Homestead Rescue

In California's fire country, a couple's dream homestead is on the brink of ruin. When Marty must leave early, Misty and Matt face the flames -- and an urgent fix -- alone in a high-stakes rescue.

At over 9,000 feet, a Colorado family faces inhospitable alpine isolation. Winter looms, threatening to cut them off from civilization -- and the Raneys must upgrade their infrastructure and water supply before it's too late.

Marty heads back to Missouri to reinforce the Oglesbys' failing cabin -- but upon discovering critical needs at their son's homestead, his mission doubles. Can Marty save both cabins in a limited amount of time?

The Raneys head to West Virginia to rescue a mountaintop homestead with over 300 animals -- and no water. But the land and its owners are stubbornly resisting the necessary changes, making the rescue one of their biggest challenges yet.

Marty returns to a once-swampy Louisiana homestead, now ravaged by scorching heat, drought, and deadly predators. With the family on the brink of collapse, he races to restore their water, protect the livestock, and keep them from losing it all.

A young couple's dream adobe homestead in New Mexico is dying, smothered by invasive trees. The Raneys take on their first adobe home rescue, fighting to restore the 80-year-old structure and transform the surrounding land into a thriving, off-grid haven.   

After Hurricane Helene obliterates a 100-year-old farmhouse in NC, a once self-sufficient family is left with nothing. The Raneys face their most urgent mission yet: to rebuild a fourth-generation homestead, making it 100% self-sustainable in one week.

Two young couples in Alaska struggle with their homestead near the Arctic Circle. But with no access, no water, and no shelter, survival is impossible -- and the Raneys must engineer bold, all-season solutions for the harshest climate they've ever faced.

A Colorado family's dream of self-sufficiency is crumbling under the destructiveness of their bison herd. To supply the ranch with food and water, the Raneys must first tame the chaos and build a path to true self-sustainability -- starting with the herd.

Marty returns to Interior Alaska to help a single mother whose homestead is on the brink of ruin. With a quake-damaged water line and bears circling the property, he must act fast to protect the Adams family's animals and dream.

A single mom watches her family's dream of a Big Island coffee farm fade. Under threat from wild hogs, invasive bamboo, 

The Black family thrived after their rescue three years ago, but success has brought with it new, overwhelming issues. Marty returns to the Black Hills to help them battle the elements as they rebuild to protect against intensifying inclement weather.

The off-grid dream of an Arkansas family spans three generations -- but lately, they're struggling to make it work. A polar vortex hits mid-rescue, and the Raneys must pivot fast to protect lives and salvage the homestead's future.

When neighbors send a plea for help, the Raneys rush to rescue a lone Montana homesteader. With winter bearing down upon them, they must build a survival strategy from scratch to secure shelter, water and food before it's too late.

As the Raneys scramble to ready their 40-acre homestead for winter, Marty gets an urgent SOS call from a fellow Alaskan. A tragic plane crash has destroyed access to his homestead across a treacherous river, and he's dangerously unprepared.

Virginia homesteaders are on the brink after the unexplained disappearance of their water and food sources. The Raneys race to solve these mysteries, creatively revamping their infrastructure to give them the confidence to complete their dream cabin.

Two struggling homesteaders fight a losing battle against Maine's brutal winters and boglands. To save them, the Raneys bring all-new ingenuity to dry out their unfinished cabin and create higher ground for animals above the soggy New England soil.

Marty re-rescues the Broadhead family, whose Ohio home was made from 30,000 tires and faces major new structural issues. Taking on a big challenge with limited time, Marty must restore a settling berm and construct a concrete storm shelter.

Novice but passionate farmsteaders in Iowa are on the verge of losing the legacy of their late father. The Raneys must quickly give them an off-grid masterclass and help them complete one of the most unique rescues ever.

A Big Island family finds their off-grid paradise strangled by destructive storms that bring deadly pests and invasive strawberry guava. In what will become one of the Raneys' most emotional rescues yet, they are forced to get more creative than ever to save themselves.

