About
Hogsback Farm is a 14.2-acre farm on Vashon Island, a 15-minute ferry ride from Seattle, Washington. With two houses, eight outbuildings, two hoophouses a greenhouse and all the infrastructure needed to continue a thriving sustainble farm with a rich island history in operation for nearly 20 years. $750,000.
Main house
Perfect for a farmer's lifestyle: 2,100 sq ft home with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, an office, shop/family room and large dining room/kitchen common area with a large pantry. Radiant flooring heat both levels with wood stove backup. Artisitc flairs throughout, great light, wood trim, tile flooring in main area with large fir farm table ready for your harvest meals. Sustainably harvested, timber-frame back and front porches, patio, wood-fired sauna and large firepit, basketball court, with mature perennial gardens. Surrounded by mature native forests of maple, cedar and fir with nearby year-round creek and ravine. View of Mt. Rainier possible. Easy walk to Puget Sound beach. Built in 2000.
Farm manager's house
600 sq ft Rastra-block (Energrid) house with loft sleeping area, 1 bathroom, skylights, propane heat, mature perennial gardens for farm manager or rental. Just feet from farm infrastructure, with large outdoor gathering area for evening barbeques. Built in 1997.
Intern cabins
Four intern cabins and community kitchen/shower for farm workers. Rustic and secluded living quarters--all interns love living here because they have private spaces with lush views of the forest and ravine, just a short walk from the farm. One is currently used as pottery studio, and the options are endless. Also on site is a shipping container used as a tool storage shed.
Infrastructure
Included in the price are a mature 20-tree orchard and blueberry bushes, 2 hoophouses (100 x 30 and 72 x 20), 1 glass greenhouse (600 sq ft) with running water, large walk-in cooler, vegetable processing shed and storage, tractor shed, farm stand, chicken condo and protective fence, compost area, irrigation system, and misc. farm equipment TBD. The well-tended soil has been carefully nurtured and enriched for 20 years.