01x06 - Bearanoia

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See that right there?

That is the last power pole.

From here on out,
it's off the grid.

Even though I'm really tough,
I'm terrified of bears.

If you're not
afraid of bears,

you're either stupid or dead.

I personally came
this close to getting eaten.

If you're stuck out here,
it could be real easy to die.

If you keep driving the way
you're driving,

we're going to
get stuck right now.

Marty raneys'
been building homesteads

for 40 years.

He's spent his life passing on
his homesteading skills.

I was raised off-grid.

I've built a life and a family

in the toughest place
on earth --

Alaska.

And I've taught my kids
everything I know.

Daughter misty has raised
and slaughtered animals

and grown her own food
since she was a child.

A homestead needs to be
nurtured every day.

You get out what you put in.

Son Matt spent 12 years

as a guide
and hunter in Alaska.

I have the utmost
respect for wildlife.

Hunting is a privilege
and a necessity.

In the last decade,

two million Americans
have moved off-grid.

There's no road.
There's no grid.

There's no nothing.

But the wilderness
is a tough place to survive.

Look out!
Oh, my god!

This year, tens of thousands
of homesteads will fail.

We're not going to
make it another month.

We'll start burning
the furniture to keep warm

if we have to.

We're struggling
to stay alive.

We really need the raneys
to come and help us.

For those brave enough
to embark on this lifestyle,

we're here to help them
overcome the challenges

and fulfill that dream.

My resume?

I'll show it to you right now.

When these people
first got ahold of me,

they sounded desperate.

And now I see why.

I don't see a greenhouse.

I don't see livestock.

I don't see anything
there but a house.

It's like they picked up
a suburban home

in the middle of a city,

airlifted it over here
and dropped it

on this piece of property.

Basically, kids,
where's the homestead?

The raneys have
traveled 3,500 miles

from their base in Alaska
to south Colorado

and a house that stands
9,000 feet above sea level

in the heart
of the rocky mountains.

Without power or a food source

and surrounded by several of
North America's

deadliest predators,

a family lives
on the edge of disaster.

The raneys have just seven days

to save them before moving on
to their next project.

Okay. There's somebody.

They're definitely off the grid.

Hello.

I'm Don Garcia.

Marty raney,
nice to meet ya.

Mr. Raney,
nice to meet you.

Who's this?
I'm lorinda.

Welcome to our property.

You survived the snowstorm.
We did, yeah.

Weather changes on a dime.

Five minutes
can be different.

It must be hard
living out here.

Oh, it's been so tough.

Five years ago,

Don and lorinda Garcia
lived an urban life

in the state capital, Denver.

In the city,
we had a nice,

comfortable home.

We had a big living room,
big kitchen, big bedroom.

We had a hot tub,
my favorite thing.

This is happy times,
right here.

Wow, who's this lady?

I am a city girl.

But I did have a dream
of coming out here

and having more
Serenity and peace.

In the city,
Don worked in maintenance

and lorinda had a 20-year career
at a grocery chain.

But Don got a good job offer
in the south Colorado rockies

that meant they could
pay contractors

to fulfill their off-grid dream.

We had to hire somebody
with a big old tractor

and a big old bulldozer

and pay a lot of money
to get that done.

And things started going wrong
almost immediately.

They spent their
$130,000 life savings

on the house,
solar power, and running water.

But before they could
pay for livestock

or a greenhouse,
Don lost his new job.

The job was a hassle

and I had to please this guy
who was an absolute.

Um, I'm sorry.
I can't say that, can I?

Well -- well, he was.
He was a.

Now,
Don and lorinda have no idea

how to finish
the homestead themselves.

I don't know
what time it is,

but the damn power went out.

Yeah. So,
we're out of power.

Don gives it his all.

But we just don't have
enough knowledge.

With problems threatening
their survival...

Last night,
the garcias were confronted

by an even greater danger.

What was that?

I don't know.
I heard that, too.

They're being
stalked by a bear.

I don't know what's out there.

I'm frightened.

I'm sorry, but we're going to
have to throw in the towel.

With last night's predator
incursion still fresh,

Matt gets right down
to business investigating.

