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00:00:00Building a homestead from the ground up has been stressful.
00:00:07I feel overwhelmed.
00:00:12I feel bad for my kids.
00:00:14They are ready to give up.
00:00:19If I don't get the situation figured out,
00:00:22they may choose to live, you know, with their dad.
00:00:26I wouldn't blame them because you can only live like this for so long.
00:00:34We might be in paradise, but this seven acres is brutal.
00:00:38This homestead is being swallowed up by invasive bamboo.
00:00:42I've definitely seen a 200-pound pig.
00:00:45How big is that?
00:00:46That tall.
00:00:47Yeah.
00:00:48They're pretty scary.
00:00:49I see the stress on Erica's face. She's overwhelmed.
00:00:53They have to pull together as a family.
00:00:55That's the only way they're going to survive.
00:00:57This homestead, this is not my style.
00:01:00Do you want to be here on this coffee farm now?
00:01:04One, two, three.
00:01:06Woo-hoo!
00:01:07Three!
00:01:08Oh, yeah!
00:01:10This homestead has 8,000 coffee plants.
00:01:14I just didn't take into account how hard they would be.
00:01:17It's time to incite these children to help their mother manage this farm.
00:01:24This is too much.
00:01:26Hawaii, with all the rainbows and sunshine, is not an easy place to homestead.
00:01:35Everything grows 365 days a year, and your whole homestead could be overtaken by the jungle in a matter of days.
00:01:44Don't think this is going to be a vacation at all.
00:01:48What?
00:01:49What do you mean?
00:01:50I brought my bikini!
00:01:51So did I!
00:01:52On the leeward side of the big island of Hawaii, the Rainies race toward one of their most challenging rescues yet.
00:01:59In the shadow of the Mauna Loa and the Huala Lai Volcanoes, this rugged landscape, shaped by ancient lava flows, has helped form one of the most ecologically diverse places in the world.
00:02:17But for those trying to live off the land, the semi-arid climate averages only 20 to 30 inches of rainfall per year, making water catchment essential for daily survival, while invasive bamboo grows like wildfire.
00:02:46Choking out native flora.
00:02:50Homesteading against a backdrop of lush landscapes and ocean views, is a single mother struggling to brew her own off-grid dream.
00:03:03I'm Erica.
00:03:04I live here in Kona on my seven-acre coffee farm.
00:03:07I live here with my three kids.
00:03:09Before I moved to the farm, I was living in a condo, but I've always wanted to live off-grid.
00:03:15I didn't want to rely on anything for my power, my water, and eventually my food.
00:03:22When I did move here to the property, there was like raw land and so peaceful.
00:03:28There was no cabin, no electricity, so those first few months, I was just here building a place.
00:03:33I built my cabin right here and I got my solar set up for my power, but I just didn't take into account how hard it would be.
00:03:42Erica believed the family could quickly capitalize on the farm's coffee crops to generate income while they continued to carve out their homestead.
00:03:52But that hope turned to despair.
00:03:55I thought I could come in and take over the coffee farm from the get-go.
00:04:00But my neighbor planted bamboo and it has jumped over into my property and it's out of control.
00:04:07We have wild pigs here in Hawaii and there are no natural predators.
00:04:14Their populations have exploded.
00:04:16They come out every night.
00:04:18They've been known to kill people and make gardening impossible.
00:04:22So I need to have my food on a regular basis because if you get a garden set up, the bamboo or the pigs destroy it.
00:04:30On top of that, I currently don't have a water system set up.
00:04:35We run out of the water I haul and we don't have water to drink.
00:04:38I have gutters that lead to buckets on the ground and then I do my dishes, but it's not adequate.
00:04:46As a single mom, doing everything from the ground up is exponentially harder.
00:04:53Every day, my brain is filled with what I need to be doing and what's not getting done.
00:04:59Having the seven acres is a dream, but not being able to solve the problem is...
00:05:10It's killing me.
00:05:11I don't know what to do.
00:05:17Hi.
00:05:18Good morning.
00:05:19Morning.
00:05:20I'm Erica.
00:05:21Erica, nice to meet you.
00:05:22Nice to meet you.
00:05:23Hello.
00:05:24I'm Sage.
00:05:25Hi, I'm Hazel.
00:05:26Nice to meet you.
00:05:27I'm Sage.
00:05:28Nice to meet you.
00:05:29Nice to meet you.
00:05:30There's also my younger son, Kove.
00:05:31He's Chris's dad.
00:05:32We do half the week with me.
00:05:33Half, half.
00:05:34Okay.
00:05:35You guys will meet him in the days to come.
00:05:37You live on a coffee farm.
00:05:38Yeah.
00:05:39What a beautiful spot.
00:05:41How long have you been out here?
00:05:42A year.
00:05:43We moved here a year ago.
00:05:44So how was the last year?
00:05:45It's just a bit stressful right now.
00:05:47Why?
00:05:48It's just basically me, you know, doing this.
00:05:51So it's not like I know how to do all the things.
00:05:56Yeah.
00:05:57Oh, here I go.
00:05:58I don't mean to get emotional, but it's just been really hard.
00:06:01Like feeling like bad that I put my kids into a situation where it's not the best.
00:06:10It's okay.
00:06:11I grew up in Idaho, but I'm Alaska native.
00:06:12So I moved back to Alaska to get to know my family and my heritage.
00:06:25To live in Alaska is to survive basically.
00:06:28And just having a culture that has done that for thousands of years.
00:06:33I was inspired and I wanted to have my kids raised that same way.
00:06:38But Hawaii, it's always felt like my spiritual home.
00:06:42So I packed up my kids and kind of just moved here.
00:06:47And that's how we ended up here on the island.
00:06:49Though Erica's adolescent children, Hazel and Sage, were initially excited about the move
00:06:55off-grid, the lack of creature comforts has softened their interest.
00:07:00My kids do love things about living here.
00:07:03But as far as helping me, that's not their priority.
00:07:07I'll try to get them excited, but they'll be like, no.
00:07:11I really like living in Hawaii, but this homestead, man, I don't know.
00:07:16This is not my style.
00:07:18It's super close quarters, and we're kind of missing a lot of stuff that a normal house
00:07:22would have.
00:07:23I love homesteading, and my little brother likes it out here.
00:07:26But I think my mom needs help with this homestead.
00:07:31She's had a lot of stress and struggle.
00:07:33I don't know what to do.
00:07:36For me, as a mother, the light at the end of the tunnel is setting up a legacy for my
00:07:40family and my kids.
00:07:42I want this to be a place that they could build their own dreams when they're older, too.
00:07:48But right now, it is all on my shoulders.
00:07:51I don't get the situation figured out.
00:07:53My kids may move.
00:07:54They may choose to live, you know, with their dad.
00:07:58They are my life.
00:07:59They are my family.
00:08:00It would be heartbreaking, and I would feel like a failure.
00:08:05And I wouldn't blame them because you can only live like this for so long.
00:08:12You want to look at that cabin?
00:08:14Yeah.
00:08:15I live here in this tiny home.
00:08:18I see gutters on both sides, but the job's not done.
00:08:22There's an attempt to capture water, and then it kind of ends right here.
00:08:27Yep.
00:08:28Every time I come to Hawaii, I feel a little bit like Magnum PI.
00:08:33We go into detective mode.
00:08:36This gutter leads over to where I do my dishes.
00:08:40If it's a fresh fall, I wash it out, get it all, like, sterilized, and then I have the water come in.
00:08:48Young lady, I got to tell you, this is desperate.
00:08:52Yes.
00:08:54This homestead has 8,000 coffee plants.
00:08:58None of them have a sprinkler system.
00:09:01There's enough water here from the rain.
00:09:03But the homesteaders' biggest problem is they don't have enough water.
00:09:09This is my water tank.
00:09:12How many gallons?
00:09:13It's 950 gallons and have not set up yet.
00:09:16How long has this tank been sitting here?
00:09:18It's, let's see, nine months.
00:09:22Okay.
00:09:23There's almost 1,000 square foot of roofing that can catch 600 gallons of water if it rains an inch.
00:09:32And we have caught zero gallons of water.
00:09:35That has to change.
00:09:37But we have a much bigger problem.
00:09:39These kids probably won't want to stay on this homestead without adequate facilities.
00:09:46Is there a shower in this building?
00:09:48No.
00:09:49And I have to ask this.
00:09:50Do we have a legitimate place to use the restroom?
00:09:54This is it.
00:09:57This is the composting toilet in here.
00:10:00Okay.
00:10:01So, this is functional?
00:10:04It's currently just getting the job done, but it's not sufficient.
00:10:10It's just not made for a family of four.
00:10:12And I have to keep it cleaned, like, on a regular basis.
00:10:16This is like a part-time job.
00:10:18Okay.
00:10:19So, all of these things I'm looking at need to be upgraded, connected, when it comes to infrastructure.
00:10:27I'm super thin on everything.
00:10:31I work five jobs, and then whatever free time I have, I cut vines off my coffee trees.
00:10:37Well, right here, because I've never in my life ever heard of anybody with five jobs.
00:10:44Picture this, a single mom with three kids and 8,000 coffee trees.
00:10:53Quite a challenge.
00:10:54I think it's time to incite these children to help their mother manage this farm.
00:11:07Let's talk about coffee farming.
00:11:09Do you know when the harvest season is?
00:11:12No, I know it's happening soon, because these flowers turn into coffee beans.
00:11:16Hopefully, we can sell it, maybe.
00:11:18Yeah.
00:11:19Turn it into, like, a legit farm.
00:11:21Yeah.
00:11:22It seems like you guys are kind of in the middle of this jungle.
00:11:25Do you have problems with plants kind of moving in and trying to take over the farm?
00:11:29Yeah.
00:11:30There's the bamboo over there.
00:11:31They'll come and they'll fight for the water and sunlight with the coffee trees.
00:11:35The growing season in Hawaii is every day of the year.
00:11:40The jungle is encroaching on your farm, your garden, whatever you're trying to do.
00:11:44And so do you guys cut this back by hand?
00:11:47Yeah, the only thing that we can really do is chop it down and just keep chopping it down,
00:11:52because it's too hard to get to the roots.
