11x02 - Bridge Over Troubled Water

[bunniefuu]

[Marty] On this homestead,
we have a bridge

over troubled water
and it's in peril.

[Misty] That bridge
is really sketchy.

Super unsafe.

[Marty] This homesteader

is down and out.

Andy had his electrocution.

-Well, I died.
-What?

The prior owner built
everything without a permit.

[Kaila] I had to plead my case
and we were told no.

Denied, denied, denied.

My mom works so hard.

[Andy] All these burdens
are falling in my wife's lap.

It's been t*rture.

[Marty] We may be saving
not just property, but life.

Very therapeutic
to be getting this down.

[Misty]
Kaila surprised me today.

She was like taking charge,
using tools,

we could give them back
all that they have lost.

[cheering]

Whoa!

This is everything I needed

to get my confidence back.

[intense music playing]

[country music playing]

In the 1840s,
everybody in the Midwest

heard about this place
and struck out

on one of America's
largest migrations

over the "blank" Trail.

-Oregon.
-Oregon.

[Marty] Very good.

Hundreds of thousands
of people

made that journey.

They heard
you could grow anything.

Guess what
they called this valley?

"The Emerald Valley."

They claim there's
2,000 shades of green.

-One...
-[chuckles]

Two...

[Marty] Three.

[Misty] Oh, four, for sure.

[narrator]
The Raneys are wheels down

in heavily-forested
coastal Oregon.

A region where agriculture
and fishing thrive,

leading the country
in the production of timber,

hazelnuts, peppermint,
and blackberries.

But while beautiful
and ideal for growing,

the region gets pummeled
by 200 inches of rainfall

per year,
resulting in devastating

and unpredictable floods.

Also posing a threat
are cougars,

foxes, and black bears.

It is in this tumultuous
environment

that the Knigthen family
struggles to stay afloat.

I'm Andy Knighten, this is
my wife Kaila Knighten.

My name is Olivia.

I live with my mom and dad.

[Kaila] We live here
on the 23-acre homestead.

[Andy] After owning property
right in the middle of town,

we knew we wanted more.

We ended up finding
this place

and it just seem like
it was meant to be.

It has a really large creek

that flows right through
the middle of the property.

It's got plenty of pasture,
plenty of woods.

But then problems started.

[narrator]
The Knightens' homestead

is split into two parcels

on either side
of their creek.

Three acres
for the family home

and 20 acres of pasture
for livestock and gardens.

The sections are connected
by one small bridge,

but it is on the verge
of collapse.

[Andy] Our creek
is a beautiful thing.

But because of the size
of the creek,

it becomes a raging river

after a week or so
of heavy rains.

[Kaila] Not having access
to our animals,

not having access to anything
would ruin us completely.

There would be no hope
after that.

[Kaila] Our greenhouse
that we tried building

was using a carted frame
and some plastic,

and it took one winter
and destroyed
the whole thing.

Olivia love to tend
to the animals.

We started off
with three goats,

we had sheep,
we added turkeys.

It does give you some pride
knowing that that animal

was raised with kindness

and now it gets beat us.

[Andy] But then once
the predators came in,

they never stopped coming in.

[tense music playing]

[Kaila]
There's been times my husband

has talked about wanting
to sell this place,

but I will never leave
this place.

This is... This is my home.

Raneys, we need your help.

[country music playing]

[Marty] I think we're here.

-Hello.
-Hi.

We have the right place?

-[Kaila] You sure are.
-Probably.

-[Marty] Hey.
-Hi, I'm Livvy.

-Livvy? Cool name.
-[Olivia] Yeah.

-Kaila.
-Kaila.

-Yeah.
-Andy.

[Marty] Andy.
Nice to meet you.

And how long has your family
lived on this property?

Uh, we bought the place
in, uh, 2016.

-Is that your home?
-[Kaila] Yes.

[Marty]
So where did that come from?

Yeah, about three years in,

that was right about when

Andy had
his, uh, electrocution.

-[Marty] What?
-[Kaila] Yeah.

[Marty] What electrocution?

-Yes.
-[Marty] What electrocution?

-If you don't mind.
-12,000 volts, buddy.

And you survived it?

Well, I died.

-For two minutes.
-But, uh, my heart stopped.

I had the whole going through
the bright light.

He severed
completely two tendons,

tore his bicep in half,

caused eye damage,
memory damage.

-It was a very traumatic--
-You're fortunate to be alive.

Yes.

[Andy] I've always been
kind of a rural person.

I've worked in the woods
for quite a few years.

So I'd always wanted
to get on a homestead.

I can really take it back
to one day

our family's
sitting on the couch

and we're living
our little quarter-acre lot

in a busy city,
hating our lives,

really thinking
of all the things

that we could be doing
if we were living

out in nature homesteading

and fantasy kind of started
turning into reality.

Put our house up
on the market,

and we found a piece of land
and we just went for it.

Andy started to work
in his shop

to help make money
rebuilding cars.

And the garden was doing
great, it was producing,

our animals were flourishing,

up until Andy's accident.

[Andy]
I had the non-job injury

where, uh,
I was electrocuted.

Lucky to be alive.

[Kaila] Andy came home
from the hospital

within a couple weeks.

He was able to heal
and get back on his feet.

Um, but then after that,
he was demoing

and a 300-pound concrete
slab landed on his knee,

which drove his leg
through his ankle bone,

shattering it.

That was the moment
that everything

fell apart on our homestead.

I went from being
a homesteader

to a caregiver.

[narrator]
With Andy's lengthy recovery,

things on the homestead
only worsened

when the Knightens
faced permit issues.

When we bought the property,

there was a house
already built.

It was recorded burned down,

but it was
in a great location.

As it turns out,
the prior owner

built everything
without a permit.

After finding out
that there was somebody

that contested us

building next to the creek,

it was devastating.

I had to go
before a panel of people

and I had to plead my case.

And we were told no.

[Kaila] All these burdens
are falling in my wife's lap

and all I could do is sit
there and watch her struggle.

My mom works so hard
and never gets a break.

The last couple years
has just sucked the joy

out of being here.

I feel like it is crushed

my hopes and dreams.

So to watch
my family struggle,

to know that I'm struggling
and to try to keep a smile

on my face the whole time
is just...

It's been t*rture.

-It's crazy.
-We're glad you survived.

[Andy] Yeah, she's held
our family together.

Yeah.
She's our heart and soul.

Somehow this buffoon
ended up with her.

Well, at this point,
I think we should look around.

[Andy] I'll follow you.

[country music playing]

[Andy]
So this is the foundation.

There was a two-story house.

The prior owner
built everything

without a permit,
so we had to demo it.

I know we're not allowed
to put a house here.

[Marty] When I look around
this foundation

as a potential build,

something that would
help them,

I'm told, "You can't do it."

Denied, denied, denied.

But it's so special to them,

I feel like I've gotta do
something with it.

[narrator] Oregon is a state
with plentiful resources

for off-grid living.

But it's also known
for its strict rules

and regulations on how
homesteaders can use land.

The Knighten's creek consists

of federally-protected
salmon,

so no structures can be
built within 100 feet,

preventing the family
from rebuilding

where the previous home
once stood.

And since most
of the homestead

lays within a flood plain,

they're almost limited
in the size

of structures they can build.

With anything
over 10 by 12 feet

requiring a permit.

[Marty] All right.
So who built this?

[Andy] Uh, the guy
that we bought the place from.

This half is concrete,
but for whatever reason

he stopped at this point.

These don't even look
like they're bolted down.

Nope.

-They're not?
-Nope.

Whenever we get enough water
coming through...

logs hit this.

And then knock these over.

I mean, it's terrifying.

When I look around
this beautiful property,

I see just a few acres
on one side of the river,

but your entire homestead

is on the other side
of the river.

I'm telling you right now,
that's...

flexing.

This bridge is everything
on this homestead.

We have to fix it.

On that note,
let's go back across, please.

Gonna hold this?

[Andy] You should.

[Kaila] When we got here,
there was no infrastructure,

and so there was
a lot of trial and error,

there was a lot of moving
the garden around

to find the place
that made the most sense.

We finally got our garden
into this fenced area.

But the only thing
that's left in my garden

are the perennials,
the things
that I don't have to,

you know, re-plan each year.

I mean, honestly, the last,
like, four or five years,

everything I try, it was just
a kick to the gut every time.

-So no greenhouse?
-No, yeah.

So you're just trying
to get them outside

to maximize
your growing season?

Yeah, we had a late
freeze this year,

it was unexpected,
and I wasn't here

to do any covering,

and so we just lost it all
in one day.

So you've had a rough
couple of years?

Yeah. Um, it has been
a lot, you know,

having my husband
be near-death and just...

Yeah, it was...
It's been a lot.

I'm sorry.

This is my happy place,

like, the homestead,
the garden.

