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Mike Haasl Badge Bit Submissions

PEP Badge bit submissions by Mike Haasl

roundwood
BBs submitted for round wood woodworking - iron badge
Build an Excellent Shaving Horse
BBs submitted for round wood woodworking - straw badge
Make a Lightweight Spoon You Can Eat With
Shaving horse
BBs submitted for round wood woodworking - sand badge
Club style mallet from hand tools
Compound mallet from hand tools
add one horizontal log to berm/hugelkultur scaffolding
carving spoon from hand tools
2 coat hooks from a small branch crotch
Green wood stool with dry wood legs
Three log bench
homesteading
BBs submitted for homesteading - wood badge
Build a Free-Standing Shop or Barn - homesteading.wood.freestanding PEP BB
Shovel Snow and Sand Ice for a Winter
Replace Roof on a Large Building
Drive a Vehicle Backwards with a Wagon
BBs submitted for homesteading - straw badge
Add a lean-to to an existing building - homesteading.straw.leanto PEP BB
Remove snow from a roof safely
Fix a Leaking Roof
Drive a truck and trailer in reverse with turns
Homesteading Badge Oddball thread
Put chains on a set of drive tires
Winterize the property in the fall
Homesteading Badge Oddball thread
Homesteading Badge Oddball thread
Homesteading Badge Oddball thread
Homesteading Badge Oddball thread
BBs submitted for homesteading - sand badge
Remove Unwanted Fencing
Sweep a chimney
Lash Something 10' or Longer to a Vehicle
Drive a Truck and Trailer in Reverse
Install/Replace/Recharge Fire Extinguisher
Check a Game Cam
Clean/Repair/Improve Gutters
Install a Smoke Detector
Fill a Sand Barrel in the Summer
gardening
BBs submitted for gardening - wood badge
Build a 7 by 24 Hugelkultur
BBs submitted for gardening - straw badge
grow and harvest 100,000 calories
Encouraging volunteer or wild plants
Build a Hugelkultur
Seed saving
Direct Seed Perennials
BBs submitted for gardening - sand badge
Chop and Drop
Build a Hugelkultur
Ruth Stout style composting (2 spots)
woodland
BBs submitted for woodland care - wood badge
Make Lumber
BBs submitted for woodland care - straw badge
Inoculate Logs and Harvest Mushrooms
Make Lumber
Make a Junkpole Fence with a Gate and Latch
Put Up One Cord of Firewood
BBs submitted for woodland care - sand badge
Prep 10 junkpoles
Repair 24 feet or build 12 feet of junkpole fence
cleave 6 shakes with a froe
Peel 2 live trees and put up off the ground to dry
Drop 6” to 8” live standing tree with a bow saw
split and stack dead standing wood as firewood
Limb 4 trees
felling a dead tree with a chainsaw
Felling a live tree with a chainsaw
Drop 6” to 8” dead standing tree with a bow saw
community
BBs submitted for community living - wood badge
Build a Community Garden
BBs submitted for community living - straw badge
give a presentation
give a presentation
Hold an Award Ceremony
Organize a Seed Swap
Start a Club
Setup a Cider Pressing Party
Create and Lead a Work Party
BBs submitted for community living - sand badge
prepare & clean up a basic meal for 8 people
teach a workshop
Brand a location
Build an Honor System Food Stand
Setup a Free Food Stand
Give a presentation
Food
BBs submitted for Food Prep and Preservation - straw badge
Pressure Can 2 Types of Food (1 Gallon Each)
Fry 12 Different Things
Water Bath Can 3 Types of Food (1 Gallon Each)
Store Food in a Living State
Harvest and Store Grain
Make 2 Different Dairy Products
Cook 4 Different Things Over an Open Fire
Cook and Serve Sunchokes
Restart a Cast Iron Skillet
Bake Six Different Things
BBs submitted for Food Prep and Preservation - sand badge
Cook Grain with a Solar Oven
Cook a Stir Fry
Cook Grain with a Rice Cooker, Crock Pot or Instapot
Cook Grain with Rocket Stove and a Haybox Cooker
Pickle something in vinegar brine
Water bath canning
Bake a pizza
Fry an egg on a cast iron skillet
Dehydrate Food in a Solar Dehydrator
cook soup, stew, pottage, or chowder
Make two loaves of bread
Cook Grain on a Stove Top
Salt brine ferment/pickle something
foraging
BBs submitted for foraging - straw badge
Catch, Butcher, and Preserve a Large Mammal
make 1 gallon of maple syrup
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants
20 Pounds of Seed Balls
Guerilla plant 500 woody perennial food seeds or cuttings
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants
Save seeds from 6 species of wild plants
BBs submitted for foraging - sand badge
make maple syrup
catch/prepare a fish
Dry harvest list
Make 4 lbs of seed balls/bombs
Prepare a dish
Fresh harvest list
Cup of tea
Dry harvest list
Dry harvest list
nest
BBs submitted for nest - straw badge
Shovel Snow From a Walk
Wipe Down 3 Windows
Setup an Elaborate Clothes Line
Install 30 Feet of Permanent Clothes Line
Clean Exterior of a Fridge
Clean the Exhaust Duct on a Clother Dryer
BBs submitted for nest - sand badge
Clean Four Windows, Inside and Out
Make Rags From Old Clothes
Grease Hinges
Sweep a Floor
Clean a Kitchen
Clean a Bathroom
Wash Dishes by Hand
Oil Wooden Kitchen Utensils
Do Laundry By Hand
plumbing
BBs submitted for plumbing and hot water - straw badge
Replace a sink
Replace a toilet