That's intense.

We have rats
underneath the sheds.

And they have taken
to hunting them.

I had a piece of plywood.

Yeah, well, he kind of,
like, chucked it.

Oh, man. Look at this.

This is definitely
black bear sign.

So a bear basically
came in here,

probably smelled the pack rats,
looking for an easy meal.

And just, you know, woosh,
one small swipe of the paw.

Tried to get in here

and this might've been
too slippery.

But honestly, once you
invite the bears in,

there's not a whole
lot of options

to get 'em to go away.

Working and living
in the wilderness

makes me feel content.

I want these people
to get the same rewards,

but their safety is at risk.

With 285 days
of sunshine a year,

misty wants to see
what lorinda's been

growing in her garden.

Yeah, garden? Man, this looks
more like a graveyard.

You haven't been
gardening for a while.

No.
Why?

I don't go too far
from my home

because I'm afraid I'll be
attacked by the predators.

They're watching us right now.
I know they are.

And I am just so fearful
that that will happen.

I can't imagine being cooped up
in that house all day.

I would go crazy.

I really feel for you.

Alaska has a huge
bear population

and I have a very healthy
fear of bears.

Me, too.
You know? We call it bear-anoia.

Oh.
And you try not to have it.

But you don't want it
to control your life out here

because you still have to live
and you still have to thrive.

I know that we can
get you out of this hole.

I know we can.
Okay.

And we will help you.
I promise.

I see you got
a pile of logs.

Yeah, we do.

This is beetle k*ll, man.

I work with this a lot.

The raneys' fixes must
pay for themselves,

so Marty is scouting
the materials

left over from Don's unfinished
construction projects.

Building materials.

I got more
on this side, too.

Well, I found the homestead.

Old concrete mixer.

Looks like you've got
lime and cement.

And guess where it is.

Little bit of everything
in these conexes, eh?

Marty's found the homestead.

Now Matt's looking
for its predator protection.

I see you guys have
a couple firearms right here.

What's in the case?

I don't know,
because those are Don's g*ns.

Oh, okay.
I only use my small handgun.

I mean, this g*n
is actually really fast

and it's --
it's a great g*n,

but it's not going to
stop a bear.

Okay.

Don and lorinda's
predator problem

on their homestead is a ten

but their preparedness
is a zero.

So these three
sets of solar panels,

how long can we run off
the batteries right now?

Maybe six hours,
if we're lucky.

It sounds like there's
a flaw somewhere.

Yeah.

They all seem like they're
at a different tilt

and they also, clearly,
that one's at a different angle.

To be honest, best thing
that you can do

with these panels is to put all
of these pointing due south.

This is what I wanted
to do in the beginning,

but some people a lot smarter
than me talked me out of it.

Don Garcia is a nice guy,

but nice guys let others
take the lead

and maybe they lack confidence.

I don't know
what's going on here.

But this homestead
wouldn't survive a month

because it isn't
self-sufficient.

With the power out,
the crops dead,

and a bear roaming the property,

Marty wants to kick-start
the garcias into action.

I see the home.
But where's the homestead?

Yeah.
In our short period

of time here,
we do have some

building projects
that we've been thinking about.

I'm looking at solar panels.

And see if we can get
some power going.

Okay.
Misty?

Yeah, I just want to
take a look around

and see what materials
I have to use

and come up with
a food source.

You guys need to be
prepared for that

one bad encounter
with the bear.

I don't know if you're
taking the threat

as serious as you should.

In our family,
these kids' first grade teacher

was attacked with her husband
and both of them k*lled.

We've all been charged.
- We've been stalked.

I'm looking at your face.

I'm scared.
And you should be.

But you shouldn't be
so overrun with fear

that you can't leave your home
and this becomes your prison.

Okay.
You've got to get outside

and be able
to protect yourself

and actually take charge
of this homestead.

Still to come...

Oh, my god.

Bear-anoia grips
the homestead.

Oh!
Black bear scat right here.

That is scary.

9,000 feet up
in the Colorado rockies,

the raneys are answering
a cry for help

from the garcias.