And to have to put that
on hold, I mean,

it was hard, but, you know,
as a mother,

you know, you'll...
You're willing

-to sacrifice anything.
-Yeah.

To me, so much of the focus
has gone to her family

where it should go,

and not a lot of time

has been left
for anything else.

And it shows.

[Matt] This looks
like chickens?

We had chickens in here,
but about a week ago,

they were eaten. [chuckles]

[Matt] Oh, no.

So the feathers
I'm seeing here

were from predation?

[Olivia] Yeah.

[Matt] What is this?

It's been a lot of things.

Goat pen, sheep pen,
pig pen, and turkeys.

[Matt] I see a ton
of livestock structures.

They had probably
six different types

of livestock at one point,

and now they're just
down to two.

They got two pigs, one goat,

and at one point
this homestead had big dreams

on being self-sufficient.

But right now,
they're just raising pets.

I really want sheep again.

The sheep were fun to have
and they, you know, like, keep

the grass down,
same with the goats.

But I have to make sure

we can't be supplying

the predator
with a new food source.

And none of these structures
are predator-proof.

Homesteading is all about

being self-reliant
and self-sufficient.

[Matt] If these animals
have any chance

of actually thriving here

and reaching the goal
of sustainability,

we're gonna need to get
these animals

into something more solid.

We need to decide...

where you wanna bring back
the livestock

and make sure
that it's as predator-proof

as you can possibly get, okay?

-You like it?
-Yeah.

[country music playing]

[Marty]
This homestead is in peril.

There's remnants
of a homestead

and I think efforts were made
and there was success.

I think a lot of effort

has gone to the health
of the family.

-[Marty] Mmm-hmm.
-And focusing on recovery.

-Mmm-hmm.
-And now it is the time

where we could give them back
all that they have lost.

I have to make sure
that the livestock

can be safe

and I'm not gonna bring
anything here

until I know
we have a safe pen

for whatever new livestock
we're gonna bring back.

Clearly, we're probably gonna
build everything over here,

so we gonna have to get real
creative on what we build,

how big we build,
be completely compliant

with the rules and regulations

on this homestead
here in Oregon.

[narrator] To get the Knighten
family homestead above water,

Marty will rebuild
and reinforce the bridge

so the family
and vital equipment

can travel safely across.

Misty will establish
a permanent greenhouse

to allow for year-round
sustainable growing.

And to bring back
integral livestock,

Matt will create a pen
strong enough

to repel even the largest
of predators.

All right. So we've all
taken a little tour.

-Phew.
-We wanna help you

get that homestead back
to where you want it to be.

[Matt] We have to make sure
there's a place

that's safe from predators

and I recommend you
get livestock

that gives back
to the homestead

so you could be
more self-sufficient.

So the space over here
is really tight.

There's not enough room
to have a greenhouse

and a proper garden space.

For me, we have to move

to the other side
of this river.

[Marty]
Fortunate for you guys,

we know a family

that also has a property

with three acres on one side

and 40 on the other side.

-That's us.
-I was wondering.

-Oh. [laughs]
-[laughs]

[Marty] So, same thing.

There's rules and regulations
in Alaska.

Right? In about a week,

hopefully we see
a transformation here.

-[Misty] Are you ready?
-Oh, I'm so ready.

-Absolutely.
-[laughs]

[Marty]
We'll see you in the morning.

[music playing]

[Marty] Okay, guys.
Let me get this straight.

[narrator] On the Knighten's
23-acre Oregon homestead,

Marty and Misty
gather the family

to salvage building materials

conveniently located
on their property.

The county asked you guys

-to tear down this building.
-Mmm-hmm.

They said
you couldn't live in it.

-Correct.
-Correct.

[Marty] Well, it looks like
we still got some more

-to tear down, right?
-[Andy] I kind of got stopped.

So you don't mind if we
pick up where you left off

and we start
to repurpose, upcycle,

free-cycle some of this
building material?

That would be marvelous.

I'd love to build
a greenhouse.

We're gonna start today.

We need building materials.

There's a lot
of materials here.

There's a stack there.

There's windows over there.

It doesn't matter
if you're building

a doghouse

or a mansion.

Every single item
that it takes

to build any of those
is expensive.

So if you have an opportunity

to save a homesteader money,
you do it.

What's the limit again
to the size of our structure?

Basically, a 10 by 12.

Are you guys opposed to me

just snapping out at 10 by 12

and cutting a prebuilt floor

that we can take across
the river?

[Kaila] Yeah, that's great.

That's gonna be a challenge,
but yeah, let's do it.

-[Kaila laughs]
-[Misty] You're smart,

-because you're right.
-Whoa.

I've never been
accused of that before.

[Kaila laughs]

[narrator] Taking advantage of
existing building materials

and abiding by Oregon
rules and regulations,

Marty and Misty
will remove flooring

measuring 10 by 12 feet

from the remaining house
foundation.

It will then be transported
across the river

and used as a base for
the new covered greenhouse,

in which walls, roof,
and windows

will also be put together
from found materials.

Uh, so they just started

and they are cutting up
the rest of the foundation

and getting rid
of the concrete slab

that broke Andy's ankle.

Oh, to watch it
go away is so nice.

[Marty whistles]

[dramatic music playing]

[Marty whistles]

[Kaila] I can't tell
who's more excited

that that hearth is gone,
Andy or I.

Watching them pull it off
with that chain

was just freeing to know

that it is finally
not something

that is glaring at us
when we walk by.

[dramatic music playing]

[Marty] Don't be shy.

Wow. Slow down.

[Misty] Now you're free.

Watch your toes.

Hold on right there, please.

Is that what you wanted?

-Yeah, it's perfect.
-[Marty] Okay.

How long did it take?

[Kaila] A lot less time
than building one.

-[laughs]
-And how much did it cost?

Nothing.

-Our time.
-Did we upcycle?

-What were we calling that?
-[Kaila] Free-cycle.

-Free-cycle.
-[Kaila laughs]

[upbeat music playing]

[Matt] Come on in.

What do you got on here?

Got two by four, two by six,

and, uh, sheet goods.

We can get a ton of stuff
done with this.

[narrator] After Matt unloads
a lumber delivery

near the entrance
of the homestead...

[Matt]
Let's talk about predators.

[narrator] He meets with Liv

to discuss the predation
issue on the property.

You can condition predators

from using a homestead
for predation purposes.

One thing I've definitely
noticed is that

Liv and Kaila
really loved these animals.

It's inspiring.
And it really shows me

what the need is
on the homestead.

They need their animals
to be safe.

My game plan really has to do

with bringing back
a smaller number...

of different livestock
that you want to bring

onto the homestead that your
family could actually manage.

And making sure that they have
a predator-proof pen

and maybe an electric fence.

I would love to get
new animals to get like

the same animals that we had.
Maybe new ones.

I think we should probably,
you know, make sure

it's predator-proof so they
don't just end up dying again.

Let's go look at all these
structures

on the other side
of the river.

And I kind of wanna start
with the sheep.

-You into it?
-Sure.

All right, follow me.

As soon as I got across
the river with Liv,

I saw a ton of livestock
structures,

but there's one
that's perfect.

It's big enough,
it's strong enough

to be able to house the sheep

and keep them safe.

I mean, they would
thrive over there

if only they were safe
from predation problems.

This building has to be moved

'cause this Misty
needs this garden space.

So we need to measure
this building

and see if it can actually be
moved without falling apart.

This building is old.

A lot of livestocks
lived in there

and the floor is really
the only place

that is actually
structurally sound.

But we can't let it stop us
because this homestead

needs to start
homesteading now.

It looks like we have some
four by six beams down here.

We could probably use these
beams under there as skids.

Detach the deck,

detach the awning,

and then probably
shovel out the inside,

and then this thing
will be ready to move.

All right, cool.

[Misty]
Let's talk about one thing.

[narrator]
Back at the foundation site,

Liv rejoins her family

as Marty and Misty
look to relocate

the flooring
for the new greenhouse.

Do you think
that the five of us

can pick that up and carry
it across the bridge?

-No.
-Do you think the five of us

can move it, Liv?

God, no.

Do you have an air compressor?

Uh, three of them.

Would you do me a favor?

[Andy] Probably.

Would you air the tires up
on that thing?

-[Kaila laughs]
-[Andy] For what?

We're gonna set that on there,

and the five of us are gonna
push that across the bridge.

One way to do it.

[Marty] Okay.

Your job is to push.

Uh, do you got brakes?

[Marty] Misty's corner.

Slow down!

Whoa!

Right in the middle.

You're gonna be driving.

Uh...

What's so crazy
is you kind of find yourself

in these circumstances.

My dad immediately is like,
"Oh, you gotta weight

this thing down." I'm like,
"Oh, okay. Cool."

"Oh, wait. Now you gotta
steer. Okay, cool."

