APRIL: This has been a dream in the making for a long time.
DANIEL: We're in the middle of nowhere.
Hey, tell me why we decided
to put a silo at the top of the hill.
This could get a little dicey getting any help
if anything goes wrong.
It's going to be a huge challenge.
Here we go.
APRIL: Whoo! Oh, watch out!
[ Screams ] Daniel!
Don't get your head cut off.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
We don't have a plan "B."
Oh, wait. Hold up, hold up, hold up.
APRIL: Oh, oh, oh, oh!
APRIL: All our dreams are crushed in an instant.
DANIEL: Oh, my God.
If this tree hits the silo,
it's going to be really hard not to give up on this project.
You got to move!
Run! And run.
Run! Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
NARRATOR: Are you ready to go off the grid?
♪♪
Let's figure out the best spot.
What are you thinking, babe?
I don't know.
We've had quite a few builds at this point
that have been a challenge,
and we've made it through somehow.
Got to have somewhere with lots of sun,
so we're going to have to cut trees regardless.
Yeah. We got a little open area right here.
We've been married three... No.
We've been married three years, four years this year.
Yeah, which is like next month.
But we aren't there yet.
Can't count your chickens before they hatch. Unbelievable.
Um... [ Laughs ]
I'm April. I'm Daniel.
And we are building our awesome off-grid structure
in the epic Blue Ridge Mountains.
So, how much space do we need?
This much.
Oh. That makes sense.
What you think, Say-say?
This is where we're going to park it.
So, for every year of marriage,
we've basically had another build.
We've done our tiny house first,
which was really fun.
And then we did a tree-house build.
We've also built what we like to call a coop,
which is another guest home that we have by our tiny house.
While we still own these properties,
we're looking to expand.
We keep getting bigger and bigger,
and these builds keep on getting more unique, so we're definitely
up for the challenge.
APRIL: The build is located in Ringgold, Georgia,
which is about 30 minutes outside of Chattanooga,
in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Do you think you can even get the silo back here?
It's going to be tough for sure.
Somehow, we'll make it happen.
DANIEL: It's pretty remote,
and so getting any supplies, any help if anything goes wrong...
It's going to be a huge challenge.
That makes me a little nervous.
Ready?
Yeah.
Good job, buddy.
So, when we first built our tiny house,
we built it for Daniel and I, and then we got Dude.
And we love our dog.
And then...
[ Fussing ] Go for your nap?
...couple of years later came
our beautiful baby girl, Selah.
And so, slowly but surely, the tiny house...
We are outgrowing it.
And we are kind of to its max capacity right now.
I mean, it's a lot from the day-to-day,
so we need a place.
Bless her heart.
♪♪
APRIL: One of the ways we came up with this idea is,
we were just brainstorming.
I've always wanted a silo. He's always wanted a greenhouse.
Somehow, we paired the two together,
and they morphed into this pretty
what we think is...
Greenhouse/silo monster. Conglomerate.
APRIL: And, so, when you walk up to our build,
you're going to see a huge greenhouse with a silo
just in the back.
You're going to walk into these two huge metal doors
with wood finishings.
You're gonna see all the reclaimed windows on one wall.
You're going to have the digester room
just inside to your left.
You're going to have the bathroom right beside it
with this cool, huge shower.
You're going to have the kitchen.
And then the silo's going to be tucked away
in the back-hand corner
In the silo, there's a big living area
on the downstairs floor,
and then there are stairs going up into the bedroom loft
with a cool porthole for you to see as a skylight.
Some of the off-grid features that we're going to incorporate
into this build is an anaerobic digester
that uses some of the waste to create methane gas.
We use that to heat, to cook, and you can even use it
to run a propane generator.
Also, a well that pumps water to our structure,
and, on top of that, we also have a hydroelectric pond
that we're going to be excavating out
and then incorporating a generator
to bring up some power as an alternate power source.
We've never built anything like this before,
and so this is just
really stretching our creativity to the limits.
And with that comes with some pretty epic challenges.
Right. Right now, it's really exciting,
and, later, it's going to be really challenging.
Yeah.
