Down the Rabbit-Hole 1/28/2010

Over the last week we have really cemented the idea of buying a piece of land and building a Yurt down in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We started our research online and I am in the process of reading two books, the first of several to come, “Build a Yurt” by Len Charney, and “Tipis and Yurts” by Blue Evening Star. Build a Yurt has some interesting design concepts but might be a little out dated. Tipis and Yurts has a nice simple design and an easy to follow materials list. There is not much detailed information about Building at the 30’ size and we are forming an idea about writing a book about our experience.

We made up an ad for materials that we hope people will donate to us and posted it on both Craigslist and the Bloomington Freecycle Network. Our first response was from a man named John who has some experience building the traditional style Ger and who offered to meet up with us to talk about the process. I also plan to make a flyer out of the ad and post it at the recycling center, Bloomingfoods, etc.

Today we spent about an hour and a half touring some home construction sites. So far it looks like there is a lot of smaller 2”x4” lumber pieces and particle board being thrown away. We need to get a roof rack on the car so that we can start salvaging.