00:11:54Some bamboo can grow, like, a foot a day.
00:11:57This is pretty crazy.
00:11:59If they're going to survive, we have to figure out how we're dealing with this invasive bamboo.
00:12:04Your mom is a single mom, and so trying to run a farm and trying to raise a family and doing everything on your own doesn't sound easy.
00:12:12Yeah.
00:12:13So how do we help your mom?
00:12:16Nobody else is going to.
00:12:17Yeah.
00:12:18It's kind of up to you.
00:12:19My dad expected us to work when we were younger.
00:12:24When we were teenagers, we worked really hard.
00:12:27Are you really excited all the times when it's like a Saturday and you got to work?
00:12:32No, but it's a part of life on a homestead.
00:12:35And what do you think of living on a coffee farm?
00:12:38Mmm.
00:12:40It's kind of tough with the living situation, because we're super close quarters.
00:12:44Me and my 15-year-old brother, we got a 12-by-12-foot little cabin, so it's a little crammed.
00:12:50Yeah, good times.
00:12:51I think it builds character, though.
00:12:53And then what do you want to do here?
00:12:55Man, that's a real good question.
00:12:58The most important thing I could do on this homestead this week
00:13:03is inspire Hazel to get involved.
00:13:06I want the world for your mom, so we have to figure out how we're going to do that together.
00:13:11Are you in?
00:13:12Yeah, I'm in.
00:13:13Whatever it takes.
00:13:18Let's go look for pig signs.
00:13:20You can see all the footprints in the trails.
00:13:23All this is signs of pigs rooting.
00:13:26They definitely roam over here a lot.
00:13:28Have you seen one?
00:13:29Yeah.
00:13:30Yeah, squealing, running around the bushes, ruckus everywhere.
00:13:35Outside my little cabin, you can hear 20 pigs just going off.
00:13:39I've definitely seen, like, a 200, 250-pound pig.
00:13:42How big is that?
00:13:43Probably, like, that big.
00:13:45Maybe, like...
00:13:46That tall?
00:13:47Yeah.
00:13:48No.
00:13:49They get pretty big.
00:13:50Really?
00:13:51Yeah, and the tusks come out like that, and they're just fat.
00:13:54So I'm definitely scared walking in the dark.
00:13:57Aside from destroying local habitats, wild pigs can be deadly.
00:14:03Over the past decade, wild boars have killed nearly 20 people a year worldwide,
00:14:09more than three times the number killed by shark attacks.
00:14:13The only real way to stop these pigs is with heavy-duty fencing.
00:14:21And there's a lot of time and a lot of money.
00:14:24But have you hunted pigs?
00:14:26Yeah.
00:14:27I've definitely hunted pigs on my friends' places.
00:14:29Not on this land, because I never...
00:14:31I don't really have the resources yet.
00:14:33Okay.
00:14:34But I really want to expand the hunting on this property,
00:14:38because I've seen some fat pigs, and they look pretty good.
00:14:43Sage knows where to hunt for them.
00:14:47We need to get them to be able to defend this homestead from those wild hogs.
00:14:51I always call them livestock you don't have to raise.
00:14:54Mm-hmm.
00:14:55But you do have to trap them or hunt them.
00:14:58Sounds easy.
00:14:59It's a lot harder to actually do it.
00:15:03This homesteader has five jobs.
00:15:11Single mom raising three kids.
00:15:13And, did I mention, 8,000 coffee trees.
00:15:17So, whether it's water or infrastructure,
00:15:21there's plenty of challenges that can kill the dream for this family.
00:15:26They're trying to coffee farm.
00:15:28But this homestead is completely overgrown with bamboo.
00:15:32One of the fastest growing plants on the planet.
00:15:35That's encroaching everywhere.
00:15:38And Hazel, she's awesome.
00:15:40But she's not very invested in this homestead.
00:15:43I saw a lot of signs of pigs on the homestead,
00:15:47and somebody's got to have the skills to stop them.
00:15:50The sage sees the need for it, and he wants to do it.
00:15:54But I don't think he's ever just done it by himself.
00:15:57They have to pull together as a family.
00:15:59That's the only way they're going to be successful.
00:16:02I think figuring out how we get the kids involved is crucial.
00:16:05Eric has got her hands full.
00:16:08She's got her work cut out for her.
00:16:11And she's overwhelmed.
00:16:20All right, there's a beautiful family.
00:16:22Let's talk a little bit.
00:16:23So it is a little daunting to think about the scope of the work here.
00:16:29But listen carefully, both of you.
00:16:32It's really painfully obvious your mom cannot farm 8,000 trees by herself.
00:16:39No.
00:16:40So this is clearly a homestead that's only going to make it if the family does it together.
00:16:47So hopefully we make some changes around here, because it's easier said than done.
00:16:54We'll see you tomorrow.
00:17:07Okay, follow me.
00:17:09On the MP's Big Island Homestead, Marty's first focus is to help Erica establish the infrastructure
00:17:16to meet the entire family's needs.
00:17:19All right, so let's say it's 3 o'clock in the morning.
00:17:22Okay.
00:17:23And you want to use the privy.
00:17:26What would happen in your world right now?
00:17:29Um, I would walk out kind of where we all are and just use the bathroom.
00:17:37How would you like to do this?
00:17:39Walk straight.
00:17:42Whoop, whoop, stop right there.
00:17:43And, and now you have to open the door.
00:17:47Open the door.
00:17:48All right, now walk in.
00:17:49I'll follow you.
00:17:51All right, stop right there.
00:17:53How would you feel about a bathhouse?
00:17:57We'll build the biggest building we can build.
00:17:59We'll put a petition in there and they can have living quarters and the bathroom.
00:18:03Okay.
00:18:04Just having somewhere to shower, it would be the biggest load off my back.
00:18:08Okay.
00:18:09We're in the process of trying to figure out where to build a bathhouse for all the family members.
00:18:17If it's done right, it's going to be a home run.
00:18:20It's going to make this homestead less stressful.
00:18:23I think the kids are going to become more involved and all we need to do is pick X marks the spot.
00:18:33We'd put it over this gully and if it flooded or water came down it, so be it.
00:18:38Our building would be high enough that it shouldn't compromise the building.
00:18:42Uh huh.
00:18:43Come back over here.
00:18:44Why we want it there is because the goal, we want to catch all this water from all these roofs, including the water off the roof we're about to build.
00:18:53Okay.
00:18:54We can gravity feed this entire system.
00:18:56I love it.
00:18:57Marty and Erica will build a 10 by 30 foot structure for a bathroom and additional living space.
00:19:05Then they'll create a gravity fed water catchment system connecting all of the homestead's roof space into her storage tank to provide the family with thousands of gallons of potable water.
00:19:18I'm stoked to start working.
00:19:22I don't know how it's going to work out.
00:19:24I'm trusting that Marty knows how that's going to come together, but I think it'll be good.
00:19:28Alright, we'll pile it up for now and then we'll figure out what we're going to do with it later.
00:19:32Alright, sounds good.
00:19:48Morning guys.
00:19:49Hey.
00:19:50Morning.
00:19:51How's it going?
00:19:52How's it Matt?
00:19:53Good to see you again.
00:19:5420 miles from the MP homestead, Matt and Sage begin their day with a field trip to gain some pig trapping knowledge from an experienced neighbor.
00:20:03This guy is a hunter, he's a trapper, and he knows pretty much every way to deal with the pigs.
00:20:12Sage has hunted the pigs before, but he doesn't really know much about trapping.
00:20:16Mike has pig traps set up on his property.
00:20:19I think it'd be really valuable to go look at a little example of what's successful, and then we could build this ourselves on your property.
00:20:29Yeah.
00:20:30No problem.
00:20:34So like down here in this little hole, you got a macadamia nut tree, so it's a constant steady bait source.
00:20:41These pigs are checking all their food sources.
00:20:45Pigs are nocturnal, right?
00:20:47So they're going to spend most of their day sleeping in like real tall grass like that.
00:20:52Yeah.
00:20:53You know?
00:20:54Yeah.
00:20:55The guinea grass.
00:20:56And then as soon as it gets dark, they come out looking for food, right?
00:20:59And if you can like bait them in the same area over and over and over again, then they forget about all worries and they just come charging into the food.
00:21:10Wild pigs often scrounge for food under the cover of night.
00:21:14By regularly baiting high activity areas with attractive foods like nuts and corn, the pigs gradually become comfortable with their surroundings and more prone to enter a trap.
00:21:26I think it would be really useful to see how you set this trap.
00:21:32You run a string off of this trigger here.
00:21:38From there into the back trigger and...
00:21:42Okay.
00:21:43That's a good job though.
00:21:44It is.
00:21:45I mean, I would love to be doing this for my life.
00:21:49After meeting with Mike and seeing this trap, Sage is convinced this is going to work and he's excited.
00:21:56I'm definitely hearing some new stuff and I think it could be useful.
00:22:00So we need to bait a spot on Sage's property and get a trap set up ASAP.
00:22:06I'm psyched on setting up the new trap.
00:22:08Yeah, man.
00:22:09Get some pigs on the land.
00:22:17I'm ready to get to work.
00:22:20Back at the MP homestead, Misty, Erica and Hazel face the daunting prospect of reclaiming acres of their land from destructive Bambi.
00:22:29It's taken out the whole upper part of the farm.
00:22:32Okay.
00:22:33Let's get rid of it today.
00:22:34Yay!
00:22:35Yay!
00:22:37But don't get excited.
00:22:38Oh, okay.
00:22:39Because it doesn't look like I can get to the bamboo in an excavator without killing part of the farm.
00:22:46What I'm hoping is that we don't have to kill the coffee trees too much.
00:22:52We will take out a few trees that we will try to transplant.
00:22:56And if that is not working and it's taking too long, we're just going to mow them down.
00:23:01Okay.
00:23:02Okay.
00:23:03Let's go on foot first.
00:23:05We have to deal with this invasive bamboo.
00:23:07It's encroaching and trying to overtake the whole coffee farm.
00:23:11My gosh.
00:23:12You guys, this is no joke.
00:23:15The problem is there's no access.
