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8810 E New Hope, Palmer September 7th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers, My Listings

3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath
$228,900

This 2005 home is located off Palmer-Fishhook road, near Hatcher Pass. Features include a fireplace, large open kitchen, new flooring in the living room and a three car garage.

This home has 1800 sqft, with an open Kitchen/Dining/Family room layout. Large, south-facing windows bring in lots of light. Large mud room and a laundry area on the same floor as the bedrooms.

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What Do You Do With A Giant Cabbage? August 18th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers

I know this is a real estate blog…but there are also other issues in life. Such as this big cabbage in my front yard.

This year I decided to try gardening again. I have tried it several times with real bad results…usually most of my vegetables die before I can harvest them. I decided I had bad soil so this year I bought garden soil from Susitna Organics and put their good dirt in some raised beds. Grace and I planted broccoli, lettuce, radishes, rutabagas, carrots, rasberries, potatoes, and lots of strawberries.

Almost everything is doing great. Most of the plants were started from seed but we also bought some starters from Colony Greenhouse in Palmer. The gardener there talked me into buying a cabbage starter. He said it would grow into a giant cabbage.

I brought that little cabbage plant home and stuck it by itself in the middle of a 40 inch square bed. Look at it now. It’s not a giant that will win a ribbon at the fair but it’s certainly big enough to make me wonder what to do with it.

I never have been much of a cabbage eater…I like cole slaw and sauerkraut on a reuben sandwich but that’s about it. My brother Jay says to fry it up in a big frying pan with some olive oil and it’s delicious but that sounds too much like the boiled cabbage my mother made me eat as a kid. I almost gag thinking about it, (sorry Mom, I know you are reading this and I love almost every other dish you ever cooked).

So does anyone have any GOOD ideas about what to do with a giant cabbage?

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Usibelli Coal Mine Still Moving Forward August 18th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers

Just received this notice from ADEC regarding an air quality permit. I hope they do get their permits to operate. The valley needs more steady jobs.

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
USIBELLI COAL MINE, INC.
WISHBONE HILL COAL MINING AND PROCESSING OPERATION

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) proposes to issue Air Quality Control (AQC) Minor Permit AQ1227MSS03 to Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. (Usibelli) for Wishbone Hill Coal Mining and Processing Operation. The permit authorizes Usibelli to install a new Caterpillar generator, Heaters and general mining operations fugitive dust prevention plan. This permit is issued under 18 AAC 50.502(b)(5) and 18 AAC 50.502(c)(1) .

Applicant: Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc., Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc., 634 South Bailey Street, Suite 204, Palmer, AK 99645

Location: 8 Miles North of Palmer, AK; Latitude 61.7367 and Longitude -148.9514

This action complies with all applicable requirements of 18 AAC 50. ADEC is issuing this preliminary permit decision under AS 46.14 and 18 AAC 50.

Copies of ADEC’s preliminary decision documents for AQ1227MSS03 and the Response to Comments to AQ1227MSS02 are available for public review at: ADEC Air Permits Program, 410 Willoughby Avenue, 2nd Floor, Juneau, AK 99801-1795;
ADEC Air Permits Program, 619 E. Ship Creek Avenue, Ste 249, Anchorage, AK 99501-1677; or the ADEC website: https://myalaska.state.ak.us/dec/air/airtoolsWeb/PublicPermitListings.aspx. For inquiries and copies of documents, you may contact Krystin Bablinskas at the Anchorage address listed above, or call 907 269 7574.

Please direct written comments about the proposed permit to Krystin Bablinskas by 5:00 pm
September 19, 2011 at the Anchorage address listed above; by facsimile at 907 269 7508 or send e-mail to [email protected] .

ADEC complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Deborah Pock at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 within 30 days of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
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Michele Morgan
Office Assistant II
Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Air Quality
(907)465-5104
Fax (907) 465-5129

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4722 N King David Drive, Houston SOLD August 1st, 2011

Categories: Sold Listings

This is a beautiful five bedroom home on ten acres. A pond in the backyard attracts wildlife and is a great ice rink in winter. Access backcountry trails right from home. This home has in-floor heat, with two wood stoves for back-up. Open concept kitchen, dining and living room.

Light streams in from south facing windows. Extra insulation in walls and attic help with heating costs. There is a HUGE garage with two garage doors. Daylight basement with a lot of living space. Access to garage from both main floor and basement.

Built in 2006, this home is in great shape. Total square feet: 2,464. 10 gorgeous acres in Houston. Small outbuildings on established gravel drive through part of the lot.

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