In the two years since he had moved to the estate, he had refurbished the house, taken up agriculture and horticulture, tended the orchard and the pond, and planted many trees, which, according to Mikhail, he "looked after ... as though they were his children.
Under de två år som han hade bott på egendomen hade han renoverat huset, tagit upp agrikultur och hortikultur, vårdat fruktträdgården och fontänen samt planterat många träd, som han, enligt Michail, "såg efter… som om de vore hans barn.