I have been spending a good portion of my summers over the past 10 years in a magical place where the grass is greener and the crickets sing louder. I surround myself with free spirited humans, bountiful vegetables, fruit trees galore, chicks, turkeys, ducks, geese, horses, pigs, spiders, dogs and tons of other micro creatures. This is my home away from home. My safe place where I love to contribute my time and energy. Life works differently around this farm. You do what you feel like when you feel like it. When joy sparks you, you simply follow it whether that means planting, building or harvesting. And when you want a break you take one, which could easily look like a leisurely skinny in the pond pristine pond, an herbal smoke break, an ice cold home brewed cider, a long moment with an ancient tree or a deep conversation with an elder. Wild Mountain Cooperative is a sacred place to me where I have learned more about who I want to be and how I want to live year after year.

Last year I began a little project of building an outdoor shower. When I returned this year not much had changed. It was still lacking a very important feature…walls. So this year it became my priority to get it done. I love outdoor showers, to me there is nothing like showering in the elements, especially in the moonlight.

How to Build an Outdoor Shower in 10 Steps:

Get a pallet and level it on the ground
Secure 4 corner posts to your pallet.
Attach and 6 cross bars (1 high and 1 low on 3 sides) to your posts
Choose your siding and secure it to your cross bars
Find something to use as a door and hinge it one to one of your posts
Place a latch on the opposite side or you hinges
Get a hot water on demand propane water heater
Run a hose to the heater
Get a propane tank
Run a hose from the propane tank to your hot water heater

How To Build an Outdoor Shower