00:23:18You have to cross the entire coffee plantation to get to the other side where the bamboo is.
00:23:25While most bamboo in Hawaii can soar to over 60 feet tall, coffee trees typically grow between 6 and 15 feet.
00:23:33Blooming in the spring, they develop clusters of white flowers that soon give way to vibrant red cherries.
00:23:41In a single growing season, one coffee tree can yield over 2,000 cherries, producing roughly one to two pounds of roasted coffee beans.
00:23:52Okay, so I'm already looking at easily 50 trees.
00:23:57Yeah.
00:23:58And we're not even halfway there.
00:23:59Yeah.
00:24:00Dude, this is major.
00:24:03Clearing land is the most dangerous thing you can do on a homestead, so we're just moving really slow.
00:24:11Let's just try to get here without dying and get to work.
00:24:16Okay, girls, we're going to start digging up these trees.
00:24:23Show me what you wanted to show me.
00:24:25Yeah, so this is coffee rust.
00:24:27You can see it because it's all spotted.
00:24:29It's turning brown.
00:24:30So I think that we should try to get rid of the trees that have coffee rust.
00:24:34That's a great idea.
00:24:35Can you identify the coffee rust without your mom?
00:24:39I can.
00:24:40Okay, so let's go and we'll catch up in a little bit.
00:24:42All right, sounds good.
00:24:43All right, Hazel and I are creating access to the bamboo.
00:24:56At the same time, we're getting rid of the coffee rust.
00:24:58I'm going to try to wiggle in here with the excavator and see how weird it gets.
00:25:02Here we go.
00:25:08I'll try and fit through and straddle as many as I can.
00:25:12Here we go.
00:25:15I'm a little nervous.
00:25:16How's it look?
00:25:17Well, yeah, just go straight.
00:25:19You're tipping a little.
00:25:22Oh, no.
00:25:27No, it's going to be easy, Hazel.
00:25:29Yeah, I see that now.
00:25:30On Erica Empey's seven-acre Hawaiian coffee farm.
00:25:43How's it look?
00:25:44I can see some rocks and tree that way, so you got to go a little bit this way.
00:25:47Misty begins the tricky task of eliminating invasive bamboo, overtaking the family's cash crop of coffee trees.
00:25:55Bushwhacking through the coffee farm.
00:25:57I was concerned about how much destruction there would be with the excavator and these coffee trees.
00:26:02At this point, we've stumped 44 trees.
00:26:05We're right now at a point where we're halfway there.
00:26:10And, I mean, hopefully by the end of the day, we can make it to the bamboo.
00:26:14Am I straddling any of them?
00:26:16Right now, if you come a little tiny that way, you're on course to save all those ones.
00:26:21Is that better?
00:26:22Yeah, it looks good.
00:26:23Living here has definitely been a struggle, but Misty's real good at her job.
00:26:29Hopefully, we can turn this farm into something sustainable.
00:26:35Risky business.
00:26:36I like her vibe.
00:26:37She's got like an onnit paste, and she wants to go, go, go.
00:26:40I like that.
00:26:41Okay, that was pretty good.
00:26:43That was good.
00:26:44All right.
00:26:48We made it.
00:26:50Hazel right now is smiling.
00:26:52It seems like she's having a good time, which is great news, because for me, it's all about getting her involved,
00:26:57because that's the only way this homestead is going to have any success.
00:27:01We're touching the bamboo.
00:27:03Yeah, we finally made it.
00:27:04So your work is done for now, and now it's just me and the excavator.
00:27:08I'm going to try to cross this massive ditch to be able to get to the other side.
00:27:12This is pretty sketchy, and it's going to take a long time.
00:27:16Yeah.
00:27:17So I better just keep moving.
00:27:18Here we go.
00:27:19All right.
00:27:20On the other side of the homestead.
00:27:29Let's start packing these beams.
00:27:31They're going to be heavy, guys.
00:27:32We're going to all do this together.
00:27:34Marty, Erica, and a local build team begin foundational work on a much needed sanitary structure for the family to collect potable water and utilize indoor plumbing.
00:27:47Easy.
00:27:50We're about to build a bathhouse.
00:27:52Right there?
00:27:53Yep.
00:27:54Adding another 300, 400 square foot of potential roof system that can catch water, because this family needs a safe living space if their coffee farm is going to succeed.
00:28:08Nice.
00:28:10I'm kind of in let's get it done mode.
00:28:12Hey, get over here where the action is.
00:28:14Erica, what's your experience with building?
00:28:17I was basically the help crew on both of these.
00:28:20So kind of like how I'm doing right now, carrying the wood.
00:28:23Okay, you're going to be measuring.
00:28:25So that part is over.
00:28:26Now we're going to ratchet it up.
00:28:28Okay.
00:28:29You were a freshman.
00:28:30Yep.
00:28:31Now you're going to be a senior.
00:28:32Perfect.
00:28:33In the next seven days.
00:28:34Let's do it.
00:28:35And you're going to graduate.
00:28:36Look at this beam.
00:28:37Every long beam and board in the world either has an arc up or an arc under.
00:28:44Put your eye on this and look down it, please.
00:28:46Has that thing got an arc down or does it have an arc up?
00:28:49I would say it has a little arc.
00:28:51Why would we care?
00:28:53Because if it's already sagging, it's going to just sag more.
00:28:56But if you have like the arc, it's going to hopefully straighten it out.
00:29:00A plus.
00:29:01Marty comes off like really like gruff and like just business.
00:29:07But I think every little skill I pick up is just going to take me somewhere else where
00:29:12I just think, oh, I can do that now.
00:29:14Get a pencil mark on it right here.
00:29:16So we know which way is up.
00:29:19Please.
00:29:25All right.
00:29:26Let's cut this.
00:29:27Isn't this where you want it to do?
00:29:30Because that was just the arrow pointing up.
00:29:33Uh, it might be.
00:29:36Erica is smart.
00:29:37And she's learning.
00:29:39And thank goodness Erica is indeed a worker.
00:29:43Very good.
00:29:44You just saved the day.
00:29:45I'm serious.
00:29:46It was a heart attack.
00:29:50We may have been able to correct that, but that was a major save.
00:30:05I appreciate some trees fell down.
00:30:07It kind of looks like there's a pig den in the middle there too.
00:30:10At the edge of the homestead, Matt and Sage lay the groundwork to lure the wild pigs roaming
00:30:16the land into their trap.
00:30:19You can actually stop the pigs from coming into the property if you know where they're
00:30:25coming in at and what they're after.
00:30:28And that's what I'm going to try to do with Sage.
00:30:31Hopefully all these mac nuts bring the pigs over onto our land.
00:30:35And this is just one spot.
00:30:37I think we should look around at those trees in the middle, put some bait, and we should
00:30:41go back to the other side of the property where we found that pig skull.
00:30:45And we'll put some macadamias there and hopefully we'll catch something on those trail cams that
00:30:50we can identify and be like, oh man, that'd be a good one.
00:30:52For sure.
00:30:53Okay, so grab that bucket and let's keep going.
00:30:58We're going to case the property, look around and see where the pigs are coming in at,
00:31:03find good signs, and just see how up to speed Sage is with this whole pig problem.
00:31:09We got to build some traps and we got to build them quick because we don't have much time.
00:31:14Let's get back to the drawing board and see what we can come up with to be able to build a good trap,
00:31:18especially something that is as good as the one that we saw over at Mike's property.
00:31:22Matt and Sage will construct a series of four-by-six-foot cage traps and place them on the homestead's
00:31:31hot spots.
00:31:32The traps will lure the pigs in with bait and ensnare them once they're inside,
00:31:37turning a dangerous nuisance into a crucial off-grid protein source.
00:31:43All right, let's build a trap.
00:31:45We have some hardware.
00:31:47We got some metal.
00:31:49We got some hog panel.
00:31:53And with all these pieces, we're going to get this thing all bolted together and build one trap without any welding.
00:32:00Sweet.
00:32:01You like it?
00:32:02Yeah, it sounds great.
00:32:03Okay, awesome.
00:32:04Okay, let it rip.
00:32:08Good.
00:32:09You feel the power of the angle grinder?
00:32:11It definitely has some kick to it.
00:32:12I scored each one of these things about halfway, and now if I kick it and bend it, it comes apart.
00:32:23Now we got one side of the length of our trap.
00:32:27Now we need three more.
00:32:28Building this trap with Matt so far has been pretty fun, and I've learned a lot of new experiences.
00:32:34These panels will act like plywood does.
00:32:38He's taught me a lot of new skills, and they're super useful, and I hope these skills can catch a pig with that trap.
00:32:46But we're not done yet, so let's keep going.
00:32:48As dusk approaches on day two.
00:32:55All right, I knew it wasn't going to be easy.
00:33:00I was super apprehensive.
00:33:02Misty encounters a setback on her bamboo-clearing quest.
00:33:06We got through the, you know, coffee plantation, and then we hit this massive ditch.
00:33:13And now I think we're hitting some blue lava.
00:33:17And if you don't know what blue lava is, it's the lava that you cannot break.
00:33:24Hear that?
00:33:26It's not good.
00:33:28I think I'm, like, in this moment completely wowed.
00:33:31I had no idea what I was up against.
00:33:33Getting to the bamboo, seeing how tight it was together, so thick, it's over 100 feet tall.
00:33:39Like, I'm literally staring at the impossible.
00:33:58This is pretty sketchy.
00:34:00At this rate, like, are we ever going to clear all this bamboo?
00:34:06Because it looks like it's going to take more than a week to clear.
00:34:10So, I'm going to call in Backup.
00:34:16At Backup, you know, stands about 6'4", got a red beard, big smile, doesn't talk much, but it's pretty capable.
00:34:26So, while Clint's in the excavator, cutting the bamboo back, I want to shift focus to coffee processing with Hazel.
00:34:37While Misty leaves Clint to tackle the problem of clearing a quarter-mile swath of bamboo.
00:34:46It looks amazing.
00:34:47Just up the hill, Marty stabilizes the platform of a catchment bathhouse that will provide the family with effective infrastructure and water collection.
00:35:01Good, good, good.
00:35:03Okay, man.