APRIL: The budget for it is around 45 grand,
and then the timeline is around three months.
So it's going to be a struggle with a newborn,
but we can do it. Oh, yeah.
We want to get it here before winter.
APRIL: Here we go.
♪♪
Breaking ground! I'm excited! First day. First day.
Yeah, this will be fun.
Let's do it.
At least he made it up the mountain.
Yeah.
Break that ground, boy!
What's up?
We don't know what we're going to get into
until we start digging.
So, that's kind of what we don't want to see.
He's getting into some rocky soil.
Obviously, you see that.
Hopefully this will be the roughest section of it.
We'll just have to play it by ear.
[ Grinding ]
APRIL: That didn't sound good.
DANIEL: That was a rock.
Rocks everywhere.
♪♪
APRIL: We're a few hours into breaking ground
and flattening and digging out the foundation.
We've definitely found some big rocks,
but nothing that this awesome machine can't handle.
We're so grateful for this.
Otherwise, we'd be doing these things by hand.
This has been kind of a dream in our heads for a while now,
so to see the groundbreaking
on something we've been dreaming up feels real good.
We'll get some good sleep tonight for sure.
♪♪
So, we've got the site excavated, leveled,
and it is ready to go.
But before we start building,
we've got one more important step to take care of.
We have got a ton of poison oak on-site.
We've already been in the thick of it.
We've gotten it on our ankles. Hot Mess Express.
So we're doing what any normal person would do
and we're taking a blowtorch to it because it's more fun.
DANIEL: And it ensures that it's not going to grow back.
APRIL: And he just wants to play with his blowtorch.
Partly.
We're going to try not to set the woods on fire.
April, just make sure you're ready with that.
Pull the pin.
I've never actually used one of these before.
This could get a little dicey.
A couple of things could go wrong.
We're in the middle of nowhere
and we're using some gasoline-and-diesel-fuel mixture
as a propellant.
We should be in great hands. Feel really confident.
Yeah.
Little toasty. Whew! Yes.
APRIL: Oh, my gosh. Oh, watch out!
DANIEL: Whoo!
♪♪
APRIL: We have got a ton of poison oak on-site.
We've already been in the thick of it.
We've gotten it on our ankles.
So we're doing what any normal person would do
and we're taking a blowtorch to it because it's more fun.
DANIEL: This could get a little dicey.
Little toasty. Whew! Yes.
APRIL: Oh, my gosh. Oh, watch out!
DANIEL: Whoo!
They got a little happy with the flamethrower,
and it definitely blew up at first.
I'm pretty sure I don't have any hair on my legs anymore.
There you go.
You're right. You don't have much hair.
APRIL: No more poison oak today.
DANIEL: It's working great, and hopefully
it'll be gone here in the next few minutes
and we'll be good to rock 'n' roll.
No more itching.
APRIL: Let's get to building.
DANIEL: Whoo!
[ Fire crackling ]
♪♪
Finding a silo was definitely pretty tough.
We found one in Kentucky. Yep.
And so we took a drive
and we picked that thing up in a trailer and brought it on home.
Brought it on home. Brought it on home, baby.
We had to drive a long way.
So, we have made it up the side of the mountain.
It's dumping time.
APRIL: So, driving the silo from Kentucky
was actually the easy part.
The hard part is getting all 70 pieces
to the build site by foot.
Brogan, do you have to do that?
I guess.
Don't let these men outdo you.
I can't.
DANIEL: We need all the manpower we can get,
so we have our friends Brogan and Casey
coming out to help us today.
Whoa! There it is.
DANIEL: Tell me why we decided to put a silo
on at the top of the hill.
When Daniel and April asked me
to carry an entire silo up the mountain,
I thought it was absolute insanity.
I thought there were so many different ways
that we could have moved it up the mountain.
DANIEL: There's a lot of up and down
and going through the woods by rocky terrain.
Just the material... It's awkward.
Heavy, sharp edges, so we got to be pretty careful.
How many pieces? 77.
APRIL: The terrain is insane trying to move
all this material.
I never want to do that again.
It's super-heavy, but I came up with a solution.