"Oh, now you gotta drive it
across the bridge."

And I'm like,
"Was this the plan all along?

And how did
I draw this straw?"

I don't remember
drawing straws.

[Marty] Let's go.
We're going slow, man.

We're going slow.
Keep it on the bridge!

Stop, stop, stop.
Go, slow, slow, slow.

[Kaila] Okay, watch your step
because you're right

on the edge, Marty.

-Misty.
-What?

Why are you so far left?

Why? I'm just trying
to not die.

[Olivia] Well,
you're doing great.

[Misty] We're gonna need
to pick up speed

just to make it
across these boards.

-I'm like, okay.
-Whoa, whoa. Slow down. Slow
down.

We got the sketchy section!
Whoa!

What did it hit?

[Misty] You gotta pick up
speed to get on the boards.

[Marty] There we... Oh, stop.
Misty, Mis!

-What?
-[Marty] You're gonna go off
on the right.

[dramatic music playing]

-[Marty] We're gonna make it?
-[Misty] Yeah.

[Andy] We're gonna make it.

[Olivia] Careful, Mom,
because there is
a giant hole there.

[Andy] Watch out.
Watch out, honey. Watch out.

[Andy] Oh, my God.

That went good.

-[Olivia] We're good.
-[Misty] Whoa!

-[Andy] Wow.
-[Misty] I'm still alive!

-[Olivia] Survived it.
-[Andy] Look at that.

-[Marty] Thank you.
Good driving.
-[Kaila] Yeah, thank you.

I taught her how to drive.

-[laughs]
-[Misty] Good job, Marty.

Okay. Are you ready
to build a greenhouse?

-Absolutely.
-[Misty] Let's go.

[country music playing]

Okay.
Can you touch the waterline?

It's the high mark
of a riverbank.

[narrator] With the 10
by 12 structure

now on the 20-acre side
of the homestead,

Misty takes measurements
and prepares

to make Kaila's greenhouse
dream a reality.

Totally amazing.

We made it over
the bridge in one piece.

If we had to carry
this by hand, it's so heavy.

The bridge is so narrow,
it would've been

next to impossible.

So I'm super pumped because
you're looking at the new

foundation for the greenhouse,

and we're ready as soon
as we lower it down

to start framing walls.

All on the first day.

Whoa! Down.

[Marty] Get down, the down,
down, down, down, down.

[Andy] Hold on.

[Misty] Nice. Good job.

Now let's dance on this thing.

[Kaila laughs]

[Misty] Okay, come over,
Kaila.

Okay, jump up.

What do you think?

This is awesome.

The fact
that there's a ready-made

deck and foundation
and we're ready to start

framing walls right now
is amazing.

-It is.
-[Misty] Guess what?

-What?
-Thanks to you
and your husband

and your girls,
all the materials here,

we just gotta shuttle it
over and we'll...

-Yeah.
-just connect
all of them together

and you'll have a structure.

-[Kaila] Perfect.
-So let's go grab
the first wall.

-[Kaila] Let's do it.
-Okay.

[dramatic music playing]

What do you think, pig?

Nothing to see here.

[pig snorting]

[Kaila] I feel her
judging her.

Well, I could do
like a leg off.

[Kaila laughs]

You're gonna have to let go.

There's a big gap right here.

Ah!

-Nothing to see here.
-[laughs]

[Misty] Who's this, Kaila?

Yes. Stormy, Misty.
Misty, Stormy.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

-Is she part of the recruit?
-Yes. Yes.

So are you sure you wanna get
on this crazy train?

Yeah, absolutely.

Okay, let's head this way.

-[Stormy] [indistinct]
-So you're the engine.

-Okay.
-By help, I mean, push.

Push.

That is good pushing.

It is really nice to know
that all the hard work

that we did,

saving every piece of wood
we possibly could

in hopes that one day
that we could use it.

That today
we get to fast-forward

through all the work
of putting things together.

It's really starting
to remotivate us.

So I'm elated. [giggles]

[Misty] We're gonna sleep
good tonight.

[Kaila] Heck, yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

[Andy] Hey, Marty.

I wanna show you some video.

Of?

Of what this cute little river
becomes in a torrent.

[Marty] You're kidding me.

[Andy] Isn't that
a lot of water?

-It's unbelievable.
-Yup. All the way up.

I mean, the water's as high
as we're standing.

Basically,
this video shows, uh,

-a bunch of trees here.
-Mmm-hmm.

And when they come down,
they actually hit the bridge

and then they stop moving.

And once one gets caught,
the rest of them get caught.

They deal with something
very dangerous.

This property floods.

And what comes down river
in the flooding are trees,

pulling trees, with
the root systems connected.

When it's really flooding,

we actually get a river
going through our yard.

If there's a log jam
and it goes undealt with,

this place will flood.

Uh, the animals would drown.

It would ruin
all of our dreams.

I mean, every time
the water gets up,

I get up in the middle
of the night three

or four times a night
and come out here,

'cause if one
tree's hung up...

Dude, if you fall in that...

-[Andy] Oh.
-[Marty] you're dead.

I just can't believe you're
out there messing with that.

Well, you have to.

Because enough
of that logs catch here

and pushing against
this bridge,

we're always afraid
that the bridge

will just gonna topple over

and now we don't have access
to our homestead.

[Marty] I have to make
that bridge safer.

But we need to find
10-foot long railroad ties.

So in the meantime,

we're scrounging up materials,

plywood, whatever,

just to get it
foot traffic accessible.

[dramatic music playing]

[Andy]
Having Marty take something

that we have there
that we more or less

we're gonna need
to throw away.

Yeah, just hand them up to me.

And have him come up
with the idea

to repurpose it and use it
in a way that it was,

you know,
not really meant to be.

Don't walk on these.
They got nails.

It would not bother me
whatsoever if all this stuff

got recombobulated into
something more better for us.

-[Marty] All right.
-[Andy] Good job.

But we got
a lot of work to do.

[country music playing]

All right,
this is a good spot.

I've got a good idea
where I wanna move

this animal pen,
but I need to talk to Kaila

because the idea I have
for protecting these sheep,

she might
not actually be into.

The only real way
I think it...

That you could actually
keep the sheep from getting

picked off is by
bringing an electric fence in.

Did you ever use
electric fences before?

Uh, we used it once before

when we had a nuisance bear.

To have the ultimate predator
preparedness plan,

we need to condition
the predators

from coming
onto the homestead.

You have to involve hazing,

harassing animals
in non-lethal ways

that prevents them

from getting comfortable
on your land.

[narrator] Introduced
by Texas ranchers

in the late 1800s
is a more humane alternative

to barbed wire.

Technological improvements
to the electric fence

led to its widespread
adoption

across many agricultural
regions.

Since the electric fence
doesn't need to physically

restrain animals,

it requires less
raw materials

and can be built cheaper
and faster

than traditional fences.

A minimum of 2,000 volts
is necessary

to contain most livestock.

An amperage
that delivers enough shock

to deter the animal
without causing injury.

Obviously Andy's accident
was a lot of voltage.

I don't wanna bring anything
on the homestead

that is gonna cause
Andy any kind of grief.

-[Kaila] Right.
-Right?

[Kaila] Yeah.

But I also don't wanna
bring livestock

back on the homestead
and not have him be safe.

-Exactly. Yeah.
-You think that's something
that Andy

could be able to accept?

Oh, absolutely.

We knew that this
was going to be an option.

So it is a conversation
that Andy and I have had.

My sole reason for wanting
the homestead was to

not have to rely on stores

and having my sheep be able

to breed and get back
into that is super exciting.

I am ready for it.

-Sounds good. Mmm-hmm.
-Cool. Let's do it.

Okay. What's going on?

We are a man down today.

He has a real hard time
knowing his limits.

It's on our shoulders

to get this work done.

[country music playing]

[Marty] Guys, let's talk
a little bit.

[narrator] With materials
still being sourced
and salvaged...

So do you guys
want to reintroduce turkeys?

Yes.

[narrator] Marty pitches
the Knighten family

on a project to further help
their protein woes.

We have scoured
the state of Oregon

for 10-foot
long railroad ties.

We can't find them.

So we're gonna focus
on another build.

So how many turkeys
did you have before?

-Three.
-[Marty] Okay.
And what did you do with them?

-Harvested them.
-You ate them?

-Yeah.
-You've also lost
a lot of animals to predators.

I was wondering,
would it be possible...

to look
at that foundation area.

Instead of it just being
a huge bad memory,

what if we...

were to actually use
this area right here

as a turkey run?

It's a good plan.
It's a good plan.

But that's the turkey run.

[sighs] We're limited
what you can build

on this property,
where you can build it.

But what I've learned,
if you build something

on wheels,
you're pretty much legal

to park it virtually anywhere
in your property.

Look what's behind my truck.

