26050 Emery Avenue, Randolph, MN 55065

Prairies and WindTwo, 10-acre restored prairies of native grasses and forbs (including Lupine!), part of a 51-acre parcel with about 43 acres protected by a Dakota County Conservation Easement, and a 5-acre home site with a 3-bedroom house, a detached 2-1/2 car garage with an office above it, a 36’ x 56’ pole shed, and a hoop-style 18’ x 36’ greenhouse with a concrete floor. The two-story house features high quality workmanship and materials throughout, has plenty of natural light, is well-insulated and can be heated with a wood stove or gas furnace. A grid-tied Bergey wind turbine on the hillside behind the house typically generates more electricity each year than used by the homeowners, resulting in an electric refund each year. The home site has room for large gardens, hobby farming or horses. The two 10-acre plots have been planted to native prairie, one in 2009 and the other in 2018 with a roughly 7 acre sloped portion between the two prairies in the process of being … read more …