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If anyone is interested there is an opportunity to earn some $monies$ while your at Wheaton Labs for the BB20 event.

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I'm looking to do stuff I don't have the equipment for yet, here's a list:

cook grain grain in a solar oven
cook grain grain in a haybox cooker
dry food in a solar food dehydrator
make pizza
bake two loaves of bread
wood burned sign
15 minutes moving dirt/soil with the loader on the tractor
improve a berm
add a small, simple trail to a berm
all the rocket sand badge stuff
all the roundwood sand badge stuff
Grind two different grains into flour
roast a pan of food in a rocket oven
bake two things in a rocket oven

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I think cookies and cake would be good ones to bake in the rocket oven

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I know it's a big list but hey, I'm ambitious!

drop 6” to 8” live tree with a bow saw
drop 6" to 8" live tree with a chainsaw
peel 2 live trees and put up off the ground to dry
prep 10 junkpoles
cleave 6 shakes with a froe
repair 24 feet of junkpole fence

add one horizontal log to berm/hugelkultur scaffolding

install 40 square feet of boards to a structure for siding (inside or out)

start and operate a j-tube rocket mass heater for 1 hour
start a rocket oven and bake something
start a rocket cooktop and cook something
use a rocket j-tube to boil a gallon of water
do the annual ash cleanout of a rocket mass heater
spread some ash on a garden spot (just a dusting)
build a dakota stove and cook some food

cook at least two cups grain
-solar oven
-hay box cooker
dry food in a solar food dehydrator

significant art for a willow feeder or dry outhouse
move one willow feeder can to a willow candy warehouse
move one willow feeder can to a willow tree

move dirt/soil with the loader on the tractor
eliminate a road pothole/puddle
add a small, simple trail to a berm
improve a berm

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drop 6” to 8” live tree with a bow saw
drop 6" to 8" live tree with a chainsaw



I'd love to do this with some safety instruction from someone experienced!

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Ashley Cottonwood wrote:drop 6” to 8” live tree with a bow saw
drop 6" to 8" live tree with a chainsaw

Kyle Knight wrote:I'd love to do this with some safety instruction from someone experienced!


Kyle, WL had a timber tool which increases safety and might be recommended or required for felling there.  

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Kyle Knight wrote:

Ashley Cottonwood wrote:
drop 6” to 8” live tree with a bow saw
drop 6" to 8" live tree with a chainsaw



I'd love to do this with some safety instruction from someone experienced!


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I need to prep 10 junkpoles and do 50 square feet of chop and drop, then I'll get my sand badges in Woodland Care and Gardening.

I want to focus on woodworking while I'm there. For roundwood:
three log bench
dry peg in green wood project (build one):
add one horizontal log to berm/hugelkultur scaffolding

Doing the berm scaffolding seems like it'll be tough because it requires setting up the scaffolding before I can add a log to it. It would be good to work on it with someone else, since multiple folks can get their BB since it requires adding a single log.

As for dimensional lumber, I haven't accomplished any BBs, and I think there's enough scrap wood at WL to at least make a wood burned sign (that fits the size requirement this time).

I can also knock out some tool care BBs since they have more tools to take care of. I need to sharpen a chainsaw, plus there's a bunch of bikes to work on.

Overall the only BBs I'm certain I'll do are the remaining BBs for Woodland Care and Gardening, plus some woodworking. Other than that I'll see how I'm feeling when I'm there.

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After reviewing the thread, looks like Kyle and Ashley also want to do the berm scaffolding for Roundwood. We should all work together on it!

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It wouldn't hurt to put up a few berm scaffold vertical logs.  Some for this event and some for the summer.  Maybe the tree cutting BB trees could be used for these verticals...

I'd be up for helping get them in place (with the tractor if possible) since it will just make things go easier this summer.

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It sounds like we currently have seven people attending.  

Hey Mike, I am thinking that we should cap it at 12 - what are your thoughts?

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Yeah, the elbows start to bump into one another as the numbers get higher (for BB20 style events).  12 sounds good to me!

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Only 4 spots left!

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I wonder if there might be anybody that isn't quite to 20 now, but thinks they might get to 20 in time for the event?

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My flight is booked, whoot whoot!

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So I filled out the questionnaire...should I wait for someone to reach out to discuss getting picked up from the airport and getting accomodation there, or is there someone I can contact?

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Hi Malek! Someone will reach out to your shortly!

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Hi Ashley, I'm interested in chatting about accommodation options and airport rides as well.  (When I filled out the form, I was probably assuming that I would drive.  Upon further thought, I decided to fly.)

I'd like to be a part of a system that is making the world better for future generations.

 
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Hi Benton!