And if you take these heavy pieces,
you could just sled right on down.
Ooh!
Whoo!
DANIEL: [ Laughs ]
That was anti-climatic.
Eh, sort of. Sort of.
DANIEL: When we brought that last piece in...
Nice. Got it all.
...I think everyone was just glad it was over.
Hallelujah!
APRIL: Now what?
Because I'm not taking it back.
Let's build us a silo.
So, the best way to build the silo
we think, is going to be creating a pulley system.
And so we're going to be connecting that
to a couple different trees
and hoisting up a tire to build everything around.
DANIEL: So, the plan for the pulley system is to use
three neighboring trees to create the silo's structure
by connecting cables to each of the trees
and hoisting the top of the roof up
and building each consecutive layer underneath.
Oh, this is gonna be tricky.
The first step is going to be climbing this tree.
We got to bring the cables up there, got to be able to fix
everything up there with the pulleys.
It's going to be around 26 feet tall.
Whoo! Go the other way.
♪♪
Daniel can scurry up a tree like nobody's business,
but there is a difference now.
He is a dad. Yes.
Got to take a little more precaution here, bud.
So I limit my tree-to-tree jumping.
Where we at?
That's 26 feet.
Alright.
♪♪
Hey, guys?
[ Thunder rumbles ]
It sounds like a storm's coming.
We probably got to move quick.
Alright, go.
You guys feeling that?
Oh, yeah.
Starting to pour.
By this point, we're trying to get things done quickly
so I can get down before it gets too slippery.
Whoo! [ Laughs ]
Like it needs you.
Alright, one tree down, two to go.
♪♪
[ Drill whirs ]
DANIEL: How's it coming, Casey?
Almost.
We'll hook that up.
Cool.
That'll work.
Okay, beautiful.
Alright, you man the pulley. Okay.
I'll get on the winch.
So, once the winch is installed, we're going to bring over April,
and she's going to give it a little test.
You ready?
I am ready. This is my moment.
Alright, let's try it.
So, this is our plan "A," and we don't have a plan "B,"
so hopefully it works.
We need this to work.
Yeah, we're engaged.
[ Whirring ]
APRIL: Nothing's happening.
♪♪
You ready?
I am ready. This is my moment.
Alright, let's try it.
So, this is our plan that we kind of came up with.
It's our plan "A," and we don't have a plan "B."
So, the pulley system can hoist about 10,000 pounds,
so pulling April should not be a problem.
[ Whirring ]
Nothing's happening.
Oh, oh. It's moving.
Wee!
I can see a lot up here.
DANIEL: Wow.
So we know it works.
That's awesome.
♪♪
DANIEL: So, now that the pulley system works,
it's time to construct the silo.
So, this one's the inside. This is the outside.
This is the inside.
This is the outside.
APRIL: So, we went to Kentucky to get the silo
and came back with all these parts,
and nothing's in order.
And, so, it's reclaimed.
It's all bent, and lining the holes up
is probably going to be a challenge.
So we'll see how this goes.
I think that'll work.
1, 2. That should be fine.
Two more?
So, we were going to buy a new one,
but it was like 9 grand,
so we wound up going reclaim, something we found,
and now it's $1,800.
So we saved a lot of money,
but there's also more work involved with that.
Is there another piece that goes here?
Yeah. Yep.
Our first step is going to be creating the first ring,
and that's actually gonna be the highest ring.
Alright.
Let's go ahead and throw a couple in these.
♪♪
APRIL: Go for it.
♪ The way you drill makes me feel so out of control ♪
♪ The way you tighten up my bolts, baby, you already know ♪
♪ You're going to tighten them up for sho' ♪
This is why I can't work with my wife.
Now all we got to do is lower the tire
so we can start stacking on the roof,
and then we'll hoist her on up.
Can't wait to raise this thing.
Raise it or hoist it? Raise it.
I don't like anything with "O-I."
Yeah, like "oink." Okay.
Hoist. Or...
Moist.
Joist.
It's just gross.
It just feels weird
and feels like a nasty sound in my head.
Doist. I don't even know if that's a word.
Zoist? You can stop now.
