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That Yurt
United States
Приєднався 22 чер 2016
That Yurt is an off-grid yurt in southeastern Vermont, where Kevin & Annie have lived full-time since spring 2016. We'll share the occasional video on here about yurt life and yurt living if we think it might be helpful, instructional, illustrative, or something else.
We share a lot more often on our website (www.thatyurt.com) and on Instagram (@thatyurt).
We share a lot more often on our website (www.thatyurt.com) and on Instagram (@thatyurt).
Outdoor Shower Bag for Camping or Off-Grid
This is our new off-grid outdoor shower setup, which we use all year, even in winter. It's perfect for off-grid showering or showering while camping, especially in situations without running water.
Buy the Advanced Elements Summer Shower: amzn.to/39kUIJd
And yes, the shower stall is leaning a bit. Frost heaves will do that :)
Buy the Advanced Elements Summer Shower: amzn.to/39kUIJd
And yes, the shower stall is leaning a bit. Frost heaves will do that :)
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Harvesting Jerusalem Artichokes in the Spring at That Yurt
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Last year I did a test run and planted 10 jerusalem artichoke tubers from the store to see if they would grow. Boy did they! The flowers grew about 8 feet tall and in the fall I cut the stalks down, but left the jerusalem artichokes to overwinter in the ground so we could harvest them in the spring. I was excited to see how much they had multiplied. From those 10 initial sunchoke tubers we plan...
Yurt Life Dispatch: Spring Snow in Southern Vermont
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Here's an update on yurt living in Vermont, where we just got about 6 inches of snow in the final week of March. Winter has supposedly passed, but the weather says otherwise. Looking forward to spring in the yurt and a number of garden projects, including our annual vegetable garden, seeing how our perennials fare, and also awaiting the first fruiting of our oyster mushroom logs. And we might g...
Yurt Dispatch: Leaving the Garden for a Month
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Here's a yurt dispatch and early August garden update before I leave for a month.
Off-Grid Solar Setup at That Yurt (PowerFilm + Goal Zero)
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Here's a quick walkthrough of our 180-watt solar panel and battery setup at our off grid yurt. We have two portable solar panels, both of which are from PowerFilm Solar. One is a rollable panel, rated at 60W; the other is a foldable panel rated at 120W. These two panels feed into a battery from Goal Zero, the Yeti 400, which stores 400Wh. This is plenty of power for the basic needs: charging ph...
Humanure Compost Update at Our Off-Grid Yurt
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We compost EVERYTHING at our yurt, and this includes the contents of our outhouse bucket. Composting poop took a little getting used to, if I'm being perfectly honest-particularly the process of emptying the compost toilet buckets into the compost bins. But we got over that really quickly. And now I check on the payoff for our humanure composting system. Our compost bins are built with pallets ...
Planting Jerusalem artichokes from the grocery store
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Can you plant jerusalem artichokes from the store? Heck yes. Also known as sunchokes, jerusalem artichokes are a perennial flower that grows wicked tall and produces edible tubers, perfect for an edible garden or permaculture food forest. From the local food coop here in Vermont, the jerusalem artichokes I bought were $6.99/lb. I recommend sourcing them from a local grocer or farmer. However, i...
Yurt Dispatch: Wasp Edition
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Spring and summer are the seasons of insects, especially those stinging and biting ones. Generally speaking we try to live and let live, but sometimes we unfortunately have to go the killing route. The last couple of years we've had wasps building nests under the yurt platform, which is fine enough. But this year they've gotten greedy and started building underneath the yurt roof canvas. I cann...
Yurt Dispatch: Garden Update
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Living in a yurt, off grid and on land, means we get to make some gardens. We upgraded yurt life this year with some raised beds in the garden for our annual vegetables, and also dug beds for some perennials like blueberries and raspberries and hardy kiwi. Here’s a quick update on the yurt garden. Follow us on Instagram: thatyurt Read our blog: www.thatyurt.com/
Garden Upgrade at the Yurt with New Raised Beds and Compost-Soil Mix
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We built five new raised beds for this year, and have dug a few new in-ground beds, too, so that we can grow even more food. Read more about yurt life on our website: www.thatyurt.com/ Follow us on Instagram: thatyurt
Yurt Dispatch: How We Get Water to Filter at Our Off Grid Yurt
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We get this question a lot, so here's a quick video showing how we get our water with a short walk to our hose that we ran from an established springhouse. We then filter the drinking water through an AquaCera ceramic filter. Here's the seven gallon jugs we use to haul the water (Aqua-tainer): amzn.to/2JjM2Y1 Here's our Aquacera water filter: amzn.to/2Vjmphl Check out our website for more info ...