Install a drain (with proper venting) to a new location
Replace a pressure tank
Extend water supply piping to a new location
Extend water supply piping to a new location
Fix a leak in a supply pipe
Install a valve in an existing pipe
Fix a leak in a supply pipe
Plumbing Badge Oddball thread
Set up a sophisticated rainwater collection system
Plumbing Badge Oddball thread
BBs submitted for plumbing and hot water - sand badge
Fix a Leaky Faucet
Repair a Toilet Seat/Lid
Clean/Decalcify a Shower Head
Fix a Leaky Toilet
Replace or install a frost free spigot
Clean/Decalcify a Faucet Aerator
Replace a Faucet
Set Up a Temporary Water Pump
Flush a Water Heater
Replace Water Heater Anode
animals
BBs submitted for animal care - straw badge
Set up a Holzer Bee Hive
Build 200 Feet of Wavy Deer Fence
BBs submitted for animal care - sand badge
Make a Three Season Nectar Harvest
Make a Brush Pile
Build a solitary bee house
Make Snake/Lizard Habitat
Build a nice birdhouse for a specific species
Clean Out 4 Chicken Nest Boxes
Feed Appropriate Kitchen Scraps
Relocating a Yellow Jacket Nest
Create 6 toad Habitats
tool
BBs submitted for tool care - straw badge
Make a Video of Sharpening a Chainsaw
sharpen teeth on a sawmill
Clean, Grease, and Oil a Tool
Remove Rust, Clean, and Oil a Hand Tool
sharpen a chisel
Sharpen another Hatchet
Demonstrate Use of Category 1 and 2 Sleeves
Sharpen three knives
Optimize Space in a Shop
BBs submitted for tool care - sand badge
Sharpen a knife
Sharpen a knife
Make a handle
Clean the shop for at least an hour
Sharpen a Hatchet
Sharpen a chainsaw chain
Go to Freecycles and "build" a bicycle to their standards
Sharpen, clean and oil a shovel
metwalworking
BBs submitted for metalworking - straw badge
Make a Squirrel/Raccoon Guard for a Post
BBs submitted for metalworking - sand badge
make a chicken funnel
Build a kindling cracker
commerce
BBs submitted for commerce - straw badge
Sell your permaculture labor off-site and get paid at least $500 - PEP BB commerce.straw.labor
Sell "goods" (something you made, grew, or foraged) for $200
BBs submitted for commerce - sand badge
Perform some sort of labor over the internet and get paid
Sell your permaculture labor off-site and get paid - PEP BB Commerce.sand.labor
Sell "goods" (something you made, grew, or foraged)
Develop a possible residual income stream
electricity
BBs submitted for electricity - straw badge
Install an exterior grade outlet (code compliant cover)
BBs submitted for electricity - sand badge
Perform Maintenance on Three Lead Acid Batteries
Install a permanent AC light fixture
Replace Bathroom Fan Switch with Timer
Move, charge and replace a lead acid battery
Put a new end on an extension cord
Repair a motion detector flood light
Install a Light Switch
Install/Repair an AC Outlet
Install/Repair an AC Outlet
Install a permanent AC light fixture
Install a permanent AC light fixture
Install a permanent AC light fixture
Replace Flood Light with Motion Detector Flood Lamp
textile
BBs submitted for textiles - straw badge
Sewing on a button
BBs submitted for textiles - sand badge
Sew a patch
Quick darning
Sew a small pillow
knit or crochet a hotpad
Make twine
Woven basket
dimensional
BBs submitted for dimensional lumber woodworking - sand badge
Make a sign
Lay 10 sticks for decking
Simple beginner bird house
medicine
BBs submitted for natural medicine - sand badge
Make an oregano leaf tincture
Make calendula infused oil
Make a calendula flower salve
Make a natural medicine reference journal
Make a Peppermint Leaf Infusion
Dry peppermint for a tea, infusion or decoction
Make fire cider
rocket
BBs submitted for rocket - sand badge
Start and Operate a Different Batch Box RMH
Start and Operate a J-Tube Rocket Mass Heater - PEP BB rocket.sand.rmhjtube
Annual Cleanout of RMH
PEP BB rocket.sand.jtubewater - Boil Water on a J-Tube
Start up and Cook on Rocket Cooktop
PEP BB rocket.sand.rmhjtube - Start and Operate a Different J-Tube Rocket Mass Heater
Start Rocket Hot Water and Get to 140
Add Ash to a Garden Area
Start and Operate Batch Box RMH
Start a Rocket Oven and Bake Something
Build and Cook with a Dakota Stove
earthworks
BBs submitted for earthworks - sand badge
200ft of Trail Maintenance
Three Scoops with an Excavator
small dry stack retaining wall
build a trail into a berm
improve a berm
Fix Road Pothole/Puddle
5 scoops Using Tractor Loader
sealed pond test
naturalbuilding
BBs submitted for natural building - sand badge
Make 12 adobe bricks
Use cob to fill between logs on WOFATI
Use rocks to level a skiddable structure
greywillow
BBs submitted for greywater and willow feeders - sand badge
Give Urine to Growies
Move a Willow Feeder Can to a Willow Candy Warehouse
Seal a Poorly Sealed Box
Upgrade a Willow Feeder
Plant Five Trees
Use Water From a Dishpan to Flush a Toilet or Water Something
Reuse Water From a Shower
oddball
BBs submitted for oddball - sand badge
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball
PEP Badge: Oddball

PEA Badge bit submissions by Mike Haasl

community
BBs submitted for community - sand badge
Create an engaging permies post - PEA BB community.sand.permies