In Spring 2022, the idea of building an off-grid yurt suddenly appeared in our collective conscious. The source of this inspiriation is still not really clear, but visions of augmenting our business plan with a short-term rental farm stay program, having an alternative place for friends and family to stay at the farm, a place for seasonal workers to stay to help tend and harvest the crops were all featured in our discussions in the planning stage. From the start, we wanted this to be a project that was “From the farm, for the farm”. As a result, we took a very DIY view and used local sources for the materials. This includes foraging for the rafters from our woods and building materials from our local sawmill less than 5 miles away.

We did a lot of research before taking on this project, most of which came from Two Girls Farm based in Acworth, NH. I cannot say enough good things about Ken Gagnon and his family - they really know how to build yurts and their website has detailed instructions on how to build one from start to finish. We opted to buy our cover and some hard to find materials for our build, but the rest of the project was done by us, according to their instructions.

This project is still a work in progress, but we have come a long way in the past several years. You can follow our progress with the chronological gallery below. We hope to have it be a fully functional space by early 2026.