[Andy] You got a trailer.

[Marty] Exactly.

We were thinking
that if we built a turkey coop

on a portable trailer,

that we would be perfectly

in the confines of legality

to back it right up here,

connected if you will,
just by chicken wire.

They could have that run.

Look at that area.
Throw some straw in there.

I mean it's amazing, right?

[Andy] Mmm-hmm.

[narrator] Utilizing
the previous house
foundation,

Marty will build
an innovative covered
turkey run,

connected to a mobile coop
that can be moved closer

to the house at night,

adhering to Oregon's
regulations.

And look
how close to the house.

Probably a safer place here
from predators.

I like the plan because
they will be safe here.

And because the foundation's
being used.

It's here. It should be used
for something

and that's awesome.

So you're gonna have
to pardon my choice of words,

shift gears

and go
from two door hard top coops

to a turkey coop.

-Can you handle it?
-[Andy] We can do it.

All right, let's go.
Let's get to work.

[upbeat music playing]

-[Misty] How you doing?
-Feeling good.
How about you?

Good. Never in one day have
I seen a greenhouse go up

this quickly.

Because it went up so fast,
I wanna do something

I've never done
on a homestead.

I wanna build a second one,

and I want to give you
like the ultimate space

for a greenhouse.

Oh, my gosh.

-[Misty] What do you think?
-That sounds amazing.

-[Misty] Am I crazy?
-No.

In Oregon, we're restricted
with our dimensions

and you can only do


-[Kaila] Correct.
-[Misty] But that doesn't mean
you can't build

like a pod style greenhouse
where it's actually

two separate structures with
a walkway in between,

-right?
-Right.

[Misty] So, I wanted
to give you the Kaila

dream greenhouse
and I'm still gonna do it.

This sounds amazing.
I would've never thought

to have two side
by side and that is...

That is so perfect.
It's such a good idea.

-[Misty] Are you ready?
-[Kaila] I'm ready.

-[Misty] Let's go.
-[Kaila] All right.

[dramatic music playing]

Kaila doesn't just have
one green thumb,

she has two and that's why

she's getting two greenhouses.

We're super restricted
and limited

with one greenhouse
in a tiny little area.

But with two greenhouses,

it gives the plants
way more space for growing.

And there's so much more
we can do.

My toes' clear.

Watch the drivetrain.

The strap on the other side.

-[laughs]
-Drive safe.

-Hi, good morning.
-[Stormy] Good morning.

What do you got?

[Stormy] I brought some
windows for the greenhouse.

[laughs]

Andy and Kaila are always here
when we need them.

My husband and I,

if we need help
with our well,

Andy's the first one
to be over there.

Um, if Kaila
and Andy need help over here,

we are phone call away
right across the street.

We're coming over.

Ready? Not too crazy.

My biggest hesitation
with this homestead

is how are we truly
gonna transform it

in a week
without the equipment.

And look at us go.

I mean, where there's a will,
there's a way.

Even when
there's so many rules

and regulations,
you can still make it happen.

We're looking at the new door.

Now there's no turning back.

We have to finish
the greenhouse.

-[Stormy] All right.
-[Kaila] No pressure guys.

You must be confident enough

we're gonna finish
at least one.

-Oh, absolutely.
-[laughter]

[upbeat music playing]

Very therapeutic
to be getting this down.

You know, having to continue
to do something

new every season,

have it fall apart,
it's pretty frustrating.

But now I have this greenhouse
to look forward to

because I don't need
this anymore.

What's totally amazing
is Kaila and Andy,

they have a lot of structures,

a lot of material.

We stole a door
off of an old pigpen.

This already
was a window which happens

to be the same width
as this door.

So I just need
to cut out the bottom,

throw the door, done.

Kaila surprised me
today because

usually a homesteader will
kind of wait for direction.

[power tool whirring]

[Misty] But not her.

She was like taking charge
using tools

and I believe her
when she says

that she's Andy's
right-hand man.

It shows.

You're looking
at your new door.

So we have the front door,
the big glass slider

that's gonna lead
into the garden space.

But we need that second door

to access the second
greenhouse, right?

-Yes.
-[Misty] So
it'll be good.

-Perfect.
-[Misty] Love it?

Love it.

[dramatic music playing]

[Marty] Okay.
Let's talk about something.

[narrator] As a new day dawns,

the Knighten family
comes to the Raneys

with some unfortunate news.

Andy has a real hard time
knowing his limits

when it comes to his injury.

Uh, he overdid it quite a bit
over the last few days.

Um, not getting much sleep
because of it

and really just needs
to take some time away

to let his body heal

and get himself,
you know, right again.

I sensed on day one
he was lifting things

he shouldn't be lifting.

And tell him I'm sorry.

We can do
the heavy lifting, right?

-[Misty] Mmm-hmm.
-Okay. Yeah.

And, you know, he wanted
to say he was sorry too

because you guys
have come such a long way

to help us and have done
so much for us already.

Hopefully Andy
will get some rest, right?

-[Kaila] Oh, absolutely.
-And feel better soon.

-Yes. Yeah.
-[Misty] Yeah.

In the last couple of years,

Kaila and Liv have been doing
all of the work

on this homestead. Why?

Because Andy had not one
but two major injuries.

That said, it's basically
on our shoulders

to get this work done.

On that note,
let's get to all this work.

-Yup, let's do it.
-Yeah. Let's go.

-I'll follow you.
-Okay.

[country music playing]

[Marty] All right.

Are you ready to talk turkey?

-I am. [laughs]
-All right.

[narrator] Still waiting
on materials to complete

the bridge repair,

Marty and the team have spent

the morning constructing
the mobile turkey coop.

And now, he shows off

the new homestead edition
to Kaila.

A few more sheets of plywood
and we're going

to be real close to moving it.

So when we showed up here,

we found out that they used
to raised turkeys.

A lot of predators
cleaned everything out.

If we're gonna
reintroduce turkeys,

we wanna make sure we have
predator-proof structures.

We have one day
in this project.

Uh, the cool thing is,
it's a little narrow,

but we went a little taller
to make up for it,

which is kind of cool
because I think these turkeys

are gonna really appreciate
that they can have a...

Not a little low perch,

but a really cool
high tall perch.

Yeah. Turkeys
like to perch up high.

[turkey cackles]

[narrator] Indigenous
to the Americas,

wild turkeys
are fast running birds

with sharp hearing
and eyesight.

They were domesticated
by Aztecs around 10 BC

to 10 AD who ate their meat

and used their feathers
for ornamental purposes.

Today, while known in the US
as a centerpiece

for the Thanksgiving holiday,

many farms and homesteads
utilized turkey year round

for its healthy protein
and tender meat.

[Marty] So we'll probably
put a two by two

turkey door right here.

That said, do you want
to crawl in and out of here?

A two by two door in and out?

I mean, if I had
the choice, no. [laughs]

Well, you have a choice.

See if you can fit
inside there.

-Okay.
-Okay. Plenty of room?

-Oh, my gosh, yes.
-You like it?

Oh, it's... Yes.
It's so spacious.

I mean, even with my little
turkey gobblers,

there are gonna be plenty
of room for me in here.

It'll be perfect for them.

They're gonna feel so safe
in here.

Oh, so happy.

-You are?
-I am.
I really, really am. Oh.

-That makes me... Really?
-Sorry, I'm getting emotional.

-Yes. Yeah, this is awesome.
-[Marty] Well...

Okay. That makes me feel good
that you're happy.

It was really hard
watching our animals

get picked off one by one.

It was hard to have
to bury them

and to know
that they would've had

a much happier life
had they not been

on our homestead
if we had more knowledge,

if we knew what to do.

And for a long time,
I stopped dreaming

about what
that would look like.

The thought of getting,
you know,

our turkeys back
is super exciting.

To us, it's like this
is gonna save my turkeys.

They're gonna feel safe
and they're gonna be happy.

So I haven't spent that much
personal one-on-one time

with Kaila until now.

And I can see
that she is fully committed.

She's invested.

I'm convinced that
these turkeys will benefit her

in becoming the homesteader

she dreams of becoming.

This is perfect.

Well, you just made me
feel very good,

so thank you.

[Kaila] Thank you.

[Marty] Hopefully we can get
this dried in

before the rain hits.

[dramatic music playing]

[pig snorting]

[Kaila] How's it going?

[narrator] With Marty kick
starting the turkey coop,

Misty, Kaila,
and some neighborly help

begin next steps
at the greenhouse site.

-Good morning.
-What do we got here?

I'm Sharon.

Is this like you guys
are here to help, I hope?

-Oh, yes.
-Hey.

-We're your wayward crew, yup.
-Thank you.

I have a lot that
I wanna accomplished today.

Let's try and do our best
to clean up this area.

And at some point,
I wanna start putting up

all that old barn wood.