Alright.
I'm gonna hope that after I get
some of these excess pieces off,
we can set it over the tire, and then this piece right here
can be the section that we bolt all of our top pie pieces into.
There we go.
♪♪
This makes me so happy.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
DANIEL: That's pretty.
Alright, let's leave it there.
APRIL: Let's put one in. DANIEL: Alright.
1, 2, 3, lift.
♪♪
If it can get on that lip right there...
This lip right here? Yeah, yeah. There you go.
DANIEL: Whoo! Aah!
[ Screams ] Daniel!
Don't get your head cut off.
We need to actually bolt it in.
Which bolts do you need?
Long ones.
There's a bag of nuts in here, and I just need the tools.
Boom.
Is there not anything down...
Yeah, but I'm just thinking we don't have
any long-enough bolts.
[ Thunder rumbles ]
[ Drill whirs ]
The rain is coming.
We better hurry up and get this top on
or she'll be topless in the rain.
That's never good.
Yeah, we need long, long bolts.
It's not even coming out of here.
BROGAN: Oh, no, it doesn't even clear the bottom, does it?
So stinking...
Just when you think things can't get worse,
we don't have long-enough bolts,
and then it starts pouring.
So this really puts a kink in our day.
This build is at a standstill now with the rain
and with the bolts.
We're hiding in cover from the weather,
and I have this genius moment.
And I ran out there and I thought, "I know this works."
You've been trying to make this thing go over this.
Oh! And it goes under.
Yep, that makes sense.
And what size bolts do you need?
You just need the bolts that we had.
Who's a genius?
Who was it? Say my name.
♪♪
Basically, here's the bonnet of the top.
It's called a bonnet.
Ooh. Yes.
And we had the pizza slices like this,
and, really, the bonnet's supposed to go
on the pizza slices.
Once April figured out that the bonnet went on top,
we're cruising and hopefully we can get her hoisted in no time.
I put us back on track. It's what I do.
Why don't you guys just get under there and lift it
and then guide it this way.
Alright, going up? APRIL: Yep.
Go.
DANIEL: We've got pretty much all the roof pieces intact,
and now it's go time.
We're going to lift it in place.
APRIL: I'm really nervous about it.
We don't know if this winch system will hold.
We don't know if this thing is going to fly or crumble.
APRIL: We're still catching right here.
Oh, wait. Hold up, hold up, hold up.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
APRIL: Oh, oh, oh, oh!
APRIL: Brogan, it might be better for you
to push on this end inside.
Okay.
Alright.
APRIL: I'm really nervous about it.
We don't know if this winch system will hold.
We don't know if this thing is going to fly or crumble.
APRIL: We're still catching right here.
Oh, wait. Hold up, hold up, hold up.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
APRIL: Watch out for Brogan.
Brogan, you okay?
You okay, Brog?
Yeah. APRIL: Poor Brogan.
I don't know how he got caught in there,
but we I did ask him if he wanted lunch
or maybe a sip of something.
We're trying to take care of him.
You know what may be a better idea, too? Is...
APRIL: Put the last piece on.
Yeah, put the last piece on.
This is just one of those failures on the way to success.
That's pretty much it, I think.
Oh, yeah!
Whoo!
Alright, one on each side, and let's pull this thing.
APRIL: Looking better, looking better!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
It's our big moment. We're lifting up this silo.
I can hear the angels sing.
And then, all of a sudden, it just goes...
like metal origami.
♪♪
Just like...
And all our dreams are crushed in an instant.
♪♪
It's okay, babe.
Oh, my God.
♪♪
APRIL: I definitely wanted to shed a tear or two.
I know... you wanted it done.
I wanted it done, too.
We'll come back at it and we'll fix it.
[ Sighs ]
APRIL: So, the silo didn't work yesterday.
We had to take it apart and start all over.
But, today, we are rocking 'n' rolling
with the help of our silo expert, Casey Jones.
This bolt needs to go to this hole.
How about this?
Basically, if we bolt all these single pieces together,
it's going to hold.
It's gonna hold where we can take the top off and put it...
And put it wherever we need to.
Good.
