Neighbors cooperate for summer’s hardest tasks. Here, Atz, Jewel, and Bonnie help their neighbors with tagging a horse before their first drive.

Atz Lee and Jane answer your questions and tell stories about the homestead.

Jane spends the day fishing trying to get as many salmon as possible for winter.

The Kilcher family celebrate the arrival of Eivin and Eve's baby.

The island is so thick with trees there is little visibility and the Kilcher cousins must try to walk as quietly as possible so they can sneak up on their prey.

Otto and Eivin carefully track ducks to make sure they have the best chance for catching one.

Atz, Atz Lee and Bruce work on target practice before the moose hunt, as a clean shot is critical.

In Alaska, you learn to live by the seasons.

Atz Lee climbs up on to the slippery roof to finish the task of cleaning the chimney.

As the cattle drive sets out Otto and Charlotte help a newborn calf reunite with its mother who has run ahead with the herd.

The Kilchers gather and map out a strategy for how to run the upcoming cattle drive.

Eivin explains why you'll find deer in some of the most remote places in Alaska; thanks to turn of the century legislation to make sure settlers could find food.

Charlotte takes Xena and follows the cattle drive to teach the new puppy vital skills as a future working dog.

Otto goes in search of the delicious, but fast, razor clams.

Charlotte shares an ingenious and cheap way to trap dangerous wasps.

Atz Lee's house is invaded by a hungry squirrel - not a smart move on the squirrel's part

Atz Sr. arrives at the cabin where he watches over the herd each summer when his horses start acting restless...do they sense a bear nearby?

Otto , Charlotte and Jane share tips on how the family manages and cares for their cattle on the homestead. It's a lot toughter than you might think!

Smoke suddenly starts pouring out of Otto and Charlotte's chimey into the house. When they realize other sections of the pipe are also smodlering , it's a rush to stop the flames before they can threaten the whole house!

In Alaska, we don’t settle. We get the best view in the house.

Otto serenades us with his song about milking cows.

If the Kilcher's expect their legacy to survive, it's going to require even more Kilcher ingenuity and grit.

After dispensing words of wisdom, Turkey Joe leaves Otto's place with gifts.

Otto, Charlotte, and a couple animal pals are chopping wood by the Woodshed from one of their Live Cam Events.

Eivin and Eve work to open up ground for their new water line and hit a road block with the outhouse.

Otto sees his yard as a hardware store. Whatever you need, he has it.

Otto sets out to install a radio at the remote cabin at the head of the bay. The cross-river journey is incredibly dangerous. Being able to call for help could be the diffrence between life and death.

Atz Lee does some chores outside during the summer and is notoriously a "hot mess" in the heat.

Jane's comes along with Atz Lee on a hunting trip determined to bag her own Black Bear, but hunting involves a lot more patience than she thought!

Eivin learned to find the perfect branch for any project from his grandfather, Yule. Check out his step by step on how to make and install a tree branch door handle.

Jane talks about moving from Homer, Alaska to the Homestead.

Otto and Eivin start to mark the lines for a massive new 40 acre pasture for the growing herd of cattle and horses.