Building

Building the homestead is no small task! Philip and I have built everything that you see, from the barn, the bathhouse, and even the RV canopy. Preparing for full-time homesteading, we built Kowalski Mountain in short Workcations. 

  • Barn Raising: Part 2

    In July of 2019 we took another workcation to Kowalski Mountain. The goal of this barn raising trip was to get the roof on the barn. We brought reinforcements this year, my parents Tom and Betty-Lou Seager made their first trip to the homestead to help. My dad is a skilled carpenter and my mom…

  • Barn Raising: Part 1

    In the Spring of 2019 we began the frame work of the first permanent structure on Kowalski Mountain. Barn raising part 1 takes the homestead to the next level. Logs Cut and Peeled We cut down a total of 11 trees and began the process of peeling them. They peel kind of like a banana……

  • Small Tasks, Big Impact

    We stay extremely busy when we travel to Kowalski Mountain… hence the term, Workcation. I rest when I go back to work! Not all the jobs are big task, some are small tasks that have a big impact on our quality of life on the homestead. Improvements to the Log Bridge The logs we’d been…