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00:00:00Oh, this is no joke if you don't have heat water or power you're gonna die and not only that
00:00:10This homesteaders completely alone
00:00:14Our job is real simple if someone needs help get to work
00:00:19We know people who stay out too long you mean die yeah they get found in the spring
00:00:25Something's not right
00:00:30Everything i've seen is all these attempts at survival i'm actually shocked he's still here
00:00:38Barf the heat i'm going over the mountain you're crazy
00:00:42Whoa good job everybody
00:00:44I'll guarantee you this this guy's never gonna be a lone wolf ever again
00:00:55It's late fall in the salish mountains of northwest montana
00:01:16For centuries this rugged wilderness was home to the native salish peoples
00:01:20A peaceful hunter gathering tribe who turned to farming and ranching after the buffalo were decimated
00:01:28Responding to a plea from concerned neighbors for an emergency homestead intervention
00:01:34The rainies embark on their first ever rescue of a solo homesteader
00:01:39Struggling to tame his land before the next winter hits
00:01:44within a few short weeks
00:01:46temperatures will drop into the negatives and they fear he is vastly unprepared in this unforgiving country
00:01:56i'm don shanklin this is my beautiful bride wanita
00:02:00we have a 20 acre homestead in northwest montana we're pretty much set up we have chickens we have
00:02:07a high tunnel and a little greenhouse but our neighbor doug doug's in survival mode
00:02:15he doesn't have the infrastructure that people need to make it through a winter up here
00:02:21the winter's average about minus 50. the mountains can be a struggle and to do it alone is even harder
00:02:28he's still working on getting his shelter completed he doesn't have heat in yet
00:02:34he doesn't have the water in yet doug has no garden at this time he's trying really hard
00:02:40but this is beyond his depth he's been here three years and his every waking moment is
00:02:47what he has to get done next so that he can make it through the next winter but at this time
00:02:53he hasn't prepared i'm concerned that doug is going to wind up in harm's way because it is a
00:03:00definite struggle back there and i don't know if he'd survive another winter rainy's winter's coming quick
00:03:08and doug needs your help
00:03:10we find the right place i think so i think this might be it doug doug yes nice to finally meet
00:03:24you i'm don don misty and juanita hi where do you guys fit in we're neighbors we're neighbors
00:03:30we knew that he was in need and we worry about him every winter i met them the first week i was up here
00:03:37when was that this was uh july of 2021 you've been out here this whole time by yourself yes
00:03:43i had my best friend up here for the first two years and she passed away and her name was pittsburgh
00:03:49and she was a cat oh she was my tiger it's tough when you have your best friend and and now she's gone
00:03:57so what was this property like in 2021 it was absolutely undeveloped there was nothing here
00:04:04i had to clear a spot over there where my my bus house is and you lived in that and i lived in that
00:04:13for a year up here and then i went to uh an rv that i bought from my cousin harold that thing that thing
00:04:22so where do you live now i've been living in the cabin since may is that thing ready is it prepared uh
00:04:29no no heat source no water any power it's wired but there's really no power to it
00:04:37what honey what what's up why are you upset
00:04:43we know people who stay out too long and don't make it they get found in the spring or whatever
00:04:51let's not beat around the bush you mean die yeah okay he's a dear friend of ours love him to death
00:04:58but i don't want to love him to death
00:05:05the wilderness is filled with tragic stories of people trying to survive alone perhaps the most famous
00:05:12is one close to home for the rainies in 1992 christopher mccandless whose story was chronicled in the book and
00:05:20film into the wild sought a nomadic off-grid lifestyle despite his passion he was unprepared to
00:05:27survive the harsh alaskan elements and eventually starved to death it's this same fate that the
00:05:35rainies and the shanklins are hoping to avoid for doug i was born and raised in santa barbara california
00:05:44when i was 11 my parents divorced that was very difficult on my my two sisters and i we lived with
00:05:51our mom after that and um we were broke we almost lost our house several times but the interesting
00:05:59thing about that too is we were all very independent kids we had a term called by selch which meant by
00:06:05myself i can do this by myself and then later when i hiked the pacific crest trail living outdoors for
00:06:13four and a half months wooded areas and drinking out of streams i just loved it and so i started
00:06:18looking for a place that was that and finally found this this piece of property we met him and quickly
00:06:25became friends adopted him shortly thereafter yeah adopted him unofficially doug is one of those likable
00:06:32people and a survivor doug's a survivor i bought an old school bus to be able to live in and then start
00:06:40building my house but i was really learning every month this is going to be harder than i thought
00:06:47the first winter i lived in the school bus not great windows very under insulated if you put a bottle
00:06:55of water on the floor it'll be frozen by morning that next summer i did shift to the rv and stayed in
00:07:01that as i kept building my cabin spending his time focusing on daily survival needs of warmth food and
00:07:09water has prevented doug from developing homestead systems that could provide those very things for
00:07:15him the water situation is non-existent i have to go down the mountain about four miles to a little creek
00:07:25and then during the winter time i also utilize snow melt soil here is rocky it's not conducive to
00:07:32growing i just don't even have any time to garden the homesteading part has been put on hold until i'm
00:07:40able to take care of building my house i've worked harder in the last three years just to get through
00:07:48a day than i ever have in my life i think of my mom and dad all the time i want to make them proud of me
00:07:57that drives me a lot but i do know what i'm doing right now is not sustainable to ask for help is
00:08:04really hard it's really not easy for me what is this building right here in front of the camper so doug
00:08:16calls this the heat hut his plan was to uh put a wood stove in here and get this good and hot and then
00:08:24he was going to plumb the heat into the rv that way there wouldn't be any open fire in the rv
00:08:31how'd that work out well it never happened it was a good concept but this thing's in poor repair
00:08:38so this is just a faulty bad wood stove and then this idea never happened right
00:08:45this thing's pretty large yeah this was his second winter in here it just looks cold
00:08:54these things are not made to just park and sit in the winter
00:09:02the more i'm walking around this homestead i'm seeing all these attempts at survival but there's no
00:09:08food source there's no protein on the homestead and it's just one man has doug had any livestock
00:09:15on this property no no he hasn't had time to think about livestock it doesn't look like it right
00:09:31where do you and your husband live so i live about two miles by the road so do you garden i
00:09:39have a high tunnel and i also have a greenhouse thank goodness donna juanita are here for doug
00:09:44and the fact that they're here this week is a huge help for us all because i need to know how
00:09:50she is a successful farmer in northwest montana so at this moment i'll take all the expertise i can
00:09:57get what are the challenges that you've faced growing in this part of montana it's not good we we've
00:10:03had to bring our soil in and then the water of course it's getting that all set up do you know if
