PRICE REDUCED! A hobby farmer’s dream property! Situated perfectly on a beautiful ridge in a very rural setting this property and beautiful log home and service buildings has everything a self-sufficient family could want. The 2-story log cabin has wrap around decks on all levels, 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, and will stay fully equipped with appliances for the next owner. A portion of the home was originally built by the previous owner with logs that were harvested from the property! Since then the current owner has recently built a tremendous addition that complements the original home perfectly and brings the total home size to 4200 sq. ft. The home also has 2 basement storage areas and wonderful features including a full jacuzzi tub and sauna in the guest bathroom, and a multipurpose loft space above and sizable office area below. The home also has a Kohler propane-fueled emergency generator that is less than 4 years old. There is a 1,500 sq. ft. guest cabin near the home that makes an ideal, rustic getaway for friends and family who want to stay over out in the country. This small cabin even has its own septic field. Along with the cabin, the home has a detached 2 car garage, 24’ x 26’,  a very nice 40’ x 40’ pole-barn style shop with high walls built in 2011, and a spacious workshop. An older, open-sided equipment shed make a great place to store tractors and implements out of the weather. The other features surely to excite a hobby farm enthusiast are the raised and fenced vegetable gardens, the numerous bee hives, fruit trees including persimmon, apples, plums, pears, and peach, and the rows of blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and asparagus beds. A Rion 8’ x 16’ greenhouse provides a great facility to start young vegetable plants to be ready for safe frost-free planting dates. Lastly, there is a recently erected 100’ x 70’ chain-link fenced additional garden area protecting future crops from the resident wildlife. Rounding out the immediate area around the home is a very colorful and well-designed landscaping including blooming roses, hibiscus, hostas, and more with attractive walk paths, stone walls, and shady resting areas under the mature white pines. The remaining property features a small pond with a dock with fishing opportunities and a watering location for the deer, turkeys, and small game. The 24 plus acres of rolling pastures have been allowed to grow in the last few years resulting in a wide array of blooming wildflowers and forbs and tall grasses.  This habitat is very attractive to the native wildlife along with butterflies and the pollinating honeybees.  There is just under 13 acres of timber on the property which could offer some great deer and turkey hunting opportunities, or wonderful recreational wildlife viewing locations.  There are a number of nice-sized white and red oak trees in the timber offering good mast production for the deer along with the potential for some marketable timber helping to add value to the property.  The pasture fields could also be partially put back into farm or hay production to allow for some additional income-producing utilization of the land’s resources. The neighboring property to the east is a retreat camp that, according to the seller, only has 2-3 weeks per summer of any activity. It makes for a very beneficial, year-round situation. Shown by appointment only.

Property Features:

- 1 hour and 40 minutes from Indianapolis, 4 hours and 20 minutes from Chicago

- 45 minutes west of Bloomington, 35 minutes southwest of Spencer

- Beautiful log home with a sizable addition built in 2009

- Wrap-around porch on both lower and upper level with beautiful views

- Pole barn, detached garage, workshop, and equipment shed with lots of storage room

- Guest cabin with covered porch!

- 5 outdoor water hydrants for access all around home area

- Beautiful garden and orchard areas right out the back doors of the home

- Bee hives actively maintained for honey and pollination

- Beautiful home landscaping with shady areas for relaxing

- An 8’ x 16’ greenhouse (Rion Brand) for starting plants

- New 100’ x 70’ fenced garden area

- Kohler propane back-up generator installed

- Pond viewed from front porch for fishing and wildlife water

- Numerous fruit trees and bushes to provide lots of free food

- Beautiful, private, and quiet setting

- 24 plus acres of rolling pasture land full of wild flowers and native forbs

- 13 +/- acres of nice timber, great deer, and turkey hunting