Appalachian homesteaders Shawn and Beth Dougherty navigate winter's challenges on their low-input farm. They share strategies for thriving in the cold, such as managing a spring-fed water system to prevent freezing and ensure livestock well-being.
Up Next in Season 1
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The Harvest
Shawn and Beth's family showcase the breadth of their homesteading skill as they slaughter and butcher a cow. Get a lesson in farm anatomy and preservation as their son's demonstrate how to properly process and store cattle beef. Later, we take a closer look at how chicken tractors are used in th...
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Rebuilding Dreams
Shawn & Beth take us to their very own homestead to show us how the experts really live off the grid. They'll walk us through milking as well as some other farm tasks, and shed some light on how they were able to bounce back in a sustainable way after recently losing their home to a fire.
The In...
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Homecoming
Homestead experts Shawn & Beth travel to a 74-acre farm from the early 1900s that hasn't seen a day of work in 27 years, now belonging to the son of a decorated B-17 gunner from WWII. Will this homesteading family be able to salvage their nearly 120 year-old farmhouse, or will they have to tear i...
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