July 15th into the 16th
We went out to do our Saturday morning work at the property, clearing traps, delivering materials, and setting up a block and tackle to raise our spare felts away from where mice might get into them. We then did some…
Category Building
Photos and writings regarding building on our property
Weekend work & observations
We went to work this weekend, tying down the door covers on the yurt, to divert water from the upcoming rains to outside the perimeter of the platform the yurt sits upon. While we wandered around the perimeter, we found…
Latest machinations
We went over early Saturday to do some more work on the yurt. I had taken a length of rope (40 ft) and backspliced two additional lengths (25 ft each) into it approximately 2 feet to either side of the…
Yurt delivery and setup!
The day started early, and we met Yves with his truck at the entrance road that leads to our property to lead him in. It was a series of “tight squeezes,” but we arrived at about 6:00am. Yves’ expert opinion…
Finally here!!
After 2 and 1/2 years, we finally made it down to our property in Arizona. Tomorrow, we meet with the delivery driver for our yurt, his crew, and learn how to set it up, the cultural background to our new…