00:35:04And on the edge of the homestead, this is our door.
00:35:07This is what's going to slide the channel on the other end of our trap, and let's go see if it fits in place.
00:35:12Let's go.
00:35:13All the way.
00:35:15Okay?
00:35:16Oh, yeah.
00:35:17So, there's two things that need to be added to keep pigs in here.
00:35:22Okay?
00:35:23And the first part, all it is, is a very thick piece of wire that will then hang down.
00:35:28It'll basically act as our pin trapping.
00:35:32It's a very passive way to deal with the pigs.
00:35:35It frees up sage to be able to do other things on the homestead, and it's a really great way to get those pigs manageable.
00:35:44This trap is set, but we need to trip this trap with something that everybody has commonly laying around on a homestead, and that is string line.
00:35:53We want these pigs to trip this trap like a trip wire.
00:35:58We want to make that trip wire go across this path.
00:36:02So, we don't want to catch little pigs, right?
00:36:04Mm-mm.
00:36:05So, let's go up.
00:36:06Just kind of like pull that knot tight.
00:36:08Like?
00:36:09Yeah.
00:36:10It's going to be pretty tight.
00:36:12Now this trap is set.
00:36:15Maybe let's test it out.
00:36:17All right, man.
00:36:18Hop in there.
00:36:19Let's see if this thing works.
00:36:20Be careful.
00:36:21It's like a hairline trigger.
00:36:30Oh, yeah.
00:36:32You're trapped.
00:36:33Yeah, definitely pig worthy.
00:36:38High five.
00:36:39I'm going to let you out.
00:36:42I'm going to let you out.
00:36:43Sage and I finished our pig trap, and I got to tell you, I think it's the best trap I've ever built.
00:36:50Now that our trap is done, we just need to add the bait into the mix, and hopefully we catch a pig.
00:36:57We're going to build a lot more of these things.
00:36:59Yeah.
00:37:00All right, let's go.
00:37:01We're building a second trap because we've seen a lot of pig activity.
00:37:04All right, man.
00:37:05Trap number two is done.
00:37:07Hopefully, within the next couple days, we catch a pig with that second trap.
00:37:12Have you ever used a trail cam?
00:37:14Nope.
00:37:15They're motion activated.
00:37:17They only turn on when something moves in front of them.
00:37:21Just zip tie it to any tree, as long as it's a stationary object.
00:37:25Yeah.
00:37:26So go for it.
00:37:28Sage and I are going to set up trail cameras to see if we're on the right track when it comes to outsmarting these pigs.
00:37:36I think we should add more to this baited area, lure them in more, and then keep checking the cams, then try to outsmart them with the trap.
00:37:45Yeah.
00:37:46What do you think?
00:37:47That's amazing.
00:37:48In a day, how much you've accomplished.
00:37:49I've never seen light back here.
00:37:50This is so crazy.
00:37:51As Clint clears the remaining bamboo foliage, Misty and Erica discuss how to carve out a role for her teenage daughter on the homestead.
00:38:07I'd love to create a space for Hazel, doing something that she's interested in.
00:38:13Yeah.
00:38:14Some kind of structure is needed.
00:38:15So do we create this little coffee farm stand for processing, harvesting, labor?
00:38:24Can that be dual purposed and actually become a space just for her?
00:38:29I think so, yeah.
00:38:30I think so, too.
00:38:32I think Hazel will be a lot happier if she has her own space on the homestead.
00:38:36And I think when we tie the coffee stand to it, it's giving her that role that she needs for this family.
00:38:42That is the key to success.
00:38:44There's structures and there's plans kind of where the existing cabin is.
00:38:49Maybe put it in front, even a little bit lower, just flatten it out and have that be the space.
00:38:54There's now going to be a little driveway down to it.
00:38:56I'm really excited.
00:38:57Okay, you can't tell her.
00:38:58Oh, but that's so exciting.
00:38:59You can't tell her at all.
00:39:01Sound good?
00:39:02All right, sounds good.
00:39:05Misty's ambitious idea is to create a dual purpose 10 by 10 foot structure that Hazel can live in and operate the coffee processing from.
00:39:16Next to the structure will be a washing basin, a stove for roasting the beans and a station for grinding and packaging the coveted Kona coffee.
00:39:27Come on over.
00:39:28We're going to start this little coffee processing station together.
00:39:35So we'll do like this little 10 by 10 coffee shack.
00:39:38You ready to start building?
00:39:39Yeah.
00:39:40Do you have any tools?
00:39:41I got a pencil.
00:39:42Yeah, bring the pencil.
00:39:43That's a tool.
00:39:44I'll grab the last pier block and then we'll go.
00:39:46All right, cool.
00:39:47One of the most important things I want to do this week is lighting the fire for Hazel, getting her inspired, finding her place on the homestead.
00:39:56Where does she fit in?
00:39:58And it doesn't have to be this painful, miserable experience.
00:40:02It can actually be the most fulfilling, rewarding thing you could ever do.
00:40:07See how we're like cockamamie'd and we're not a right angle?
00:40:09Mm-hmm.
00:40:10How do you find that right angle?
00:40:12With the measuring tape?
00:40:13Yep.
00:40:14And with the three, four, five method.
00:40:16You measure three feet out from the corner, then four feet out from the corner, and then
00:40:24five feet across from mark to mark.
00:40:27Three, four, five.
00:40:29Will give us a perfect angle and then the square structure.
00:40:32So here we go.
00:40:33Where's that pencil?
00:40:34Tool.
00:40:35Ooh.
00:40:36Any homestead is just this massive.
00:40:39Right?
00:40:40We're all little pieces and you just gotta find where you fit in.
00:40:44And for Hazel, we just have to figure out where her passion is, where that drive is, figure out what she loves to do, and then do that.
00:40:52Wow.
00:40:53You're impressively good at using a hammer.
00:40:55So are you.
00:40:58No, no.
00:40:59I know my skills.
00:41:00Hammer's not on them.
00:41:01We're gonna put in the other two and then we're gonna start framing.
00:41:09I wanna see the trail cam footage.
00:41:11Cause this looks like it got hit.
00:41:13Wow.
00:41:14Look at this.
00:41:16It's day four on the Empey family's seven acre Hawaiian homestead.
00:41:33Good morning.
00:41:34And a surprise rainstorm reveals an unrealized opportunity.
00:41:40Hey, check this out.
00:41:42I'm a little surprised at how much it did rain.
00:41:46See this?
00:41:47Yeah.
00:41:48Right at about two inches of rain fell last night.
00:41:51Now this is a good thing.
00:41:53It's also bad.
00:41:55We have no catchment in place.
00:41:58Yeah.
00:41:59I'm not happy we didn't capture it.
00:42:01We're wasting, you know, a good life that can be had in this homestead.
00:42:06I just didn't have the resources for myself for the money and all that.
00:42:10And by the way, that's a very legitimate reason.
00:42:12But the problem is, you only have a 1,000 gallon tank.
00:42:15And just with the roof systems that you have right now, we could have probably captured
00:42:24one to 2,000 gallons last night.
00:42:26Yeah.
00:42:27As soon as we finish this building, we're gonna add another significant roof system that
00:42:34can catch more water.
00:42:35So this is telling me we're gonna need more tanks.
00:42:39Okay?
00:42:40So we're gonna have to figure out how to get more catchment tanks on the property before I
00:42:44leave here.
00:42:45Yeah.
00:42:46That's what's gonna happen.
00:42:47Sounds good.
00:42:48Let's do it.
00:42:59At the edge of the homestead.
00:43:01We're gonna go check in on the bamboo.
00:43:03I handed the X baton to Clint, and he's been cutting down bamboo trees.
00:43:08So let's see how he's doing.
00:43:09Let's take a look.
00:43:12Very impressive.
00:43:13Oh my gosh.
00:43:14Look at this.
00:43:15How's it going?
00:43:16Good.
00:43:17So you already got the bamboo down and you're just getting out the clumps?
00:43:20Yeah.
00:43:21The roots?
00:43:22Getting out the roots.
00:43:23Obviously getting rid of the bamboo was the first challenge, but how do we keep the bamboo
00:43:30back for all time?
00:43:32The only way that I can think of is driving on it.
00:43:36So I think that if this becomes a massive circle driveway, bamboo is never gonna grow back.
00:43:41I think that's a good idea for driving over every day.
00:43:43I don't think it'll give it a chance to, like, come back.
00:43:45So parking lot slash driveway slash road access, we'll get it all in one on the bamboo highway.
00:43:52That's what I just named it.
00:43:53Fire.
00:43:54Look at this.
00:43:55Wow.
00:43:56On the outskirts of the homestead.
00:43:57A lot of macadamia nuts are gone.
00:43:58Yeah.
00:43:59A lot of activity through here.
00:44:00This looks pretty hot.
00:44:03I want to see the trail cam footage because this looks like it got hit.
00:44:21Before we put our other trap here, I'm gonna do something a little different here.
00:44:26I want to see if we're on the right track when it comes to our baited areas.
00:44:31And let's check and see what's on here.
00:44:34There it is.
00:44:40It's really grainy.
00:44:42But you can for sure see that right there.
00:44:45Yeah, that's a pig.
00:44:47That's guaranteed a pig.
00:44:49So they came through here, right past our bait.
00:44:52I think we should put a trap right here.
00:44:54We should get more of a variety of bait because these mac nuts, they have a nice smell.
00:44:59But I feel like if we added like avocados, some other good things that they like to eat,
00:45:05they'd go off through the roof.
00:45:07Let's go.
00:45:08Yeah.
00:45:09Straight back.
00:45:11Oh no, we're tipping.
00:45:14Okay, set it down.
00:45:15Finding a pig on our trail cam, eating the macadamia nuts confirms this is the right area to put a trap.
00:45:23Okay.
00:45:24I love Sage's idea.
00:45:27It shows me that he's getting into this.
00:45:29This almost looks like a pig's den.
00:45:32This homestead needs Sage to do all kinds of projects, all kinds of work.
00:45:38But predator protection is a really good first job.
00:45:42Let's sweeten the pot.
00:45:44Those oranges are so juicy.
00:45:47I think we're going to get a pig.
