Ash Jackson

We won a stay up there! Yay!
I wanna do PEP while I'm there. Yay!
I hope to not be a nuisance in my attempts to PEP (yay?)
I'd like to ascertain what of my wishlist BB's are possible/available.
I'd like to know what I can pitch in with, too, and maybe it's a BB?

Hopeful these are possible:
- Greywater, Hand-Crafted Information sheet: Is there a pooper up there in need of an information sheet? I'd feel silly making one if it had no place to go. (I'm planning to make the sheet before traveling)
- Greywater/Roundwood, Dry-peg coathooks: surely there's a bit of green wood and dry I can get my hands on up there?
- Rocket, 1-Week-Heat: Assuming it's chilly enough, is there a space I may manage all the heating for a week?

Surely these things need done?
- Tool Care, Clean the shop
- Tool Care, Chainsaw Sharpen
- Tool Care, Shovel
- Tool Care, Wedge Handle

Maybe these things need done, but maybe it's the wrong season?
- Woodland Care, Peel: Is there a 6" tree being felled that needs a'peeling? I somehow peeled ~1.74 trees last time
- Woodland Care, 6 Shakes
- Earthworks, Improve berm
- Earthworks, Add Trail to berm
- Earthworks, Eliminate puddle
- Earthworks, 3 excavator scoops
- Earthworks, Dry Stack wall
- Foraging

Probably nobody has time to babysit me for these, but I hope it doesn't hurt to ask:
- Metalworking, Kindling Cracker and another metal thingy

As always, if there's a better place for this post, I'm all ears. Thanks in advance for helping me figure out what's doable.

On my first use, I was surprised that the Willow Feeder smelled like wood shavings. That's it. Pleasant and ever so slightly earthy.

On subsequent uses, I was charmed by hearing birdsong and seeing sky while 'toiling.' Again, surprisingly pleasant, and fundamentally different than a 'mainstream' indoor, hermetic water-closet-pooper.

Absolutely better than any kind of 'mainstream' vault toilet or portable-toilet. I feel those can't even be mentioned in the same breath as the Willow Feeders at Wheaton Labs.

Hey y'all!

I've earned the Sand badge in Electricity!
- Micro heater bubble (1): https://permies.com/p/1153830
- Small DC-only system (4): https://permies.com/p/3744081

Thanks for reviewing

DC Solar System BB

I present a semi-portable charging setup for camping and other temporary charging needs.*

I'm using a 12v, 100 Ah AGM battery, a 100W flexible solar panel, basic charge controller with USB, basic 12v outlet (also with USB), and associated cables.

Amps x Volts = Watts
100 Amps x 12 Volts = 1200 Watts

1200 W / 6 hrs = 200 Watts / Hour (theoretical max, likely less in reality), anyways, easily 100 W for 6 hours.

The whole system (minus panel) will live in a plastic tub I've conspicuously named the 'Death Box,' to keep li'l'uns out. Even the bad guys in Die Hard thought, "Some kid could..."

*It goes camping with me to run by cpap, and also charge phones overnight. It's also come in handy for phone charging during multi-day power shutoffs.

Got a new bike on the cheap (bike island). After building it, needed to adjust the brake tension. Here's a vid of the front brake:

Holy cow! Congratulations, Alexandra! Very impressive.

James Bradford wrote:Hi all,

I've got my 6x7x7 hugel built, and I'm currently looking for the Sepp Holzer grains to plant in it.   I'd like to claim the free seeds for reaching BB20 if that's still possible, but I'm also ok to buy the required amount for the gardening BB.

Please moosage me if you have the seeds and I'll send my address and funds.

Hey James, PM sent! For anyone here in a similar boat, reply in https://permies.com/wiki/144618/ and we can celebrate your BB20, while the seeds remain available.

Big congrats, Mike!! Way to go!

Pj Bauer wrote:I can do the BBs wildly out of order, right?

That's right PJ! You bet you can do PEP badge bits out of order.

(Remember that the earlier badges in an aspect must still be earned to earn a later badge.)

Timothy Norton wrote:Amy, have you created a workspace first?

Trello is a little goofy, I couldn't just copy the tracker right off the get go. I had to go to my homepage and it auto-created a "Trello Workspace". I then could go back and copy the board over.

Ahh! Timothy, thank you very much! I've added this step to the Trello instructions on the main page.

Thank you!