Homestead Rescue

Toxic land plagues this Kentucky homestead, so the Raneys must build the Rains family a hillside garden, turn a cave into a goat fortress, and find uncontaminated water deep underground.

Stranded on a cliff in their RV, amputee Jeff Tatsch and his wife Carol need a home, water and a place to grow food. So the Raneys build them an entire cabin from scratch and harness a source of water from a natural spring.

Marty embarks on an ambitious, off-grid hydropower system after Tennessee storms obliterate the Reathifords' power source; Matt makes a meat smoker and an accident leads to a construction site injury.

The Raneys create their first-ever automated homestead in the fierce Alaskan wilderness to function while firefighters Kim and Casey Boespflug are away on duty.

A dangerous request from the Smith family in a Missouri flood zone forces the Raneys into the homestead challenge of their lives as they build a dam and plan a cabin move.

In the second part of this special episode, the arrival of chicks means Misty needs an emergency upgrade for her predator-proof chicken coop, Matt makes the homestead's first blade in year and Marty's dam is put to the test.

Marty helps Oregon homesteaders April and Mike Kondash build a barn, Misty creates her first-ever subterranean garden, and Matt finds a humane approach to a mysterious predator threat.

Threatened by an approaching wildfire, Stuart and Toni Rinker need a quick solution for their failing Idaho homestead. The Raneys plan to fireproof the Rinkers' cabin and build a firebreak, but Stuart opposes some of their ideas.

Embarking on a new season of saving homesteads in peril, the Raneys look back on some of their most ingenious builds, unpacking their techniques and examining the off-grid financial savings before revealing the all-time fan-favorite build.