Thnking about a yurt

[Rabbit]

We are doing something similar-- going off-grid. We're digging a well to meet water needs and plan to have an outdoor shower and a bicycle-powered washing machine. For washing hands and dishes, we will build a pila-style sink (that is a Central American way of having a sink, with two large reservoirs of clean water and a pail to scoop the water out with. It works well and does not involve any plumbing).

My husband is building us a very minimal off-grid solar system for about $3,000-- that is only running lights, a fan, a small chest freezer, and charging of laptops and phones. For refrigeration, we plan to get an old dead chest freezer to use as a refrigerator. We will keep it cold with frozen 1-gallon jugs that are frozen in the small chest freezer. You have to swap out the jugs once a day or so, but it works.

Oh, and on needing to pee in the middle of the night? That's what mason jars are for