With an unreliable power supply,
no food or livestock,

this homestead
is only half-built.

And it's being terrorized
by a bear.

Oh, man. Turn around.

We got four white-tailed deer
right here.

That's a big game animal
that lives on this property.

I mean, there it is.

You have the number one
food source

for bears and mountain lion
right here,

just hundreds of feet
from their homestead.

Matt's spotted deer
following the treeline

at the bottom
of Don and lorinda's property

that marks a water source
called bear creek.

He needs to know if the game

is attracting
their unwanted visitor.

I've been to a lot of
wild places in Alaska,

and I would say there's more
potential for predators

on this homestead
than anywhere else.

Bear creek didn't get
its name for nothing.

So I'm going to
set up this camera.

And if any sort of anything
walks in front of this,

night or day,

it's going to be able
to pick it up.

Back at the cabin,

Marty's attempting
to power up the homestead.

I've got
a question for you.

Yeah.

What are
your plans with this?

Well, my original plans were to
mount my panels on these

and make some kind of
pivot point

so I could tilt 'em.

But then, of course,
people were saying,

"oh, no, the wind will shake,"
you know, all this stuff.

I was like, well, maybe
that's not a good idea then.

Don's idea was to flip
an aerial tower horizontally

and mount all three
solar panels in a line.

He was then going
to somehow tilt them

to capture maximum winter sun
and maximum summer sun.

But Don lost confidence
and shelved his plans

when he was told it
would be unstable.

It's not a good idea,
I know.

No, listen to me,
look at me.

Yeah?

Don't say that,
because it's smart.

Seriously?
Mm-hmm.

So I'm not crazy.
UN-uh.

No, I can see
it's going to go.

He's kind of self-deprecating.

He's like, "oh, well,
I don't know."

But he does know.

One, two, three, hike it.

It's going to be my goal today
working alongside him

to bolster his confidence.

Yeah, watch out
for this pit, Marty.

I'm a professional.
I'm not.

Okay. Let it down
a little bit, an inch.

My god,
you are a professional.

This could be really cool.

All right.

But a lack of confidence
isn't Don's only affliction.

I've got sleep apnea,
they tell me,

so that's one reason
why I want the power up,

because I've got to wear
this breathing machine.

Okay. Hold it.
Hold it. Hold it.

You're telling me
there's a health apparatus

in that house that's
going to keep you alive

and yet you don't have
enough power to operate it?

Is that what you
just told me?

Yeah.
It's stupid, I know.

Don's sleep apnea means

he repeatedly stops breathing
during the night.

Without his electric respirator,

Don is at high risk of having
a stroke or heart attack.

I just thought we were trying
to get power for a toaster.

Now I realize that
getting power here

means that Don's going to live.

We're going to get
it perfect, buddy.

How do we intend on
getting the tilt action?

I got an idea.
Okay.

Every homestead seems
to have a spool or two.

Besides, I used to be a logger
in Alaska for a long time.

And I'm a professional...

Yeah?
Log roller.

Okay. Now, roll it.

There you go.
Yeah, keep going.

There we go.
That's my boy.

Whoa! Son of a!

Whoa!

I've got guts,
but I don't want to see 'em.

Look out, look out,
look out! Got it?

Yeah.

I'm going to drill a hole
through this.

And I'm going to stick these
on just like a wheel.

Mm.

Here's the cool part.

Now look how easy
this is to move.

That's great, man.

By myself.

This is so cool.

To catch maximum sunlight,
the panels must be set

to 50 degrees elevation
in winter.

Rock it a little bit.

Okay. Stop right there.
So there's 50.

Yep.

And 15 degrees in summer.

I'll pull it back if you
can set your pin, please.

The cool thing about Don,

it doesn't matter
what I'm doing.

He's right there,
this far from me,

learning or helping.

Doesn't matter, he's there.

That means a lot to me.

That setting...
- The panels are secure.

Good, lock it in.

But if Don's to get power
to his respirator,

this new solar set-up must work.

What do you think
it's charging?

I'm guess it's going to
be about 51 volts.

All right, man.
I'm excited.

Huh. It's way better

and we're not even
getting direct sun.

