Category Archives: Earth Science

Springs This Summer

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

The high rainfall this year and last year has saturated the subsoil and filled the underground storage “tanks”. Actually these buried aquifers are NOT open spaces, like caves, flooded with water. But, instead they are layers of sand and gravel … Continue reading →

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Unsettled Weather

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

This past weekend a pretty strong storm system blew through South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. It was the culmination of a week of unsettled weather and it marked the change from hot and humid to cooler temperatures. We had more … Continue reading →

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Sealing the Windmill Well

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

Last week the windmill well was officially sealed and abandoned. The truck-mounted well rig raised a mast so the long lengths of pipe could be pulled out. The first one to be pulled had the original old pump. It hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Climate Change for Kids

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

Last week we took our South Dakota grandkids to visit the Colorado cousins. There was still snow on the ground when we got to their house in the mountains. And, the abnormal spring weather included snow that kept us from … Continue reading →

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Healthy Soil

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

  This bright yellow ATV was unloaded from the pickup and used to collect soil samples in our west quarter several weeks ago. We don’t have the results back yet, but the 2½ acre grid is the same as that … Continue reading →

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Snow at the Creek

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

At one time the Kanaranzi Creek made a big loop out to the west at this location. But, in 2014 the bank caved in and a new channel cut through to isolate the old bend as a pond and wetland. … Continue reading →

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Changing Channels

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

This tree fell into the Creek channel sometime in the last two or three weeks. When we first moved back to the farm 18 years ago, I thought about measuring the distance from the tree to the edge of the … Continue reading →

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