It's the Raneys' first Florida rescue, and a single mom is struggling against an overflowing swamp caused by devastating tropical storms. Worse yet, severe flooding has brought an invasion of gators -- the Raneys must be more inventive than ever to save them.

With another big storm on the horizon, Marty responds to a new desperate plea from the Bower Family in eastern Vermont. With their only property access route wiped out by a 100-year flood, Marty must devise a new plan -- without Misty or Matt.

An Alaska family's homestead grinds to a halt, facing an invasion of brown bears displaced by recent wildfires. The Raneys help them build the first-ever "homestead fortress" to safeguard their livelihood amidst the apex predators.

A single mother's homestead is trapped between two active volcanoes, and she finds herself torn between giving up and fighting for the life her kids love. To battle the threat of toxic rain, the Raneys reinforce her besieged homestead, adding a safe water source and fortified gardens.

Marty Raney returns to the island of Kauai to find the Nashes five-acre homestead again in peril. While Marty creates a barn for the family's sheep and upgrades their bee-keeping operation, a surprise guest helps them revive their overgrown garden.

A widowed homesteader, realizing she didn't learn the skills she needed before her husband's passing, is overwhelmed by her large family homestead. Her six kids are now even more determined to protect their dad's off-grid legacy and over 100 animals.

Marty responds to a new call for help from the Welchels, who struggle to manage their 40-acre homestead after their ranch hand left. He gives them a new, life-changing masterclass on homestead consolidation.

Thinking they hit the jackpot, Oregon homesteaders buy their dream property -- an old schoolhouse founded by settlers on the historic Oregon Trail. But it's been a classic case of buyer beware; flooding rivers devastate their home, gardens and livestock.

A Colorado war veteran's family and stable of horses are ravaged by hurricane-force winds that make subsistence all but impossible. But when the Raneys learn of their larger dream, they pull out the stops with some of their most creative builds yet.

Oregon homesteaders find their dream in jeopardy following a near-fatal accident. When the Raneys arrive, they face a daunting rescue where a dilapidated bridge has cut them off from their land, and strict building regulations force them to get creative.

An early 20s couple struggle to keep their homestead afloat in torrential Texas weather. But the Raneys face a tense and daunting rescue to save the rain-devastated cabin and soggy livestock shelters under threat of storms and tornado warnings.

A three-generation family in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains finds their homestead failing because they choose to live on the useless side of their land attached to power. The Raneys embark on a high-stakes rescue to convince them to move to the other side.

The Raneys enter the shadow of Mount Denali to tackle their first-ever dual homestead rescue. Marty, Misty and Matt race against the clock to address food, water and shelter concerns that could ensure both homesteads survive the next brutal winter.

An extended family of homesteaders are on the brink of disintegration in Texas, crowded with their animals on a sliver of their land. To overcome the rift between the homesteaders and the homestead itself, the Raneys must execute an epic overhaul.

A recently divorced single mother finds herself unprepared for winter in Interior Alaska. Facing late summer wildfires, the Raneys embrace 22 hours of daylight to battle still-frozen ground to secure water and food stores to survive the winter.

A young family is on the brink of giving up during their first brutal winter in Arizona's high desert. As another round of snowstorms approaches, the Raneys race to solve the homestead's freezing water, food issues, and inadequate livestock quarters.

A family of recent transplants from California longing for ranch life in central Texas finds themselves on one of the most unsuitable homesteads the Raneys have seen yet. To save them, the Raneys must execute a total homestead makeover.

A young homesteader and her military boyfriend face a ticking clock in the East Georgia woods. Mired deep in muddy clay, the Raneys must solve the unsanitary conditions, poor soil and crumbling infrastructure before the next big rains hit the homestead.

The Raneys struggle to revive an inherited Wyoming hill country homestead with a tragic legacy; to bring water to the property, Marty must solve the mystery of an untapped well; Misty and Matt combine forces on one of their most ambitious builds.

