I can tell you why he didn't do this himself... He got lazy halfway through the work. After a conversation he was pretty easily convinced that what he really needed to do with his life was return to town and run this place more like a rental.

[ This had of course been a demon led conversation in which all the hardships of farm life had been mention in gory detail. The, now, former farmer had been a very easy mark. ]

You up for a real challenge?