Sold: Micro-Farm on Cherokee Marsh • Madison, WI
Sold
Micro-Farm on Cherokee Marsh
925 Burning Wood Way
Madison, WI 53704
$499,000 Sold for $585,000
4 bedrooms | 3 bathrooms | 3,091 sq ft | Built 1972 | Year-round gardening with a water view
Few properties offer sweeping vistas of water combined with twenty years of dedicated stewardship of place. This quality of productivity, performance, and habitat for people as well as the planet is unparalleled.
This home is nested within a 50+ year-old established neighborhood surrounded by Cherokee Lake and the Yahara River, a nationally-protected wildlife preserve known as the Cherokee Marsh.
Take this opportunity to dwell next to the water and enjoy stunning views of Cherokee Marsh everyday. Imagine what’s possible when you’ll receive the water’s energy on a daily basis—thriving will naturally come easier.
There are numerous benefits to living next to water:
You’re more relaxed (blue state of mind)
Boosted immune system
You get better sleep
You can cultivate a deep relationship with nature
Landscape
In addition to water as your backdrop, the landscape of this home is teeming with life — a full micro-farm at your fingertips to live your values, grow food, and create, create create!
It’s a fun place to grow food, plants, soil and wildlife and is ready for whatever magic you want to make.
- Owner
Continue her legacy of stewardship and tend to :
The Orchard: Blueberries (highland), Cherry (Montmorency), Currants (black), Elderberry, Grape (concord), Pear (x2), Plum (x2), Raspberries (Carolina and golden)
The bountiful perennials: Applemint, Lavender, Lovage, Oregano, Peppermint, Rhubarb, Sage, Thyme
The trees: White Birch, Cedar, Cottonwood, Lilac (x2), Pachysandra, Red firebush, Tulips
About that Cottonwood: it isn’t obvious until you live there that the south Cottonwood is responsible for soaking up the rain overflow from four houses all by itself. Cut it down and you’ll have a wet backyard. It’s’ sad that it blocks some of your solar options, but the world needs trees too and that is one great tree.
- Owner
A craftsman chicken coop: Amish built; 8’ x 8’ aviary
All the vegetable beds: Three beds in front, large bed in back
The greenhouse: 24x18 triple-wall polycarbonate with sliding door; built to withstand 90 mph winds and is durable against extremely heavy snowfall.
Life List
Of course while you’re outside you can’t help but notice the more-than-human-world around you. Here’s a short list of the regulars with some owner commentary at Burning Wood Way:
Birds: hawks (cooper’s, red-tailed), herons, owls (barred, great horned, screech), hummingbirds, marsh wren, orioles, ospreys, sandhill cranes, purple martins, sparrows, a multitude of migratory birds.
If your timing is right, you’ll paddle right by one of the four annual nesting Sandhill Crane nests. Forgive the crane parents at the house as they busily rip apart the chips at the front berm, for they’ll give you the treat of feeding their babies in the yard as you sip your coffee in the morning.
- Owner
Insects: There are at least four species of bombus sp. bumblebees actively nested in the yard, along with a host of ground bees of every size imaginable. Monarch, yellow swallowtail, and black swallowtail butterflies, and too numerous-to-list moths.
Because we seeded Milkweed and let it grow freely, we had an active, prolific nursery for new and emerging Monarch pupae. Don’t forget to plant multiple Parsley bunches and wait for the Yellowtails to descend!
- Owner
Finally, what’s happening inside?
After working outside, come in to relax in a well-lit interior with large windows and expansive openness.
Tend the woodstoves (both upstairs and down) and warm the two large gathering spaces for friends and family to enjoy your harvest.
Relax and regenerate in the sauna as needed.
The whole house air filtration system, new cork flooring, and fresh low-voc paint throughout supports your well-being and healthful living.
Click here for details about the mechanicals, appliances, updates and improvements, and the garden.
The five roots of regeneration
Health & Wellness
Large windows and ample daylight to support your circadian rhythm. Sauna everyday to enliven your spirit! Bountiful orchard and gardens. Whole house air filtration system, new cork flooring, and fresh low-voc paint for healthful living. Large gathering spaces to host friends and family next to the wood-stove fireplaces (upstairs and down).
Sustainability
Rain barrel system provides storage for watering during dry periods. Two (2) wood-stoves efficiently and economically heat the home. Newer Energy Star refrigerator and washer. Solar energy assessment report available and encouraging. Year-round food production with established vermicompost system, gardens, and fruit trees for summer and fall, and in-ground beds in the greenhouse ready to grow greens and root crops all winter.
Community
Walkable, meandering sidewalks lead to waterfront parks and a community swimming pool where friends gather and children play. Willy Street Co-op, Warner Park Community Center, and the bustling Northside Farmers Market are a short bike ride away. The Cherokee Park Neighborhood Association is active and engaged. The Friends of Cherokee Marsh citizen group offers an opportunity to get involved to champion the ecosystem that supports the neighborhood.
Ecology
Teeming with members of the more-than-human world outside your door, improve your bird ID skills as cranes, herons, hawks, hummingbirds, martins, orioles, owls, and numerous waterfowl make their home in the area or stop on their seasonal migrations. The Cherokee Marsh Conservation Parks immediately to the north and south offer trails that explore restored prairie, oak savanna, and woodland with canoe/kayak access.
Spirit
This home is a sacred space for shelter and engagement in connection with the natural world. Few properties offer sweeping vistas of water combined with twenty years dedicated stewardship of place. Cherokee Marsh provides daily opportunity to connect deeply with nature and become part of this watershed.
Land Acknowledgement
This home occupies ancestral lands stewarded by the Ho-Chunk Nation, who have called this land Teejop (day-JOPE) since time began.
Proximity
Nestled up Big Cottonwood Canyon this special spot is 30 minutes outside of Salt Lake City. Additional driving times:
40 min to the airport
34 min to the University of Utah
39 min to Alta
54 min to Park City
Other Helpful Links/Tips
The Friends of Cherokee Marsh citizen group offers an opportunity to get involved to champion the ecosystem that supports the neighborhood
Cherokee Park Neighborhood Association
The Cherokee Park Neighborhood Association is active and engaged
City of Madison Cherokee park info
Willy Street Co-op, Warner Park Community Center, and the bustling Northside Farmers Market are a short bike ride away.
Mark Voss
(608) 556–8143
mark@chooselatitude.com
markvoss.exprealty.com
This property is advertised through the Wisconsin MLS #1931376