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When this same road receives 4 feet of snow, these people become isolated. That means there is no food or water. In reality, it could be a matter of life or death. This doesn't look good. Matt has also made a terrifying discovery. Look at these scratches. It's almost as if a big cat, a puma, had come to sharpen its claws. Seeing a sign like this so close to the farm worries me a lot. We have a big problem on our hands. Like what? Like pumas. I mean, they say, " Where?" Look, at the farm. If I don't do this every day, Beth and I won't survive because we'll freeze to death. We've sold everything and I don't have a nice house in the village to go back to.
Well, this is it. We don't have a garden here. I don't have a greenhouse, and if we had to survive off this land, we would starve to death. The Edingers have run out of time and money. That means the Raineys will have to get as many materials as possible from the farm. I am a man of action. Would you mind if you and I take a walk and have a look around this place? Alright At the end of Mike and Beth's land there are four empty cabins.
What's going on here? Abandoned. Abandoned by whom? Previous owners. What about your building on the hilltop? That one was also abandoned. We had This is a bit of a mystery to me. It is for us too. What happened here? Something doesn't make sense. Is this the area where we are where you want to put a garden? We are completely surrounded by trees. Correct. And it's not flat at all. Correct. This is not the ideal place for your garden. Okay. There are two things I know about gardens. You need to be in the sun and you need to have flat terrain.
We are on the side of a mountain covered with trees. How far away is the town So, how often do you drive on this road? Every day. What? Why do you drive to the village every day? Because right now we have no food source and we get our water from there. What do you get there? We get water from there because right now we do n't have water on our property. This property has no water. It has no water, no.
Water. That's all. I think we've just solved the problem that all these people came to, tried, and failed at on this farm. There is no water. The Raineys will maximize the little money the Addingers have by obtaining materials from their land and making improvements that ultimately pay for themselves. An underground greenhouse should provide food year-round. Marty will dig an isolated well 18 inches deep and fill it with small stones from the farm. During the day, this heat trap will draw hot air from the top of the greenhouse down to the ground.
Elsewhere, Misty has focused her attention on securing another essential food source for the farm. Well, I have a feeling you're still not very enthusiastic about the goat pen. The reality is that this is still temporary. Why? Because I need a milking area. Okay. And there isn't enough space for that here. I agree. But the goats aren't here now, and this is going to bring them here now. And I'm here to start making your dreams come true, but not to fulfill them. You will fulfill them. I understand.
Well, Matt and I took a short trip to the village this morning. And we have a surprise for you. Okay. Look at the back of the truck. What's that? A water tank. A water tank, my friend. The dilemma on this farm has been water. How are you bringing it here? How much are you transporting now? 20 per day. You're transporting 20, 20 gallons a day Yes. High on the bank, the tank will send water by gravity to the cabin and underground greenhouse through pipes below the 4-foot frost line Telling Mike and Beth that we're going to
bring them water is one thing. Seeing 1000 gallons of water delivered, that feels good, man. I mean, water is life. The farm is dead without her. Now, there is hope. When the Raineys arrived in Montana 10 days ago, they found a farm paralyzed by Beth and her big dreams. She and her husband Mike had no food source, no water supply, and no livestock on the property. Goats! Welcome home. But, with the goat pen finally finished, all that is about to change. We have goats on the farm! Yes, we have them. And they're enjoying it.
Welcome to the goat's tail. Yes, now my goats are finally here. How does it feel? Pretty good, but they're a bit rowdy. Mike is seeing the finished underground greenhouse for the first time. It took Marty 6 days to build it. Yes, I mean, we have the heat sink right here. Okay. We have two barrels, both painted black, filled with water that will cook throughout the day and then radiate heat at night and warm all these rocks. Okay. I love it. Those are your logs. All the ones we used were either struck by lightning or died from a beetle. That's ok. They should last, I would say at least 1 million years. And then you can tell me how long you think this will last.
Forever. So far, do you like it? Oh, I love it. Yes. Okay. How does it make you feel? Brilliant. I mean When I first met you, you said, "Hey, we need help with this farm." And you did it. Well, we did it. So it makes me feel good that we touched you. Not with words, but with our actions, and your tears tell me a lot. n't realize how much it's appreciated. Maybe, I don't know. But when we first arrived here, Mike said it wouldn't last a month. But now they have a greenhouse, they have goats for meat, milk and cheese. And most importantly, this farm now has water. We hope we have inspired you to pick up where we left off and we trust that you will survive on this farm for the rest of your lives.
I asked for help, the help arrived, and I can't express how happy I am. I mean, it's great. We appreciate it. What do you know? We have to leave. Live in the present and this farm will thrive. I appreciate that. Alright. Thank you. Come on, girls. Since the Raineys left, Mike and Beth have been busy in the underground greenhouse. It's quite amazing to be able to have strawberries at this time of year in Montana. We are on the right track to growing all our food.
Beth has even started to increase her livestock. We've been expanding the farm and we have hens and we should have eggs in a couple of months. In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Ohio, the Raineys are trying to save a couple who have been forced to abandon their farm due to a lack of food, electricity, or a viable water source. Without the Raineys' help, we will lose everything. But Marty's plan to revive the farm depends on an abandoned gas well that hasn't worked in years. The Raineys have only 7 days to breathe new life into the Kephart farm. The repairs will be paid for with the thousands saved by leaving their rental connected to the grid. So this is your well. How do they get water there?
We have a bailer attached to a rope and we drop it. almost done. And it's dripping, so they have to be quick. Look, I lost almost all the water. They could put a thimble on the end of that rope and lower it down there. I mean, it's raining. She can't pull the bailer out of the well fast enough to get a glass of water. I mean, much less a cube. I don't see a garden. No garden. What are these? These are the raised flowerbeds we built. Okay. Because I had never seen such shallow flowerbeds.