Bus-dwelling Virginia homesteaders struggle for a foothold; after learning the couple sent their son to live with his grandmother until the homestead can thrive, the Raneys undertake one of the biggest rescues ever to reunite the family.

The Raneys meet their match on a homestead in Idaho, where millennial off-gridders are plagued with dead soil, grizzly bear visits and constant landslides. Making matters worse, COVID again strikes one of the Raneys, jeopardizing the rescue.

The Raneys answer an urgent call from Central AK, where they find a family with all the infrastructure but minimal skills to realize their dream. With subzero temps looming, the Raneys must help them winter-proof and set them up for the spring ahead.

In a rescue first, the Raneys arrive at a Washington state homestead and find the couple's cabin recently collapsed; with winter weeks away, on land with a dangerous predator funnel, the race is on to solve the shelter, food and predator threats.  

A Kentucky homestead, built in the historical remnants of an old mining town, faces biblical flooding. To get the family above water, Marty revives the original barn, Matt devises a livestock escape pod and Misty conceives her first floating greenhouse.

In the rugged Tennessee mountains, the Raneys scramble to save a family without suitable food, water and shelter. Marty constructs a massive yurt, Misty transforms a rundown pond into a food source and Matt creates a workshop with a propane forge.

The Raneys bring some homesteading mastery to a Vermont couple who start but rarely finish big projects. Marty creates viable access through dense terrain, Misty builds an underground garden and Matt bear-proofs the homestead with ingenious builds.

The Raneys find an Idaho family struggling to survive in a geodesic dome home on the edge of a cliff. While Marty brings them water and Misty builds an innovative garden greenhouse, Matt and a local tracker corner a dangerous predator in a tree.

In order to save a Georgia homestead drowning in a snake and gator-invested swamp, the Raneys must find an ingenious way to reclaim the Buchannans' land from the encroaching mire and all it brings with it.

The Raneys rush to Texas homesteaders in severe hardship and unable to realize their dream of rescuing "kill" horses. Misty builds a multi-tier garden and duck pond, Marty constructs an innovative horse barn and Matt designs a unique storm shelter.

With a major setback in Misty's build, the Raneys race the clock in their rescue of a Texas homestead. Marty tackles the water crisis, Misty scrambles to complete the pond and garden and Matt builds a hog trap for an additional food resource.

The Raneys find a Montana homestead struggling through food, predator and power problems. Marty and Matt reunite them with old firefighter squad mates who help consolidate and build out a couple's homestead for safety and accessibility.

The Raneys rescue a single-father homesteader facing threats of rockslides and bears in a Montana box canyon. But with Matt in Alaska awaiting the birth of his daughter, Marty and Misty face an uphill battle.

Marty faces his most daunting challenge ever in the rescue of a Tennessee homestead. Down Misty and Matt, he calls on past homesteaders and friends Ken and Anita Corsini, a husband and wife HGTV home renovation team.

In an all new season, the Raneys quickly learn that while more people have moved off-grid in the last two years to seek a simpler way of living, most are devastatingly unprepared for long-term survival.

In Mississippi, the Raneys must first solve the mystery of flooding water before teaching a family of six to thrive off-grid together. Builds include a new Elvis-inspired "Heartbreak Goat-tel" goat pen, garden compound and metal forge.

The Raneys rescue the Kramers in Alaska by converting an old barn into a commercial fishing kitchen. But when Marty is suddenly forced to quarantine, Matt and Misty must finish alone, leading to the discovery of the homestead's biggest resource: gold.

Misty and Matt find themselves alone on a critical rescue of Alaskan homesteaders ill from dirty water and stuck in a crumbling cabin. It's all-hands-on-deck as the Raneys call in family reinforcements to bring all new ingenuity to save the day.

The Raneys rescue a young family with a crumbling cabin on a homestead infested by slugs carrying a brain-eating parasite.

The Raneys attempt to rescue a family descended from rock'n'roll royalty by reclaiming their homestead from the jungle on Kauai. But when a dangerous flash flood strikes, the Raneys find themselves on the wrong side of the river and out of time.