We worked all night and then all this morning,
and we think we're on a better roll now, so we'll see.
APRIL: It's got to come over a little more.
DANIEL: There we go.
CASEY: Push it up, Brogan.
Yeah!
Now your holes will align.
Alright. I'm about to drive it. You ready?
Yep.
She's got a top!
Now she just needs a body.
Let's raise this baby up.
It's going.
Don't try and... Don't. Just let it...
- Alright, stop. - Stop.
What I think we should do is put a panel on right here.
- Yeah, let's go and do that. - Take some weight off.
- Boom. - I'll grab one.
Go.
We got to beat the weather.
Just as we get the silo lifted, the storm comes through.
Go for it.
Okay.
Keep going, keep going.
-It's so far out... -Keep going.
- Hey, listen. Listen. - I got it.
So even though it's not safe working in the rain,
we got to push through.
Hit it.
♪♪
Hey, we're doing last piece.
Yay!
Alright.
Watch his fingers.
♪♪
- That work? - Yep.
MAN: Alright.
Alright, good deal.
Alright, kids, that's a wrap for today.
♪♪
DANIEL: After we got the top on and the first two rings done,
we came back the next day and it was steady as she goes.
We just put on the last three rings.
She looks real good.
Now that we're done with the pulley system,
we don't need those trees anymore
that we were using to lift the silo.
We need to get them out of the way
so that we can make as much natural sunlight
coming in for the greenhouse that we're going to be building.
So that means taking down some big trees.
Three of them are really kind of in the way of the silo.
We'll see if we can do this
without crumbling anything unnecessarily.
Let's just make sure this entire area is clear
if it falls back.
Today has a real possibility to be a big Debbie Downer.
I think this one's going to be our hardest one.
Obviously, you can see the silo. It's in the background.
I mean, is there a way to get by not doing that one?
We've got Casey, Brogan, Corbin, and Andrew
down on the winch system.
CASEY: So, we're going to put this rope under tension
while he's up there cutting,
and that will help pull the tree
in the direction we want it to fall,
'cause we really don't want it to hit the silo.
You got tension on it?
Bring it back.
Make sure you're out of the way!
It's cracking.
APRIL: if this tree hits the silo,
it's gonna be really hard not to give up on this project.
♪♪
- Now, pull! Pull! Pull! - Tight!
CASEY: You got to move!
[ All shouting indistinctly ]
DANIEL: Alright. Make sure you're out of the way!
It's cracking.
APRIL: if this tree hits the silo,
it's gonna be really hard not to give up on this project.
♪♪
- Now, pull! Pull! Pull! - Tight!
CASEY: You got to move!
[ All shouting indistinctly ]
- Ooh! - Whew!
That was close!
Oh, it came super close. A branch actually did hit it.
It didn't damage it, thank goodness,
but it came super, super close to that silo.
Real close.
Good job, team. Effort.
Way to go, guys.
Super relieved now.
We actually have some sunlight where this greenhouse...
So things are looking much brighter.
♪♪
APRIL: We are so excited. We're getting a pond right now.
It's been kind of a dream in the works.
So we're excited to see it in action now.
DANIEL: That dirt looks pretty good.
- It's pretty promising. - Yeah.
APRIL: We have a couple of natural springs on our property.
The most feasible one that we could get to
is actually down the mountain from the greenhouse
and silo. It's not ideal,
but it is going to make for a great pond.
So we're lucky to have it.
We are going to use the pond for several reasons. One is
is going to provide a backup power source
for our build with the hydroelectric power,
and then, two, when this whole thing is over with,
we're going to put a big rope swing in there...
Cannonball. and cannonball.
Celebration.
♪♪
So, we're about a week behind because of the silo,
so the framing's got to happen quickly.
First of all, I'm excited.
This is one of my favorite parts of the project.
I'm so excited just to see the structure
start to take form and come together.
April, you want to hold this one up?
Why are y'all trying to give me sissy jobs?
Think we should help her?
Don't help me. Don't.
Don't help me.
Let's let her...
How long should we wait before we tell her it's wrong?
-What... What's... -Got to get spun around.
