[narrator] It's a big day on Turtle Island.
- Eustace, you've got trees growing in your greenhouse.
[Eustace chuckles]
[narrator] Where Eustace finally has everything he needs
to complete a big project.
- Literally, it's been 17-some years
since I started the foundation of this greenhouse.
That gives you an idea of how hard it is to find a big pile.
And we're talking 350 square feet of glass
to cover this thing.
[narrator] But before the glass can be installed,
they'll have to reclaim and refurbish the site.
[Eustace] When I built it,
there were none of these trees around here.
They just all grew up over the years.
That's one thing about nature.
It doesn't wait for anybody.
But this is the perfect spot
that I chose for the greenhouse.
The winter sun just tracks right across there.
- Yeah. - [Eustace] Basically,
I've sort of dug back into the bank.
And the earth on the bank will heat
the back of the greenhouse.
And the sun will heat the front of the greenhouse.
[chainsaw revving]
- The tree's coming down.
[chainsaw revving]
- So, basically, we're going to build a wooden frame
at an angle all the way across here, coming up to a ridge
all the way down to the ground, supported
by these primary support places, and just deck it with glass.
[narrator] But the double-pane glass weighs 700 pounds,
and this foundation has seen better days.
[Eustace] Unfortunately, the masonry is kind of jacked up.
We just have to do a lot of repair, basically.
Right on top of the masonry, we had put
some bolted down framing.
And it's just a little bit too deteriorated to work with.
So, we're going to take all of the old wood off
and just come back with all new lumber.
We need to get all the old loose stucco off
and any dirt and leaves
and get it ready for the new stucco
to stick on there.
Bam. That's it.
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The places that were broken were some
of the most important places to not be broken, like corners.
Corners take more abuse.
And so, we were having to make sure we do a really good job.
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Well, Joseph, that corner is a little funky,
but I believe it's solid. - Yeah.
- Growing food really is
the foundation for freedom,
just like this masonry work is the foundation
for our greenhouse.
[whirring]
- It's an amazing machine right here, 100-plus years old.
You know, it really makes me happy to see
this thing working like it is, being as old as it is.
- I figure it's better to invest one time in buying a sawmill
and learning how to run it.
And, then, you don't have to keep buying,
and buying, and buying, and buying,
and buying boards forever.
You just buy one sawmill and make all of the boards
you want for the rest of your life.
[narrator] The giant steel saw blade
makes quick work of the job.
- That's what I'm talking about.
Now, that's a ridge beam right there.
- I think that's heavy duty enough.
- What do you think that board right there would cost?
- It'd be in the hundreds,
for certain. Yeah. - Hundreds.
And that's why, I think, freedom--
you know, being able to get your own stuff--
- [Travis] Make it yourself. - Make it yourself.
Have the knowledge, the skills. - Yup.
- The freedom to go out and get it, that's real freedom.
That's empowerment.
That's a freedom board right there, boys.
[chuckles]
- All right, let's go use it! - Yeah.
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[truck door closes]
- That's good right there, Travis.
[narrator] With timber freshly milled,
and the glass he's been waiting for...
- Let's just grab our tool belts and start framing.
- [Joseph] Let's get to it. - Let's build this thing.
[narrator] Eustace is ready to turn
a long-delayed dream into a reality.
Once the framing is up, all that remains
is the moment they've been waiting for.
[Eustace] Let's just see if we can put
that first big, heavy piece here.
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The way I designed it is for it to overhang this way
for several inches and break on the center there.
Yeah, that's perfect.
I love it!
Glass on the greenhouse,
a long time waiting for this.
[Joseph] Coming to fruition.
- Let's get another piece. - Sounds good.
[thunder rumbling]
[narrator] Weather conditions in the Blue Ridge Mountains
are known to turn on a dime.
[rumbling continues]
And what started as a sunny morning
is now a rain drenched afternoon.
- Which side do you want to go to?
- The far side. - All right.
[narrator] Glass is slippery when wet.
[Joseph] I've got it, you go ahead.
[narrator] But Eustace has waited too long
to finish this job to give up now.
- All right, half an inch. All right, we're there.
[narrator] The Roberts brothers are forging ahead carefully.
[Travis] Is it going to stay there?
- Yeah, I'm not holding nothing. Just don't move it.
- All right, sweet. - [Joseph] I like that.
That looks good.
- One more to go.
- The Roberts brothers are making this happen.
We're just doing one frame, piece after another,
and getting everything put together.
Before you know it, we'll have trays
of plants started in here.
I believe it's time for that big guy.
That sound all right too, y'all?
- Yeah, I think we need to get that last one on there.
- Be really careful with this rain though.
[Joseph] Yeah.
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[Eustace] On three, everybody ready?
One, two, three.
[Joseph] One, two, three.
[Eustace] One, two, three.
Oh!
That was a little bit of a sudden, wasn't it?
But we did it. - [Travis] Yeah!
- And this is the last piece, guys.
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Yeah!
I feel so good about this.
[Travis] It looks good, doesn't it?
- Yeah.
It already feels warm in here.
[Travis] It does, doesn't it?
- And it's raining!
This is where we're going to grow some food
and plant some seeds of freedom.
Let the people see how you can have personal empowerment,
security, and the kind of insurance
that you can't buy from an insurance company.
We've got the greenhouse done now.
We're ready to teach about growing plants.
But there's a few more things we need
to get ready for Freedom Camp.
I think there always will be,
and we'll always be expanding and growing.
There's just always something else we can
do to make it a little better.
And that's really what we want to do is just make it
a little better all the time.
Never stop improving.