Blackbird's SS Journal - Country to City

[Dace]

Congrats to your mom!! That is great news

I am sure she will find a job in no time

 

[lorihadams]

So happy for your mom!!! That has to make her feel so good! Some independence is exactly what she needs right now!

What about a yurt?

 

[Blackbird]

I think a yurt would be colder than a tipi even, since they are usually larger. I'm not sure.. Hm.

I can't afford any land with actual buildings.. Maybe I need to learn how to build a log cabin.

North Dakota.. NO. Lol. I need my trees, towering pines, birch, oak, etc.

Yes, it's great news about her passing. She was a CNA back before she married but my dad made her quit so when she looked back into it, they said she needed to re-take the entire class because so much has changed in the 27 or so years since she last did it.

 

[colowyo0809]

I think a yurt would be colder than a tipi even, since they are usually larger. I'm not sure.. Hm.

I can't afford any land with actual buildings.. Maybe I need to learn how to build a log cabin.

North Dakota.. NO. Lol. I need my trees, towering pines, birch, oak, etc.

Yes, it's great news about her passing. She was a CNA back before she married but my dad made her quit so when she looked back into it, they said she needed to re-take the entire class because so much has changed in the 27 or so years since she last did it.

actually, depending on the material used, yurt's are generally as warm or warmer than a regular house. For one thing, you can warm a yurt with just one small electric warmer, can't do that with a house

I hear ya on the NorDak thing. If we move from where we are at it will probably be a bit closer to the mountains or up to central montana, where we are closer to the mountains there. I've gotten too used to seeing the mountains every day not to see them.

I'm impressed you can afford any land period! I sure as heck can't!

Yeah, my mom never took the training, but she was "grandfathered in" and gathered all the training on the job.

I want yurts when we win the lottery

 

[Blackbird]

What kind of electric warmer? I would love to live in either, if it stayed warm enough, it gets down to -60 here at times.

I have about 10k saved up, which can get me anywhere from 1-10 acres, depending on the quality and how it's situated. I guess i'll know when I get there.

 

[colowyo0809]

What kind of electric warmer? I would love to live in either, if it stayed warm enough, it gets down to -60 here at times.

I have about 10k saved up, which can get me anywhere from 1-10 acres, depending on the quality and how it's situated. I guess i'll know when I get there.

So, my first response to this post, not that i'm proud of it mind you, was "I hate this guy". My second was "I hate myself, I was stupid when I was younger". So, now that i've gotten over my knee jerk envy and self stupidity I feel better

It helps that I keep remembering I got told yesterday that as of labor day I'm making a buck and a quarter more than previously

As for the warmer we have a kenwood space heater. looks kind of like those old time radiators except maybe 1/4 the size, on little wheels for mobility, and electric. Combine that with passive heating and a yurt would be rather cozy in the winter, even with rather low temps. And I happen to know, for a fact, that in minnesota it does not stay at -60 for any great period of time -20 to -30 for two or three days yes. -60 for more than 12 hours? not very often.
my mother grew up in the northern part of minnesota, in the black duck bemidji area. If i wasn't so in love with the mountains I'd seriously consider the area

 

[freemotion]

Quality? "Poor quality" is usually something fantastic for goats!!! Don't forget to budget the closing costs, perk tests, etc. and yearly taxes and insurance. Which won't be much on raw land. Still, you gotta know about it.

You can live in a strawbale house! With a composting toilet!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Yay for your mom, that's awesome!

If you had a good sleeping bag & a backup indoor safe heater, I bet you could make it in a tipi in that weather. But boy-howdy, that is c-c-cold!!

That would at least give you enough time to build something winter worthy. Strawbale, earth bermed, log, whatever. You wouldn't need much room, at least in the beginning.

 

[bibliophile birds]

I think a yurt would be colder than a tipi even, since they are usually larger. I'm not sure.. Hm.

don't forget that yurts come from Mongolia, which is pretty cold.

Most of the country is hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter, with January averages dropping as low as −30 C (−22 F).

but they don't heat with electricity- they have to rely on wood stoves.

you can also use the straw house theory to better insulate your yurt. when it starts getting cold, pack loose straw fairly compactly between the inner and outer wall. instant insulation in a totally portable package! come spring, you can just feed the straw to the goats!

 

[Blackbird]

Most of that money was from social security supplements, my dad is 67.

Yes.. I probably wouldn't have electricity, at least at first so a Kenwood heater wouldn't do me much good. I agree that a wood stove or something of that sort would be the way to go.

About two years ago we had almost a full week of -60 degree weather, after -40 it all feels the same anyway. Who wants to live in a yurt with me in that weather??? It's fun to plan anyway.