About the Eco-Farmhouse at Brokenfoot Ranch: • ENERGY STAR® certified • 68 HERS rating • 4 bedrooms, 2 bath • Poured concrete foundation with 9’ tall 8” thick walls • Passive radon vent system • AquaGuard complete waterproofing system and foundation drain • I-joinsts & Advantech subflooring • Passive solar design • Pella ENERGY STAR® windows, double pane, argon filled with wood casements • Circa 1921 oak tongue and groove flooring salvaged from old Whitesburg School auditorium. • Cedar stair railing, accents, baseboards, window & door frames • Tongue & groove pine vaulted ceilings on second floor • Structural Insulated Panel (SIPS) walls & roof system • Metal Galvalume roof • Greywater System • Rainwater catchment system with built-in large media sand and gravel filter • 75 watt photovoltaic (PV) panel supplies power to well pump • Fully screened in back porch • 1st floor features built-in desk and curio shelves • 2nd floor features built-in bookshelves with two reading nook window seats • Partially finished basement • Attached 2-car carport HEATING AND COOLING • Dutch West woodstove with convection heater model #2460 with catalyst combustor. • Electric heat pump • Aprilaire Fresh Air Exchanger • Honeywell Air Cleaner • Ceiling fans throughout • Programmable thermostat BATHS • Phoenix model R200 composting toilets • Handmade decorative tiles made by local artist Macho Ishigawa. • Italian floor tiles (Polis Monocottura Collezione Castelli) • Upstairs master bath is 90 % complete and includes a glass block shower & separate bath. All materials including decorative tiles are included. LAUNDRY ROOM • Kenmore ENERGY STAR® front loading Washer & Dryer • Full size utility sinkKITCHEN • Custom solid hickory kitchen cabinets • Maple butcher block • ENERGY STAR® appliances – all electric • Propane gas stove • Italian floor tiles (Polis Monocottura Collezione Castelli)
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About the land of Brokenfoot Ranch: • +/- 66 acres* • Very private • Gravel drive • Tractor** barn • Gently rolling topography • Land currently in organic*** crop land, pasture, and timber • Partially complete greywater drip irrigation system. • Currently in CUVA tax program– no permanent restrictions. • 5 miles to West Georgia College • Sought after City of Carrollton school system • Adjacent to John Tanner State Park (on Northeast corner) • Pristine stream (small tributary to Little Tallapoosa) runs through property 365 days a year • 6 miles to downtown Carrollton • Progressive organic*** farming community with supportive local government.
*I own the land and the house, the tractor, shed, tools and equipment. When the community exists, members will own everything (except personal property and house sites) through the community association that we will form. And residents will purchase shares of the whole. Each share will include their privately-owned house lot, plus an undivided interest (i.e. "use and enjoyment") in all the common lands and facilities.
**John Deere 2006, model 970, with a front-end loader model 300. It has 5 implements: rotary mower, rototiller, all-purpose plow, rock rake, and boxblade.
***The organic farming I have done here has not been USDA certified, but that does not mean we cannot apply for or receive organic certification in the future. There are a number of kinds of organic certification, in addition to the USDA's program. It would depend where we are at with our production and our goals at any given time.
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Greetings, Hope this message finds you all doing well and surviving in this economically-challenging time! For now, the real-estate market meltdown has definitely put the brakes on forming this intentional ecovillage community. We're all sort of locked in place, it seems. Hopefully, things will work out eventually, when enough people realize that the Mother Nature is the basis of all wealth, and that to take care of us, we must all work together to take care of her, too! Meanwhile, if there are any individuals (or couples) who might like to rent a room here at Brokenfoot Ranch, please let me know. I'm looking for two or three people with whom to share my house. Anyone interested, please call me. I'll provide details to individuals who inquire. Blessings to all! Myra Bailes 770-258-3344 404-895-7057 |
"One of the goals of Brokenfoot Ranch is to produce a wide diversity of fresh, wholesome foods for members and the wider community, with plenty to satisfy the needs of omnivores, vegetarians, vegans, raw-food enthusiasts, as well as people of just about any other health-seeking dietary persuasion." - Myra Bailes |
8 November 2008 "Eco-Villages" on "Sustainable Georgia" "In our feature interview we talk with Myra Bales and Architect and Designer Greg Ramsey with Village Habitat Design. Bales is trying to create a sustainable cooperative Eco-Village in Carroll County. Village Habitat Design is a leader in Conservation Community design that's worked on such notable Atlanta-area communities as Lake Claire Co-Housing and East Lake Commons." -Rob Maynard
source: GPB (Georgia Public Broadcasting) URL: http://www.gpb.org/gogreen GPB Blog: http://gogreengpb.blogspot.com/ Myra Bailes' Brokenfoot Ranch Blog: http://brokenfootranch.wordpress.com/ |
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18 November 2008 letter from Ms. Bailes to all who responded to her latest radio segment: Greetings, Thank you for your calls following our interview on the Sustainable Georgia program! It's exciting to hear from so many new people interested in sustainable living, organic agriculture, and community! As you know, I've had to go to the step of offering Brokenfoot Ranch for sale. Because after all this time of paying all the costs by myself, my resources are dwindling to the point that I can't afford to keep waiting for people to join the community. Fortunately, I have the pleasure of working with Ms. Jennifer Spivey, who is an "ecobroker" or green real estate agent. She is very knowledgeable, dedicated, and professional, working only with properties with outstanding ecological values and the people who are interested in living in a sustainable, ecologically-conscious manner. So, as sad as it is to have to go to the step of offering Brokenfoot Ranch for sale, please be assured that the agrarian ecovillage community that we want so much to happen IS STILL ON THE TABLE! If people step forward to join, we can still do it! Other options are also being sought, such as a conservation easement and investor/buyers who are interested in land conservation and the ecovillage concept. So we'll see. Meanwhile, I'd like you to take a look, too-- Ms. Spivey has done an outstanding job in putting together the information I am posting here. Please take a few minutes to look over the details about the property and the beautiful "Virtual Tour" on her site composed of many photographs of my house. I hope you enjoy it! Best wishes! 770-258-3344 |
Energy Vanguard - new green building website (presents and explains all the "green" resource-conservation features of my house here at Brokenfoot Ranch, and has lots of additional great information) |
REALTOR INFORMATION Jennifer M. Spivey, LEED AP |
Power Realty Partners 404-272-3255 (m) 404-920-2634 (e-fax) www.jenniferspivey.com & www.spiveysellsgreen.com |
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