Jesse Lane

 I fixed a stucco crack on a gable end of a friend’s house.   From the peak to the ground (2 1/2 stories). I used yellow bar sand and white cement.  To fix the crack, I ground the crack wider with an angle grinder.  I then hosed it down to clean out the dust, squirted in my cement mix with a grout bag, tooled it, and then sponge finished it.  It took three hours.

 My gas water heater started leaking so I replaced it with a taller dent and bent model from the supply house to save $300. I also replaced some of the piping and a ball valve to make future replacements easier.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - replace or install a water heater (gas or electric, tank or tankless)

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
 - the old water heater or the location in need of a water heater
 - the installation midway through
 - finished installation

 I replaced rotors and brake pads on a gmc envoy.  Replacing the stuff in the front was easy. The back took a little more time due to the fact that it was difficult to get to the bolts to remove the calipers. The other thing that I don’t understand is why you need a 13 mm wrench to remove the brake pads in the front and a 14 mm wrench to remove the brake pads in the back?  In all it took a couple hours.

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