00:45:50Yeah.
00:45:51I got a good feeling.
00:45:52I have a good feeling also.
00:45:54One, two, three.
00:46:01Woo!
00:46:02All the way up.
00:46:04You ever seen one of these before?
00:46:07Yep.
00:46:08You ever used one before?
00:46:09No.
00:46:10Do you want to learn how to use one?
00:46:11Yep.
00:46:12Okay.
00:46:13So you have that line, right?
00:46:14Yeah.
00:46:15To tell you where to go.
00:46:16So you have your hand here, never have it up here.
00:46:19Okay.
00:46:20Sometimes you're nailing, the gun bounces up, and you potentially could do that.
00:46:23You potentially could nail yourself.
00:46:25Okay.
00:46:26Here we go.
00:46:27So let's touch it to the lumber.
00:46:28Pull the trigger.
00:46:30Pull the trigger.
00:46:32Building the structure, what's new for me, is using a nail gun.
00:46:35You do it.
00:46:39This is like the first time I've really, like, jumped in to build.
00:46:43It was all kind of new for me, the whole build.
00:46:45All right.
00:46:46So you got this thing nailed together.
00:46:47Yep.
00:46:48By the way, it looks really good.
00:46:50Let's stand it up.
00:46:51You're welcome.
00:46:52I definitely feel inspired about actually building stuff and putting it together.
00:46:57We got to fasten these corners together.
00:47:00It's hard work.
00:47:02I'm building muscles all over my body that haven't opened a path.
00:47:06Looking good.
00:47:07Looking strong.
00:47:08Other side, please.
00:47:09I would like to use these skills in the future.
00:47:11So I want to make the most of it.
00:47:13You're a pro.
00:47:15I love it.
00:47:16Now let's talk a little bit.
00:47:18Where have you fastened this wall?
00:47:21Into the side walls.
00:47:24Yeah, exactly.
00:47:25Do you think there's another place we should fasten it?
00:47:27The floor.
00:47:28What are you waiting on?
00:47:29Hey, hey, get back here.
00:47:31I was not...
00:47:32No!
00:47:33I don't bump.
00:47:34I was looking at my watch.
00:47:36Oh, man.
00:47:37You snuck in a bump.
00:47:39I'm teasing.
00:47:40Right there.
00:47:41Along the bottom.
00:47:42Yep.
00:47:43That's a girl.
00:47:44You're a fast learner.
00:47:45Let's build another wall down here.
00:47:57With the coffee station's structure nearly complete, Misty shifts her focus to providing
00:48:03Hazel with the knowledge and the means to process and generate revenue from the property's
00:48:10homegrown beans.
00:48:11So when it comes to coffee processing, they need a wash, they need to dry, and eventually
00:48:18we'll roast them.
00:48:19So the first thing I was thinking we could build would be a water basin out of lava rocks.
00:48:23There's a bunch just lying around.
00:48:25Look how many.
00:48:26Right here.
00:48:27And just start stacking them up, get some cement, and just build one by hand.
00:48:30When it comes to a garden bed, usually you don't build those beds over four feet because
00:48:35it's hard to reach.
00:48:36So the same rule is going to apply to the wash basin.
00:48:40We're kind of restricted by the coffee trees.
00:48:43So I'm going to jump in the mini-X and we're going to level out a spot that's four by twelve-ish.
00:48:48And then we're going to build a lava rock wash basin.
00:48:51Easy enough.
00:48:52Yeah, I'm down.
00:48:53It's a little tight, folks.
00:48:54Good thing we got the mini-X.
00:48:55Oh, yeah.
00:48:56Big one would not have fit.
00:48:57Super exciting moment for us.
00:48:58We've started leveling out an area.
00:48:59One by one, I'm unearthing all of these lava rocks.
00:49:00We're going to use those and build a massive washing stone basin.
00:49:02All right.
00:49:03Let's just check the train.
00:49:04All right.
00:49:10all of these lava rocks, we're going to use those
00:49:12and build a massive washing stone basin.
00:49:30All right.
00:49:32Let's just check the trap.
00:49:33Let's do it.
00:49:34On the MP family's Hawaiian homestead.
00:49:37What is that?
00:49:39Oh, what?
00:49:41Feral hog activity triggers one of the property's new traps.
00:49:47Uh, where's our bait?
00:49:54Oh, no.
00:49:57Look at all this.
00:49:59It got torn to pieces.
00:50:02Investigating the trap, the door was closed,
00:50:05and all the pig bait was gone on the inside.
00:50:09It's the perfect crime.
00:50:10Do you think they grabbed it from the outside?
00:50:13No.
00:50:14Can't be.
00:50:15No way.
00:50:16That makes no sense.
00:50:17Okay, where's our string at?
00:50:19String's over here, all the way over there.
00:50:21Okay.
00:50:22Looks like it might have...
00:50:24Oh, it snapped.
00:50:25It, like, ripped off.
00:50:27Yeah.
00:50:27Completely ripped.
00:50:30Let's check the trail cam.
00:50:32Grab that card out of there.
00:50:34I'm not surprised that this happened,
00:50:37because they're slippery,
00:50:39they can get out of anything.
00:50:41I think we're dealing with an expert pig here
00:50:44that's seen a lot of traps.
00:50:45A hog, Dini.
00:50:47Oh, right there.
00:50:48Yeah.
00:50:51Like he's in there.
00:50:53Oh, yeah.
00:50:54Yeah.
00:50:54Set the door off.
00:50:58That's a bummer.
00:51:00Dang it.
00:51:02You know what this tells me?
00:51:03Somewhere between our string line
00:51:05and the trigger for our door,
00:51:07something didn't work.
00:51:09Follow me.
00:51:12Take the whole thing,
00:51:14get yourself a lot of slack.
00:51:14Yeah, and then wrap it around.
00:51:15And wrap it around itself like that.
00:51:17Yeah, I understand.
00:51:19All right.
00:51:19Pigs are super smart,
00:51:21so when you're building a trap from scratch,
00:51:24we're going to have to do some intricate,
00:51:26you know, tweaking here and there
00:51:27to make sure that this thing
00:51:29is going to actually catch a pig.
00:51:30Okay, set it again.
00:51:38I'm going to start doing sheets.
00:51:40In the middle of the homestead,
00:51:44Marty and Erica close in
00:51:46the water catchment bathhouse
00:51:48that will provide some real-world privacy
00:51:51and comfort for the family in the wild.
00:51:54Just keep in line.
00:52:00I'm having a good time up here.
00:52:03It makes me feel like
00:52:04I want to be a carpenter.
00:52:05She's worked on the foundation.
00:52:07She's worked on the subfloor.
00:52:08She's worked on the walls,
00:52:10the sheeting, the roof.
00:52:11Had her hands on
00:52:13every aspect of a bathhouse.
00:52:15Good thing, because she needs
00:52:18to learn all these skills
00:52:19if they want to succeed.
00:52:21Okay, how far do we have to go?
00:52:24Two inches.
00:52:26Everything is coming together
00:52:27and being able to see
00:52:28the structures now,
00:52:30the more I realize
00:52:30that things are going to move forward
00:52:32in the right direction
00:52:33and my kids will be
00:52:35so much happier living here.
00:52:37I still have a lot of work to do,
00:52:40but that's okay
00:52:41because there's kind of
00:52:42an end in sight.
00:52:43Woo-hoo!
00:52:53While the concrete cures
00:52:55at the new coffee basin...
00:52:58Cool!
00:52:59Well, there's one rock!
00:53:02Misty and Hazel scavenge
00:53:03for additional building materials.
00:53:06We need rocks for the wash basin.
00:53:09I see them lying everywhere
00:53:11all over the seven-acre homestead.
00:53:14Okay, buddy.
00:53:15We're just going to load rocks.
00:53:17We'll take any size.
00:53:19What I'm really loving
00:53:21about our build
00:53:22is we're just using
00:53:23materials at hand.
00:53:25Right now, we have
00:53:26a ton of lava rocks.
00:53:27There is a ton of bamboo.
00:53:29And today, I'm going to turn
00:53:31one into a wash basin,
00:53:33the other into drying racks.
00:53:35So right now,
00:53:36we're skim coating
00:53:37the wash basin.
00:53:38This will help get it
00:53:39nice and watertight.
00:53:40No pressure,
00:53:41but this has to be
00:53:42Marty Rainey approved.
00:53:44As the plaster
00:53:45on the wash basin dries,
00:53:48Misty calls in
00:53:49a special visitor,
00:53:50another single mom
00:53:51on the island
00:53:52who she hopes
00:53:53will be a resource
00:53:54and a positive example
00:53:56for Erica
00:53:56and her children.
00:53:57I brought some friends
00:54:00of ours.
00:54:00Oh, so great!
00:54:02Meet Annie and the kids.
00:54:04This is Erica
00:54:05and her kids.
00:54:07Annie Ridgely.
00:54:08She's a single mom,
00:54:10four kids,
00:54:10with a homestead
00:54:12on the big island
00:54:13of Hawaii.
00:54:14Last year,
00:54:15we helped her,
00:54:15and now she has
00:54:17a very productive
00:54:18macadamia nut farm.
00:54:21She took time out
00:54:22of her busy schedule
00:54:23because she too
00:54:24knows what it's like
00:54:26to be a single mom
00:54:27in over her head
00:54:29when it comes to farming.
00:54:31We wanted to connect you
00:54:33to somebody that
00:54:34in so many ways
00:54:35is kind of dealing
00:54:36with what you're dealing with.
00:54:37Yeah.
00:54:38And we just wanted
00:54:39to tap into, like,
00:54:41any knowledge
00:54:41that you could share
00:54:42with Erica.
00:54:43And at this point,
00:54:44we'll take any help
00:54:45we can get.
00:54:47We hate to put you
00:54:48to work,
00:54:48but we kind of need you.
00:54:49We're like workhorses.
00:54:50We're happier
00:54:51the more work we have,
00:54:53the more we're working.
00:54:54Boys are going with him.
00:54:55Yep.
00:54:56Girls, you want to
00:54:56come with me?
00:54:57Yeah.
00:54:57Okay, girls, come on.