-Let's get to it.
-All right.

This is what best friends
are for.

It's just been me and Kaila
get as much

as we possibly could get done.

But now with all
these extra set of hands,

we're gonna get a lot done.

All right. So we're gonna move
the metal pieces

over to the other side
of the fence,

and then everything else can
kind of just go along
with it.

Uh, be careful with the metal

because there are some sharp
pieces.

It's really nice to have
all my friends here helping.

They've been such a big part
of our homestead

that it's nice to be able
to share this experience
with them.

Look how ugly this is.

-[Kaila laughs]
-We can't leave these walls.

I mean, they were...

They were such a blessing
because they went up

so fast but they're so ugly.

So we are gonna paint it

hopefully weather-permitting
while I'm here.

What color should we paint it?

[Kaila]
I would love it dark green.

-[Misty] Like an evergreen?
-[Kaila] Yeah,

that would be so beautiful.

Obviously, these buildings
are pretty far apart.

Um, for the pod style,
for the code,

we do need to connect the two

and still stay within
those codes.

So there needs to be access
for this side.

There needs to be access
for that side.

What do you think
about a bridge

-going to both structures?
-I think that'd be awesome.

[narrator] Abiding by
Oregon rules and regulations,

Misty will build
a floating bridge structure

to link the two 10 by 12 foot
style greenhouses

separated
by a 10-foot breezeway.

I have the dreams
of all the greenhouses

that I wish I could have

and every one of them
has the barn wood

and the dark green.

And they were just fantasy

as they were never anything

I was gonna have
just, you know,

maybe I can incorporate
some of that

into whatever
I could make myself.

And now, I turned around
and it's exactly what I...

what I fantasized about.

It's like Misty knew
exactly what I wanted.

The whole time, Kaila,
I've been, like,

really cautiously
using all the tools

and like watching my step,

because I'm like, "Is it
the homestead that's cursed?"

I know, right.

[Misty] Like,
I feel bad for your husband

because he's had
so many injuries.

It's been...
It is been hard but...

-[Misty] Yeah. Is he okay?
-Yeah. Yeah.

-[Misty] Is he like...
-He just needs rest.

He really...
He just needs to rest.

This is just so much
and too much.

He just wants to have his
hands in everything, you know?

If you used to be the guy
that did everything

and could do everything

and then so much
was happening without you

-that's hard.
-It is. But...

he's gonna be so excited

to see everything
that's got done.

[Misty] He does. Yeah.

[Matt] Okay.

Come on in, Liv.

[narrator] Later that day,

Matt and Liv prepared to move
the sheep pen

from the greenhouse site
to open pasture

40 feet away.

We got to move out
all these stuff.

We're kind of like
out with the old,

in with the new.

-What do you think?
-Sounds good.

Let's do it.

I wish I could just bring

a skid steer excavator
across the bridge,

but I'm limited
to a side by side

to move that building
from Misty's Garden area.

We are in the way.

So let's get it all strapped
around the base

and then we'll hook that chain

-and we'll start dragging.
-Yeah.

Moving this building
is not gonna be easy.

We've got it as light
as we possibly can.

This is where we want
to be at, the height,

but that strap's not gonna
wanna stay there on its own.

So we'll put in
some wood blocking

to just basically hold it up
in a couple spots.

It's been here
since we moved here

and it's always been old.

Oh, this moves.

I think it's probably
gonna fall apart.

All right. I'm hopping in.

-You ready for the move?
-Yup.

All right. No time to lose.
Let's do it.

[country music playing]

[engine revving]

[grunts]

[Matt] That thing is heavy
and it's really slippery.

We're digging in.

I think we have to jack
this building up

and cut these
into more sharper skid ends

and that would probably help
out a lot.

Unfortunately,
the building itself,

the skids are just
digging into the ground.

So getting it jacked up

and actually
cutting in angled fronts,

kind of, like ski points

on the skids underneath

is definitely something
that needs to happen.

We need to basically
leapfrog these skids

on top of these planks.

Plan B.

Let's do this.

-Are we ready?
-[man speaking]

[engine revving]

Whoa. Good.

It's moving, kind of.

Ooh.

-Oh, not kidding.
-You hit Misty's building.

[man] Oh, no.

Pull it this way.

[Misty speaking]

The second that thing touched

it was like a sixth sense
went off

and Misty came right in there

and was like,
"What's going on?"

I didn't... I barely hit that.

[Misty]
Barely hit it is still hit it.

[Matt] I know, but I stopped
before it actually,

like, caused damage.

Cool.

All of us together, we could
be able to pry this thing.

-You ready?
-[Liv] Yeah.

[Matt] Hold on.

Misty. I like it.

Three, two, one.

-[Misty] Get it.
-[Matt] Nice.

Look, look.

It's just a smudge.

I feel like Matt hit
the greenhouse on purpose

because that's like
what siblings do.

It's fine.

There should never
a dull moment

when you're moving
a structure.

The old "I'm sorry

and it will buff out."

[Matt] Let's give it a try.

That thing got on the grass

and I pulled it
across the field

like it was just going skis
on the snow

and we got it into place.

And now, we have
a structure for livestock.

It really worked good.

High five.

[Misty] Wait, wait, wait.
Wait.

Misty and Kaila said, "Wait,

there's a power line."

Are you okay what happened?

[Kaila] I get nervous
around electricity.

[mellow music playing]

[Misty] So here we go.

[narrator]
With daylight fading

on day four of the rescue,

time is running low

to finish crucial projects

on the Knighten family's
homestead.

And at the greenhouse site,

Misty and Kaila
divide and conquer.

[Kaila] The grass
is a daily nuisance.

It's beautiful and flush

and it's fun to walk on,

but the moment
you don't need it there,

it is an absolute battle.

I feel like
I'm fist fighting it

most of the time.

Being able to use that
weeded whacker in my garden

and cutting all that
tall grass down,

it's so satisfying.

While Kaila is weeded
whacking the garden,

I'm gonna figure out

how I'm gonna connect
these greenhouse pods.

So we have these
pod style structures, right?

And we need to create access
between the two

and we are not allowed
to attach them together.

So the only way we're gonna
be able to do that

is not to attach anything,

but to build
a floating bridge.

Andy's still not doing well

and we're still without him.

It's okay. Us girls
are just pushing forward,

so I feel like
we're moving right along.

[machine whirring]

My family's
the only one that knows

that my secret joy

is tilling the soil
and getting my hands dirty.

And all that hard mundane work

that people
typically hate doing

is kind of my sweet spot.

-[Misty] What do you think?
-It's beautiful.

[Misty] Never again
will this be a livestock pen.

-[Kaila] Oh, thank God.
-[Misty] You are standing

in your new garden.

You already have
plants growing.

And you're just gonna add
to the space come summertime.

You've got a few more weeks,
right?

-You're almost there. Yeah.
-[Kaila] Yeah.

So stand back, soak it up,
soak it in.

And tomorrow we can paint.

[Kaila] Yup.

Yoo-hoo. Good job.

[owl hooting]

[thunder rumbling]

[Marty] Okay, buddy.

[narrator] The next morning...

[Marty] Let's hit it.

[narrator] Marty gets to work
on the mobile Turkey coop,

but with only three days left

on the night in homestead,
the rescue is hit

with another
unexpected setback.

I travel around North America

trying to help people
with my A team.

That would be Misty and Matt.

And from time to time,

some unforeseen occurrence
gets in the way

and one of those kids
has to go.

That just happened.

Matt has left the building.
Why?

Family emergency.

Give us a hand.

Unfortunately,
family emergencies trump all.

Do you think we can move this
by hand without equipment?

-Absolutely.
-[Marty] You think so? Okay.

Good news is we did find
a local contractor.

His name is Jared.

He's got two kids

and I'm hoping
that they can pick up

some of this slack,

because we're getting
in over our heads.

We're gonna need somebody
for ballast, right?

Because this is
a weirdly built trailer.

[Sydney] I got you.

[Marty laughs] Okay.

Blocks out.

Somebody?

-It's gonna work?
-[Jared] Yup.

[Marty] Okay. Easy.

Whoa. Kind of heavy.

Is this a bad idea?

I'm relying on you guys
to steer.

Correct.

[Jared] Marty and I get along
like he's in a pod.

He works with his children.

I work with my kids

and, uh,
he's a little bit nuts

and I've been accused
of being the same way.

-[Marty] Oh.
-[Jared] Nice.

-[Marty] In the hole?
-[Jared] Yeah, in the hole.

[Marty] Line it up.

Where's the level?

-Read that and read.
-[Jared] Money.

Okay. Good job.

So we're off to a good start.
What?

Now we gotta get
some chicken wire attached

to the foundation.

There's still a lot of work
to be done on this homestead.

So obviously I wanted to paint
these buildings

because that old wood
looked a little rough.

Matt had a family emergency.