00:10:09he's attempted gardening oh he has not he has been full on just trying to make it day to day you you
00:10:17got emotional just like you worry about him yes very much my big worry is that he has injured himself and
00:10:26hasn't been able to call out for help he's run out of food or he's you know frozen yeah yeah
00:10:33it's really hard to homestead in the winter time and when you choose northern states and they see
00:10:42temperatures below zero for weeks at a time things get a lot more real there's only so many structures
00:10:49here and the fact that i'm looking at like a very sound structure i want to take a tour in this bus yeah
00:10:56okay there's not a lot here on the homestead because it's a one-man show but there is a 72
00:11:02school bus and yeah it wasn't warm enough to live in but it could be put to use for something else
00:11:09oh it's freezing in here yeah oh my word so doug drove this bus to the homestead and then lived
00:11:19in this for the first winter yeah how was he heating the bus he had a little wood stove kind
00:11:25of thing that he had right over there and he had a lot of heavy blankets okay and then he moved into
00:11:30the rv yeah we have one week to figure these things out yeah obviously water is a huge issue yeah do you
00:11:37have water we for the last eight years that we've lived there have been hauling water in okay from
00:11:43our neighbor um who has a well this year we were able to get our well in and we're in the process of
00:11:51having it hooked up to the house you're putting in your water line yes hearing juanita say they
00:11:58don't even have water tells me both homesteads are having a hard time so as far as water is concerned
00:12:05i'm not seeing the solution but when it comes to doug and his needs it has so much to do with survival
00:12:13mode first and foremost in my mind we need to make sure that this is a functioning one man show homestead
00:12:26this is spectacular thank you i mean look at this place
00:12:32it's not big but it's it's going to be home doug spent his last three years
00:12:38in the mountains of montana trying to make it on 20 acres but he's not prepared to live here
00:12:44the really big question is why not where are you sleeping at i had been sleeping down here then i
00:12:52built the loft this will be where i sleep in the beginning there was no door there were no windows
00:13:00they were just open spaces so there's a lot of ventilation now it's uh it's it's dried in but
00:13:07still no heat let's talk about water i built this as a shed roof to catch water and that's as far as
00:13:16i've gotten i don't know are you catching any water now no
00:13:24doug shelby once took homestead alone and now he's got all these unfinished projects and he's just
00:13:30barely getting by and he's not prepared for the oncoming onslaught of a severe montana winner
00:13:39you look around here this is a year or two of construction this forecast is snow and this
00:13:53building isn't ready to live in but guess what he's living in it not to mention the fact that there's no
00:14:00means of growing food there's no livestock there's no water there's no power i'm actually shocked he's
00:14:07still here there's only a little bit of infrastructure here but every single thing we
00:14:12do this week has to be maintained by one person so it has to run smoothly it has to be doable for a
00:14:20one-man show everything i've seen is all just attempts at survival and that's it no wonder the
00:14:28neighbors are so worried oh yeah you couldn't ask for better neighbors don and juanita are super giving
00:14:34with their time even though they don't have water they're in the process of putting water in right
00:14:40now but doug doesn't have the ability to even get water from them as far as water is concerned it's not
00:14:46here our work is cut out for us question is are you ready yeah yeah
00:15:04after seeing you get emotional because of your genuine concern for this guy's safety in the winter
00:15:10we are worried about doug first thing that comes to mind heat i'm sure you've sat in that cabin in
00:15:17the summertime when the sun was hitting those windows yes and it heated the whole building oh very well
00:15:22okay so i think that we're just gonna get really invested in helping you finish a cabin in the woods
00:15:29the only way to really turn this into a homestead
00:15:32is to have your own food that right there is now the goal what we have going for us
00:15:41is juanita and dawn because juanita is living proof that you can homestead in montana successfully
00:15:49one more thing we have a water problem here there is none i'm just gonna blurt it out are you guys
00:15:56agreeable to allowing this home center to get water from your place absolutely okay do you have a
00:16:04means of doing that no we are well it's not done oh okay what if we came over and helped out oh that
00:16:14would be awesome you don't mind because that does take me a little bit anything that you can do to help
00:16:19them helps me on that note let's get to work it sounds like we might have a plan when it comes to a
00:16:26water source we'll see you tomorrow but there's no food there's no shelter let the games begin
00:16:47good morning it's day two in northwest montana all right stop right there will you and right away
00:16:54let's talk a little bit okay marty tackles the most immediate threat to doug shelby's 20 acre homestead
00:17:02what am i looking at right there home home at the beginning of a long winter right all right
00:17:11doug shelby moved to montana to be alone however he learned quickly it's brutal here and right now
00:17:21he needs some help to make that dream come true it's getting really cold how are you going to heat
00:17:29that thing i had a uh a stove i got i was going to insulate just that little bedroom area okay and try
00:17:38to ride out the winter it was going to be a better situation than what i had been in okay it sounds like
00:17:42we're on the same page on that note follow me okay the problem with doug is he doesn't know how to ask
00:17:49for help or accept it so the first thing that i have to do today is we're going to finish the project
00:17:56that could save the homestead and it could have been completed if he had an extra hand
00:18:01okay have you dropped the insulation i have let me see you put that bat in please
00:18:10marty's all about getting in and doing the work right now and which is amazing i've always been
00:18:16sort of independent in my life and receiving help hasn't always been easy for me so i'm thankful for
00:18:23the rainies helping me step outside of what i'm normally comfortable with it just sits in there right
00:18:28yes would you consider that bat finished no generally speaking i would bring it out fluff it
00:18:34out make sure it's all the way to the top and keep it fluffed out because when you impact it that
00:18:39decreases its ability to insulate from my understanding that is music to my ears okay
00:18:46this isn't doug's first rodeo you can tell he has some construction experience the basics pick a wall
00:18:51i'll do this here you go okay i'll be on this one over here
00:18:55so we're off to a good start and i look forward to teaching him as much as i possibly can back to
00:19:05work let's go
00:19:15all right juanita across the property we need to talk misty has an idea to use doug's old bus to bring
00:19:23a manageable food source to the homestead we're in northwest montana it's going to snow this week
00:19:30we're on a homestead right now where stakes are high but i think i'm here at the right time because
00:19:36i have an idea that involves food and that bus because we missed that window of opportunity to grow
00:19:44food i'm thinking an indoor heated greenhouse wow like it yeah and because he's by himself
00:19:53there has to be some type of automation and so i think we should try to build a hydroponics
00:19:59oh that's a great idea you like it i do and because it's just one man living here
