Our Homesteading Adventure:
Building a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle… Together
Welcome to Kowalski Mountain! We’re Philip and Barbra-Sue Kowalski. We own 68 acres in Western Kentucky where we are building an off-grid homestead. After seven years of waiting, we have finally made our full-time homesteading dream a reality! In the fall of 2023, Philip and I retired from our jobs, moving over 700 miles from our home in Florida to the homestead at Kowalski Mountain.
During those years of waiting, we built the infrastructure of the homestead. We cultivated our homesteading skills on our urban homestead. Gathering the supplies and tools needed to make this lifestyle as comfortable and productive as possible.
Join us as we continue to build our off-grid homestead and begin the process of building our log home from the timber harvested on the property.

What Are You Looking For?
From Our Homestead to Yours This Season….
Spring has sprung! New life is all around the homestead! Tons of piglets, and new calves fill the barnyard. The fruit trees are bursting with blooms! It’s a season of growth, longer days and getting our hands in the dirt as nature wakes up.
Latest from the Blog
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The Best Simple Sandwich Bread Recipe Using Fresh Milled Flour
When we switched from conventional all-purpose flour to fresh-milled flour, I could hardly wait to make my first loaf of sandwich bread. The comforting aroma of freshly-baked bread fills the house. The perfect, soft slices of bread are full of whole wheat flavor and nutrition. What could be more perfect? The only thing was, making…

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Meet the Kowalski’s!
Building the homestead at Kowalski Mountain is a dream come true! This is our journey, the victories, and the challenges. Come along… We’ll share the knowledge we’ve gained, and together we’ll navigate through new projects that stretch us.
We’re so glad you’re here!
Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.




