1934 S Broadway , Grand Junction, CO 81507(Mesa County)

The most recent addition was completed in 2008. It blends 21st century amenities, such as high speed internet, spacious pantry, insulated double hung windows, soaking bath tubs and energy efficient appliances with antique light fixtures and cabinetry.

The home features passive solar heating with wood, natural gas and electric baseboard assists, plus solar panels for electricity with grid tie and battery back up.

During daylight hours every room is flooded with natural light.

Throughout this home are touches of art and whimsy such as a floor that looks like polished jasper and copper bannisters in the extra wide staircase.

Natural materials were utilized wherever practical, such as beeswax finished oak counter tops, and the concrete floor dyed with non toxic ferrous sulfate (soil amendment).

Storage and flex spaces abound.

Designed by the owner to make the most of the particular location, and maximize the privacy of outdoor spaces, it mixes the scientific process of rapid soil development with all the wonder and beauty appropriate to the setting. Views of the towering sand stone cliffs of the Colorado National Monument are visible from the dining table, great room, living room, deck and master suite. The house, gardens and pastures are the culmination of more than 60 years of gardening for herself and others, a BS in Plant Ecology, the study of permaculture values and practices, and regenerative farming practices.

Outbuildings include garage, animal shelter with tack or milk room, chicken house with spacious fox-safe run shaded by grape vines. Adjacent to the chicken house is an earth built space featuring a curving 18 inch thick cob wall which makes the north and east side of the room. South facing greenhouse glazing, creates a warm winter work and lounging space. It has also been used as a green house, writer's studio, and general retreat.

Fruit trees, medicinal herbs and edible perennials line garden pathways and border the small irrigation pond. Except for part of the lawn, the whole property is watered by gravity flow from the irrigation supply ditch at the highest corner of the property. Toads and frogs populate the acreage, attesting to pristine conditions.

This property is fully fenced, making it safe to send the young at heart of any age or life stage out to wander. Seasonally there are peaches, apricots, cherries, apples, grapes, nectarines, plums, mulberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries for their snacking pleasure. Numerous opportunities exist for forts, irrigation channel mudpies & moats and what ever a fertile imagination can conjure.

Currently the property is home to three income producing enterprises, a farmstead goat dairy, a farmstay (B&B on a farm), and bee hives.

Farmstay guests have included mountain bikers, hikers, photographers, honeymooners and travelers looking for sustainably produced fare and clean quiet comfortable lodgings conveniently located just 6 miles off the beaten path of I - 70, .3 miles off Colorado State Highway 340.

Grand Junction is a tourist destination, with annual festivals as diverse as bicycling and jazz. The Grand Valley communities of Palisade and Fruita also host festivals, bluegrass, peaches, and wine are all celebrated here.

Further potential ventures for the entrepreneur are limited only by the owners interests and abilities. The lawn is large enough for a small concert or other gathering. It could host an intimate wedding, with bridal suite available for the newly weds.

Other ideas: Farming; the soil is developed enough to support the production of various crops, or grazing a limited number of animals. Medicinal herbal preparations from could be prepared and marketed from established herbs: gingko, hawthorne, hops, echinacea, comfrey and elderberry, to list just a few.

If income is not something a person needs from the place, they could just relax and enjoy the views, while life on the property unfolded around them.

Proximity to medical, academic, cultural and economic communities, along with abundant and diverse outdoor recreational opportunities, combined with the opportunity to live a life structured by the changing seasons, the weather, and the sun crossing the sky is a rare combination.

There are no owner covenants or HOA associated with the property.