r ranson

Wow, what a gorgeous photo and amazing tree

Depends a lot on the fabrics.

Traditional wool stays lovely and cool in summer, warm in winter.

Cotton duck is pretty good, but varies more with sunshine and nights.  Can get damaged if touching the ground and there is a lot of dew, and we don't open the tent properly during the day to air it out.

Modern tent fabrics have trouble with condensation, mold, and air flow.

Wood siding is as per normal with wood house.

Cob is as per normal with cob house.

I haven't seen a wattle and daube yurt in person.

It basically depends if you are building as a tent or as a house and how much do you want to be able to move it.  That will have a massive influence on plumbing etc.  Once a month, once a year, every few years, never.... Mobile home style or permanent style amenities both work.  For more than 6 months in one place, a foundation of some sort is probably the first thing I would focus on as water and such we can manage camping style for a year or two before it gets tiresome.

My personal expierence of visiting about a dozen yurts and talking with yurt owners in our area.  We are technically Mediterranean climate, but not in europe.  

What are your goals for your yurt and what materials are you thinking of using?

I've painted far more than 100 chickens now.  Although I am poor at counting.




This video fell in my lap today.



She painted 100 paintings in a year (that's less than two a week).  She talks about the improvement she saw overall and other inspiring things.

my 100 chickens private group has moved well beyond chooks.  Although a few do make an appearance. There is a vermeer study and a constable.  Composition seems to be the theme right now.  Others are starting to share their art as well.  It's a very comfortable and supportive group.  

In a recent discussion, we've found some areas to focus my journey.  Trees are a big part of it.  They are even more complicated than chickens.

And rocks.  But, they scare me.

My journey is taking me towards realism, particularly imaginative realism.   But I find I would benifit from painting quick, on location, sketches.  April should be a good time to focus on that.

Combined, this probably means that 2026 is a year of 100 trees and tree related painting.

The original root is showing shoots.

Of the cuttings, the crown cuttings looks the least promising, but perhaps it will surprise me.  It's not dry, but it feels unhappy somehow.

The one where I cut the leaves off, is taking off. There are three in here but one of them decided it didn't need the leaf stem.  I think that's the one that is shooting.

It migt help to say what country you are in as some places have trouble receiving seeds internally.

Oil is usually used to preserve wood.  Oversimplified to the extreem, it replaces moisture in the wood and strengthens it.

Usually it's a "drying oil" like linseed (flax).  But, i find any oil made from fresh vegetable matter will harden (cure) over time.

A lot of old books recommended treating the roosts,nesting boxes and floor with oil several times a year for pest control and long life of the wood.  

That's much closer.

I'm going to have to get the gift recipient involved as he knows the place where it is installed better than me.  But this migt check all the boxes.

Thank you

Almost, but poly crystals.

Thanks for search words, ill try that

The goal, and it's harder than I expected.

What I suspect i am looking for.

Flood light brightness
Stays on all night (not motion censor)
Turn on at night automatically
Can charge in pacific northwest winter
Solar panel is about 12 to 15 feet away from lamp
Amazon canada (preferably arriving before new years)

The old one did all this fine, but a visitor broke it, so I thought a new one would make a nice gift.

Yes, it's something to do with crystals.  That's a starting place.  Thank you