It's 54.9 and we're
getting 18 amps.

Wow.

I guess you could say
the power's back on,

so I can start
breathing again.

Man, you've really
helped us out.

We did it together.

Working with Marty has
given me some confidence that,

you know, maybe my ideas
were good ideas.

And you've got to keep trying
and trying and trying.

And no matter what it takes,
it's got to work,

and I like that about him.

Here you go.
After all that, you deserve it.

Hey, I'd rather have a bottle
in front of me

than a frontal lobotomy.

I've heard that one.

The power's back on,

but the homestead
still has a food crisis.

Lorinda has
no food source here,

and that's super dangerous.

So I've taken it upon myself
to build a chicken Coop.

And they have materials
right here.

Misty cuts four support posts

from Don's spruce log pile.

Then on top of them,

she plans to construct
a raised Coop

from wood stored
in the conex

and cover it in cement
stucco left over

from the building of the house.

Finally, the area beneath
will be surrounded

in wire mesh
to give the chickens

a place to roam safe
from predators.

What I've learned
from my father is,

the chainsaw is the tool
to have on the homestead.

My dad will do finish carpentry
with a chain saw.

That's how I was raised
and it's no big deal.

But livestock is
a big deal to lorinda.

Good morning, misty.

Hey, lorinda.
How are you?

Good, my dear.
How's it going?

Oh, good, thank you.

But I'm not so sure

I want chickens
on my property.

Okay. Why?

Chickens are lower
on the food chain.

And we have bears here.

And I'm lower on
the food chain, too.

So these will attract predators
to my front door.

I understand where
you're coming from.

But everywhere
you live off-grid,

you are going to
have predators.

And at what point do you say,
"well, I need to have a garden,

I need to have livestock,"
and you move on?

I still feel like that's
too much on my plate.

Lorinda, at some point,
she has to overcome those fears,

and that's the only way
she's going to be able

to survive long-term.

It's the raneys' third day

on a homestead beset
by predators.

Four days ago, a bear left
its Mark on the toolshed.

Now, Matt is scouting
for new evidence.

Oh, my god.

Fresh bear scat right here,
right behind the shed.

This is not good.

Two different signs
within the last week.

I mean, that bear must be
really comfortable

on this homestead
to keep coming back.

With that bear in the area,
going to check these trail cams.

I can check anything

that's happened
right here on the spot.

Oh, we got lots of deer.

They're getting spooked.

It looks like
they hear something.

I can't believe it.

We have a much bigger problem
than I thought.

The raneys are
four days into their mission

to save a struggling homestead
with a major predator problem.

Come on. I want you guys
to see this.

Don and lorinda's bear is back.

That is scary.

I am done.

But that's not why
I got you guys together.

Don, you mind if we go in
your house and use the computer?

No, not at all, man.

This is getting scary again.

Matt, what --
what's going on?

I went and got
all the trail cams,

and you guys need to
see something.

This is the creek
right here in the front yard.

Yeah.
This is bear creek.

So the deer came in at 4:55.

Now, 4:57,
what do you notice?

Oh, my gosh.

They're looking back.

What do you
think's happening?

I think they might
be being stalked.

I'm really scared
to see the next one.

Whoa!
Oh. Is that a bobcat?

No! It's a --
oh, my god.

That's a massive Tom
freaking mountain lion.

That is... whew!

There's been a bear
and that?

I think this is
totally terrifying.

He's acting like this
is his territory.

It -- it is.

That thing right there kills
a deer about every ten days.

In seven to ten days,

that animal's going to walk
right through that exact creek.

Lorinda, I actually
thought you were

a little bit paranoid
when I first met you,

but now I'm realizing
you were right on track.

Yeah. They see me,

but I don't know
where they're at.

You won't see 'em.
You'll never see 'em.

If we were down there
at this time,

we would've all
been attacked.

To see that video that Matt
took does make me fearful.

I'm not okay with them
being here.

Lorinda was sitting
right next to me.

I mean, I could almost
feel her shaking.

It kind of sends shivers
up my spine, too.

I mean, this problem
is a lot more serious,

and right now,
I'm worried about lorinda.