Yes. But you need 30 or 60 cm of soil in a raised bed, right? The idea was that it would grow through the paper and be able to grow in the soil underneath. Okay. I hate to tell you this, but these definitely don't work. You know, if you want to plant in the ground, just plant. Build a raised bed if you are going to build a raised bed. And do you have livestock? We have no way to keep them safe down here Okay. It's very important to have food on hand on any farm, but this particular one is one of the main reasons why they're stuck in that dilapidated house in the suburbs, because they don't have a reliable food source. The only thing
the Kepharts have on the farm is their 7.6 x 4.5 meter A-frame cabin I like this place. Thank you. Oh. So, is this your main source of heat? That's how it is. How do you cook? Outdoors. Why is there a small stove there? Well, I'm not sure if it works. They told me it could be like that, and we don't know how to use the natural gas well, which is what it's linked to. Natural gas what? There is a well in the woods that is part of the property and to which they have access, but no one can tell them how to make it work, how to activate it.
I have to see this. My God. I want one of these. Never in my life did I think I would be on someone's property and discover they have a gas well, a pump jack. I'm going to ask you right now. Why haven't you come here, started this up, and taken advantage of the benefits this could bring to the farm? I guess I'm overly worried about it. Everything is going to go smoothly. I only have to do it wrong once I understand that this carries a risk, but, man, it's going to change the rules of the game. If we can get it working, we can bring his dream and this farm to life. If Marty can light the old gas well, he should be able to get gas to his cabin and run a water pump in the well. Misty needs gas
for a greenhouse and an annual chicken coop, and Matt's plan to scare away nocturnal predators: gas lamps. I'm a little nervous about it, but it's a matter of risk and reward. The risk is our life in this situation. When you look at any engine in the world, you do n't know its history and you try to get it running, you're looking for two things. You're looking for spark and you're looking for fuel. If the spark plug is damaged, let's go. The engine will not start.
Tougher than the lips of a woodpecker. I would say that it's probably still okay. You can put that spark plug back in. Okay. Now let's see if it works. Please be careful. I don't know what's going to happen. Give it a few tugs. Yes, yes. Like a sewing machine. Yes, now. A noisy sewing machine. A large sewing machine. It's there. Yes. Come here. That's great. Yes. It's incredible. Right now, if this thing is working, at 2000 feet deep, it's pumping out trapped oil and gas.
Correct. The horizontal arm above the pump jack drives a long vertical steel pump rod. At 2000 feet, this sucks the oil from the sand and brings it up through a central pipe. Any gas that may escape will rise to the surface due to its own pressure. I do n't see any oil being pumped, so we could have problems. Yeah! [__]! We've found oil. Yes, we have done it., literally, like 30 yards from your front door with this water pump. It's absolutely amazing. With the tap water about to arrive , Misty and Ashley can begin to address the farm's severe food shortage They need shelter from inclement weather and a greenhouse to extend the growing season. So we're going to build a hoop greenhouse using PVC pipes. And then, let's heat it up. It's very
easy, very cheap, and I've seen materials around here that we can use. Oh. Okay. Misty's plan is to create a $500 greenhouse. He will bend plastic tubes over a wooden frame and then cover them with plastic sheets. Hoses connected to Marty's gas-powered water pump will feed four raised beds, and a gas heater will allow the Kepharts to grow crops year-round. Marty keeps the generator running to ensure the gas well provides water to the farm 24/7. But after 30 minutes, there's a problem.
Basically, it's half the pressure we had. worrying. It's bad. Missy has asked me to heat the greenhouse. Matt wants some light. I'm thinking about a kitchen and a heating source for that cabin. If this indicator drops further, yes, we will have problems. Real problems. have nothing connected to this, except the generator. There's something down there, in that hole. It's something at a depth of 2000 feet. We need to accumulate as much gas as we can and store it. It's an incredibly good idea. Come down The ranch's survival now depends on a rusty 500- gallon tank salvaged from the junkyard for only $200. Okay, guys. The first day I arrived
here I was very excited about the natural gas, but we have seen that the gas pressure fluctuates at the wellhead. I've tried everything and it's come down to this. The plan is to fill the tank with 500 gallons of reliably stored gas, protected from fluctuating pressure at a depth of 2,000 feet. The Kepharts will then be able to pump water, operate a gas stove, heat the cabin and greenhouse, and light the way to the toilet. But the ultimate test is whether the gas pressure will hold when running the generator and pump that supply water to the farm.
Ah, yes. We are getting water. As the sun begins to set, Marty has one last surprise for the Kepharts. Alright guys, you're ready to take a shower. Untie this from the tree. Uh-huh Hang it over the burner. So now it's a water heater. Please get in the shower. Please. Turn it on, please. Turn it on, girl. That's my girl. That's really great. Hot water will come out of there. Oh. That 's really great. Seven days ago, the Kepharts were trapped in a dilapidated suburban home struggling to pay the bills. Their deserted farm was a cold, dark cabin with no food, unreliable water, and predators lurking under cover of darkness. Now, water pumped by a
gas generator reaches every corner of the farm. Wow, yes, there's a lot of pressure. Ashley's nightly trip to the latrine has been lit up to scare away bears and coyotes, and there's a heated greenhouse and a predator-proof chicken coop. Finally here. They provide a year-round food supply. Now the Kepharts can finally become settlers. Dad, you were the one who started all this, okay? I mean, what are you thinking about right now? I think I'm proud of my son and his wife, and I'm very excited that they can finally come here and live out their dream. After they left, we went back to the city for a day, went to work, and decided that we couldn't continue with this. We had finished. So we packed up and moved here.
The garden is very nice. Look how tall the peppers are compared to when we planted them.
