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I harvested upwards of 10 pounds of autumn olive berries last fall. They're not on the list but grow abundantly in the wild near me. If I post them, will they be approved for a badge bit?

I have multiple manuals and diagrams which need to be organized (sewing machine, microwave, computer mouse, water still, washing machine, others) but they are all in digital form. The requirements don't explicitly exclude a digital system but it seems they were not written with one in mind. If I meet all of the requirements as they are written and provide screenshots, will that count as an approved submission?

I had the opportunity to obtain 50 cotton cleaning cloths for free several months ago. I kept 20 and gave 30 to my father. This resulted in a roughly 80% reduction in paper towel use—I still use paper towels for very dirty and greasy messes. Since I am the only person using this system, there are no labels. I store the clean napkins in the top drawer of my dresser which doubles as my kitchen counter right now since I live in a college dorm. The dirty ones go in my laundry hamper (just a box) where they get washed along with the rest of my laundry in warm water with 1/4 cup baking soda, 1/4 cup borax, and a pouch of soapberries for each load. If they are exceptionally dirty, I will soak and/or manually clean them before the wash. All of my laundry is air dried.

One of the pairs of shorts I got for free had a missing button. It still had a spare on the label so I used it. I made sure the stitches were tight and sturdy so it outlasts the other button on the shorts.
Edit: Here is a better picture of the sewing in progress. Perhaps the last one didn't do it justice.

I got stabbed by the woven bamboo deer fence I built while wearing my favorite shirt...won't make the mistake of wearing it to the garden again. I used my grandma's old cotton thread—one is still on a wooden spool! I have a red thread that would have a been a better color match but it is synthetic and I have a disdain for synthetics. The patch is a small scrap of cotton cloth purchased for another project. I used a simple overcast stitch to finish the edges of the patch and darned the fabric as best as I could. It is holding up well about two and a half months later.

I repaired a hole in my shirt. The majority of my wardrobe has at least one repair, though I hardly ever take pictures. Both shirt and thread are 100% cotton. The thread is quite old, purchased in the Soviet Union (you can see the label says 90 cents) at a time when sythetic thread was the more expensive and hard-to-get option. Its tensile strength is slightly lower than my modern cotton threads and quite a bit lower than my synthetic threads, though this isn't easy to convey in pictures. I did a burn test so you could see it chars rather than melts.

I gave some urine to wild blackberry plants.

I do a lot of foraging and cooking. I made scrambled eggs twice—once with garlic mustard, clover, dandelion, and wild onion, and once with cultivated garlic scapes, wild onion, and garlic mustard. Both times I used 6-8 eggs and 1.5-2.5 cups loosely packed greens. I know not all of these plants are on the list, but they were in season, accessible, and delicious.

I made tea from red clover. It was more than three cups worth so I drank it straight out of the saucepan.

I made two loaves of sourdough bread. One was 2/3 whole wheat flour and one was 3/4 whole wheat flour. The latter was only slightly darker with comparable density. Both were relatively dense and sliced well with a mild sour flavor. I don't remember the exact recipe for each but here is my best guess. I have had little success with adding salt to my dough so did not add it here.
1/2 cup sourdough starter (100% whole wheat flour, water to balance consistency)
3 cups flour
1 egg
milk to balance consistency

I gave them a day and a half to rise/ferment in the oven and baked them at a relatively low temperature (280°F if I remember correctly) for over an hour. I am still very new to baking sourdough but these loaves were so much better and cheaper than store-bought bread that I can never go back.