2007-2009

Work began on the property in the summer of 2007. After mowing down Canadian thistle, digging and pouring the structure's foundation, and the laying of limestone, some friends and I inserted a variety of trees from the Indiana DNR into the property.

The summers of 2008 and 2009 were much the same--more tree planting, more stone laying, more thistle chomping.

I imagine the creation of the structure will take around 6 or 7 years. With various work obligations in Minnesota, I manage a handful of weeks work each summer at the property. I return each year chopping thistle, scratching the green growing moss from the limestone, and assembling another layer of wall growth.