Jesse Lane

I replaced my bathroom sink faucet.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
  - a before picture of the old faucet
  - a halfway picture through the installation of the new faucet
  - an action shot of the new faucet working
  - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this

Here’s a submission for forging and drying mint.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
Harvest, dry and store one of the following:
One pound (fresh weight) of:

   o mint

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
- A picture of one of the plants/fungi in the wild
- A picture of the bounty on a scale showing the weight
- A picture of the dried goodies in or with their storage container

I replaced the plug on my battery charger.  

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - put a new end on an extension cord, build an extension cord or replace the end on a tool's cord.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
  - a before picture
  - a picture during the project
  - an after picture action shot of the repaired cord

 I made 6 quarts of stock from veggie scraps.

Minimum requirements for this BB:
-make 6 quarts of stock from veggie scraps

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
  - veggie scraps in water
  - cooking the veggie scraps
  - at least 6 quarts of stock from veggie scraps

 I vinegar brined two quarts of curtido.  Here’s a link to the canning recipe I used. Minus the peppers. https://jenigough.com/curtido-water-bath-canning-recipe/#wpzoom-premium-recipe-card
We never used peppers the way I was taught.  Sprinkle some curtido on pupusas and you have my favorite Salvadoran food.  

To complete this BB the minimm requirement is:
   - fill one quart jar

To show you've completed this badge you must:
    - Post/link recipe you used
    - Post picture of vegetables being prepared (washed, cut up)
    - Post picture of jar/s being filled
    - Post picture of jar going into or coming out of the bath
    - Post picture of finished product/jar

I made sauerkraut by slicing up a cabbage and adding 2 tablespoons of salt per pound.  Mixed and squeezed it together then let it sit. After 10 minutes I packed it tightly into a quart jar to let it ferment.  


To complete this BB the minimum requirements are:
   - make at least one quart jar of salt brine fermented something

To show you've completed this badge you must:
 - Post a description/link to the recipe you used
 - post a picture of the ingredients chopped or ready to be packed in jar
 - post a picture of the filled jar.

I built a birdhouse from scrap wood.

To document your completion of the BB, provide photographic or video (<2 minutes long) of the following:
- Wood you're starting with
- Bird house under construction
- Bird house installed in its final location

 I had a lot of extra mandarin oranges, so I gave this recipe a shot.  https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/6912/orange-loaf/
It turned out great and my family loved it.  


To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must:
 - Link to/post the recipe you used
 - post picture of the ingredients getting mixed
 - post a picture of the completed loafs and a slice of each of them
         o showing that the loaves are not burnt, cooked all the way through and slice well

Harvesting fabric from seven pieces of clothing.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
– show before and after of the deconstruction of 6 items of clothing
– show the deconstruction process of one piece of old clothing (this could be one photo)
– show scraps in a clearly labelled box/bag with a label that will last at least five years

I replaced two broken windows.  I cut the new window glass from an old salvaged window.