- Yeah. - Well, y'all can spin it around.
Just transferring it for you.
That was impressive. That was mighty impressive.
♪♪
The first wall is up on the greenhouse.
Feels really good. You can kind of start
to feel it take shape now.
Got a lot more walls to go.
The first two walls went up pretty quickly.
I think was a success. Now we just got to keep on moving.
Hey, Dude, the doodle. You're the hardest-working one here.
Yes, you are.
♪♪
We love the tiny house life,
but we are quickly outgrowing it.
So, it's getting a little tight in here.
Daniel hasn't even made it home yet,
and just for me and Baby Se to be in here,
it is getting crazy.
So we are on the countdown
and needs to happen soon.
APRIL: So, it's been a little bit since we dug the pond,
and we're kind of preparing it for our hydroelectric generator.
It's taking a minute to fill up,
but I saw online this really cool dye,
because it was it seemed like a big mud pit.
So I hand the dye to Daniel. He didn't read the directions.
He poured the entire jug in there.
And now looks like we have Bahamas
at the foot of our mountain.
It is very blue. It's bluer than blue.
We got the generator in place. When I turn on the water,
hopefully we can get some power. Let's do it.
Now we're installing the hydroelectric generator,
and what we're going to be doing with that is setting it in place
so that the Pelton wheel is actually going to be
directly across from the water outflow.
That's going to come across the Pelton wheel,
turn the generator, and hopefully generate electricity.
I'm excited to see it work.
♪♪
Power!
Isn't that cool?
That's the bluest water I've ever seen.
The water's flowing. The wheel's spinning.
We got backup power. I love it when things work.
Babe, babe, babe, babe,
babe, babe, babe! Yay!
You ready to go?
I mean, I'm way ahead of you guys.
DANIEL: Next, it's time to get all the reclaimed windows
to install for the window wall.
Don't break them!
So, today, we have Jamie Johnson and Casey Jones.
They're helping us.
Whew!
APRIL: Good job, boys!
Good job. Those windows have never looked better
coming up the side of a mountain.
♪♪
These windows are more like doing a jigsaw puzzle.
Each window has different dimensions.
And so we're hoping that it goes smoothly.
I like it when you help me.
It's really romantic and stuff.
Boom.
So the first one is in. It looks great.
You never know. I mean, you can try to visualize,
but once you see it, it's like yes! So I'm excited.
♪♪
APRIL: So, the boys are going to work on getting all the windows
installed while I've play with fire for a little bit.
I've learned this fancy new trick
I've been dying to try out. Just don't ask me to pronounce it.
Sh-Shou sugi. Sugi.
What is it? I don't know.
It is a heck of a lot easier than staining,
and it protects the wood actually from bugs
and actually makes it a little more fireproof, too,
which is odd, but it does.
"Shosh-Sh-Shou shubi bam." No.
I love the look of it. It brings out all the grain
and makes it really, really pretty, so...
The art of burning wood discovered by the Japanese.
Shou sugi. "Sho shumi bom."
It's not a bomb. It's a "bon." Okay.
But I don't know the middle part.
Shou sugi ban!
Shou sugi ban. That's it. Shou sugi ban.
♪♪
So, if I know one thing about guys in particular,
it's that they love competition. Things were not moving
as quickly as I thought that they were going to,
and so maybe a manipulation tactic,
but I decided we should have a competition.
I'm ready to see this window wall go up.
The teams are A-Team right here...
Yes, of course. Us. ...which is... me.
And then Jamie and Casey, the losers.
So, may the best team win. Yes.
- Ready, set, let's go. - Set, go!
Hurry, baby.
♪♪
APRIL: I decided we should have a competition.
I'm ready to see this window wall go up.
May the best team win. Yes.
- Ready, set, let's go. - Set, go!
Hold that in place. Let's get it in.
No, hold on.
Baby, hurry. They've already got one in.
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[ Men speaking indistinctly ]
- How you want to do it? - Hand me that hammer.
Wait a minute. Is that... Are you holding my window?
This window wouldn't fit over there.
This is a totally different sized window.
They're definitely cheating.
