About this season
Expert homesteader, Marty Raney, along with his daughter Misty and son Matt, give struggling families a second chance at surviving off-the-grid. The stakes are high, but the Raney family is determined to prepare these families for nature’s worst and set them up for success.
Episodes (9)
1. Home Is Where the Yurt Is
Aired 17 October 2021 • 87 min
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.
2. Green Mountain Gurus
Aired 24 October 2021 • 87 min
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.
3. No Place Like Dome
Aired 7 November 2021 • 88 min
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.
4. Marsh Madness
Aired 14 November 2021 • 87 min
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.
5. All the Pretty Horses
Aired 21 November 2021 • 87 min
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.
6. Back in the Saddle
Aired 28 November 2021 • 87 min
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.
7. It Takes a Village
Aired 5 December 2021 • 87 min
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.
8. Bone Dry in Big Sky
Aired 12 December 2021 • 87 min
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.
9. Smoky Mountain Hope
Aired 19 December 2021 • 87 min
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.