And on this homestead,

everybody knows
what that feels like.

Family comes first, he's gone.

It's very unfortunate.

But the good news is,
is I get Liv.

And today,
we're gonna start painting.

Don't try this at home kids.

[narrator]
As Misty and Liv paint
the dual greenhouse pods...

[Marty] Here I go.

[narrator] Marty leaves
Jared and his family

at the Turkey coop

to inquire
about Andy's storage unit.

[Marty]
What is this thing all about?

Well, when we moved
to the homestead

we didn't have
any covered space.

When we disassembled cars,
we would part them out

and some of the parts
are still in there as well.

So it's kind of just
our long-term storage.

Okay.

Does it make sense to move it
over by the car shop?

[Kaila] Honestly,
that's what we wanted.

When it does rain real hard,

all of this is underwater.
All of it.

You know, it's not
accessible where it's at.

We will try to move this

even though it doesn't move,

-right?
-[laughs] Yeah.

It turns out
this semi-trailer helps Andy.

Why?

Because the semi-trailer
is full of his parts,

his pieces that he needs
over at his shop,

which is a long ways away
from the semi-trailer.

Come on.

And remember, he's broken.

Literally, he needs the help.

Oh, any snakes here in Oregon?

And now, we're ready to roll.

I'm gonna start dragging
this thing.

Yeah. Let's do it.

-[Kaila] Oh, my gosh.
-[Misty] Wait.

Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait.

He can probably push me.

-[Misty] Get in there.
-I was gonna say I need this.

Get in there with my dad.

[Marty]
Is this what you wanted?

-[Kaila] Absolutely.
-[Marty] You sure?

Yeah. I just need to go turn
the power off to be safe.

We got a power line
to move Misty over there?

[Kaila] Yeah.
The one that's above.

We're doing just fine

until Misty and Kaila say,
"Wait,

there's a power line."

It looks like it's this guy.

[Kaila] I can't even watch.

It makes me so nervous.

The one that goes up
is right here.

Okay. Now when you work
with electrical,

you always act as if it's hot.

[Kaila] I can't even
watch people work on it.

[Marty]
Don't let anybody near this.

Mom, let...
Don't let anybody...

-Are you... Are you good?
-Yeah. No.

-I'm fine. I'm fine.
-Don't let anybody near this.

Yes. I'm fine.

Everybody happy? You...

-Are you okay? What happened?
-No.

It's just I get nervous
around electricity.

-Oh, honey. Oh, I'm sorry.
-That's all.

-It's okay. No, it's okay.
-I'm sorry.

It's just, I worry.
I just worry.

Look at me in a few minutes

we're gonna hook 'em back up,
okay?

-Yeah.
-[Marty] All right.

-So I'm sorry about that.
-No, no, no. Don't be.

-It is my deal.
-[Marty] All right. All right.

Oh, sorry. [laughs]

[Marty] All right, boys.

We're disconnecting.

You can let that door down.

The electricity definitely
adds a lot more stress to it.

I honestly didn't even realize
how much

until I saw him messing
with it and got teary-eyed.

I didn't realize.

For me, big moves like this
are very stressful,

but it means so much
to have Marty

move that trailer for us
over closer to Andy's shop.

[Misty] They're getting close.

Yeah, they are.

Look at that.

-[laughs]
-[Kaila] Oh, my God.

[Marty] Boys.

[Kaila]
You know, within moments,

we can get it exactly
where it needed to be

when it's taking years

to even try to figure out
where we wanted it.

[laughs] It's pretty cool.

-This is close.
-Yeah.

That's close
to the shop, right?

[Kaila] Yeah. Oh, my gosh.

I am so grateful
that Raneys came,

and that
this is all getting done.

This is really nice.

-Really, really nice.
-He's gonna be happy.

Oh, of course he is, yes.

Oh, he's gonna love it.

[country music playing]

[narrator]
With only two days left

on the Knighten's rescue...

[Marty] Let's get after it.

[narrator] Marty finally
receives the materials

he's been waiting for

to repair the homestead's
vital bridge.

Our good family friend
from Alaska

that works with us
and travels with us,

found some railroad ties.

Hundreds of miles
of round trip,

but the most important
thing is,

we now have the materials

to address
a less than safe bridge.

All right. We're on this side
of the bridge.

They're on that side
of the bridge.

We're gonna tear
all this out of here,

meaning there'll be no access

to that side of the bridge.

[Marty whistling]

[Marty] Misty!

[Misty] Coming.

And we're gonna give them
one last chance

to get materials or whatever.

We'll make it happen for 'em.

[Jared]
Should we grab the canoe?

[chuckles]

See? I love this guy.

He's always thinking.

The bridge
is gonna be shut down.

No crossings, no lumber,
no timber, no foot traffic.

For how long?

As long as it takes.

What do you guys need
right now?

-[Kaila] Nothing.
-[Misty] We're good.

Hold on.

You sure
you don't wanna come over?

-[Misty chuckles]
-[Olivia] We can swim.

[Kaila]
No, we're not swimming.

Let's see what it's gonna take

to just start
prying them over.

I've probably had
the most close calls

on that bridge
than anyone else.

So it's nice to look over

and see some of those holes
being filled

and knowing that it's gonna be
a lot safer to get across.

Pound, pound, pound, stop.

We've moved
nine of these around.

They're heavy
and, uh, hard to move.

We're trying to line 'em up
on this string

to have one side
perfectly straight.

That said,
they're hard to move.

Okay. So this is... [chuckles]

backbreaking labor.

Say that again.

We gotta make it easier.

What do you think
of this idea?

We'll use this as a pry bar

so you don't have to bang
on these with a sledgehammer


an inch or two this way.

If you look over there,

we gotta bring that one back
about 2 inches.

You've been pounding on 'em
way too long

and we got a mile of bridge
to do.

So how about putting
this screw right there?

[machine whirring]

Okay. Ready?
Here we go, buddy.

Tell me when.

[Maxxwell] A little more.
Keep it going.

-How far?
-Keep it going.

Uh, half inch, quarter, there.

It's amazing how simple tools

can get heavy work done.

Seventy-five year old
wheelbarrow,

some pry bars, done.

Don't overthink it.

Don't over-engineer it,

just get to work
with the basics.

Done.

-Yup. Keep going.
-[Jared] Little more.

Done. Okay. Stop.

Towards me.

Stop. Back to you two.

Back to you two.

There we go. It'd be easy.

There we go. Come our way.

-Yup.
-[Maxxwell] Done.

After putting one in place,

I can see we do have our work
cut out for us

and we are running
out of time.

Let's get another one
right now.

Let's go everyone. [whistles]

Whoo!

[Misty] Okay.
What do you wanna show me?

This field right here.
This is my lavender.

I know it's kind of hard
to tell at the moment

because, uh, like me,

it has taken a
few year break of...

-Oh, yeah.
-getting some care.

But it was originally
a field of 1,500.

You put the plants in?

[Kaila] I did one by one,
yeah.

Fifteen hundred plants?

-Fifteen hundred.
-My goodness.

When I first started
this project,

the grass was taller than me,

and all I had was
a riding lawnmower

and a rake. [chuckles]

And so, I mowed tunnels.

I had no idea
where I was going.

These lavender fields,
they're pretty impressive.

Why? Because I've never met
a homesteader

that's planted 1,500
of anything.

And Kaila did that
without the heavy equipment,

without the tools,

with limited access
with the bridge,

and just a lot of struggle
by hand.

You can see the new growth
coming off of it.

[Misty] Oh, it's so good.

What kind of lavenders
do you plant?

This is French lavender,
every one of 'em.

-Yeah. Uh, they actually--
-Oh, my goodness.

-[Kaila] It smells so good.
-Are you kidding me?

It was always kind of my dream
to have a field of lavender.

Not only for the soul,

but harvesting it and using it

in, like, soaps and lotions.

We do a lot of chemical-free,
natural homemade.

I make my own soap,
I make my own shampoo,

cleaning supplies,
things like that.

All out of essential oils.

What kind of potential
when it comes to cash crop

are we talking about?

If what I have
fully matured plants

is an easy over 100,000

just for one season

of just the bundles
of lavender.

So now we're talking.

Right?

-So you were like...
-There was a plan.

-I have a plan?
-Yeah.

-There is definitely a plan.
-[Misty] Wow.

I just am like incredibly
impressed with Kaila.

The fact that
she had to let it lie

and then focus on her family,

while now circling a back
around and seeing it,

and the potential, and hearing

about how much money
you can make,

and all the medicinal
purposes,

all that she had planned,

it can still be her reality.

I love this.

I think this is worth
some attention.

Oh, my gosh. Absolutely.

Get rid of the grass,
and you'll have better access.

And then you need
to have space

to be able to do something
with your harvest.

So this is pretty impressive

and I think
we should definitely

turn some attention towards it
in the greenhouse.

