The Initial State of Affairs

So it begins!! A grass meadow used for straw and hay, sculpted around 1865 out of a combination of cedar swamp and hardwood forest (mostly maple).  

The area for the site is around 20,000 sqft (about half an acre), which takes up only a small portion of the 35-40 acres of field. Below is the initial state of affairs on the Balsam Savanna site.