00:54:59This feels amazing
00:55:00to me, helping the Rainies,
00:55:01helping a fellow farmer,
00:55:04fellow single mom.
00:55:06Homesteading is a family
00:55:07lifestyle.
00:55:09And so, to incorporate
00:55:11your kids
00:55:12into what you're doing,
00:55:14that's the most
00:55:15important part.
00:55:17Okay, girls,
00:55:17Hazel and I
00:55:18are making this coffee shack
00:55:21and we need drying racks.
00:55:23So, I was thinking
00:55:24we could cut
00:55:25some of the bamboo
00:55:26because it's such a pain
00:55:27in the neck anyways
00:55:28and it has to go.
00:55:29And then use that
00:55:30to build
00:55:31these big drying racks
00:55:33out of.
00:55:34That's kind of
00:55:34what I'm thinking.
00:55:35I'm so excited,
00:55:36Joy and Matea
00:55:37are here
00:55:38just connecting
00:55:39them with Hazel
00:55:40and I've already
00:55:41just been hearing
00:55:41them talk.
00:55:43Nice, Hazel.
00:55:45Just like nobody
00:55:46understands you
00:55:47like somebody
00:55:48living and breathing
00:55:50your same existence.
00:55:51You are a total pro.
00:55:57Oh, oh my God,
00:55:58thank you.
00:55:59She's new to the farm,
00:56:01but look at her go.
00:56:02Yeah, I wouldn't
00:56:03even get it.
00:56:03I mean, they
00:56:05absolutely,
00:56:06100%
00:56:07get each other.
00:56:09Hopefully, this is just
00:56:11the beginning
00:56:11of a very long
00:56:13friendship.
00:56:13It's so nice
00:56:17to meet you
00:56:17and it's so inspiring
00:56:19too because
00:56:20while I'm doing
00:56:21all this work,
00:56:22like I don't
00:56:22know anybody else,
00:56:24especially a woman
00:56:25who has like
00:56:25done the whole
00:56:27homestead thing.
00:56:28Yeah, and we don't
00:56:29have to do hard
00:56:30things alone
00:56:31and that's my
00:56:32big takeaway
00:56:32and I just admire
00:56:34what you're doing
00:56:35and just the choice
00:56:36to be here
00:56:37and to do this.
00:56:38I just know right
00:56:39away that you're brave.
00:56:40Brave?
00:56:40Yeah, no,
00:56:46very brave
00:56:47and it's worth it.
00:56:49How are you
00:56:49doing 80 acres?
00:56:51Like for me,
00:56:51this feels
00:56:52unmanageable almost.
00:56:53Living on your farm,
00:56:56you're always
00:56:57seeing what needs
00:56:58to be done
00:56:58so it's so overwhelming.
00:57:00All the things
00:57:00you have to do
00:57:01on top of being a mom
00:57:02and paying for all of it.
00:57:04How are you doing it?
00:57:06Right, so,
00:57:07you know,
00:57:08I've learned
00:57:08that it doesn't
00:57:09all have to be done
00:57:10right now
00:57:11and to know
00:57:12that I'll never
00:57:13be caught up.
00:57:14It's definitely
00:57:14the long game
00:57:15and it's the lifestyle
00:57:16and it's worth it
00:57:18to be able to be here
00:57:20with your kids.
00:57:21And that's your
00:57:21full-time thing?
00:57:22Full-time.
00:57:23That's what I do.
00:57:24Yeah, that's what
00:57:24I'm trying to work
00:57:25towards as well.
00:57:26You can do this
00:57:27and I know a lot
00:57:27of coffee farmers
00:57:28and it's a great
00:57:29business to be in.
00:57:30Okay, that's good.
00:57:31Yeah, absolutely.
00:57:33Meeting Annie
00:57:34was amazing
00:57:35and it's good
00:57:35to have somebody
00:57:36be like,
00:57:37I know exactly
00:57:38how you feel.
00:57:38You feel like
00:57:39you're going to fail.
00:57:39You feel like
00:57:40nothing's going
00:57:44to come together.
00:57:48It's just good
00:57:49to see someone
00:57:51on the other side
00:57:52of that.
00:57:53She's amazing.
00:57:55We just became
00:57:55past friends.
00:57:56You've been here
00:57:57a year?
00:57:57Yeah.
00:57:58Like I could feel
00:57:59what that first year
00:58:01felt like.
00:58:02Yeah.
00:58:02And I just want
00:58:04you to know
00:58:04it gets better.
00:58:05Yeah, it gets better.
00:58:07I love that.
00:58:21This is a big day.
00:58:23With only 48 hours
00:58:24before the Rainies
00:58:25leave,
00:58:27Marty shifts focus
00:58:28to bolstering
00:58:29the MP family's
00:58:30clean water storage.
00:58:32We've reached
00:58:32the point
00:58:33where there's
00:58:33metal on that roof,
00:58:35that roof,
00:58:35and those two roofs
00:58:36and it's time
00:58:37to catch rainwater
00:58:39and put it somewhere.
00:58:40Do it.
00:58:41Okay, so
00:58:42what I'm thinking
00:58:44is this.
00:58:45We could build
00:58:46a bit of a mound
00:58:46here,
00:58:47about three feet
00:58:48and set
00:58:49the 1,000 gallon tank
00:58:51that I see
00:58:51you already own.
00:58:52Then,
00:58:53connect the gutters
00:58:54to the downspouts
00:58:55with gravity feed
00:58:57right into that
00:58:57bathhouse.
00:58:58Okay,
00:58:59I like it.
00:59:00It's now or never
00:59:01because you've got
00:59:02two days.
00:59:08I'm studying
00:59:09and working on a farm
00:59:10without the water.
00:59:11It's been a struggle.
00:59:13So I really need
00:59:14this to work
00:59:14because to be here
00:59:16living this life
00:59:17without having
00:59:18to haul water
00:59:18would be
00:59:19such a huge relief
00:59:20for me
00:59:21and for my kids.
00:59:23It would just be
00:59:24such a huge blessing
00:59:24for all of us.
00:59:30We're running
00:59:31out of time
00:59:31so we'll grab
00:59:32all the material
00:59:33we can
00:59:33that's already here.
00:59:35She's got a tank
00:59:36on the property.
00:59:37All we have to do
00:59:38is pummel
00:59:38some volcanic rock
00:59:40down into petals,
00:59:41pound it into place
00:59:42and we can move
00:59:43that tank
00:59:44and use it
00:59:45for the first time.
00:59:46The bad news is
00:59:47it won't be
00:59:49enough water.
00:59:50We're going
00:59:51to need
00:59:51more storage.
00:59:57With the clock
00:59:58counting down
00:59:59on the rescue
01:00:00and the upgraded
01:00:01pig traps
01:00:02awaiting their
01:00:03first capture,
01:00:04Matt learns
01:00:05that neighbor Mike
01:00:06has a tripped trap
01:00:07of his own.
01:00:09I would have loved
01:00:09to get a wild pig
01:00:11in the traps
01:00:11that we put
01:00:12on Sage's property
01:00:13but I don't have
01:00:15time to wait around.
01:00:16If this pig
01:00:17is the right size
01:00:19we can use it
01:00:20to be able
01:00:21to continue
01:00:21Sage's homesteading
01:00:23and livestock journey.
01:00:28Yikes!
01:00:29So you got a pig
01:00:30in there.
01:00:31That's awesome.
01:00:32Yeah.
01:00:33We have built
01:00:34two traps
01:00:35and put them
01:00:36on Sage's homestead.
01:00:37Ultimately
01:00:38I don't really
01:00:38know what's
01:00:39going to happen
01:00:39but the fact
01:00:40that you have
01:00:41this pig
01:00:41in this trap
01:00:42I think that
01:00:43maybe we should
01:00:44prepare this pig
01:00:45as our pig
01:00:46that we're going
01:00:46to roast.
01:00:47Yeah.
01:00:47Awesome.
01:00:49What we have
01:00:49in this trap
01:00:50is about
01:00:51an 80 to 90 pound
01:00:52sow.
01:00:53It's the perfect
01:00:54pig to teach
01:00:55Sage
01:00:56how to process
01:00:56meat on his
01:00:57homestead.
01:00:58What's the time frame
01:00:59from like
01:01:00slaughtering the pig
01:01:00to like cooking
01:01:01the pig?
01:01:02I figure about
01:01:02a week for a pig
01:01:03before you've got
01:01:04to either freeze it
01:01:05or cook it.
01:01:06Okay.
01:01:06So we're definitely
01:01:07going to use this pig.
01:01:08If we get more pigs
01:01:09we'll roast two.
01:01:11Absolutely.
01:01:12Thanks a lot.
01:01:13You're the man.
01:01:14We'll be talking
01:01:14real soon.
01:01:26Over at the
01:01:27completed coffee station.
01:01:28All right,
01:01:29Hansel.
01:01:30You ready to
01:01:31wash some coffee
01:01:31cherries?
01:01:32Misty teaches
01:01:33Hazel how to
01:01:34take the reins
01:01:35on the family's
01:01:36bean processing
01:01:37operation.
01:01:38The coffee shack
01:01:39is done.
01:01:40The lava rock stone
01:01:41basin is finished
01:01:41and we just completed
01:01:43the bamboo drying
01:01:44racks and now
01:01:45it's time to start
01:01:46processing coffee.
01:01:48So we already
01:01:50started to collect
01:01:51some rainwater.
01:01:52So this and the
01:01:53off season can be
01:01:54for water storage
01:01:55but in the coffee
01:01:56season it's going
01:01:57to be for washing
01:01:57the coffee cherries.
01:01:59This is where
01:02:00we're washing
01:02:01and separating
01:02:02the good from the
01:02:02bat.
01:02:03I'm going to get
01:02:04a little bit more
01:02:04water, fill this
01:02:05bad boy up.
01:02:09I did a lot of
01:02:11research about this
01:02:12because I want to
01:02:13show Hazel that
01:02:14it's not that
01:02:14complicated, it can be
01:02:16fun, and that this
01:02:17is just the beginning
01:02:18for the coffee farm.
01:02:19Okay, let's wash!
01:02:23Woo-hoo!