The Raney family turns cameras on themselves as they shelter in place on their Alaskan homestead. When a moose kill is discovered dangerously close to their cabin, Marty attempts to track the predators. 

The intense winter has frozen the water supply on the homestead, forcing Marty to hunt for a new water source In Hawaii, Matt and his wife Katie self-film a lesson in Cacao harvesting on her family's plantation.

The Raneys kick off an annual tradition on the Alaskan homestead with a project that passes along essential skills to the next generation. The Raneys check in via video with homesteaders who built a house with 30,000 rubber tires.

In Alaska, Marty races to rescue his property from a deluge of snow runoff. In Hawaii, Matt builds a human-sized slingshot to bring down invasive trees. The Raneys check-in with homesteaders rebuilding after devastating wildfires.

Marty embarks on a dangerous self-shot mission to carve a road up 300-foot cliffs. With their chickens growing, Misty enlists her family to build a predator-proof coop from scratch.

Spring arrives and the family self-shoots preparation for the epic expansion of their homestead. Misty plots a supersized greenhouse to feed three generations, while Matt and Marty acquire the family's first ever sawmill.

In Alaska, the Raneys turn a homestead on the verge of going up in flames into a golden opportunity. Later they race to Louisiana to protect a family under threat of vicious storms, black mold and feral hogs.

To save a single mom and her daughter from rampaging moose and secure a source of food, Marty builds a bridge across a murky creek to access more property, Matt teaches predator deterrent techniques, and Misty builds a snow-proof greenhouse.

The Raneys arrive in Ohio to find the Broadhead family struggling to survive in their home made of 30,000 tire bales. Battling intruding pests, flooding, and unstable walls, the Raneys have their hands full in one of their most challenging rescues. 

The Raneys continue rescuing the Broadhead's tire bale homestead in Central Ohio; the clock is ticking as Marty, Misty, and Matt work to provide fresh water, strengthen walls and jumpstart an indoor garden. 

After a devastating earthquake, Marty saves the Hartleys' log cabin from crumbling to the ground while Misty replaces a collapsed greenhouse and Matt constructs a brand new building for the family to start a diesel engine repair shop.

The Raneys help an Oregon couple with a toxic salt water well who are desperate for a viable water source. Marty needs clay to build a massive catchment pond and Matt must build a large scale solar still to de-contaminate the water.

The Raneys tackle a treehouse cabin on the verge of collapse in Missouri. Marty works to overhaul the entire base of the cabin, Misty constructs a greenhouse out of scavenged windows, and Matt builds a workshop for the Oglesbys' leather goods business.

The Jackson family in Idaho suffers from a cabin on the verge of collapse and predator threat from 100 chickens. The Raneys use all new ingenuity to make the cabin livable, protect the flock and create a valuable income source. 

In Northern California, the Raneys give a masterclass on rebuilding from scratch when they come to the aid of the Olson-Wilcox family whose homestead was completely destroyed in a devastating wildfire.

In a first-ever Homestead intervention, a daughter pleads for help from the Raneys to rescue her mother and step-father whose failing homestead in Arizona sits in the crosshairs of deadly monsoon floods and a menacing cougar.

In the Smoky Mountains, the Raneys visit a wind-ravaged homestead on the brink of total collapse. The Raneys race to shore up key structures and establish a viable homestead business before the next big storm.

The Raneys put their ingenuity to the test on a homestead in Hawaii that was destroyed by 20-foot thick lava flow. First they must bring life back to the property, then figure out how to make the structures mobile in case of another eruption.

A homestead in serious danger of a raging California wildfire prompts Marty to clear cut surrounding trees and create an evacuation ark for the Grants' livestock while Matt devises a unique layer of fire protection to save the home from destruction.

Marty takes on a risky first-time build - a huge diverter trench to deflect the torrents of storm water devastating the homestead of musician Lou and his wife Stacey. But with a huge storm forecast, no one can predict if this rescue will succeed.