00:20:05we can create a space that's pretty small and manageable because we only have one mouth to feed
00:20:10yeah size it down for doug yeah yeah to introduce a sustainable food source misty will temporarily move
00:20:18the bus to a clearing 500 feet uphill allowing for more space to work next she'll introduce starter
00:20:26plants and a hydroponic system where water will continuously cycle through before finally moving
00:20:32the bus an additional 500 feet next to doug's cabin meanwhile matt will construct a 20-foot log tower
00:20:41to support a drum filled with fuel which will be plumbed into the bus and connected to a kerosene heater
00:20:48enabling doug to grow food year round the first thing we need to do is clean out the bus because
00:20:56there's a lot of like rat waste i am ready cleanup starts now i can do all the heavy lifting i think this
00:21:06bus is the perfect structure we don't have power water heat but i can sort those things i can figure
00:21:12those things out i just need to do two things keep it small scale and manageable and get to a place
00:21:18where doug can grow food this winter even in northwest montana you just make a little pile okay
00:21:26i'm so excited to make it mostly automated i think it's perfect for him
00:21:30but there's a lot to do i'm hoping it all can happen in such a short period of time and if it
00:21:40does it's going to be amazing yeah look at the transformation it looks great it looks so good
00:21:46it's a brand new bus okay so we're moving the bus awesome owen yep i'm on diesel you're on batteries okay
00:21:57this homestead sees about five feet of snow in the winter time having the convenience of your food
00:22:03source just right out your front door is the only way he's going to be gardening successfully here
00:22:08and the only thing to do that in is that 50 year old bus we're gonna have to call in owen bird the
00:22:14master mechanic okay so we're gonna jump it and go from there yeah okay come on doug okay you ready
00:22:23i'm ready head back there owen fingers crossed okay here we go
00:22:35yes yes give it a little give it a little that's a 1972 a gillig school bus um built like a tank and
00:22:44it hasn't started turned over in over three years so it's really exciting to see it's turned over a ton
00:22:54oh we're draining the battery
00:22:59it's so close it's so close
00:23:04this bus is deader than a doornail these batteries have sat through three cold winters it's not going
00:23:10anywhere we can't get it started and it's time for plan b what is that it's called the rainy way
00:23:22i have plans for the structure and i think involving an excavator and my dad definitely
00:23:28means possible damage to the structure and the bus plus it's a pretty bold risky move to hook up with
00:23:34chains on the side of the structure and yank it to its new location i don't want breaking chains flying
00:23:40around the homestead let's go misty you got it neutral i got it neutral okay dad let it rip
00:23:50something's wrong is the back wheel turning at all it's moving a little bit
00:24:10oh
00:24:21the chain broke
00:24:24make sure the emergency brake is off it's in neutral something's not right
00:24:30yeah the emergency brake was on emergency brake was on
00:24:36oh shoot how about now hey dad the fact of the matter is is the thing isn't gonna move until we can
00:24:44turn it on and get the e-brake off
00:24:49we're at a place where we cannot turn off the e-brake unless we are able to start the bus we cannot
00:24:54start the bus we're trying to pull it with the e-brake on we're breaking chains it is not moving so now we're
00:25:01going back to plan a which is we gotta start this bus okay so let's try and put this in without smashing fingers
00:25:08so now the plan is we have to switch these batteries okay okay i'm gonna give it a whirl
00:25:29give it all you got goose it
00:25:45there it is yeah you got it it couldn't be better i lived in that bus for four years before
00:25:53leaving and then one year up here you're good
00:25:56and seeing what used to be your home go forward i never thought it was going to move again you
00:26:05guys want to get on yeah
00:26:06all aboard hang on boys and watching it move and misty at the wheel it was it was awesome
00:26:20i'll go right here
00:26:24yeah yes that was wild good it took longer than i expected to move the bus out of the woods and
00:26:33we're at a place where we need to start working on this thing hopefully one day soon the bus will
00:26:39move right next to the cabin but there's not enough room and space to do any work there's a clearing at
00:26:45the top of this mountain it's open enough where we can turn a bus into a greenhouse how did it drive
00:26:51in like a dream yeah the bus
00:26:54there's so much going on right now that was home it took time effort and now we're tearing it apart
00:27:07and i thought i'd be so conflicted i'm not i'm not freaking out about it because you have to trust the
00:27:12rainies you have to trust the rainy way because the rainy way is happening it's gonna have a new life
00:27:19i'm a little beyond worse at this point
00:27:32the next morning while marty doug and a small build crew finish insulating the cabin go set it up here
00:27:40first set it up right here please you're gonna pull and i'm gonna push matt and owen take advantage of the
00:27:47properties down trees to bring heat to the hydroponics greenhouse okay last couple feet
00:27:54now that the bus has gotten moved to the top of the property the next step is to provide fuel for
00:28:02that heater me and owen built a tower for our oil tank so that we have a nice gravity fed system for our
00:28:11heater what you don't know is i filled it with oil already and i just carried that up these stairs
00:28:17all 350 pounds with this guy let's move inside
00:28:23how are we gonna cut through that metal all right incoming
00:28:37working with matt is a blast he's got a lot of very original ideas
00:28:43and and i believe they're good ideas and i believe they're gonna work very well all right
00:28:48matt bring it home there it is nice job okay you're the best
00:28:58like a glove looks good let's put a little kerosene in there yeah get that kerosene
00:29:03and you don't want to go too much but i want this thing to explode
00:29:07the big question right now for the bus is will it stay heated during the winter we're gonna get it
00:29:15fire it up and see if this thing can actually hold any heat
00:29:22and it's lit nice it's crackling now all right we got heat this is awesome now we can actually work
00:29:32in here and keep things alive in here let's let this thing burn off and then we'll come in and see
00:29:38how much heat's actually being held in the bus putting out heat we gotta love that
00:29:42has anybody got any marshmallows later that day while misty addresses doug's firewood now exposed to
00:29:54montana's extreme elements the arctic entryway that was for the bus is now up for grabs right can that
00:30:00be the new woodshed i think it would make a great woodshed half a mile away down the mountain let's hit
00:30:07it marty brings matt and clint to the shanklins homestead to get water to their cabin and hopefully
00:30:14provide it for two homesteads welcome to the 20 acre wood 20 acre wood this is nice it's beautiful
00:30:22where's that well at back here it's back in the back walk us through what we're doing back here please
00:30:27i asked don and wanita if we could get water from their homestead and bring it to doug who has no water
00:30:34and their answer was yes come get it so by helping don and wanita they really could supply doug with
00:30:44adequate water the house is over there so where's that water line it's not in yet okay
00:30:52don and wanita have installed a well 100 feet from their cabin however they've only just begun digging a
00:30:59trench to support a water line a process that takes days in the dense montana rock marty will continue
00:31:07where they've left off by digging the rest of the way to the house next he'll lay and insulate the
