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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!

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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
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Disconnected for winter
Disconnected for winter
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Back hose reel prior to draining
Back hose reel prior to draining
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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
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Open for business
Open for business
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Draining other rainwater tank
Draining other rainwater tank

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Winters are usually mild in central Texas, and so are the chores to get ready.   Maybe if a hard freeze is ever forecast, I'll have to do more:

Step 1 in fall is to take down my heat shields so more sunlight hits my trailer
Step 2 water cooler out / cookie oven in
Step 3 get the tropical plants inside the greenhouse.
Step 4 winterize the porch where I sometimes cook.
bonus:  winterize my raincoat.

SummerHeatDeflectorShield.jpg
heat shield - summer
heat shield - summer
LastScrewGoingDownIs1stGoingUp.jpg
tricky doing this alone
tricky doing this alone
HeatDeflectorsStowed4NextSummer.jpg
ready for next year
ready for next year
WaterSummerConfig.jpg
my a/c doubles as water cooler in summer
my a/c doubles as water cooler in summer
WinterHeater.jpg
If it gets chilly inside, i bake cookies and sweet potatoes
If it gets chilly inside, i bake cookies and sweet potatoes
summer-brzwy.jpg
summer short cut thru here
summer short cut thru here
winterized-breezeway.jpg
sliding this door over cuts the wind just right
sliding this door over cuts the wind just right
clean-shop.jpg
ideal summer config for greenhouse w/ seeds drying and such
ideal summer config for greenhouse w/ seeds drying and such
dirtyshop2.jpg
actual summer config in greenhouse - its a dumping ground
actual summer config in greenhouse - its a dumping ground
winterized-nursery.jpg
gotta stack the plants in tight
gotta stack the plants in tight
duster-summer.jpg
summer raincoat
summer raincoat
duster-winterized.jpg
ready for a chill
ready for a chill

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