Jesse Lane

Here’s my submission for making four different soups. I didn’t write down a recipe for any of them. I just throw stuff together and season to taste. All were cooked with a 6 quart pot to show they meet the 1/2 gallon requirement.

Yogurt recipe
Half a gallon of milk
Half a cup of live and active cultures yogurt
Heat the milk to 116° stir in the yogurt and put it in a hay box for 12 hours

Soft farmers cheese recipe
Half a gallon of milk
Quarter cup of vinegar
Some salt
Hit the milk till it starts to boil. turn off the heat. Slowly stir in the vinegar. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Strain through a cheese cloth. Mix in the salt or other flavors. Squeeze out the rest of the whey and put it on a plate. Add some weight on top and stick it in the fridge for an hour or more. Then remove the cheese cloth.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
  - give the recipes for each things you are preparing
  - ingredients to make the dairy products
  - making the dairy products
  - finished dairy products (meeting the above stated requirements)

Congratulations and well done!

Here’s my Dry Parsley Leaf submission

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of the fresh herb being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, in a bag, etc.)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container, with the label indicating where the herbs came from, the method of drying, and the date

Here’s my Dry Lavender Blossom submission.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container.
   - label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

Here’s a submission for dry harvest forging.

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

Excellent job Sir!

 After replacing several jet well pumps through the years, my friend once again was having problems with his latest pump and he asked me to get rid of the jet pump and install a submersible well pump.  I agreed if he would find the well. Here is that project.  
 After the pipe was pulled, I removed the valve at the bottom and was able to reuse 70 feet of the old pipe to install the new submersible pump. I added to the well casing because it was originally caped over 4 feet below grade. Then it started to rain.  I lowered the submersible pump into the well with some help. Fortunately I was able to reuse the pipes to the house. One for water and the other for electric.  So no trenching was involved.  I then removed the old jet pump and plumbed the submersible to the old pressure tank. I needed some electrical supplies but it was late and I was rain soaked so I temporarily hooked up the electric. It worked and my friend had water for the night.  
 The next day, I unhooked the pump, then finish the conduit from the well to the house, Re- ran the pump wire to the pressure switch, installed a new twelve gauge wire from the pressure switch to the breaker panel and added a double twenty amp breaker. (the conduit, 12 gauge wire, and double 20 amp breaker were salvaged items saved from the trash).

It was a fun project and more involved than a simple replacement job.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - perform the installation or replacement of a deep well pump
  - potable water
  - pressure controlled with a pressure tank
  - you can elect to do the electrical portion, plumbing portion or the full job

Electrical points earned vary from 4-8 points
  - 4 points if you are replacing a pump
  - 6 points if you are installing a full system (pump, pressure tank, breaker, wiring, trenching, etc)
  - 8 points for something excessively wonderful or complicated (this is very unlikely to be awarded)
  - no duplicate points for other sand or straw electricity badges like running the wire, adding the breaker, etc

Plumbing points earned vary from 4-8 points
  - 2 points for replacing a pump
  - 8 points for installing a pump where one didn't exist before
  - you can get certified for the "Replace a pressure tank" BB if you install a new one or replace the existing pressure tank

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
  - well location before you start work
  - empty well casing
  - old pump (if applicable)
  - new pump wired and plumbed
  - wires coming out of cap after installation
  - planned pressure tank location (if applicable)
  - pressure tank wired (if applicable)
  - water flowing from a faucet or hose

Jesse Lane wrote:

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - you must move a yellow jacket nest from an inconvenient location to a useful location
    - any papery wasp, hornet or yellow jacket nest qualifies for this
    - ground nests do not qualify

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must:
 - post a picture of the yellowjacket nest in an inconvenient location
 - post a picture of the yellowjacket nest no longer in that same location
 - post a picture of the yellow jacket nest in a useful location

I needed to relocate a wasp nest from my work area.  
 I’m working on a new build that’ll take me into November and a wasp build a nest by the front door where I needed to lay brick so I moved it to the backyard close to the garden and fruit trees under the pool house/cabana roof  where it would be safe and out-of-the-way for this season.  

A picture was add to the above post showing the nest in a useful location.