00:31:13water line and then plummet into their home so don and wanita will have direct access to a permanent
00:31:20water source and be able to share with doug i had no idea that your water wasn't developed
00:31:30so we're here trying to get you to that point yes sir what they're doing is more than generous
00:31:38however they haven't really developed their well or their water so i asked them a favor i put them
00:31:44on the spot and i might have just opened up a can of worms i mean i thought this guy was just getting a
00:31:51short little water line into his cabin but my god well here's the deal we can just go to the house and
00:31:56that's it there's no way we're finishing this we came a long way from alaska to help doug and this
00:32:04this is ominous for now let's head back over there and we just focus on the cabin let's go
00:32:19yay there's people on doug shelby's 20 acre solo montana homestead the rainies reinforced the
00:32:28importance of leaning on an off-grid community by calling in help summoned by a previously rescued
00:32:34montana couple the welchels wow this is pretty epic you guys are helping i'm so happy we're able to
00:32:42seal this good to be able to help you don't understand it's so good to see barry and michelle
00:32:48i've missed them they're living proof of how the community shows up for each other marty holy molly
00:32:56you're kidding me they're here and ready to work connecting doug to his community and the first
00:33:03thing we're going to do is fill up the wood chest all of this wood has to be moved the whole idea
00:33:09behind firewood is to get it out of the element so it can dry out the rainies they saved our homestead
00:33:16they truly rescued our homestead after that we realized that we were going to need to help other
00:33:22people especially doug what more could you ask for out of a community nothing in return just to help
00:33:33all right my favorite pastime is chopping wood but in doug's case every second counts
00:33:41for him there's only so much one man can do in one day so having a little cheat like a wood splitter
00:33:48will make all the difference between whether he succeeds or not
00:33:53we're getting there folks
00:34:13good job everybody
00:34:14thank you guys clearly doug and i and juanita could not have done this alone so we appreciate
00:34:24getting the wood covered amazing we appreciate all the extra splitting and that splitter is not a rental
00:34:30that's yours wow happy yeah i don't have to worry about him freezing to death
00:34:35being helped right now this is not easy for me i feel that people are doing things for me
00:34:42that i don't deserve i'm having to battle that inability to accept help with the fact that there
00:34:48are people here who help and this is a big test in that for me thanks so much is anybody tired not yet
00:34:57oh no do you know how to put sheetrock on the wall i've done sheetrock a couple times are you afraid
00:35:16of heights yeah oh yeah oh yeah i i well good yeah we're gonna have to overcome that all right
00:35:22on that note grab a gun grab a knife grab a tool grab anything okay ready ready reach over your head
00:35:31don't lose that got it thanks to doug's other neighbors there's six cords of wood already in the
00:35:39woodshed but doug isn't prepared when it comes to heat we're trying to put the home in homestead and to
00:35:48do that you have to finish a cabin next next next i'm gonna drive that excavator down here
00:36:05down by the old rv all right this one beautiful yeah matt shifts his focus to providing an easy to
00:36:15manage protein source for a solo homesteader all right you ready don i'm ready okay hook me around
00:36:22that log i'm trying to bring livestock onto the property and doug's been using this heat cut as a
00:36:30survival shelter for the past few years and we both agree it's the perfect place for chickens all right
00:36:37let's do it okay we're ready to move the only problem is it's in the wrong spot
00:36:42Matt will repurpose the heat hut into a self-automated chicken coop first he'll transport the hut over a
00:36:51steep hill to its final spot next to doug's cabin next he'll insulate the structure ensuring winter
00:36:58survival then he'll add automatic feeders and waterers before building sloped rollout nesting boxes for easy
00:37:07one-man egg collection
00:37:12woohoo she's flying we're gonna move it closer to the house it's gonna make it so much easier and way
00:37:20more manageable especially because doug is gonna be doing everything by himself whoa okay that got a
00:37:29little steep i'm gonna get rid of the log what's going on hey buddy matt can i know what your plan
00:37:39is i'm trying to put it in that hole you know this thing is uh it's heavier than it you're used to
00:37:46so be careful okay as soon as i got to the edge of the cliff my dad's little alarm bells went off and
00:37:53he came over gave me some you know encouraging words of don't kill yourself give me a minute i gotta be down
00:38:02there
00:38:05whoo it's steep the last part of this journey is steep and i'm not gonna make it with the building
00:38:14dangling from my bucket so i got a solid plan on how to get this structure down in place without
00:38:21destroying it and we're on the home stretch all right oh beautiful yes all right we're up in the
00:38:33air oh look at that gonna drop it right in the hole all right spinning around counterclockwise 90 degrees
00:38:41and i'm gonna go take it to the left okay all right we did it guys good job
00:38:51on 20 acres in northwest montana the rainies are halfway through their first ever rescue of a solo
00:39:07homesteader it's time to talk how we're going to heat this building and over by the old rv
00:39:13what are we looking at there this was a 50 fine on craigslist marty inspects doug's attempt to introduce
00:39:20heat to his cabin i'm gonna look you right in the eye i'm gonna tell you right now yeah i burnt my house
00:39:26down with an old stove with a poorly working door right i'm pretty sensitive to installing
00:39:3850 wood stoves in really nice homes okay i don't want to hear about a door that's broken
00:39:43that we're not using this stove okay so now that we have doug's cabin insulated what are we going to
00:39:51heat it with thankfully i have an idea oh wow check out the door how tight that door is please
00:40:01yeah okay and feel that seal
00:40:10that's tight i'm just going to tell you that this is uh not 10 times but it's light years better safer
00:40:18and more efficient than that thing are you proposing putting this in now right this second let's do it
00:40:23it i think we can do it i can't feel my fingers here we go so this is your basic wood stove insulation
00:40:39all i have to do is make sure we have the safe clearances from anything that can burn
00:40:44where are you at right here hand me up pipe please we're ready to set pipe put the chimney in and have
00:40:53a fire let it snow let it rain and let the temperatures get cold because in about five minutes there's going
00:41:07to be a fire in there i'm going to have a warm cabin thanks to the rainies and there's definitely a light
00:41:17at the end of the tunnel as far as the really really tough winters well i think we uh got this wood stove
00:41:26installed in the nick of time my friend pull up a chair you know what you're watching right now life
00:41:43close you're watching wilderness tv that is about as good as it gets this is now my third and they've
00:41:50all had glass doors and that's the one non-negotiable i want that ability to look in like you've
00:41:56said and just stare into it because you can just lose yourself in it you're gonna sit here long
00:42:02after i'm gone listen to that crackle yeah there's been no heat source in here until now
00:42:12and i've been living in here since may when it was still in the 20s what i was hoping to do is was
00:42:17insulate that back bedroom and i would live in that i was living in the rv and uh that's the only
