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Winterize the property in the fall - homesteading.straw.winterize PEP BB

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Homesteading.

For this BB, you will be wnterizing the property in the fall!

Here is a related video:


Minimum requirement:
  - must be at least 4 activities

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - for each item/area on the homestead that needs to be winterized do the following
     - evidence of it being winterized
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I did this last fall and just remembered to post pics.

I drained two hose reels, emptied two rain water systems, put my "winter door" on the garden gate to allow access when there's 2' of snow on the ground and drained the irrigation pump.  Lots of other stuff gets done as well but those are the ones I got pics of.

Draining-front-hose-reel.jpg
Draining front hose reel
Draining front hose reel
Disconnected-for-winter.jpg
Disconnected for winter
Disconnected for winter
Back-hose-reel-prior-to-draining.jpg
Back hose reel prior to draining
Back hose reel prior to draining
Evidence-of-draining.jpg
Evidence of draining
Evidence of draining
Irrigation-pump-(main-line-to-garden-is-the-cracked-open-blue-valve-in-the-lower-right-of-pic).jpg
Irrigation pump (main line to garden is the cracked open blue valve in the lower right of pic)
Irrigation pump (main line to garden is the cracked open blue valve in the lower right of pic)
Draining-the-housing.jpg
Draining the housing
Draining the housing
Draining-big-rainwater-tanks.jpg
Draining big rainwater tanks
Draining big rainwater tanks
Moved-inlet-so-it-won-t-get-filled-up-by-melting-snow-(normally-goes-into-center-of-red-cap).jpg
Moved inlet so it won't get filled up by melting snow (normally goes into center of red cap)
Moved inlet so it won't get filled up by melting snow (normally goes into center of red cap)
Garden-door-that-s-hard-to-open-with-snow.jpg
Garden door that's hard to open with snow
Garden door that's hard to open with snow
Attached-winter-access-door.jpg
Attached winter access door
Attached winter access door
Open-for-business.jpg
Open for business
Open for business
Draining-other-rainwater-tank.jpg
Draining other rainwater tank
Draining other rainwater tank

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