About this season
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father) the family have lived on their land for four generations. The show also features the homesteaders who live nearby and interact with the Kilchers.
Episodes (15)
1. 'Till The Cows Come Home
Aired 20 May 2013 • 44 min
The Kilchers rush to finish winter prep work and Otto drives his herd home.
2. Poopsicle
Aired 27 May 2013 • 45 min
Otto gets creative in beating the frozen soil when moving the outhouse.
3. Eve's Hunting Dilemma
Aired 3 June 2013 • 45 min
Eivin's deer quota is met and it's up to Eve to bring home enough meat.
4. Fall Flurry
Aired 10 June 2013 • 45 min
The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter hits.
5. Family Ties
Aired 15 June 2013 • 43 min
With extended scenes, added facts and fan tweets - Take a deeper look at Kilcher family history with archived footage including Yule, the family patriarch and original homesteader and his wife Ruth. Otto and Atz share parenting insights and Otto and Eivin search for gold.
6. Something's Fishy
Aired 6 November 2012 • 43 min
With summer half over, the Kilchers head out fishing, but it's not for fun... at least, not entirely. They need hundreds of pounds of fish to eat and barter with during winter. Each couple has their own time-proven technique for catching salmon, halibut and trout.
7. Legend of "Terrible Island"
Aired 13 November 2012 • 43 min
Atz Lee and Eivin travel 160 miles and brave the bears of "Terrible Island" to hunt deer. Otto refuses to admit defeat and will use all the blackpowder he has to remove a pesky stump blocking his progress. Eve helps Charlotte solve a swarming bee problem.
8. Fall Feast
Aired 20 November 2012 • 43 min
Fall arrives; the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter prep. Otto confronts a predator killing calves from inside his herd. Atz Lee and Jane catch and smoke salmon in their secret fish camp. Eivin uses a samurai sword to prepare Thanksgiving dinner.
9. Life According To Otto
Aired 27 November 2012 • 43 min
Cattleman Otto Kilcher sees life a little differently. Some people think he's crazy, but he'll tell you it's just his willingness to accept whatever life brings him. Otto's sense of humor is infectious and his ingenuity inspires family and neighbor alike.
10. Homestead Innovations
Aired 4 December 2012 • 43 min
For the Kilchers, necessity truly is the mother of invention and recycling takes on a whole new level -- from bone yard scavengers and make-do parts to tasty roadkill suppers. And it's not just the Kilcher men who have to be tough and resourceful.
11. Till the Cows Come Home
Aired 19 May 2013 • 43 min
Late fall. Half the herd returns early from the summer grazing grounds so the Kilchers drive the rest home across icy rivers. The family rushes to finish other winter prep work but still makes time for a beach-scavenged gourmet picnic.
12. Poopsicle
Aired 26 May 2013 • 43 min
Otto gets creative to beat the frozen soil when he realizes he must move the outhouse, now. Eivin takes Eve on her first deerhunt on Afognak Island, which is teeming with wild animals including awake bears. Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.
13. Eve's Hunting Dilemma
Aired 2 June 2013 • 43 min
Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. With Eivin's legal quota met, it's up to Eve to bring home more deer meat from their hunting trip, but she's conflicted about the kill. Atz and Atz Lee snare rabbits; Jane gets a lesson in rabbit skinning.
14. Fall Flurry
Aired 9 June 2013 • 43 min
The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter finally hits, prepping the hunter and cattleman cabins, winterizing the bee hive, sorting the root cellar, bottling the raspberry mead, and creating a new field with an excavator and barge.
15. Family Ties
Aired 15 June 2013 • 43 min
Take a deeper look at Kilcher family history with archived footage including Yule, the family patriarch and original homesteader. Otto and Atz share parenting insights and Otto and Eivin search for gold.