Imagine your own three and a half acres of nature set among the farms of Frederick County. You'll find a spacious patio and garden beds near the house. Walk out and explore your own forest and fields, and the creek that runs through it.

--Three bedrooms and one and a half baths upstairs. Plus a finished walk-out basement with a full bathroom. Updated kitchen with ample storage and a modern gas range. Pantry and laundry area. Wood-burning fireplace. // Oil furnace sends heated water through baseboard radiators upstairs. Downstairs has electric hydronic baseboard heaters to supply even-temperature warmth.

--One-car garage with space for a small shop.

--Small deck with Weber grill fed by propane from below deck.

--An attached 8' x 12' greenhouse for starting seeds and overwintering tender potted plants.

--Two vegetable/flower garden plots. The larger one has six 3' x 30' beds in full sun. One bed is currently full of tomato plants brimming with fruit. Also cantaloupe, zucchini, basil, sweet peppers, and green beans. Plenty of room left for your own planting.

--A 12' x 20' garden shed with a deck. Inside: an older John Deere riding mower with a towable cart and fertilizer spreader. Miscellaneous garden tools such as rakes, hoes and shovels.

--About one acre by the house is fenced as a dog yard, offering lawns, trees, shrubs and patches of wild thickets to keep any dog happy and safe.

--The roof is one year old. The water heater is new.