I'm going to get Beau to reach out to you, he'll be the most helpful in that regard.

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Hi everyone, I'm looking over your responses - looks like an awesome crew so far!  Be expecting some emails from me tomorrow morning with some information!

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So my husband wants to come with me for the BB20.

He would like to come in order to take video for Paul's YouTube Channel.
He would also be happy to spend a day putting up firewood for the lab or helping contribute to the lab in another way.
I can also get him BB20 certified for the event if needed, but I think he mostly wants focus on video and hang out with Permies :)

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Sounds like if he gets to BB20 we'll get to meet your hubby!

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Sounds like if he gets to BB20 we'll get to meet your hubby!



Working on it!

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Yuri Cottonwood wrote:Working on it![BB20]


Congratulations and quick work!
Just so you know, each point in Oddball counts as one BB on you way to badges.  In fact you already qualify for BB5. Post here

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Congratulations and quick work!
Just so you know, each point in Oddball counts as one BB on you way to badges.  In fact you already qualify for BB5.



Great, thanks for the link. Yes this is fun! I will probably skip this and go for the BB10 later today. I have a few projects planned and I think I'm only 3 points away!

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Is anyone else flying to the event?

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Yes, I'm flying.  Provided the details to Beau.

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My flight times totally suck.  Arriving near midnight and leaving at the crack of dawn :(

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I'm also flying in, although at more reasonable times which I don't remember right now. I also keep forgetting to email them to Beau, so I'm hoping that writing this comment will make me remember!

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So I've refined my BB list for the event in order to be PEP 1 certified by the end of the week:

Woodland care:
peel 2 live trees and put up off the ground to dry
prep 10 junkpoles
cleave 6 shakes with a froe
repair 24 feet of junkpole fence

Rocket:
start and operate a j-tube rocket mass heater for 1 hour
start and operate a batch box rocket mass heater for 1 hour
start a rocket oven and bake something
use a rocket j-tube to boil a gallon of water
do the annual ash cleanout of a rocket mass heater
spread some ash on a garden spot (just a dusting)

Food Prep:

cook at least two cups grain (or pseudograin) in four different ways
  - solar oven
  - rocket stove and haybox cooker
dry food in a solar food dehydrator

Tool Care:
- Wedge Style Handle

If time permits I would like to work on metal working, earthworks, and willow BBs

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Ashley Cottonwood wrote:cleave 6 shakes with a froe


Hopefully the cedar chunks I brought out with me last time are still in the berm shed...

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An alternative is to focus on roundwood

club style mallet
compound mallet (smaller dry stick goes into bigger green stick (head))
two coat hooks made from small trees and the hooks are the branches on these trees
add one horizontal log to berm/hugelkultur scaffolding
three log bench
dry peg in green wood project (build one):
  - coat hooks (4)
  - half log bench (six feet long) on four legs
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The books are now en route.

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Meaning they are en route to Wheaton Labs where we'll sign them.  Then they will be shipped to the US peeps.

 
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paul wheaton wrote:The books are now en route.


I've moved since the kickstarter and don't have a USPS forwarding address registered at that (different city's) address. Is there any way to clear this up at this point?

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get support in the kickstarter support forum https://permies.com/f/441/skip-kickstarter

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For the BB20 event, I'd like to contribute to the food pile/bring some food.  What are your recommendations to best do this? (I'm flying in to Missoula, and I'm planning to get a ride from the airport to WL)  Pack food in my suitcases/check a cooler?  Have the airport shuttle driver stop at an organic grocery store in Missoula on the way from the airport to WL?  Wait to arrive at WL and contribute cash to whomever is responsible for sourcing most of the food pile and/or ordering it to be delivered (are there grocery delivery services that will deliver to WL)?  

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Benton White wrote:For the BB20 event, I'd like to contribute to the food pile/bring some food.  What are your recommendations to best do this?


Benton,

Thanks for offering.  I'll be driving to WL myself but I can give you some suggestions.  It is usually a Boot or another volunteer that picks up people at the airport and if you let them know you would like to go to the Good Food Store or Natural Grocers, that can often be arranged.

I don't think it is necessary for you to bring food on the plane unless you grow/raise something that you want to share (and is organic or better).  

From previous events, I remember specialty items being particularly appreciated - things that are not usually stocked.  There are/will be vegans/vegetarians/carnivores/omnivores/locavores.

Looking forward to seeing you and everyone next week!

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I plan on bringing some "treats" for the Boots & everyone (coffee and dark chocolate) so you can exclude that from the list. I planned to also bring some items from the organic store in Eureka on my way done.

I'm going to say I will grab some:
- Rice
- Eggs
- Greens

How does that sounds?

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