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Make a Brush Pile - PEP BB animal.sand.pile

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To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must:
- post a picture of a location without a brush pile
- post a picture of the brush pile under construction
- post a picture of the completed brush pile at that same spot that is obviously at least five feet tall and five feet wide

1 - See the photo '01_Brush_Before' to see the location without a brush pile
2 - See the photo  '02_Brush_During' to see a brush pile under construction
3 - See the photos '03_Brush_Complete', '05_Brush_Height', and '06_Brush_Width' to see the complete brush pile at that same spot that is obviously at least five feet tall and five feet wide
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create a brushpile habitat:

large, sprawling stack of locust branches, holly branches, scotch broom trunks, punky chunks of maple and ash, and dried blackberry vines. probably 20' long x 10' wide x 5'-7' tall. lots of nooks and crannies of all sizes.
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area between meadow and forest
area between meadow and forest
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leaves, twigs, sticks, branches, punky rounds
leaves, twigs, sticks, branches, punky rounds
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locust, holly, ash, maple, blackberry, scotch broom
locust, holly, ash, maple, blackberry, scotch broom

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Note: Doesn't respect the requirements, clearly not 5 feet tall. Please read carefully. Thanks!

 
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i picked this spot because it just looked right!! But all joke a side i used maple and willow tree I found some baby lady bugs on the willow so I'm hoping I see more of them i need them got some aphid on some of my plants. but here is the brush pile.  
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Note: Not clear how tall/wide this pile is, a photo with a measuring tape or stick would help

 
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brush pile is 5' by 5'
i am 5'7" and you can see how tall the pile is compared to my height
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Note: "To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must:  - post a picture of a location without a brush pile  - post a picture of the brush pile under construction  - post a picture of the completed brush pile at that same spot that is obviously at least five feet tall and five feet wide" -- I don't see a before picture of that same location, it doesn't really look 5', and your last picture is essentially useless for my judging.

 
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An invasive Japanese bush is growing in this ditch and impeding the native plants that deer eat. I started cutting some down and realized this would be a great place for a brush pile. Under this big oak tree is sand and compacted dirt, and nothing else has grown there in many years.
It measured ~7' long and a little over 5' tall.
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Before it was a brush pile (First branch was laid)
Before it was a brush pile (First branch was laid)
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In progress
In progress
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The finished brush pile
The finished brush pile
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Around 7' long
Around 7' long
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Around 5'4" tall
Around 5'4" tall

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I spend a lot of time clearing scrubby, secondary woodland for wildlife. This might be pruning or coppicing back willows to allow light onto the woodland floor; coppicing old, overstood hazels to put them back into management; or, most-recently, to push back the woodland so I can repair a damaged fence. Because of all of this, I make a lot of brush piles!

On Saturday I took down a few large willow limbs that had fallen on the existing fence, or were threatening too. This produced a lot of brush to deal with and, rather than burn it, which is pretty common around here, I piled it up in the woods to rot down and support wildlife. I figure that way some of the carbon will be retained. I also remembered to take photographs and submit them for this BB.

There will probably be another pile or two this size by the time the job is done. I estimate that this one is 15 feet at its tallest and at least that in diameter. It is pretty dense in the middle.
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One of the fallen limbs will start the pile
One of the fallen limbs will start the pile
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Work in progress
Work in progress
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Work in progress, from further back
Work in progress, from further back
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The finished pile, wheelbarrow for scale
The finished pile, wheelbarrow for scale

Small-holding, coppice and grassland management on a 16-acre site.

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Macey Vaughan
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Took a few weeks to get enough sunny days to put it together, but here is my critter hotel, right beside the garden fence for maximum effectiveness.
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The spot near the garden fence
The spot near the garden fence
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In progress day 1
In progress day 1
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Another day piling it up
Another day piling it up
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The completed pile
The completed pile
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Measuring tape is pulled out 5 feet to show length
Measuring tape is pulled out 5 feet to show length
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Hard time showing the height but here is a photo from one angle with the measuring tape pulled out 5 feet
Hard time showing the height but here is a photo from one angle with the measuring tape pulled out 5 feet
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Here is an angle showing it next to my height (5'4")
Here is an angle showing it next to my height (5'4")
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Macey Vaughan
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Macey Vaughan wrote:Took a few weeks to get enough sunny days to put it together, but here is my critter hotel, right beside the garden fence for maximum effectiveness.




Just to clarify: photographed in one picture is my partner Chris who put just those two sticks in the pile. The sticks were big and needed to be broken in half which he helped me with before tossing them in. I hope this doesn't disqualify me into having to make an entire nother pile!
 
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*EDIT* I found the first pic I took. It was sitting in the Trash folder.

This spot is not right next to the garden, but it's close proximity and out of sight of most of the neighbors. We live in a subdivision, so I have to keep the neighbors somewhat happy.
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The bare spot.
The bare spot.
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