-What do you think?
-I... That's a great idea.

Hey, Dad!

Yoo-hoo!

How's it going?

How's it going?

Bridge over troubled water.
That's how it's going.

Why? You need to get across?

I mean, eventually
I got to need stuff.

I got a lot of stuff coming.

I feel like back
in the gold rush days

when they were trying
to get the railroad track

in that gold rush town.

That said,
this is how far we have to go

as you can clearly see.

Standby. I would say

within one hour you can walk

or drive across here
with the old '46 Ford.

What do you got up
on your sleeve?

Well, I guess
I am checking back

with you in one hour.

[Marty] One hour?

I will give you $1 million,

if this isn't done in an hour.

Come check on me. Let's go.

[Misty] Oh, my gosh.

We're still stranded folks.

[upbeat music playing]

[Marty] So I made a wager

with Misty and Kaila.

We'll finish this bridge
in the next hour

and if we don't, I'll pay you
a million dollars.

I think
that the Thielman family

thought I was serious,

so I think
they were doing the math.

It's a quarter
of a million a piece,

so I don't know what it was,
but they were motivated.

Funny.

More, more, more. Let's go.

Uh, yoo-hoo.

Pretty quickly dump it.

Wow!

You guys fixed the bridge.

-[Marty] Hey, these guys
are incredible.
-You guys.

-Thielman family.
-[Maxxwell] Under an hour.

It has been under an hour
since I checked in,

and I can't believe it.

You guys, what the--

Lemme tell you right now,
it could not have happened

without this family.

It was actually pretty
surprising how fast

and quickly it was fixed.

I am kind of disappointed

'cause I was,
you know, counting

on the million dollars,

and now, thanks, Dad,

I gotta get a second job.

Now you can
actually get across

to the other 20 acres safely.

-Yeah, it's amazing. I mean--
-It's amazing.

-I need materials.
So I'm going this way.
-Which way you're going?

Stop. Stop.
Will you take this with you?

-Yeah.
-I, uh...

-I, uh--
-Or you want me
to take you across?

-Jump in.
-I haven't been
on the three acres.

-Jump in.
-No.

-No.
-You can trust me.

-Jump in.
-Okay.

[upbeat music playing]

-I'm in...
-[Marty] Is it on your face?

-an old rusty--
-Whoa!

-Dad, that's not even funny.
-[Marty] All right.
I'm kidding.

-That's not--
-[Marty] Whoa! I'm kidding.

It's probably been
at least 30 years

since I rode in a wheelbarrow.

This is the first time
I've ever seen you...

-[Misty] Mad?
-relaxed.

[Misty] It was nice to take
my little three-second break.

It is basically like going
to a spa.

That's how...

Like, I felt
like super soothed.

-I'm impressed.
-[Misty] So--

If you wanna just relax
right here,

if you just want to relax
in the...

-In the shade.
-in the shade,

I won't tell anyone
that you took a break.

I do. [chuckles]

[Marty hushes]

[upbeat music playing]

Yeah. Girls.
Okay. Let's unload.

[narrator] Over at
the greenhouse site...

Yoo-hoo. Here we go.

[narrator]
Misty, Kaila, and Liv,

bring in the plant life

that will make the dual
greenhouse pods complete.

This is kind
of the exciting day

where we actually move
inside the greenhouse.

-You guys ready?
-I'm ready.

[Misty] Okay. Let's go inside.

[narrator] One week ago,
Kaila was struggling

to plant a garden

that wasn't disrupted

by the elements.

Now, she has
dual greenhouse pods

connected
by a floating bridge

and garden space

for both food and lavender

to bring in supplemental
income for years.

So let's go inside.

When you stand back
and you look at all

that has happened,

not one but two greenhouses,

moving structures out

and taking what was once

half garden, half livestock,

into just the designated
garden space

where we've set up Kaila
for the first time,

where she'll be able
to grow food for herself

and the rest of her community.

-What do you think?
-[Kaila] I love it.

I can't wait to get to work.

I gotta hand it to you, Kaila.

This could not have happened

without you.

You're really hardworking.

All of the material
that you saved

with the burned down house,

all the windows,
I mean, everything.

-Yeah.
-[Misty] Good job.

[Kaila] Now, this is perfect.

It's almost like
the finish line

to a very long, long race
I've had.

To see the transformation
it's gone through

and to have those greenhouses

and have my garden back,

it gives me
this new confidence.

We can have
our homestead again.

And my grandma gave us
the goal this year

to can 100 jars
for the winter.

So funny you should say that,

I have a little present
for you. Hold on.

So there's more of these too.

So I wanted to just pass
some cans up to you.

-That's like--
-[Kaila] Thank you.

-I love it.
-[Misty] You're gonna have...

-[Kaila] Thank you.
-[Misty] to get into canning.

I'm really confident
with the greenhouse

-and that size garden space...
-[Kaila] Oh, yeah.

-you're not gonna be
able to eat it all.
-No.

This is the one homestead

with two greenhouses.

We've actually taken
one of those

and turn it
into the lavender shack.

So now Kaila has the space

to actually harvest,
process this lavender,

and turn it
into a supplemental income.

It's like the lavender shack.

[Kaila] The lavender shack.
[laughs] That is perfect.

Is it enough space to do
whatever you need to do?

Oh, it's perfect. Yeah.

There's so many directions
you can take

-the lavender farm, right?
-[Kaila] Yeah.

I thought simple enough,
some mason jars,

you're drying rack
with some string,

and some S hooks
just to hang it to dry.

-But this is all you.
-[Kaila] Yes.

What am I looking at?

And I could really use
some deodorant right now.

[laughing]

[Kaila] All yours.

Um, so I named it after Livy.

I love the name

and she has done

something really sweet.

-Oh, my God. I love it.
-[Misty] Really cute.

[Misty] Isn't it so cute?

I love it. It's perfect.

To be able to have
my own space for the lavender

and to be able
to start that cash crop again,

and have the land pay
for itself...

Good job, girls.

I can't wait to get started.

Stand back and take it all in.

[Kaila] So much space.

[Misty] In the next week
or two,

you're gonna have
plants outside.

It is beyond
what I was dreaming.

-That's really good.
-[Kaila laughs]

-Sorry.
-[Misty] No, you're good.

To be able to look
into my garden

and know it's just going
to always be a garden,

I don't have to compromise.

It's exactly
what I fantasized about.

It's amazing.

[Misty] You're so deserving.

The harder we worked,

the bigger your smile got.

-Thank you.
-[Misty] You're welcome.

Thank you so much.

[Misty] I'm so excited
for the both of you.

The greenhouse is done,

but we still have

to finish the livestock pen.

[acoustic music playing]

[Marty] Here we go.

[narrator] With one day left

on the homestead,

Marty employs a hack

to get the coop ready
for turkeys.

Okay. See that?

Bale of hay, bale of straw.

Either one
has these strings tight,

tight around there,

but 99% of the time

where there's any straw
or hay,

there's some old twine, right?

Just grab a
piece of that twine,

put it underneath there and...

boom.

And... cutting it,

or my method,

the accordion or the Turkey.

What do 10-foot long
railroad ties

and turkeys have in common?

Well, they're really hard
to find,

at least this time of year

in these parts of Oregon.

That said, we had
to actually reach out

to Washington State

and a lovely little
homesteader named Crystal

drove one way
four or five hours

to this homestead to help out.

-I'm Crystal.
-I'm Kaila.

-[Crystal] Nice
to meet you, Kaila.
-Thank you so much

-for coming.
-You're welcome.

These turkeys came

from five hours away.

-Yeah.
-So thank you so much.

-[Kaila] Thank you.
-You're welcome.

-You're welcome.
-[Kaila] Thank you.

Look at him.
He is like, Mmm-hmm.

Protecting his hens.

-I'll get some plywood.
-Okay.

And we'll just make us
a little sh**t.

-Let me get
the plywood please.
-All right.

[Kaila] I am stoked
that we have turkeys back
on the property.

They are one of my favorite
animals to raise.

[Marty] Look at that.

Natural. Woo!

[Kaila] There you go, honey.

There you go, honey.

Oh, my God, it's perfect.

Oh, it's perfect.

-Do you like it?
-I love it.

-Do you really?
-No.

Like, I really, really,
really love it.

-Really?
-Look at how happy they look

and they're safe.

Knowing that these turkeys
are gonna be able

to be safe on the property

and be able to have
a nice, safe, happy life.

It means the world to me.

[narrator] Before,
the Knighten family's
meat birds

were a buffet
for the ravenous wildlife

on the homestead.

Today, they have
a mobile turkey coop

connected to a fully
protected turkey run

built from the existing
abandoned foundation.

They look great.
They look happy

at your new place.

Thank you so much.

[Crystal] This is gonna be
a good home for 'em.

