[2025] Off-Grid Lights & Lighting Options
We’ve lived in an off-grid yurt in southern Vermont since…
How to Prep With Limited Space
There are plenty of images out there from preppers who…
[2025] Best Prepper Seeds & Survival Seed Packs
Growing your own food (and being prepared to grow your…
How to Tap Maple Trees to Make Syrup in Your Backyard
Tapping trees at home and making your own maple syrup…
This Dirty Old Rusty Van
We spend plenty of time discussing what life might look…
Yurt Poem for Winter: January
I go through phases of writing, sometimes not writing for…
Humanure Update: What Our Humanure Compost Looks Like After Two Years of Aging
When we moved into our off-grid yurt in the spring…
April Recap: Early Spring Projects and Milestones at the Yurt
Here’s a recap of what’s happened at the yurt over…
Get Started Growing Mushrooms on Logs with Plug Spawn
Because our yurt is located in a small clearing surrounded…
Big Plans for That Yurt’s Garden
Each year we put a little more work into the…