First of all, they made all the measurements for these
while Daniel and I were working on other projects,
and then they laid the wrong measurements in front of us.
You hid it. You hid it behind the...
I found it!
- Nothing. - Dad gum it!
That's cheating.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!
- Got it! Got it! - Come on, baby! Come on.
- Let's do it. Let's do it. - Drill drop!
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Feeling a little like a loser,
but we're just going to adjust it on and win
by putting this wall together.
It looks really good, actually. Looks really good.
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So, it's about time to start making this thing at home.
Here we go. Squat.
We're going to start bringing down the digester.
- Okay. - Stand up.
[ Grunts ]
DANIEL: First step, we got bring the tanks down
and set them in place.
DANIEL: You got it?
[ Laughing ] I kissed it.
I can't even see you.
[ Laughing ] I can't see anything.
And what we're using it for is to harness all of the waste,
and it's going to create a methane gas
that we can heat, cook, and power with.
So, that gas gets created in the stomach.
Then you have all the fertilizer that comes out of the bladder.
The stomach creates the methane gas
and goes through...
[British accent] this filtration system right here.
[ Normal voice ] So, right here, you have bleach in here,
and that gets rid of the sodium hydroxide.
Then you have a condenser right here.
And then you have a steel wool filter.
So that gets rid of a lot of the contaminants,
and that last one is going to be silica gel beads
that take out all the moisture.
Kind of a big balloon,
and that's where the gas gets stored.
Good job.
We're off the grid. Yeah.
Yeah.
APRIL: So now it's time for the fun, little details,
and we're going to start with this fan,
and it is a large one.
You ready for that blade, girl? Ow. Yeah.
Whee! Last piece. Alright, girl.
Last piece.
It's gonna vent the greenhouse, get some circulation
going in there for our lovely plants.
Now that we have our fan installed,
it's time to test it using the electricity from our generator.
You ready? Oh, there you go.
Lights up.
That's awesome.
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We've got a ton of plants, and they all need a home,
and I can't wait to see them inside the greenhouse.
The hard part is lugging them up
and back down the mountain, and so here we go.
We got a lot of work ahead of us.
We got the cow plant, cold-hardy tea plant.
At, this is an orange tree.
Banana trees. I'm coming.
Fiddle-leaf fig, lemon bush.
I'm in the lead!
Lemon trees, clementine,
apple trees, pear trees, cherry trees,
benjamin ficus, blackberries, beautyberries, all the berries.
I'm most looking forward to my cacao plant.
It's chocolate.
I'm most probably looking forward to the peaches.
We don't have peaches. It's like the one thing we don't have.
Cherries, the peach cherries.
Cherry peaches. I'm looking forward to them all.
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Now it's time to start moving into the bathroom.
We've got to bring in the sink, shower head, toilet,
all the things. We're going to get half of that done today.
We have one week left.
So it means a lot of hours, a lot of late nights
so we can push through, move out of our tiny house,
and move on in.
The finish line is in sight. We're so looking forward
to just moving in and making the silo our new home.
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APRIL: We are so excited. Our build is done.
We get to move out of the tiny house.
We're moving into this greenhouse,
something that will fit like, what, four of our tiny houses,
maybe more. At least six.
This has been a dream in the making for a long time.
I always wanted the silo. Daniel wanted the greenhouse,
and just to blend them and marry them together
and now to see the finished product,
it's beautiful. It's unique. It's perfect.
So, the budget was $45,000. We hit just over at $46,000.
But the timeline worked out. Took us three months
to finish it out, and now we are so excited to be moving in.
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[ Chuckles ] Easy.
Today, we're showing it off to Matt and Aleah
They are some of our closest friends.
We love them, and we cannot wait
to show this greenhouse silo off to them.
- Hello! - What up, guys?
Oh, my gosh!
Oh, you guys, this is outstanding.
MATT: You guys have, like, a whole greenhouse thing going.
I love these windows. Is it reclaimed?
DANIEL: Yes, all the windows are reclaimed.
Bunnies! Oh, my God. Bunnies!
That's where the bunnies are.
Oh! What are their names?