00:42:23space we had what do you mean we uh oh my cat pittsburgh and i and she uh she was with me the
00:42:28first two winters and i was solo last year because she had passed away special cat it's very special
00:42:32cat you have a picture of her name yeah yeah i had a cat her name was pittsburgh it was me and her
00:42:40creating this homestead up here and she was my best buddy my friend and um and she died right here on
00:42:47the mountain and it was almost like i'll see you in a little while
00:42:55i've never had any kind of pet like her and you know heck i've got great friends but some of them
00:43:02don't even match up with her she was awesome doug is prepared when it comes to heat but we still
00:43:11don't have water figured out but we're going to solve that problem because he deserves it
00:43:25approaching the home stretch the rainies discuss what it will take to make this remote homestead
00:43:31sustainable for one person there's no water there's no power and when it comes to putting in an indoor
00:43:38heated garden that's automated we're far from that place the good news is this we asked a neighbor
00:43:48point blank can we get water from you and he didn't hesitate for a second both don and wanita said yes
00:43:56we said we'd help them get it to a place where we could borrow water from them
00:43:59and uh it's become quite a project there was a lot more work there than we anticipated but
00:44:08so be it if that all happens we're at least one day closer to getting water for whatever your needs
00:44:15are can you guys go one more day without water i need to start figuring out what this hydroponic
00:44:20system is and troubleshooting and then piecing it together and i need some water today okay
00:44:26we have a lot of stuff to do and not a lot of time to do it and at this point it's like someone
00:44:32threw a hail mary the ball's in the air and we got to run as fast as we can to catch that thing in
00:44:37the end zone follow me all right later that day we have our tables in look at this thing it looks
00:44:55pretty big yeah i feel like we're getting to a place when it comes to hydroponics we have to figure out
00:45:02water my dad is trying to figure out water i'm a little concerned but i desperately need water
00:45:08for any type of garden that i put in the question is if you can get water okay you guys i'm confident
00:45:14we'll be able to get it but can you get it when we're here because you'll notice hydroponics has the
00:45:20word hydro hydro hydroponics is a farming technique where plants are cultivated in a water-based nutrient
00:45:28solution rather than traditional soil and are grown in easily controlled environments this method
00:45:35proves useful for small farmers seeking more efficient and higher yields of crops while eliminating
00:45:42wasteful water usage hopefully it fits how'd we do and then we have these flood trees and then our pots
00:45:54fertilizer the lights a couple pumps this hydroponic system is coming right along and
00:45:59we're getting to a place where we actually can plant plants and they're gonna be able to survive the
00:46:04winter i think it'd be a really good idea because it's just one man homesteading by himself if these
00:46:11systems were completely isolated that way if one failed and doug was away um hopefully all of the
00:46:19plants wouldn't die yeah that's very smart that one system would still continue to work the systems
00:46:25themselves aren't complicated um because the more complicated you make something the harder it is to
00:46:31maintain and fix and more likely it'll fail and more likely it'll fail so we're going to keep it
00:46:36really simple and we have enough to get us started we don't have time to wait for the snow to stop we're
00:46:51going to try to move this bus without killing anybody go back please now to the right right now
00:46:59i have matt my dad directing like an incoming 747. we're going to fire up that well and see if this entire
00:47:08system actually works
00:47:21where's doug hello it's a new morning all right let's talk and temperatures have dropped
00:47:29into the 30s while they wait for the necessary equipment to finish don and juanita's waterline
00:47:35the rainies gather doug to address another critical necessity he currently lacks we're at a place in
00:47:42the bus where we need things like heat power water and we have to have those things in order to do what
00:47:50we have planned you cannot grow food heading into winter time without power
00:47:55we're trying to help him fulfill this dream with the basics food shelter and water but why not tap into
00:48:08solar power to really push this homesteader forward in this dream what do you do for power do you have a
00:48:16generator so i'm on my fourth generator because i run them the way they're not supposed to be run you're
00:48:22not meant to be living every day off of them you're supposed to use them to supplement what you're
00:48:27doing well how would you like to have 12 solar panels oh my hi explain to our good friend doug exactly
00:48:40what's in that box please you bet in these two trucks we got 16 395 watt solar panels with a racking
00:48:48system two lithium iron phosphate batteries and a 6000 watt inverter 6000 watt inverter that's right
00:48:55oh my word and you got enough solar and storage to last you through some good long hauls thank you
00:49:05i'm at a moment right now where i don't even know what to say you guys
00:49:09i didn't i didn't expect this i have i didn't expect any of this
00:49:13this is an absolute game changer like i'll be able to grow food even in the coldest months
00:49:22with this system and especially in the winter when it is dark light makes a difference inside
00:49:28keep coming you're good at the sight of the bus hello misty and juanita welcome experts
00:49:44providing components vital to completing the hydroponic system how's it going misty good missy
00:49:51matt matt nice to meet you nice to meet you and hi i'm valerie valerie nice to meet you nice to meet
00:49:56you juanita and i are piecing together this hydroponic system for the homesteader doug and he
00:50:01doesn't have a huge background when it comes to gardening so we're trying to keep it pretty simple
00:50:08and that's where you guys come in okay we don't have water but i was told maybe you brought some we do
00:50:14we have some water for you guys okay we literally brought you a box of rain okay okay two per tote yeah
00:50:22okay you got it yeah the bus it's a work in progress we got the solar but it's not hooked up to the bus
00:50:30and we don't have water from dawn's yet but box of rain showed up they brought materials they brought
00:50:36water we'll go like right in here yeah i'm so grateful because again we're seeing the community pull
00:50:43together so it's no longer a one-man show so we're gonna need to pop some holes in the trays
00:50:51and holes in the lids of the uh totes or reservoirs as we're gonna call them let's do it let's do it
00:50:56all right sounds good what she got for me does it have gas in it smells like it we don't have power
00:51:07so we're gonna use the generator have a little power so we can just get to work and hopefully
00:51:13piece of system together that eventually will work yeah so 24 from the top down okay juanita pass the
00:51:20chainsaw we're just gonna modify this a little bit to give the plants some room to grow
00:51:29i'm so excited for doug we're working on getting a little winter gardening situation going for him so
00:51:36he can have access to fresh greens during the winter which is super important this one's going to be two
00:51:41cut the 72 bus hydroponic system is coming together and right now it's moved to the top of the homestead
00:51:49but it's going to have to move again we're moving down this road that's closer to the house and that
00:51:54way it's right next to doug the chicken coop in this amazing solar system it has to move before it snows
00:52:01what's going to happen in that room right there that's going to be where there's a shower
