Day after day, month after month, and year after year he did this - for over 30 years. The book tells the story of what happens when you plant a few tree seeds every day for over 30 years. You get a small forest and that small forest begins to grow and multiply on its own. Next, a forest changes the climate patterns in the area. Rainfall increases and puts rivers where there were none.
Animals move into the new home and life starts to flourish.
And finally, a community of people move in because the land is again hospitable. One man planting a few tree seeds every day for 30 years produces all these results. And that's why I almost collapsed from over-excitement in the House on the Rock. If he did, he didn't let it stop him from just getting to work and letting time take care of the rest. And forty years of Alex Jordon's effort produced 25 rooms that are utterly amazing and worth millions upon millions of dollars.