40 miles from the homestead
is the local g*n range.

This is lorinda.
Hi, I'm Glenn.

Matt's hoping firearms dealer
Glenn stillings

can help find lorinda
a g*n to protect her

from the wildlife
threatening her homestead.

Classic g*n for bear protection
in Alaska,

every guide,
every hunter out there,

they'll have a .44 strapped
to their chest.

You have anything that --
that large here?

Yes, I do. See how that fits
around your hand.

Good.

I can't reach the trigger.

Okay.

This is .357 Magnum. I mean,
it's a little bit smaller,

so, just give it a feel.

I do feel like my trigger finger

is not far enough
around the trigger

to have total control
of the muzzle.

Okay.

I think this is a good one.

Well, pull the trigger
just one time,

just to feel it.

That seems a little difficult.

Lorinda seems reluctant
to choose a firearm.

The only way that she's
going to be able to get over

that fear of predators is by
practicing with the right g*n.

We're not going to do
any old target practice.

We're sh**ting at a bear.

I'm hoping if I make this
as real as possible,

I'll get to see
the real lorinda.

All right. So this g*n is live
when you pull the trigger.

All right.

Can you pull the trigger?

It's just...

Okay. We came out here
to test things out, right?

And we're not going to
figure out which one is the best

unless we fire some
live rounds through it.

I don't like
sh**ting g*ns.

I just don't.
I don't want to k*ll anything.

I don't look forward
to picking up a g*n ever.

Never have,
probably never will.

And I respect that.

I wouldn't be comfortable
with teaching you the things

that I know unless I knew
that you actually had

a healthy respect for wildlife
and for life in general,

because that is very,
very close to my heart.

But I do want to teach you
to protect yourself in case

a bear or a mountain lion
comes through.

I know after you've shot
just this one time,

you're going to actually turn it
into a tool for protection.

All right.
I'll give it my best shot.

All right.

All those internal organs

are basically directly
behind its head

at its skull and its neck.

Okay.

All right.
Are you ready?

I'm ready to sh**t.

Commence fire.
Right between the eyes.

That bear's
coming after you.

Get it.
It's coming towards you.

Get it.

Wow.
Woo-how!

That's pretty good for somebody
who doesn't sh**t g*ns.

Your grouping is solid.
That was amazing.

I am so -- I am so impressed.
Thank you.

I had to literally
check my eyes twice.

I really saw a major,
major change in her demeanor.

That's a bull's-eye
in my book.

All the training that Matt
has given me

is making me
feel more confident.

This is a big step of getting
over my predator fear.

Ha ha!
That was amazing.

Hi.
- Hi.

Look at what I got.
A brand-new g*n.

A .357 Magnum.

It's just my size.

Hold on. Have you fired
that thing yet?

'Cause that's a way
different g*n than a .22, buddy.

Oh, she fired it.

That's pretty good.
Oh, my goodness.

Every single b*llet
hole here is a k*ll shot.

I can't do that with a p*stol,
no way. I'm serious.

I couldn't be prouder of you,
babe. Me, too.

Well, next time we go hiking,
you're walking out front.

Still to come...

Don, get back.

Work starts on the greenhouse.

Measure that door.

As Don's confidence is
put to the test.

Aw, I'm cutting crooked. Aw.

In the rocky mountains
of Colorado,

the raneys are protecting
a homestead from predators.

They only have three days left.

But with lorinda's reluctance
to have chickens,

the homestead has
no source of food.

This homestead's been stagnant
for five years.

The dormancy is over.

Now Marty wants
to add a greenhouse,

and he plans to teach
UN-confident Don

how to build it using materials
from his property.

I see you got
a lot of foam block left.

Yeah. We got those windows
back there, too, behind you.

One of 'em can go
in the greenhouse.

The only amount spent

on this build is $700
for the excavator rental.

Don, get back.

And Marty has a special job

for Don's leftover insulation
and rubber hose.

Come back.

Come on,
don't be shy.

Okay. Start throwing
them down here.

I -- I brought some corners.
I'll take it.

There you go.
Good man.

This dirt is going to freeze
hard as a diamond

for four or
five months a year.