00:52:12a shower yeah i'm going to have a shower back here with a reliable water solution still uncertain
00:52:18marty meets with doug at the cabin to determine a plan b i wanted to keep the plumbing tight where's all
00:52:25the water coming from i don't know i don't know yet doug has been out here for three years without water
00:52:37we have a plan right now in motion but it's a slow process in the meantime there's something we can do
00:52:46how big is this cabin this cabin is 18 feet wide by 38 feet long so the roof is on a rake you've got
00:52:55800 square foot of roof up there that can catch some water it could catch a lot of water how would
00:53:02you feel about this 40 feet of gutter and if it snows or rains or whatever today we can start catching
00:53:08water while we're thinking about how we're going to bring it into the house sure fair enough great
00:53:14sounds good let's go it's a real simple equation to remember for every 1 000 square feet of roof
00:53:27that roof could capture 500 gallons of water the point it's snowing right now all right that's it
00:53:37it's melting on the roof going into the gutter going into the holding tank as we speak if it rains
00:53:46or snows an inch we're going to fill in one day one night one storm 500 gallon tank what's the forecast
00:53:58looks like rain and snow we've already got snow coating the uh the mountains over there over the last
00:54:0424 hours you want to catch some water or not i think we should okay let's get uh some screws
00:54:10something to cut this with and i'll meet you back here got it
00:54:24all right it's official it started to snow
00:54:27hey guys matt and i are still trying to finish these builds and they can't be finished until
00:54:36the bus lands in its final destination we're gonna try to move this bus before the snow makes this
00:54:41impossible we're down to the wire we don't have time to wait for the snow to stop i know this is the
00:54:48first snow of the year it's starting to come down and the bus is going to move again but there's not a
00:54:54lot of open space on on my mountain but misty doesn't give up on things so it's going to be a
00:55:01challenge so here's the plan we're trying to keep the door and the access to the whole bus accessible
00:55:07to you which means i have to go down the driveway in this mountainside backwards okay because there's
00:55:14no place to turn around let's go to work driving the bus down the side of the mountain on a snowy steep
00:55:22road is less than ideal but going down backwards without side mirrors it can get really sketchy
00:55:31really fast like come on you're hugging the cliff side i can't see anything hold on check the brakes
00:55:44keep coming what am i hitting
00:55:56all right you're clear to come back
00:56:00hand signals i'll take hand signals break it hard as you can this way
00:56:04i can't see anything i can go back please
00:56:14what am i hitting what am i hitting that these hand signals folks you're fine just keep coming straight
00:56:21back back carry on right now i have matt my dad doing this and this
00:56:30and either they're directing like an incoming 747 or those are signals for me and i just have no idea
00:56:37what they mean straighten out your tires you're hugging the cliff side hugging the edge of the cliff
00:56:45doesn't sound like a good idea keep coming very slow slick it's slick it's slick go slow
00:56:53keep on coming keep on coming keep on coming keep on coming
00:57:03now hold on one sec hold on one sec
00:57:07i think we did it come on out
00:57:13misty that was amazing driving i think we were just talking about one of my favorite parts of all
00:57:19of this is that you are having so much fun driving this bus i know it the bus has been moved not once
00:57:27but twice how awesome is that but it's a little overwhelming to see the transformation from a wild
00:57:34piece of land to a livable space everything being close is really good this is like what i wanted i
00:57:42wanted to be close to the cabin yeah we have no time to waste i'm glad we're here but we still have
00:57:48so much to do so let's go hey the bus stops here
00:58:05right there is good for me with the clock ticking down on the rescue matt concerned neighbor dawn and
00:58:12builder owen raced to finish the chicken coop the bus is not moving anymore but we need to somehow get
00:58:21this building butted up against the bus and away from the edge
00:58:29when we moved the chicken coop we actually moved it too close to the edge and with all this snow coming
00:58:35down on the ground it is super slick i'm worried it's gonna go over the edge in the extreme montana
00:58:42weather so we need to get it as close to the bus as possible make sure it's anchored down so we don't
00:58:48lose any livestock two doors all right let's see what man's next idea is
00:58:59with the skid steer we have to lift the coop so we can slide it across to the bus i'm going to try to
00:59:06lift the building on the left side and tilt it up so you can put blocks against the bus on this near
00:59:14side and far side i'll put the block in let's do it we also need to get it off the ground because 40 below
00:59:23on the frozen ground is not going to jive well with those chicken feet watch out
00:59:29okay bring her down
00:59:39whoa okay hold on
00:59:44we didn't have room for more room yeah i was wondering how long this two by four was gonna last
00:59:48on the bottom it snapped off but i'm gonna lift it back up with the skid steer in place get it reattached
00:59:55brace it with this all right and then we'll go back into lifting mode when doug built that heat hut
01:00:02he knew that it would be repurposed for something he didn't know what so working with matt has been an
01:00:08eye-opener and it's exciting to see what will come together with this chicken coop watch out doug
01:00:16oh my goodness you like it i don't think the chickens are going to complain all right now that we have
01:00:26this chicken coop in place let's close up the bottom and we'll start turning this thing into a chicken
01:00:30coop on the inside which came first the bus or the coop
01:00:46all right moment of truth moment of truth later that day inside the transformed bus
01:00:52we got the bus into position but the problem is we still don't have the permanent solution for water
01:01:12thankfully boxer rain came with some supplies materials and water thanks to them we're ready
01:01:18to get started growing food so this is its independent system then we have another one over
01:01:25here that we're gonna get finished connecting all the pieces over here it'll be on its own and then
01:01:29we have one behind us as well you know so it's three separate systems basically we have some totes
01:01:35we filled full of water set some pumps plumbed them into some flood trays we set some little net
01:01:40pots in there with clay pellets in them and then you stick the plant straight in done
01:01:44it's so small scale it's something he can grow and definitely start with being able to feed himself
01:01:54and right now we can actually plant plants and they actually will be able to survive through the winter
01:02:00realistically with this grown in material you're going to want to have it hydrated prior to doing
01:02:04the seeds in there so then with seeds that are this small with the eggplant i'm going to go ahead and
01:02:08put two per hole with all these types of vegetables it'll take different days till germination but once you
01:02:14start to see them coming up you know that you're good the best thing to do is to keep this moist
01:02:18until everything is fully germinated and then eventually you can take the dome off when you're
01:02:23ready for that step and then the next step would then to be break the part and put it into our
01:02:27hydrogen here can you do succession planning also so you don't have to plant every single seed in that
01:02:33packet all at once definitely yeah that would be great too oh we put in over 80 plants and there's water