Shocked to find a bear den near the Counter family's Colorado homestead, the Raneys build an old school root cellar and innovative greenhouse and attempt to inspire two off-grid reluctant teenage sisters to help bring their father's dream to life.

A day in, Marty is hit with a bombshell -- the old well he's come to fix has already claimed a victim. To set the Dagues on a path to self-sufficiency, the Raneys try to deliver long-term water, protein and power sources.

The Raneys return to Alaska to find their homestead in disrepair. Their wooden tram supports were destroyed by beetle kill, and they need a water source and firewood. Then they must deal with fallout from an earthquake.

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 wife Carol need a livable home, water, and a place to grow food, so the Raneys build an entire cabin from scratch on solid ground 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 while Matt creates a meat smoker, but a surprise accident leads to a construction site injury for one of the Raneys

The Raneys create their first-ever self-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 an entire cabin move. To save the family's business, Matt embarks on a knife shop remodel.

The Raneys must move an entire cabin into the flood zone as Marty's dam is put to the test. A surprise arrival of chicks means Misty needs a clever upgrade for a ravaged chicken coop. And Matt crafts a knife blade in the Smiths' newly improved foundry.

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 & Toni Rinker need a quick solution to their failing Idaho homestead. The Raneys plan to fire-proof the Rinkers' cabin and build a firebreak, but will Stuart's opposition jeopardize success and their lives?

The Raney family arrives at a homestead with a bee-obsessed owner that is unintentionally attracting bears with his hives; Marty bush-engineers a windmill to pump water to a new bathhouse.

The Raney family arrives at a homestead threatened by heat, coyotes and even cows; Marty attempts to protect livestock with a massive build.

The Raneys help an Oregon homestead trapped at the bottom of a 100 foot cliff that separates them from four acres of land that they need for food and livestock; Marty takes a risk forming a road up a bedrock cliff to a forest with mountain lions.

The Raneys try to restore a couple's failed homestead in Ohio; Marty attempts to repair an old gas well.

The Raney family goes to the Ozarks, where Marty spent his childhood homesteading and discover a malnourished couple and a moldy cabin that's making them sick. Massive electric storms hit, but the homestead must be built before Mother Nature wins.

The Raneys must save two Hawaiian homesteaders who built their dream homestead in the path of life-threatening flash floods. As the weather closes in, the Raneys must battle to save a homestead from drowning and also win the trust of the homesteaders.

A hungry bear scratching the walls, disease carrying ticks, no food to eat, no power to cry for help, and 60 massive oaks looming over a flimsy cabin in tornado alley. Is this Missouri homestead the Raneys greatest ever challenge? You bet it is.

The Raneys help the Johnson family who have no drinking water or food sources; their dogs have been killed by a mystery predator and worry they are next.

The Raneys assist an Oregon homestead where fire is a constant threat and livestock are family pets instead of meat.

An isolated road becomes a death trap when a medical emergency strikes a secluded homestead. The Raneys face their first ever failed rescue.

A couple terrified to hunt and a ramshackle home with exposed wires in the shower and chickens in the living room.

Arctic temperatures and a hungry grizzly wreak havoc on a struggling homestead; the Ranys pursue huge builds, including a blacksmith shop.

In Montana, the Raney's help Beth and Mike Ettinger who live in an abandoned ghost town stalked by a mountain lion and void of any livestock, water or food.

The Raney's help the Zabec family in Virginia, where pigs are destroying the homestead, predators are killing livestock, and a huge oak is threatening their cabin.

The dog-mushing Deeters own a homestead on the edge of disaster; the Raneys attempt to help, but discover the Deeters don't trust outsiders.

The Raneys help the Kondors in the Nevada desert, where the homestead suffers from rattler infested trailers, searing heat, sand storms and a lack of water.

The Raneys help the Russell family, who are struggling on a failing homestead in the forests of Pennsylvania; the family faces a food shortage, with no hunting skills, and a cabin on the brink of collapse.

The Raneys suggest drastic changes to the Deeters, dog-mushers with a homestead on the edge of disaster, where bears dine on their dog food and the forest makes a possible tinder box.