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- In the very beginning there was this neat idea. Nick then began putting the idea on paper and laid out the design of the labyrinth
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- Wow, Nick and Susie sure had to clear quite a bit to get things ready for all the infrastructure and ground prep
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- Nick lays out the Barn site with a gravel pad
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- This barn will be the storage, shop, processing area, drying area and just about everything else
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- The crew worked hard putting up the barn/ shed and had the whole thing up in one day.
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- The open air shelter provides nice cover for the tractors and other equipment
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- Inside the Whispers barn the first stages of organization
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- Loads and loads of gravel arrive to be used to lay out the 1/2 mile of pathways for the labyrinth
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- Nick begins laying out the gravel for the Driveway construction project.
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- Nick takes a moment for the camera in between loads of gravel for the labyrinth
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- Nick lays out the very beginning of the labyrinth. Geo-synthetic cloth and the gravel to create the pathways
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- Since this old field has not been worked for over 20 years there was plenty of “rock pickin” to be done. Historically thhis field was picked over long ago, but the rocks keep growing
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- Nick rolls out the geo-cloth and waits for more gravel to be delivered by Susie with the little tractor
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- Details of one of the inner turns
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- Even before entering the labyrinth Nick designed a gentle approach pathway which winds along three connected circles
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- Using a rock rake, Nick searches for rocks to remove. This will make it easier on the rototiller in the future. With so many rocks in the soil plenty of minerals are available
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- Sure wish these were potatoes. Susie and Nick will re-use these rocks in another area helping to create drainage, landscaping and fill
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- WOW, there were so many rocks. Susie hauled rocks from sunrise to sunset
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- Creating the pathways was quite an extensive phase of the project.
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- Susie in her element sowing the labyrinth’s first cover crop
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- The labyrinth’s first cover crop coming in well prior to fall
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- Nick sets the posts for the parking area and gate
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- Nick sets cedar posts for the southwest corner. The cedar posts were harvested from our property, peeled and dried.
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- Nick uses recycled lumber from a work trade to brace each corner area and give strength for the fence
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- The southeast corner posts with long shadows
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- Wow, this was big job, Nick sets the 10′ foot t-posts, preparing for the fence
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- Nick drives each t-post using the heavy pounder, up and down the ladder.
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- Nick working pretty hard just the way he likes it. Notice the hard hat and ear protection, way to go Nick keep himself safe. The next day he forgot his hardhat and cracked his head wide open with 7 staples to keep it all together, ouch.
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- Nick returns along the west line for more supplies
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- Nick harvested and peeled these posts. He also burned the bottoms to give them a little more life rather than using any chemicals
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- Using a tight square mesh Nick covered 3 sides of each compost bin to provide plenty of air and also to keep the compost from falling into the pallets
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- Recycled pallets from our local lumber yard provided an inexpensive frame for the compost bins
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- Look here, we have a nice batch of compost from our home and garden. All organic and ready to go.
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- Susie having fun in the snow trying to find the labyrinth
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- Susie’s shadow along the west side of the labyrinth. This snow lasted for over a week.
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- A nice blanket of snow covers the driveway to the labyrinth
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- Susie and Nick enjoy the winter on beautiful Lopez