01:02:40and there's nutrients it is all automated so that doug really just has a little tweaking to do every so
01:02:46often so he can continue to grow after he harvests what we put in now he's going to put on a few pounds
01:02:53by the time we see him again doug has no idea the amount of food he's going to grow and it's going to be
01:03:01more more than he can eat this is going to be enough for his community for sure but that's the thing
01:03:06about montana you always help your neighbor out thanks to you guys doug is going to be a gardener
01:03:12like in the next couple days which is super exciting i'm going to go get more plants okay
01:03:16and then i'm going to set the next pump now there's enough water here to get started but it's temporary
01:03:23and my dad has been at dawn's trying to figure out his water because if we don't get water at dawn's
01:03:30doug can't grow food a half mile away the necessary equipment has arrived and marty and matt have begun
01:03:44installing a water line in their last shot to bring the shanklin's water source to life
01:03:50we'll have to run that out far enough so we can backfill so it doesn't freeze
01:03:54what don and wanita knew that i didn't know is they didn't have water so i'm helping them by
01:04:01developing this water source we have to go the extra mile clint how long are they cut that to eight
01:04:08feet that's a ten foot stick and that's getting that water to the cabin so here we are working away
01:04:13and we're waiting for dawn to dig that water line but he's having a hard time of it so let's let's get
01:04:20this married up he's using an old backhoe and he's got a lot of digging and he's running into a lot of
01:04:26big rocks carry on go down right there that water line will not be in before i leave we're going to
01:04:34have to help out these homesteaders that said i don't care because one inch at a time we're getting
01:04:40to the house before we leave fire up the heat
01:04:43i hadn't fought this entire process through and now all of a sudden we have to have a complete plan
01:04:54all the way up to the faucet so it's a little stressful
01:04:59go as this day progresses it's getting a little hectic and there's a lot of work to be done and
01:05:06i'm going into homestead boat two clamps on that opposite opposing where's clut i'm yelling at
01:05:12everybody hand me that pipe hand me the cutters the glue i feel like dr rainey a little crazy it's
01:05:18a little crazy but we're going to have to come up with a plan and figure out a way to speed up
01:05:36the water to the water to the gas for the water to the water to the water to the water to the water
01:05:40i love it there's one day left on the rescue of doug shelby's 20 acre homestead in northwest montana
01:05:49all right homestead power and while the crew assembles the solar panels near doug's cabin good morning
01:05:58good morning back on the shanklin's homestead let's talk a little bit how's this girl holding up
01:06:03she's old she's tired Marty finds a way to speed up the waterline installation
01:06:10take a look down there please what's down the road excavator exactly that
01:06:15that thing right there is gonna speed this up that said do me a favor hand me
01:06:21those keys
01:06:23oh now we're not going to get anything done let's go start digging Don and Juanita they had been
01:06:35hauling water themselves for the last eight years all right we got to get this end in they just
01:06:42drilled a well and hadn't dug the water line set the pump and right now we're frantically trying
01:06:49to help them out a little hopefully we don't leave these home setters high and dry feed that
01:06:56into the house straight up I got it that looks good all right done let's insulate so to prevent
01:07:06this water line from freezing we're going to cover it with two inches of insulation and the word on
01:07:13the street is if you put two inches of foam over a water line that two inches of foam is the
01:07:19equivalent of two feet of dirt it's insurance if you don't do it the water line can freeze even at six
01:07:30or eight feet deep all right glenn let's back fill
01:07:42hey marty what i found you something holy moly
01:07:50look at that what do you know about this huh it's not mine it's not every day on a homestead where i dig
01:08:00up something i haven't seen in a water line that could be a classic a relic an antique listen i've
01:08:06never worn one of these before i'm thinking that the gals in alaska might wear these for extra for
01:08:13extra warm extra warmth extra insulation insulation i like the way you think there marty
01:08:19any homesteader needs to be an upcycler a recycler and a free cycler one man's roof is another man's skirt
01:08:34extra insulation yeah every bit counts every little bit counts thank you almost fits
01:08:47so this is it waterline 101 dig a trench set the water line cover it with foam backfill it carefully
01:08:59that looks good marty is a blast i probably had several weeks worth of work left but now they're
01:09:08going to help me finish that project so that i'll be able to help doug with his water needs
01:09:14even though i see that there's too much work to be done i have faith let's go marty will come through
01:09:22we're ready to set a well pump in there and we're ready to get water you're saving doug it should
01:09:27flow pretty good he can have all the water he needs
01:09:31so this used to be the heat hut yes and now it is the chicken coop oh wow but what's really cool about
01:09:46this design is i wanted them to have an enclosed area to run in because it's just predator proof right
01:09:52and they'll be able to stay warm and the power from those solar panels those are the two things
01:09:59that are going to keep the chickens alive and that was really my goal right i didn't want to just leave
01:10:05an empty chicken coop here okay so we have some neighbors that want to gift us something here they
01:10:12come got some chickens for you those are beautiful these are your babies now okay we got water and we
01:10:19got food in there places for them to lay oh this is awesome this is your chicken hi chickens need
01:10:27attention on a daily basis and so we've made it as easy as possible those chickens are going to have
01:10:34fresh water to drink that's not frozen we built some roll away nesting boxes making sure the eggs roll
01:10:40into a nice warm basket oh we got more chicken oh my goodness that's a good start now things look
01:10:49comfortable he has food security and he is going to survive and thrive one week ago doug's priority on
01:10:59building shelter for the winter months meant he lacked the means to introduce food today his former heat
01:11:07hut has been relocated closer to his cabin and transformed into an automated chicken coop complete
01:11:14with insulation roll away nesting boxes to easily gather eggs and starter chickens providing a reliable
01:11:22source of protein for years to come with this amount of chickens it should be really manageable and you can
01:11:28always expand i love that you thought about that and took that to heart in the whole building process
01:11:34to watch this transformation of what used to be the heat hut from that to a chicken coop
01:11:42i've never raised chickens it's going to be a new venture so i'm really looking forward to that it's
01:11:47very exciting for me barry and michelle thank you so much for donating chickens and donating your time so
01:11:55enjoy it i will
01:12:06this is super exciting huge moment in the bus we just took out the temporary heater and now we got to
01:12:12a place where there's finally heat in the bus for everything we wanted to do in this bus we had to have
01:12:18heat step one so this is a huge moment and we can proceed with everything we have planned
01:12:23when you look at the 72 bus the fact that it has no windows the problem actually led me to the
01:12:31solution because the only way you're gonna garden in northwest montana this time of year is with heat
01:12:38let's try and finish this thing up today all right right now we're nice and airtight nice and insulated
