Franklin County Summer
Cahas Mountain is crisp and clear on this sunny summer day. Those who enlarge the above photo might catch a glimpse of the second house being built in Boones Mill’s Cahas Green subdivision. The third has also gotten started, as evidenced by the trail of smoke from the smoldering debris pile. I believe those two homes are built on five acre lots. I understand a few more are on the drawing boards by homeowners who also happen to have horses. It’s good to have more horse folks moving into the area.
Today I mowed the four fields pictured above. It was a gorgeous sunny morning and as always my earmuffs were dialed into either NPR news or my favorite country music station, so the time passed quickly. Tomorrow I’ll be mowing the two large pastures to the left (East) of these fields. Mowing is a good break from fence building; I’m building about 725’ of rail fence around the outdoor riding ring (visible in the photo, to the right of center). After digging 90 holes and setting about 30 posts I was ready for a short break. Most of the postholes were drilled into some pretty tough clay hardpan and I ate up two full sets of teeth on my 9” bit digging those damn holes! I’ll be back to building fence by Thursday and I hope to finish the fence by the end this month.
As part of our plan to reduce our acreage to +/– 100 acres, we’ll be offering about 32 acres for sale shortly. The acreage is partly visible in this photo; it consists of most of the ridgeland visible, and flows to the left (East), accessible by a well established logging road that continues East until it bends North and downward, over a small creek and into +/– 8 acres of sloped open field that rises up to our private road. The buyer could build in the open field for a more semi-rural feel that provides very pleasant small valley views; alternatively the buyer could build on the ridge that rises to 1,400’, approximately 80’ higher than the location of our own home, providing what will likely be a wonderful northern view of Cahas Mountain and also quite possibly a southern view of the Piedmont highlands. The property would have easement access from our private gravel road. If you know anyone who may be in the market for a diverse piece of land in Franklin County with some great views, and open land for horses, that adjoins a very nice horse farm providing affordable access to our indoor arena, outdoor ring and trails then have them send me an email to sean@digitalspinner.com. We’re 25 minutes door to door from Carilion and downtown Roanoke. Pass it along! I’ll have more details and photos later.