Yurt Dispatch: Covering Garden Plants for Late April Freeze
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The last frost date where we live is around May 6, so it's no surprise we got a freeze in late April. Still, we weren't totally prepared, so had to go buy a floating row cover for the 36 plants we'd just put in the garden. It was the first time I'd used a floating row cover, and I'm now in love. Note that I put a few buckets underneath because I wasn't sure how heavy the frozen condensation wou...
Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation with Plug Spawn
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Here's our first mushroom log inoculation, using plug spawn from North Spore Mushroom Co in Maine. For this first trial run, we got a 100-pack of shiitake plug spawn (just inoculated dowels) to hammer into a beech log. The process is remarkably straightforward and excellent for beginners. Now that we've learned how to inoculate logs, we liked it so much that we just ordered a 500-pack of oyster...
Yurt Dispatch: The Maple Sap Is Running
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Spring is finally nigh! The maple sap started running and I can’t wait for the first boiling day. Maple sugaring is my favorite, and we don’t even use that much syrup. Oh well-its fun!
Yurt Dispatch: Hanging with Owls
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Just another day in yurt life, waiting for the sap to start running, hanging with the local barred owl.
Yurt Dispatch: Getting Ready for Sugar Season
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Yurt Dispatch: Getting Ready for Sugar Season
Off-grid Outdoor Shower - Camplux propane water heater
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Off-grid Outdoor Shower - Camplux propane water heater
Cheap Cinder Block Maple Syrup Evaporator - Less than $50
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Cheap Cinder Block Maple Syrup Evaporator - Less than $50
Yurt Platform Building: Timelapse #5
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Yurt Platform Building: Timelapse #3
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Yurt Platform Building: Timelapse #1
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All good oh good except where does your water come from? Is it gravity fed? Is it a hose from a house? You need 2.3 psi in order for that system to work so how do you get your water? I watch so many of these videos and nobody ever shows how they get the water.
Sound really low
did you water them? i watered mine and they rotted
Off-grid but needs batteries? Hmm, is there a 7-11 nearby? 😶
it also needs water and propane. off grid doesnt mean no tech, genius. just means not being connected to the main grid for utilities
One tuber can turn into 75-200 in one year. So, if 1 turns into 100 the 1st year, that's 10,000 the second year and 1,000,000 the third year, 100,000,000 the fourth year and 10,000,000,000 at the end of the 5th year. That's a great survival food source!
Good information. Thanks for sharing.
Does the floor end up freezing and getting icy in the super cold months?
It can! We keep a shower squeegee (sp?) out there to scrape water off the floor when we’re done
hope you love them. .. and never want to be rid of them--they'll take as much real estate as you'll let them!
very low sound
i wonder if its possible with freezed and sliced tubers
Yes....sounds fun?
What is your elevation? I was told these don't work much over 3k feet.
3,000 feet? Lol. Guess we're screwed up here in the Rockies
y did the propane instant hot not work for winter ?
is it dangerous having the on demand system so close to the nozzle? Would it make more sense to have a shroud around it? I love the idea overall.
I planted one years ago and now I have a hundred. They will take over the yard.
De quels arbres proviennent ce bûches? What kind of wood are thise log made ?
I grow them in pots as well as specific locations in the garden. Harvestr some in the spring March-April for an even sweeter taste.
How many showers, or minutes of shower, do you get on one 5-gallon tank of propane?
Did you upload the video where you planted the Jerusalem Artichokes?
Henry approved!
Hahaha yup
totally stealing this setup best cheap design i've seen yet! thanks for the video! Starting for our first time this spring, we have 10 taps in Nova Scotia
that's exciting! our first season i did 10 taps and was almost overwhelmed by how much sap those produced. have fun and let us know if you come up with any good modifications!
@@thatyurt7740 Cool. I'm using my wood stove, I cut the top plate so the fire is hitting the pots. Lightly boils at times, but mostly simmers lol..
Can I use some sort of bucket and do gravity feed for my later source?
definitely, you'll just need to calculate how much it needs to be elevated (amount of head) to give the required pressure
you could, but you'd likely need to add in a water pump(rv pumps work great) to give it at least 30PSI of water for it to run
Needs a curtain
but the views!