But we're trying to keep
that frost from getting

in to the greenhouse.

We're going to do something
that's never been done before.

A thermal battery.

To combat the Colorado cold,

Marty is surrounding a pit
with insulation blocks.

200 feet of piping
will then coil beneath the soil

and out around
the greenhouse windows.

As sunlight heats the piping,

warm water will be pumped
through the system,

creating a thermal battery
against the frost.

Am I going to get attacked
by a freaking mountain lion?

Nah. They were busy today.

Marty, you want me to go
around the edges first, right?

It's up to you.
I'm going to let you do it.

I want Don to step up
and think he has the confidence

and nothing's holding him back
from making this a homestead.

Love it.

Good man.

I'm not that confident
in taking on

some of these projects myself.

Marty was running the tractor,
so it worked out really well.

Here it comes.

I got out of it with just
a couple smashed fingers,

and that's a good day.

Are we going to get struck
by lightning?

This place is crazy.
It's possible, man.

Anything's possible here.

Let's go inside.
That's a lot of lightning.

As soon as the storm passes,

misty wants to press on
with the chicken Coop.

But she must still
convince lorinda.

I think it's going to
kind of sweeten the deal.

Check this out.

While you were away,
I started the walls.

Do they look
familiar at all?

Yeah. This is the side wall.
Yeah, they look like my home.

Wow. Wow.

So we'll just
build this together.

And you'll learn how to build
and about chickens

and hopefully be
on the same page.

Okay.
Shake?

It's a deal.

There we go.
Third wall up.

At first,
I was a bit concerned

about having
the chicken Coop.

But I realize I've just
got to get over my fear

and keep moving along

with the projects
on my homestead.

Nice, lorinda.

Look at this structure!
It's so amazing!

It matches your house.
I'm super excited.

I'm super excited, too.

The next day,
Marty and Don

construct the greenhouse walls
from the spruce logs

left over from
Don's building projects.

Logging is dangerous.

You don't think so?

This is my uncle Bob
ordering five beers.

Marty fits the windows
with Don's help.

Okay.

Completely by eye, huh?

The next critical job

is measuring and cutting
the door opening.

Guess what's
going to happen next.

Uh...
Catch that.

Okay. Well, I'm going to have
to put this door.

Measure that door.
I'm making it my personal goal

to have Don fix his own problems

on this homestead
with his own hands.

A bit of a test.

You have to cut
perfectly straight lines

with a chain saw.

Not an easy thing to do.

Don is cutting $5,000 worth
of irreplaceable lumber.

Aw.

Aw, I'm cutting crooked. Aw.

Woo!

Wow. You buy that?

There's a word
that starts with a "p,"

and that's what that
is right there.

What is it?

Perfect?
No.

No?
Plumb.

Perfectly plumb.

I'm impressed.
Good job, buddy.

Ingenuity, creativity,
Don Garcia, check.

All right.
Chain saw skills,

plumb cuts, check.

Check.
You don't need me here.

Oh.
Check.

And I'm leaving
in a few days.

Check.
Okay.

It was a real
confidence booster.

You know, working here
on my own property has really,

you know,
empowered me in a way

that I don't have to
depend on anybody else.

Don is
working so hard.

There's nothing like
seeing a man hard at work.

Nothing more attractive.
I know.

And he's smiling
while he's doing it.

Coming up,
lorinda faces the wilderness

for the first time in a year.

How do you feel?

Nervous.

And her worst
nightmare returns.

Those are
mountain lion tracks.

How's it going, mamas?

The chicken Coop is finished,

and lorinda has spent
$120 on ten laying hens.

This is crazy.

I can't believe it,
actually.

They lay an egg a day
at least in the summertime.

And organic eggs,
for a dozen, is $5.

So you can make your money back
very quickly with these hens.

Right.

The chickens will pay
for themselves in six weeks,

and they are safe
from predators.

The last little bit will be
to pull their ramp closed.

Okay.

And then they're locked
inside for the evening.

Okay.
You know, couple weeks ago,

I would've never thought
about having hens here.

And after building
this chicken Coop with you,

I feel like I'm taking
on more responsibility.