01:02:25You're just going to
01:02:26grab the bad cherries
01:02:27right off the top
01:02:28and then all the good
01:02:30cherries are left on
01:02:31the bottom and we'll
01:02:32scoop those out and
01:02:33get them drying.
01:02:35I can get used to
01:02:35this.
01:02:36It's not so bad.
01:02:38Originally I did not
01:02:39want to move to
01:02:40off-grid or like the
01:02:41coffee farm.
01:02:42What do you think
01:02:42of the wash basin?
01:02:44Super cherry.
01:02:44It's cool, right?
01:02:46Yeah, but I'm feeling
01:02:48pretty good right now.
01:02:48I'm honestly just
01:02:50shocked by the amount
01:02:51of stuff that we were
01:02:52able to get like done
01:02:53with their help.
01:02:54One day you're going
01:02:55to be a full-blown
01:02:56coffee farm.
01:02:58This coffee shack
01:02:59and water basin, I
01:03:00think it's really
01:03:01great.
01:03:02So anything that
01:03:03doesn't look like
01:03:03it's great, he goes.
01:03:05Look at this.
01:03:07That guy goes.
01:03:08What do you think?
01:03:09He definitely goes.
01:03:11Seeing Hazel kind
01:03:12of come to life over
01:03:13this week is what
01:03:15it's all about.
01:03:15Just any of them that
01:03:16aren't perfectly red,
01:03:17I think gotta go.
01:03:18You're right.
01:03:18Yeah.
01:03:19This isn't Erica's
01:03:20homestead, this is the
01:03:21family's homestead and
01:03:22clearly it's not a
01:03:23one-man show.
01:03:24We're going to leave
01:03:25these to dry and
01:03:26they'll dry in the sun
01:03:27for two to four weeks
01:03:28and then they kind of
01:03:30turn into this
01:03:30beautiful like dark
01:03:31color and then you
01:03:32take that pulp and
01:03:34skin off and then
01:03:35you're left with that
01:03:36green bean and then
01:03:37you're ready to roast.
01:03:39I love it.
01:03:40Let's go.
01:03:41I really want Hazel
01:03:42to be a part of this
01:03:43whole process.
01:03:44I'm so excited.
01:03:45This is when all the
01:03:46hard work pays off.
01:03:48And right now we have
01:03:49coffee cherries drying in
01:03:51the sun, but I have a bag
01:03:52of raw coffee beans and
01:03:54we're ready to roast.
01:03:55The fruit of the harvest,
01:03:57your green coffee beans.
01:04:00We're just going to kind of
01:04:01cover the bottom of the
01:04:02pan and then light it.
01:04:03Okay, here we go, babe.
01:04:07We're going to listen for
01:04:08the first crack, which
01:04:10happens when the moisture
01:04:11is kind of leaving the
01:04:12coffee bean and it's all
01:04:14about trying to roast
01:04:15evenly.
01:04:16Misty showed me the coffee
01:04:18shack.
01:04:19It was pretty cool.
01:04:20Look at your view.
01:04:21That's fire.
01:04:23I love coffee.
01:04:24I love going to the local
01:04:25coffee shops and I love
01:04:27the idea of roasting the
01:04:28coffee here.
01:04:30Do you like a light roast?
01:04:31Do you like a dark roast?
01:04:32I like it when I'm
01:04:33bouncing off the walls
01:04:34immediately.
01:04:37This is the coolest thing
01:04:39I've ever done at a
01:04:39homestead.
01:04:42Let's torch it.
01:04:45Now it's time to roast a
01:04:47pig.
01:04:48Tomorrow morning, we're
01:04:50going to have a beast.
01:04:51Yeah.
01:05:00There are 12 hours left
01:05:02in the Empey Homestead
01:05:03Rescue.
01:05:04From slabs to painting.
01:05:06At Hazel's new coffee
01:05:07shack cabin, Misty adds a
01:05:10coat of paint.
01:05:11There's a big rock right
01:05:12there.
01:05:13All right.
01:05:14I love it.
01:05:15While across the
01:05:16homestead, Matt teaches
01:05:18Sage the off-grid way his
01:05:20fellow islanders have made
01:05:21Kahlua pork for more than
01:05:231,000 years.
01:05:25The traditional way to cook
01:05:27pigs in Hawaii is by using an
01:05:30emu.
01:05:32An emu, or earth oven, is an
01:05:34underground, slow-cooking method
01:05:36used by native Hawaiians during
01:05:38luau's and special celebrations.
01:05:40Steam generated from hot rocks and wood
01:05:44produces tender, smoky flavors in
01:05:47island staples like pigs, bananas, and sweet potatoes.
01:05:51All you need to do is build yourself a
01:05:56hole in the ground that you can roast a
01:05:59pig in and then source lava rocks.
01:06:01You build the emu with the rocks from
01:06:04the earth.
01:06:05You get the pigs from the jungle.
01:06:07It's all on their property.
01:06:10All right.
01:06:11Let's torch it.
01:06:17Having an emu on our land is super
01:06:19cool, and I'm happy that we're resting
01:06:22this pig, and I'm looking forward to
01:06:24resting more pigs throughout this
01:06:26life.
01:06:27The thing I love about the emu more
01:06:29than anything is everything is
01:06:32sourced right from the land.
01:06:34Mm-hmm.
01:06:35No buying anything from the store.
01:06:36You're trapping the pigs.
01:06:39You're using the rocks to build the
01:06:41emu.
01:06:42All the wood grows here, the leaves.
01:06:45This island, it has so much to offer.
01:06:48The fire has burned down, and the rocks
01:06:51are red hot.
01:06:53Now it's time to roast a pig.
01:06:57Hey, how's it going?
01:06:58Hey, how's it going?
01:06:59What's your name?
01:07:00My name's Cove.
01:07:01It's good to meet you.
01:07:02Yeah, what's going on?
01:07:03We're doing an emu.
01:07:04Oh, that's epic.
01:07:06Have you ever done this before?
01:07:09Only at school projects.
01:07:10At school, we've done this before.
01:07:12Oh, really?
01:07:13You do this in school?
01:07:15Yeah.
01:07:15That's awesome.
01:07:17Having Cove step in and help me put this pig in the ground is really fun.
01:07:21And, you know, he's Sage's younger brother, but, you know, he's strong, mature, and he's done
01:07:28this before.
01:07:29It's going to be hot.
01:07:30Oh, that's insane.
01:07:33That's so gnarly.
01:07:34You know, what did I do in elementary school in Alaska?
01:07:37I learned how to make a snowman.
01:07:39Cove learned how to put a pig in the ground and roast it.
01:07:42Put it right on top.
01:07:44Right here.
01:07:47Okay.
01:07:48You okay?
01:07:48Yep.
01:07:49Perfect.
01:07:49Okay, step back.
01:07:50Level it up.
01:07:52Kick it in there.
01:07:53We're going to have so many layers on this that there's not going to be any smoke escaping.
01:08:02This is the last step.
01:08:05Let's make all the smoke disappear.
01:08:08Working with Cove to put this pig on the hot rocks in the emu is definitely exciting.
01:08:17The rocks are so hot, it feels like the earth opened up and just started pouring out lava.
01:08:23Dude, you can smell it cooking.
01:08:26Oh, yeah.
01:08:26It smells good.
01:08:27It smells really good.
01:08:29Come tomorrow morning, we're going to have a feast.
01:08:33Yeah.
01:08:47You got to cool them and get rid of that chaff.
01:08:53We have our little auntie's grinder.
01:08:57Woo!
01:08:58One of the things this homestead was lacking was infrastructure.
01:09:01For me, this coffee shack and the processing station is just the beginning for Erica and
01:09:07the kids.
01:09:08Let's do our pour over.
01:09:09Also, all week long, we have been trying to figure out Hazel's place on the homestead.
01:09:14And I think starting with this little coffee shack is key.
01:09:18Woo-hoo-hoo!
01:09:20Woo-hoo!
01:09:21It looks good.
01:09:22And here we go.
01:09:23Taste test.
01:09:24How'd we do?
01:09:26Here's to us.
01:09:27Cheers.
01:09:27Cheers.
01:09:31Dude, it's good.
01:09:32Dude, that's so good!
01:09:39Yeah, this is really good.
01:09:41It's so good.
01:09:41You did so good.
01:09:43Misty and I made some pretty bomb coffee.
01:09:46I was super stoked and it's pretty cool.
01:09:49You know how to wash dry, roast your own coffee.
01:09:52It's official.
01:09:53You are the master coffee roaster.
01:09:56I am the coffee roaster master.
01:09:59Should we go inside?
01:10:01Woo!
01:10:02Pretty nice, huh?
01:10:03That's so cool.
01:10:04You guys are officially coffee farmers.
01:10:06Feel good?
01:10:07Yeah, I like this shack.
01:10:08It's nice.
01:10:10I think it's time you know.
01:10:11The whole time you were working on this space, you're actually working on your bedroom.
01:10:15Really?
01:10:16Yeah.
01:10:18There's enough covered space to do whatever you need to do for farming, but I wanted you
01:10:23to have your own space on the farm.
01:10:25Wow.
01:10:26I don't...
01:10:26Thank you so much.
01:10:27You're welcome.
01:10:28Hey, I...
01:10:29Wow.
01:10:30I'm stoked I have my own space and I have to share a room with Sage.
01:10:34Misty far exceeded my expectations.
01:10:36I'm super grateful.
01:10:38Do you want to be here on this coffee farm now?
01:10:41Yeah, it's grown on me.
01:10:43I'm very happy.
01:10:44Thank you so much.
01:10:44You're so welcome.
01:10:46Wow.
01:10:46I...
01:10:47I don't know.
01:10:49You know what to say?
01:10:50I appreciate it, like, a lot.
01:10:52It's...
01:10:52It's great.
01:10:53I'm so glad that Hazel loves her bedroom.
01:10:56Clearly having your own space after a year makes all the difference.
01:10:59But really for me, spending this week with her, seeing her have the connection with the homestead
01:11:04and kind of finding her role, she's no longer along for the ride, just on the outskirts.
01:11:10She's in the driver's seat.
01:11:11I got the best view probably out of everyone.