01:12:43and we just need to complete the system so that doug can grow food it's like the final day really to
01:12:49finish this build and hopefully at some point water comes from your place don and i are really excited
01:12:58about being part of the process where doug can not just live day to day but to thrive
01:13:05i'm working on the little seed station basically there's this dome lid a light a heating pad underneath
01:13:13i'm feeling a little stressed today my dad has been at donna juanitas trying to figure out
01:13:18their water situation because it is the only way doug is going to be able to survive here
01:13:23and here we are at the last day and we're still trying to figure out if we have a permanent water
01:13:28solution this is a stressful day
01:13:38300 don't move your handles get up anybody want in on this one 250 do the water now 50. this week people
01:13:44came out of the woodwork trying to help doug with this firewood help get water helped him get power
01:13:50helped him grow food and this community had a fire department fundraiser and they invited us so we
01:13:57rummaged around in the truck for things to raffle off so if anybody has a pin we're really happy to sign this
01:14:06a good time was had by all i really care who you
01:14:15but more importantly we all raised nine thousand dollars
01:14:20more of course home for 400 bucks
01:14:35you ready only three hours remain in the rescue of the shelby homestead
01:14:41this is a big moment it is and over on the shanklins property it's the moment of truth as marty and
01:14:48don are about to see if they can bring the source of life to not just one but two homesteads about a
01:14:56week ago i asked both don and wanita hey can we get water from you guys and now we're going to see
01:15:02if that generator can fire up that well fill a tank and if this entire system actually works
01:15:10all the way
01:15:19we got some water from your well wow that's the best stuff in the world right there
01:15:25you're sharing that new pump that new well with your neighbor and
01:15:31he's not a neighbor that's my brother that's my brother doug
01:15:34it's pretty amazing to have my neighbors bringing water up to me okay let's fill it up all right
01:15:44and now that the rainies have helped them finish their well they have their own water
01:15:48it's really neat it just kind of goes down the line but it's very humbling
01:15:52that people would try to help you you know it's really neat oh that is good stuff doug
01:15:57is it good amazing
01:16:08okay come on doug
01:16:12what in the world welcome to your hydroponics garden oh my gosh we framed in some insulated
01:16:18walls we also upped the insulation that you had started we added a heater right now you have water
01:16:26thanks to don and juanita and you have power right now from your solar system this is very awesome
01:16:34this is a scalable operation you're growing more food than you could ever eat we're talking hundreds
01:16:42of vegetables yeah are going to come out of this awesome when i first saw doug i saw a man homesteading
01:16:47alone and i wondered to myself if that truly can be done now stepping back you look at everything
01:16:53that happened this week we solved problems where 100 doug will be able to prove that you can homestead
01:17:00alone seven days ago doug had no sustainable sources of food and his bus was a converted
01:17:08tiny home that fell into abandon once it was overridden by vermin
01:17:12today the bus has been transformed into a hydroponics greenhouse using donated water a kerosene heater to
01:17:22keep temperatures consistent and space to scale up the system so doug can grow food for years to come
01:17:30and to think this was my house and now i'm growing food yeah thank you you're welcome happy i'm very happy
01:17:43six thousand watts and about thirteen thousand watts being generated in solar panels this is enough watts
01:17:52to run a mansion over here you've got heat feel how toasted it is it it's you can feel it back here
01:18:00and by the way look behind me 100 gallons pump it from outside pump it into here
01:18:07warmed into here and now this cabin has water in a week's time that man went from being homeless
01:18:16to moving into a finished warm cabin with running water i know he appreciates all that hard work
01:18:23the struggle it took to get here today this is home and it's ready for paint and some type of
01:18:30flooring yeah some furniture move in one week ago doug exhausted multiple generators because his
01:18:39cabin lacked the heat needed to survive the cold and he depended on a nearby creek for bathing and
01:18:46drinking water today he has a fully insulated cabin designed to retain heat from his wood stove a new
01:18:55solar unit to power the homestead and a permanent water source provided by his neighbors ensuring he
01:19:02survives every montana winter it's crazy to see the transformation of the property the rainies have
01:19:09been fantastic but what they've done is set something up for me to go forward and and continue this
01:19:16momentum one more thing look at me okay i have a little gift for you what's that noise
01:19:30and who is this this is sir benjamin aka big ben got a little got some claws in there yeah so we got
01:19:39we got benjamin here for you oh my gosh sweet sweet boy oh i know oh my gosh yeah man oh jeremy
01:19:50i'm kind of sad that i'm never going to meet pittsburgh doug's beloved cat of almost 20 years
01:19:59but now a new chapter can i hold you big boy can i hold you big boy you've got oh oh my gosh
01:20:10i'm thinking somewhere out there pittsburgh's looking down happy that we're helping doug land on his feet
01:20:19i'm i'm floored it's so cool it's just wild so
01:20:29yeah
01:20:30a lot happened this week one of my favorite things about this kids is this these guys hold water for
01:20:44eight years they've just got water for themselves and today they shared their water with doug well
01:20:53you know you got a good friend if they help you move but you know you got a good friend if they help
01:20:57you move your chicken coop if they help you move a bus twice two times yeah you're growing food you're a
01:21:07gardener juanita is your backup plan she's going to help you through it i am not worried about dyke
01:21:12anymore he's got community he's got water he's got heat we'll be able to sleep this winter
01:21:20the things that you've done have been life-changing
01:21:22i think don can attest we've had some heart-to-hearts where i come out of a winter
01:21:30and i'm done quite honestly when the rainies showed up i was tired i was really tired you can
01:21:44only be alone like that for so long in the future i won't feel that feeling of i can do it on my own
01:21:53this community they won't let you just be alone i feel so thankful and blessed that they're here
01:22:01i'm going to miss you guys absolute blessing don thank you for everything juanita no man is an
01:22:08island we're still connected always the community is going to come out of the woodwork literally
01:22:15and see if you're okay that's what happened on this homestead and now doug will be here forever
01:22:23see you guys
01:22:32i'm doing really good i'm able to be here in a warm place for the first time in three four winters
01:22:38me and mr biggs over here the cat he's a sweetheart he is completely acclimated
01:22:45the water situation is amazing all the water that did come from donna wanita's place
01:22:51i've been drinking it i've been uh bathing with it here we have our our hydroponic greenhouse juanita
01:23:00came over one day and we took the little seedlings and put them into pots so i'm excited for that the
01:23:05chickens have been going great oh look at this we have eggs the rainies and this community made a massive
01:23:15difference in my life now i'll reach out and ask for help no problem and now for me it's a blessing
01:23:20it's a blessing to help other people thank you guys
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