCH OF BABIES

CHECKING COWS ON THE LONETREE

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT GRANDMA'S

A GOOD DAY'S WORK

It was certainly, "A Good Day's Work". The accomplishment of the fencing project around a newly planted tree patch was much needed.  The fellowship of family was huge as our summers do not allow for us to do much without thinking of the camp schedule. We were able to get some planting done as time was running short on that as well. And then God gave us a spectacular display as we wound up our activities near sunset.

Photography by Robin Reinhold and Julia Reinhold

Lonetree Ranch
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Sturgis, South Dakota 57785

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