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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 set up a hidden boneyard!

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To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - the area(s) before setting up the hidden boneyard
 - part way through setting up the hidden boneyard
 - the area after setting up the hidden boneyard
 - demonstrate the boneyard is hidden from the view of visitors or the public
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Today I set up a boneyard for used fencing.  It is hidden from the view of visitors and the public because it isn't along my driveway and is hidden from view of the public road by trees and old growth stumps (the road would be behind them in the below photos.
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The area before setting up the hidden boneyard.
The area before setting up the hidden boneyard.
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Part way through setting up the hidden boneyard.
Part way through setting up the hidden boneyard.
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The area after setting up the hidden boneyard.
The area after setting up the hidden boneyard.
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Another after-photo.
Another after-photo.
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Photo from the public road.
Photo from the public road.
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Could you add a picture from the public road so it's easier to verify that it is hidden from public view?

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Note: What boneyard? Certified.

 
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I love this idea! It took me several months of noodling on the idea to decide where I would set up my boneyard. One of my main projects for the summer has been cleaning out the outbuildings. There are a lot of random useful bits of lumber tucked away in each building and they lacked a central location that I could pull from for usability.

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
- the area(s) before setting up the hidden boneyard
- part way through setting up the hidden boneyard
- the area after setting up the hidden boneyard
- demonstrate the boneyard is hidden from the view of visitors or the public

Here is the area on the north side of the house prior to setting up the boneyard.


Here is a bunch of lumber that I pulled out of the barn.




I took some pallets and made lumber racks.





After I completed the boneyard! There was one particularly large piece of lumber that I wasn't sure what to do with until I set it on a couple of stumps and made a bench. It made the space a lot more inviting instantly.






I also fixed the broken gate so it will close and hide the boneyard from the road.


Can't see me!

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