[suspenseful music playing]

[narrator] There are
just four hours

remaining in the rescue

and with a critical
final project

to complete on the bridge.

[Marty] Let's find
some work to do.

[narrator] Marty gathers
the build crew

to address
a big flood danger.

If you guys are wondering
why we put these in here,

I'm gonna tell you right now.

I saw videos of logs.

I'm not joking,
this big around,

with the roots on 'em
that come down this river

and they just create
a log jam,

which create flooding.

After Andy showed me
photos and videos

removing logs
under the bridge

that had stacked in there
like a log jam,

I thought to myself,
"What could we do

to make that safer?"

We'll make a platform out here

where they could work off of

instead of leaning
over the edge of the beam,

something safe
with a railing on it,

and then they could
address this log jam

from a better vantage point.

It's not a matter
of if the next big flood
comes down that valley.

In fact, it's a matter
of when the next flood

comes down that valley

and when it does,
Andy will be much safer.

Just going two.

Here's what I'm thinking,
you ready?

Now that we have
that working platform,

make it a little easier
to cut logs out of the way

on the next log jam,

I'm thinking
if we take this cable,

hook a set of tongs
on it over there,

run this
through a pulley up here,

we can actually pull logs away

that are stuck in the log jam

without ever having
to climb down

in the danger zone.

It's gonna take
a little bit of time,

which we don't have,
but we gotta take the time

because if we do this,

I firmly believe
we may be actually saving

not just property, but life.

Do I have enough time,
enough material

to actually fix the flooding,
the log jam

that can take
this entire bridge out?

[exhales]

Here we go.
Let's get a tight line

through here
going to the pulley.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Misty] We got a lot
of work to do.

Sheep are coming, so let's
get the fence in. All right.

[narrator]
Only two hours remain

on the night
in Oregon homestead.

-[Kaila] I'd pull
off the back.
-[Misty] Yup.

[narrator] And while
Misty and Kaila install

an electric fence surrounding
the sheep pan...

Kind of just slips
right in the top.

There you go.

[Marty] Rough day. Rough day.

[narrator] Marty makes
a Hail Mary pass

to fix the homestead's
long standing log jam issue.

[Marty] Where's Clint?

Where's that little
rigging chain or strap at?

There's a pipe...
Piece of pipe right there.

We're gonna lift it up
and set it right here. Dawn.

The whole idea
of our working platform

is to save someone's life.

What they're doing
to make sense of the log jam

is high risk.

Someone could die.

We're tripping
over all the materials

that are fixing his problems.

Look at this pipe right here.

Then I thought,
"What if we had a set of tongs

that you could drop down
on a log?

You could hook that
to a tractor or a truck

and then through a pulley,

pull these logs away

from the infested log jam?"

Let's take that round pipe

and put it right
in the notches

where the deck used to go.

We'll weld it in place.

We'll hang the block up there.

It gives us purchase.

Let's see if we can get
a strap around on this,

right there. Boom. Quick.

We wanna build
that very simply

with things
just laying around.

We have a couple hundred feet
of cable.

We have posts that held up
a deck once upon a time

and then that house
burned down.

Can you turn?

At the bottom of them
was laying

a piece of pipe, 6-inch pipe.

All the pieces are right here.

[whistles] A little bit more.

Yup. Go. Go. Done.

I've never seen anything fit
so perfect in my life.

And you show me a problem.

I'll look around
this homestead

and I will show you
the solution.

Okay, so this thing
fits perfectly.

I'm confident that someday

in an emergency
panic situation here,

that this is gonna be
their savior.

We're almost there.

[Misty] Here we go. [cheering]

[narrator] With the protective
sheep fence complete,

Misty reintroduces
a valuable asset

to the homestead.

You guys ready for some sheep?

-Yes.
-Me too.

All right,
let's see if we can fit.

[Kaila] Oh, perfect.

Thank goodness Matt did
the bulk of this project

before he had to leave.

The structure is moved out
of the garden.

We introduced some live fence

and set it up where it not
only keeps the sheep in,

but it keeps
everything else out.

[Olivia] Hi guys.

[Kaila] Oh, hi babies.

Look how cute
those babies are.

My sheep look like just
a little fluffs of happiness.

Oh, my gosh, it is so much
fun to watch them already.

I am so excited about it.

They're just so cute.

Little baby with spots
is mine.

[Kaila] Let's name her
right now.

I was thinking Bessie

because that's the most,
like, cow name

and she looks
like a like a little cow.

-Hello, Bessie.
-[Misty] She does.

Like a little furry cow,
so Bessie.

[narrator] One week ago,

the homesteaders'
livestock shelters

were poorly protected

and crammed
into the small side

of their land.

Now, the animal shelter
is moved

to a new location
away from the tree line

with an electric fence
to allow livestock

to graze safe from predation.

Something as simple as just
locking them away at night,

keeping 'em safe and sound.
It makes all the difference.

So I don't see
any more loss here.

Piece by piece you're
getting the dream back.

How's it going?

[Marty] Wow, this is amazing.

[Misty] Isn't it awesome
back here?

We've been
on the most epic part

of the homestead
the whole time.

-[Marty] This is cool.
-[Misty] You wanna show us

around over there?
I'll drive.

-Oh, I'll jump in the back.
-Okay.

-Let's Go. Come on girls.
-Let's go girls.

[Misty] Dad,
look at the bridge.

Woo-hoo!

[narrator] One week ago,
the Knighten family

had a derelict bridge

that often jammed up
with logs

causing flooding.

Today they have
a fully restored bridge

made from 10-foot
railroad ties,

a utility platform
for easier working

and a log jam removal system

to prevent massive flooding
of the creek.

[Marty] Yeah, I think
she's pretty solid.

[Misty] That's pretty amazing.

The bridge definitely feels

like it's going
to be a lot safer

to crossover.

I feel like we're gonna be
able to sleep easy

at night
on those heavy rains,

knowing that it's gonna be
there the next day.

See that working platform

that's on the side
of that bridge?

[Kaila] Yeah. What is that?

Especially now
that your husband's got

a kind of a bad leg.

When you have
the next flood log jam,

that platform would help get
at the logs.

Definitely would be safer
for your husband.

[Kaila] Oh, absolutely.

There is things
that have been put in place

to help with getting
the log jams out

and that's gonna mean so much.

It's gonna be really nice
for Andy

to have that off
of his shoulders

and it's really nice
for me as well.

So hopefully
this makes it safer.

On that note,

-let's go.
-[Misty] Let's go.

[acoustic music playing]

This is the part of working
on a homestead

that can be real sad
sometimes.

When we first rolled in here,

you know, we met
this beautiful family

and then a day or two later,

your husband's pain

just basically
overwhelmed him,

so all of the workload

and everything
basically fell on the girls

in the house.

You've worked so hard.

I mean, there's no doubt
in my mind

you guys are invested
in this dream.

-[Kaila] I'm overwhelmed.
-[laughing]

There is no words

for the gratitude
that I have for you guys.

I think
this is everything I needed

to get my confidence back.

Sorry.

I want really good things
for Kaila.

And when you're seeing her
just piece by piece,

get that dream back,

it's really exciting.

Would you guys do me a favor?

[Kaila] Yeah.

-The animals need bedding.
-Mmm-hmm.

[Marty] Okay.
And we're leaving.

So could you take it over

in your new side by side?

-Are you serious?
-[Misty] Yeah.

So we would love to gift that

-to you and your husband.
-Oh, my gosh.

-And to your beautiful
daughter...
-Thank you so much.

[Marty] because we think
it'll help you.

-That's it.
-Okay. We gotta go.

We're gonna miss you.

[Kaila] We're gonna
miss you guys.

When we arrived here
in Oregon,

we found a homestead split

right down the middle
by a river.

I wanna believe
that the bridge

that we fixed and made safer

did more than just connect

two pieces of their property.

I wanna believe that
this bridge gives them hope.

[honking]

Since the Raneys left,

we have just hit
the ground running.

Andy is doing a lot better.

He is working hard
on the homestead.

The extra railroad ties
that the Raneys got us

was very helpful in filling
the holes in the bridge.

And this winter is going
to be a lot easier

than previous winters

when it comes
to the log jams.

From fence line
to fence line,

the homestead is full
of fruits and vegetables.

We probably have
40 different types

of vegetables
that are growing.

I got to harvest some
of the lavender this year,

which was the first year

I've ever been able
to harvest.

So with the turkey coop,
been able

to successfully
hatch and raise

six poults
that are doing fantastic.

I really did miss having
all those animals around

and I'm happy
we have them back.

[Kaila] Yeah, there
are no predator issues

since the Raneys came.

We're doing everything
that we wanted to do,

all the dreams that we had
before we moved here.

It doesn't feel
like the homestead

is running us anymore.

It feels like we're running
the homestead.