I'm pretty stoked about it.

To be able to empower
another woman

is what it's all about.

When the raneys arrived in
Colorado six days ago,

they found a home
with unreliable power,

no food source,

and lorinda too scared
to go outside.

Now, as Marty and Don race
to finish the greenhouse,

Matt takes lorinda
high into the mountains

for the first time
in over a year.

How do you feel?

Nervous.

Right now, lorinda,

she's afraid of what
she doesn't understand.

There's some deer tracks.

The more knowledge
she gains about the animals

that live in this area,

the less fears
that she's going to have.

Do you see these
tracks right here?

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, my god.

You know what that is?
No.

Those are
mountain lion tracks.

Are you kidding me?

Let's -- let's get closer.

I gotta see this.

Man, look at this.
They're actually...

It looks like this could've
been this morning.

You see how close
together they are?

Uh-huh.

They have
the stealthfullest way

of hunting and walking.

If we had a mountain lion
pass behind us...

Uh-huh.

Within -- literally within
spitting distance,

we wouldn't know
it was there.

Well, then how am I
going to feel comfortable

if I don't know
where they're at?

You're not going to
see 'em at all.

You have to make this
your domain.

Put your tracks out there,
target practice,

sh**ting, lots of noise.
You know?

Become that Alpha predator
in your area.

Okay. I am going to
stick my heels in,

because there's
no other way around it.

I'm not leaving
my homestead.

Even though I'm concerned,
I still want to carry on.

Let's go.

I know now
that lorinda's taken

some really positive steps

on being able to be less afraid
of predators on her homestead.

It's the final day.

Back on the homestead,
it's the end of Marty

and Don's epic four-day build.

This is a homestead
greenhouse, buddy.

Yeah, it is.
Yeah, no flies on that, man.

But who's really going to
appreciate that view?

The plants.

I'm so excited, lorinda.
Look at this building.

Oh, hello!
Come on in, guys.

Oh, it's warm in here.
Good morning.

Oh, it's toasty.
Oh, my!

We used the blocks
that were left over

from your house.
Mm-hmm.

We built it out of logs
that are local.

You did great!

I can't believe you
thought of all of that.

Well, this is the kicker.

During the day,
it'll heat the tubes

that are full of water.

Oh, my gosh.
So at night,

the plants are in here,
it's below freezing.

Uh-huh?
But inside,

this should always stay above --
above 32 degrees.

That is a genius idea.

When I first met lorinda,

she would barely
leave her house,

and now look at her.
She's out here gardening.

It's amazing.
This transformation

has been an epic journey
for me and her.

Isn't this awesome?

I -- I didn't think it was
going to be this much fun.

All good things
must come to an end.

Thanks, buddy.
We hate to say good-bye.

That was a lot of hard work.

Thank you
so much for everything.

I have to make
a confession, though.

I said, "I see the home,
but I don't see the homestead."

Now we have the homestead
thanks to you guys.

Yeah. The biggest change
that this homestead

went through was
the homesteaders.

You guys got re-inspired,

stepping up to
the homesteader plate.

Thank you.
- I don't know if it's

in your blood,
but, man, you can sh**t.

Yeah.

Be safe, guys.

What we'll take away
is knowing that Don and lorinda

are confident homesteaders.

That's a good feeling.

Since the raneys left...

Ah.

Lorinda has been keeping up
her sh**ting practice.

Thatta girl.

One, two, three.

That's pretty good.

I've got some news
about the greenhouse.

These mice have got in here

and have taken
a lot of the plants out.

They took out the broccoli.

A lot of the bell pepper plants
are screwed.

The .357 might
keep the mice out,

but we have to, you know,

get them to stand
still long enough.

Despite two chicken deaths,

lorinda persists
with the Coop.

Okay.

It's all in the name
of eggs, baby.

And Don is enjoying
steady power.

Here's some lights
we never turn on.

Jeez. I'm going to
get a sun burn.

Pow.

And I've got to say,

it's all because of Marty raney
collaborating with my old ideas.

He had the same ideas I did.

And it worked, man.
It worked.

Thank you, Marty.