What elevation are you using it at? I ask because the description says not for use above 2000 feet. I just am wondering if it will work higher than that.
Oh interesting! Yeah we are only at approx 800 ft
What description? There is no way they would make these that couldn't work over 2,000 feet. That would disqualify most of the American West
I tried mine out in Denver 5280+ - I’m now at 9,000 and I have no doubt it will work
how long do the batteries last ? I want to use it for a sink in my backyard bbq counter sink I set up. connected to my garden hose. for washing hands, cleaning stuff.
quite a while. the batteries are only used for ignition
How's your BBQ hot water supply working out?
so do you drain your water from the shower directly to the ground? Hows that work year round?
Hi there, the water from the shower drains through the floor of the shower onto gravel beneath. NOTE: We do NOT recommend using this year round in climes with freezing temps. The water will freeze in the pipes in the heater and bust
@@thatyurt7740 I was going to ask this ,but this answers it.
dont buy this crap i have had to return 3 always something breaks.. one finally worked for 2 months.... customer service sucks ....
Oh no! One of ours did break b/c we insisted on trying to use it during the winter-we recommend against this b/c the freeze busted the interior piping
You must have gotten a bad one cuz this model has tons of positive reviews on Amazon. Did you find a better heater?
Great to see the follow-up of how these turned out - really want to give these a try too! Thanks for posting :)
how did the harvest turn out? were they a similar knobbliness to the ones you planted? were they abundant? tasty? :)
Turned out really well! I'd say they produced maybe 8x what we planted, an assortment of shapes and sizes, some knobby, some rounder. Just posted last week a video of harvesting them: ua-cam.com/video/wx8NWfO83oY/v-deo.html
You don't happen to have a blueprint for the little building do you? It's the perfect size.
I don't, sorry :( We just kind of winged it haha
@@thatyurt7740 That's kinda what I figured. Any chance you have a few more pics?
@@questionablerecordswv There's a few more photos and some more details in our blog post about it: www.thatyurt.com/projects/off-grid-outdoor-shower/
After looking at all your videos I actually noticed you don't have a video of your composting toilet set-up. I love the way the humanure you have has turned out. If you could share the process you use I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to know if you use coco fibers or wood shavings, or if you just mix it with your food waste compost? I'm not to sure how to go about doing this I've seen some videos but there are many options. Also during the two years of processing does it stink? How far away from our home should we keep it? Thank you! :)
Can do, thanks for the feedback!
Awesome humanure, y'alls shit looks beautiful! haha I also had to comment to say, bury your shit much appreciated was so hilarious yet true. Does Henry get sick after eating the human waste? Our pup Oli Collie ate some human poop & wound up so sick he couldn't stand granted he was a puppy at the time. Gonna go check the rest of your videos on your composting toilet. My partner & I will be building ours for our off-grid tiny home here very soon so we can move in. Looks great!
Hah! Sorry I missed this and am only responding now. No, luckily our pups haven't wound up sick from their poor decisions. Sorry to hear about Oli Collie!
is it better than the eccotemp?
dont buy this i had to return 3 in a span of 3 months horrible
@@rrrishag already bought it and its shit, not only that the Chinese support is terrible and basically blaming me so I'll probably do a chargeback. PS eccotemp was garbage too.
@@radekw708 Thanks for sharing your experience! So that we know, what issues did you have with the eccotemp?
@@thatyurt7740 It required high psi, and then was hard to keep on, eventually after a few weeks it stopped turning on. I returned mine after 2 weeks. I got a ecotemp too, and I have problems with it shutting off randomly. Its a bit annoying, especially if there is any kind of wind. Their a Chinese company and the support is awful. There were no american choices though so I took what I could get.
@@radekw708 I'm waiting on my second one to be delivered. Just like you said, after about a week it stopped lighting. Worked great up until then. If this second one craps out, i'll probably request a refund from Amazon.
Thank you for that clear and accurate demonstration.... I went thru five videos and yours came up..... ahhhhhh ☺️ I which, I could give you FIVE ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Is there a water pump needed forthe Camplux 5L?
It looks to be gravity fed. I'm sure you could hook up a pump if you didn't have a nice hill to run water down from.
You either need enough head to create the requisite water pressure, or a pump to create the pressure