01:11:14You do have the best view out of everyone.
01:11:17Seven days ago, the Empey homestead was under threat from fast-growing invasive bamboo
01:11:24and had no efficient way to prep, wash, or roast their own coffee beans,
01:11:30while Hazel and her brother were forced to share a room in a small cabin.
01:11:35Today, Hazel can enjoy her own space in the new coffee shack with a covered kitchen area to prep
01:11:44and a large lava rock tub for washing beans, all accessible by a newly cleared road,
01:11:51reclaiming the farmland from the bamboo.
01:11:56You're welcome.
01:11:56It's great.
01:11:57It's great.
01:12:05As daylight fades on day six...
01:12:09Just put it right here.
01:12:11Marty and Erica take a crucial step towards creating the homestead's new water storage system.
01:12:18Here it comes.
01:12:20All right.
01:12:22Quit!
01:12:26Come all the way to the edge.
01:12:31Keep them coming.
01:12:32All right.
01:12:33So what we'll do is spread a little gravel.
01:12:37I just want a nice, clean base.
01:12:42Every water tank has to have a base.
01:12:46But since I'm not going to do it on concrete for time, and I need to do it this second,
01:12:51I'm going to make a gravel pad, spread it out, and put the tank there, and start running pipes.
01:13:00Bring that in.
01:13:01It's ready.
01:13:01All right.
01:13:06Tell them where to go.
01:13:07Kind of just right here.
01:13:15There's a potential 950 gallons of catchment.
01:13:19Looks good.
01:13:20Are we at a point right now where you see there is actually hope?
01:13:24Yes.
01:13:24Definitely that I see the water tank in place.
01:13:27And now we have, like, this little area here.
01:13:29It's like a little park.
01:13:30Like, just like right here.
01:13:30It just feels like a little zen spot.
01:13:34Look out there again.
01:13:35What else do you see?
01:13:36I see the ocean, the view, the trees, a cloud, a rain cloud.
01:13:42Oh, what is this?
01:13:53All right.
01:13:54We thought maybe we would upgrade the dining room table kitchen area.
01:13:57Oh, wow.
01:13:58Once upon a time, this was a huge obesia tree on her 80-acre mac nut farm.
01:14:09Marty made us a dining room table just like this.
01:14:12There's a little philosophy that revolves around the kitchen table.
01:14:19You want me to round these edges before I leave?
01:14:21I'm thinking I do.
01:14:23A hundred years ago, every night, a family worked hard together in a field.
01:14:28And then they all sat around the kitchen table at night.
01:14:39This is the most Alaskan thing that could be done in Hawaii.
01:14:43What's better than one catchment tank?
01:14:58Oh, yeah.
01:14:59Two catchment tanks.
01:15:01Thanks, Marty.
01:15:02You guys have done so much.
01:15:04It's amazing.
01:15:05We do good things for good people.
01:15:08Bring it in, Clint.
01:15:09I almost can't even put it into words what this all means to me.
01:15:16On the most basic level, it means that we get to have water.
01:15:19On a whole other level, we get to take showers.
01:15:23People don't know what that's like to not even be able to use a bathroom.
01:15:28I'm going to stop crying, I swear.
01:15:32Got to put up some gutters.
01:15:34Got to connect some downspouts.
01:15:36Hard pipe.
01:15:37All of this plumbing into not one, but two tanks.
01:15:41And we've got to introduce hot water, cold water, a shower, and a bath, and a toilet.
01:15:47There's a lot of work to do.
01:15:49But we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
01:15:54Well, before I got here, you hadn't built a trap or put it on this property at all.
01:16:09Mm-mm.
01:16:10But now, you're confronting the pigs with two separate traps, new skills that we've learned,
01:16:16and you know how to build a trap.
01:16:19This trap will do the work for you.
01:16:21Having pig traps set up on this homestead is the first big step to confront the pig problems,
01:16:29and Sage is going to keep it going long after I leave.
01:16:33I've learned a lot in this past week.
01:16:36I'm happy that we got this pig trap, and I can finally start, like, hunting more on our land
01:16:41and expanding, like, what I can do.
01:16:44That's music to my ears, man.
01:16:46Seven days ago, the Empey homestead was threatened by wild hogs that destroyed coffee trees
01:16:53and left the family vulnerable to attack.
01:16:57Now, they have a baiting and trapping system that will help eliminate them
01:17:02and provide fresh meat for a traditional emu oven.
01:17:06Oh, it's hot.
01:17:08That's a good sign.
01:17:10That's a good sign.
01:17:11Super happy that we have these resources,
01:17:14and now I can trap pigs and have food and feed the family
01:17:19and not having to worry about them tearing up our trees and all this stuff.
01:17:26This smells so good.
01:17:27Oh-ho-ho!
01:17:28Dude, it's already falling apart.
01:17:30Mmm.
01:17:32Is it good?
01:17:33Oh, my God.
01:17:34Oh, my God.
01:17:36I can't stand here with my beard and these traps
01:17:40and not kind of feel like I'm the big bad wolf,
01:17:43but I've been huffing.
01:17:45I've been puffing,
01:17:47and I can't wait to share this meat with everyone.
01:17:51Yeah, that's the good stuff.
01:17:58About a week ago, I met a desperate coffee farmer.
01:18:12Yes.
01:18:13You were a little short on space and room,
01:18:17but more importantly, a place for sanitation.
01:18:19Yeah.
01:18:20So I have something for you.
01:18:21I'm going to follow you.
01:18:22We're going to walk through this building.
01:18:23Cool?
01:18:30Yes.
01:18:31This building's bigger than the normal bathhouse.
01:18:34What homesteader can't use more space?
01:18:38But I don't see a bathhouse in this part of the room.
01:18:42Nope.
01:18:44Okay.
01:18:44I love it.
01:18:52Okay.
01:18:53I love it.
01:18:54You can take a shower or a bath.
01:18:56You can use a flushing toilet.
01:18:59And let's lift that lid
01:19:00and see if there's any water on the homestead.
01:19:05Oh, my God.
01:19:06It's absolutely crazy that I haven't heard that sound
01:19:13in a place that I've lived in over a year.
01:19:16It's weird to say a flushing toilet is music to your ears,
01:19:21but it literally is.
01:19:23So much of my time goes into having to go into town
01:19:27to take my kids' places to shower.
01:19:29It's hours out of my week to go do laundry.
01:19:32We haven't even had clean dishes in maybe three months,
01:19:35which means I'm not making dinner at home.
01:19:37It gives me so much more time back into my life
01:19:40that's going to make us cleaner and healthier.
01:19:45If you walked with me over here, please,
01:19:47you will see a solar panel.
01:19:50Oh, my God.
01:19:51And if you look down there,
01:19:52there's a propane bottle.
01:19:54Yeah.
01:19:54And a battery.
01:19:55Yep.
01:19:56You don't have to do anything.
01:19:57And most likely,
01:19:59you'll never run out of electricity for the pump.
01:20:02Cool?
01:20:04This is a piece of art.
01:20:06Let's see if you have any hot water.
01:20:08Right here.
01:20:09You got it?
01:20:09Yep.
01:20:11You're wasting it.
01:20:12I know.
01:20:14I know what you want.
01:20:15I'm imagining a shower.
01:20:17One week ago,
01:20:19Erica and her family lacked a sufficient water source,
01:20:23forcing them to haul in water,
01:20:25and their only bathroom was an outdoor composting toilet
01:20:29that was driving her adolescent kids away.
01:20:32Now,
01:20:33they have a bathhouse with running water
01:20:36and additional living space,
01:20:38along with a new rain catchment system,
01:20:41funneling clean water into two 950-gallon storage tanks.
01:20:47Follow me.
01:20:47Let's have some fun.
01:20:48Let's go.
01:20:55Welcome to the luau.
01:21:00My homestead has come years ahead.
01:21:04My kids are going to have so much more space
01:21:06and be so much more happier with each other.
01:21:08You guys, you did so good.
01:21:10Mmm.
01:21:12Mmm.
01:21:13How's it taste?
01:21:14So good.
01:21:15I'm extremely grateful for the Rainies.
01:21:17I couldn't have even imagined doing everything they did
01:21:19by myself or with my family on our own.
01:21:22Me and Hazel brought coffee that we roasted ourselves.
01:21:26No way.
01:21:26Here we go.
01:21:27Oh, wow.
01:21:29I'm just super thankful.
01:21:30They, like, saved this land and this family.
01:21:35It's amazing.
01:21:36I just want to thank Marty and Misty and Matt,
01:21:40like, truly from the bottom of my heart.
01:21:44They are, like, just gems on this planet.
01:21:48Day one, you probably couldn't make a cup of depresso
01:21:53on this farm.
01:21:56Now, we got this farm percolating.
01:21:59I can truly say for the first time in my life,
01:22:02I've been there and done that.
01:22:06Aloha mai, Aloha, ay, ay, ay.
01:22:14Holy moly, that was beautiful.
01:22:25Since the Rainies have left,
01:22:26it's been going pretty good around here.
01:22:28I've been enjoying my new space quite a bit.
01:22:31I think that's really improved my life on the homestead.
01:22:33And I've continued to help my mom on the coffee farm
01:22:37with pulling weeds and cutting vines off the trees.
01:22:40And starting August,
01:22:41that's when the real coffee picking is going to come in.
01:22:45Our water catchment system is working.
01:22:48We're loving the bathhouse.
01:22:50And having water for showers has been nice.
01:22:54Our bamboo situation is looking a lot better.
01:22:57The goal now is to keep it back
01:22:59until we get a barrier in.
01:23:01And so far, I've been able to do that.
01:23:03One of our pig traps did catch a pig,
01:23:05but the pig broke out and broke the trap.
01:23:09So soon, we're going to repair the traps
01:23:12and hopefully get back on the pig hunting.
01:23:14Long term, I plan on going to college
01:23:16and coming back and helping out on the farm after.
01:23:20The homestead has a bright future here.
01:23:23I think there's going to be more generations
01:23:25that come on this land.
01:23:27I think there's going to be more generations
01:23:29that come on this land.
01:23:29I think there's going to be more generations
01:23:30that come on this land.
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