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Thanks a second time Mother Earth

Mary Strang ~ Viroqua, WI Real Estate: Real Estate Agent in Viroqua, WI

Many here are thanking AR for the leads they have closed on. I have yet to have that pleasure. Of course, I believe this will eventually happen for me too. You see because of AR, I have gotten several email requests about my area. I also have had a few phone calls asking more details about land and farms of which I have posted. However, I still cannot be certain that any appointments could be attributed directly to my AR blog and that is OK.

In time, I am certain this will come. But I do know this, on Friday I will close on a sale with a wonderful couple from Chicago. They read the Mother Earth magazine article about "9 great places to live You've never heard of." Viroqua made that list, they decided to make Viroqua their new home and I am now lucky enough to now call them new neighbors and friends.

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Not so Ordinary Homes

Mary Strang ~ Viroqua, WI Real Estate: Real Estate Agent in Viroqua, WI

Have you ever noticed that in real estate, listings frequently tend to run in streaks? The streak is not the numbers of listings an agent gets. It is more about the type of listings that come in at the same time. Once you list a property that is out of the ordinary, or one which runs more toward the bizarre or different; it's funny how you often get a lot more of them right away. Unexpectedly and all of a sudden you're the neighborhood expert on Dome Homes, Atypical A-Frames, and Yurts.

Right now I'm on an Earth-home Extravaganza for the second time in my career. To date, I have sold at least 5 earth homes, a few Dome homes, and lots and lots of other homes too unusual to classify. What sets them apart? Most of these not so ordinary homes, in my opinion, have one thing it common. It's the original home owners. They typically seem to be super creative, have a strong need to be different and were usually willing to use a lot of found and recycled materials. I have discovered these so called "off the wall dream homes" are fascinating, funky and fun to work on. During the hippie 70's "groovy things" were built into those earth homes, such as meditation rooms or towers, time capsules holding little treasures and truth windows so you could peak into the interiors of the walls and see how they were constructed. Both the earth homes pictured here were sold by me a few years ago. The one below I fondly named the Eco Prairie Castle and I took that photo from a top a hillside across the Valley. The one above has a solar envelop on the front of it. Pre*dating the green home movement of today both of these homes were built in the mid 70's.

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Egg-citing

Mary Strang ~ Viroqua, WI Real Estate: Real Estate Agent in Viroqua, WI

I got a little present this morning from our office handy man...some farm fresh eggs. Since we are in a rural area, getting a dozen eggs is really quite a normal surprise gift. It is a lot like when the tomato plants are over producing and co-workers are passing them along to friends at work.

These fresh eggs were hand picked by him just this very morning and came right out of the hens nest. Is there a difference between brown eggs and white eggs? The answer is not really, the breed of hen determines what the egg shell color will be. We the egg eating public are use to seeing white eggs and brown eggs, but there are also a variety of other colors like blue, blue-green, tan, dark brown, reddish brown and spotted and speckled hen eggs too. The timing was just right, as I was down to my last 2 brown eggs. Thanks Doug!

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40 Acres on Golf Course

Mary Strang ~ Viroqua, WI Real Estate: Real Estate Agent in Viroqua, WI

40 acre investment property fronts on Golf Course... the Viroqua Hills Golf Course. This property has a sought-after and excellent location on the south edge of the Viroqua city limits. Private access to the land is off of Washington Street. The owner will be also convey along with the 40 acre parcel, a surveyed second smaller tract of land, lying approximately 66 foot wide running from Washington Street until it adjoin the tract being sold.

(Photo View from the 8th fairway, looking toward the 9th hole Tee Box in the Distance).

This attractive tract of land is contiguous to the 9th hole. It has 25 acres of open meadows with approximately 15 acres of woods. It is ideally situated for a planned residential development with views along the 9th tee box looking west and view along the 8th green looking east. The current use of the land has been formerly the picnic parkland owned by the VFW lodge. The parcel is also fully contained within Viroqua Township and does not currently have Viroqua City zoning. It is entirely undeveloped without city water or sewer. Access to power and gas lines is nearby and available. There are no structures or buildings on the land, the land is being sold in its entirety and seller will survey. Asking Price: $259000

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Naturally Amazing

Mary Strang ~ Viroqua, WI Real Estate: Real Estate Agent in Viroqua, WI

Pillar rock formations, which are slender freestanding solid rock columns, are another one of nature's natural wonders. The notion of how they get formed is always an astonishment, was it wind, volcanic uplift, or was it by water erosion? Locally we have two really fascinating pillar rocks. There is very little that has ever been written about them. What I have been able to learn is that both are thought to have been mystic places to the earliest Native Americans who inhabited the area long before the Black Hawk wars. Monument Rock located approximately 4 miles south of Viroqua along highway 27 is a solitary pillar rock. It stands 60 feet high on a small hill next to the highway. When you pass by it, I guarantee, you will take notice of its uncommon presence. Three Chimney Rock is the other rock formation in Vernon County, Wisconsin. It has a little more history; it was believed to be a spiritual place. It consists of 3 pillars, much larger in size. Legend has it that Indian gods slept on top of these formations and it was a sacred place. Both Photos were taken by myself this afternoon, as you can see, we still have some fall color left.

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