All Things Yurt

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Spring Planting

I had perfect spring weather this past weekend in order to finally get the garden planted at the yurt. I installed a drip irrigation system purchased from Dripworks, so everything should grow like crazy. Below are some before-and-after pictures of the garden areas; I can’t wait to see what they look like by the end of summer!

Side garden. This one was tough, since it’s in the shade almost 90% of the day. I planted some pachysandra, ivy, a clematis, and a dogwood tree.

 

Front garden (yes, I know the irrigation hose is sticking way up. It was too cold to get the hoses to behave. I ran out of energy and time and had to allow this small weirdness. It’s a yurt.)

 

Little garden

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Cabinets Ready… But Still No Toilet

Our kitchen cabinets are being delivered on Wednesday the 4th.  There is still no toilet, which is disheartening after all this time. I don’t know when the cabinets can be installed – everything we do seems to depend upon something else getting done by someone else who needs to check their schedule to see when they can fit it in.  For instance, we are waiting for the drywall to be complete so we can paint the walls so the electrician can come in and install the lights and electrical sockets so the appliances can be installed.  I believe the cabinets will get installed after that sometime.   And as for the toilet… it could be another month at this rate!  The pipes under the yurt aren’t actually connected to the septic tank, which is an important step towards a working toilet.

Sigh.

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Well Update

We are now getting 25 gallons per minute on the well, which is very strong water pressure. The well alone cost $7000, and that’s just for digging it. The rest of the infrastructure – piping to the house, hookup, the pressure system, etc – is all extra. I am starting to see why raw land stays raw…

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We Have a Well!

The man leading the team digging for the well called a few days ago and informed us that at 180 feet, they found water.  The well is getting approximately 5-6 gallons per minute, which is good enough for both the yurt and the future house.  The well guy has suggested a constant-pressure system, which we intend to use.  The successful well was dug in the lower area near the walnut grove, not too far from our giant sycamore tree.  The well guy said that he’s always had success finding water near sycamore trees.  What a relief!  It looks like we’ll have a yurt after all…