APRIL: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Pancakes.
[ Gasps ] I am awestruck.
I cannot believe you guys built this.
Aww.
It was not just us.
We had a lot of... lot of help,
Okay, well, show us, show us, show us, show us!
Alright, alright.
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh, my gosh.
You guys, this is like a fairy kingdom.
A fairy kingdom. [ Laughter ]
You built the silo into it.
I thought this was the actual house.
- This is the greenhouse. - This is just the front porch.
Yeah, this is the living room, greenhouse area.
Ugh! Oh, my gosh. You guys.
I love every bit of this.
Oh, my gosh. That view through the windows.
That's beautiful. Those windows are gorgeous.
This is fantastic.
Oh, my God. What is that?
DANIEL: That is the anaerobic digester.
That's where we take the bunny poo, and we make power.
I'm sorry, what?
You have the bunnies to poop,
- and then power comes out? - Yes.
- It's powerful poop. - It's powerful poop.
Yes. What are you feeding the bunnies?
You don't want to know.
A lot of these plants are edible.
Oh, my gosh. The potential for the kitchen.
So many fun things to make.
- Can we go in here? - Yeah.
APRIL" We got to show you the bathroom.
You want to check out the bathroom?
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Oh, my gosh. You guys, this is so neat.
Whoa, that's bigger than I thought.
APRIL: It's a big shower head.
Where does the water come from?
We have a well on the property,
so that helps a lot.
That's great.
This is super nice.
Where'd you get the door from?
So, the door is actually the door that came with the silo.
- Oh, is it really? - Yeah,
so we just turned it into a barn door.
- That's so cool! - Yeah.
Okay. Let me show you guys the kitchen.
- Okay! Oh! - We're in the kitchen!
- [ Laughs ] - Nice!
- Love it! - And it's really simple,
but we have an actual cook station outside.
So this is just a preparing station.
And then we have our awesome fridge and freezer
and then, our basic coffee bar.
Alright, I'm gonna show you guys the living room.
Oh, wow, you guys. This is beautiful.
MATT: Oh, it smells so good in this room.
It does smell so good in this room!
- Fresh wood. - Oh, my God.
Look at that gorgeous beam.
And those windows, you get to open them out
- into the greenhouse. - Yes.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I can go [Trills]
♪ I sing to the birds ♪
And then we can sit, hang. This is just our lounging area.
Yeah, this is beautiful.
You have enough power in here for an air conditioner?
Yeah. Yeah.
- That's surprising. - From the bunnies?
Powerful poop, we say. Let's go upstairs,
'cause I want to show you guys the comfy bed.
[ Gasps ]
- Oh, wow. - Oh, my gosh.
You guys, this is amazing.
MATT: I love the pattern that you guys have.
- Is this also reclaimed? - This is all reclaimed.
It came out of a super old barn was built in the late 1800s,
actually, so, yeah.
This bed.
I just want to swan-dive into the bed.
[ Laughter ]
Not only that, but the baby crib, too.
Oh, it's beautiful.
Se-Se's got her spot.
Nice, little swing. Guys ready to see the rest?
- Yes. - Alright, let's do it.
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- You guys want to see outside? - Yeah!
This is actually one of my favorite spaces.
Oh, this is great. Look at that view.
APRIL: This is our sunset view.
This is our cooking view.
[ Laughs ]
And down that trail,
we actually have a pond that we excavated out,
and we're using that
as an overflow to power a hydroelectric generator
as backup power supply for this place.
- Cool! - Pretty cool.
Well, don't mind me.
I'm just gonna take a moment...
Me, too. ...to enjoy this.
Me, too.
You guys, this is amazing.
The greenhouse silo is absolutely amazing.
I don't know what I expected,
but this was far beyond any expectation.
MATT: It's a mixture of two different worlds,
and it's their personalities
that's mixed in there with the magical lights.
It's just truly wonderful.
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Building off the grid was tough.
But at the end of it, we have a beautiful dream home.
We've been talking about this for a long time,
and it just feels really good now.
I think this is the first of many nights like this.
DANIEL: We've got our dream. Couldn't be more happy.
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