Visitors and provisional members may choose to live in a tent during their stay. Full members will be able to feel confident in building a hut or tiny house because they are permanent members, while someone who is still exploring may not want to invest their time that way.
Here is an article which describes long term tent living.
Here are 8 effective tips: How to live in a tent long term.
I do have a few tents to lend out.
The weather from April to October is comfortable here for camping. If you have a really good sleeping bag, all winter is fine for those who are hardy. I slept outside in a tent even though I was living in an apartment–until about November. I loved having the fresh air! This reminds me–it is time to start sleeping outside again! I got out of the habit.
Five Reasons You Should Sleep Outside gives you inspiration for sleeping in a tent for your over all health.
Here is a checklist for camping that might be useful.
We need to look at the trees surrounding the decks to see if there are any branches that might fall down. If we find them, then–we will figure something out. We have a few tree-people in our network who could help. Here is an article that shares how to avoid getting hurt in a tent by falling branches.
If you want to graduate to a more permanent structure, or build a tent platform, this article offers ideas.
Here is an article I just discovered that I wrote about living in a tent (in a blog I had forgotten about!)