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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 wood badge in woodland care.

In this Badge Bit, you will put up three cords of firewood (completion pics)!


(source: Tender Break Permaculture Farm)

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- put up three cords of firewood (completion pics)
  - one cord is 128 cubic feet

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
   - harvesting some of the firewood that you will put up
   - action shot of putting up firewood
   - three cords of firewood stacked properly
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Approved submission
Here is my submission for the Woodland Care - Wood -  Put up Three Cords of Firewood BB.

To document the completion of the BB, I provide the following:
  +photo of my firewood storage area
  - harvesting some of the firewood that I put up
  - action shot of putting up firewood (splitting and stacking)
  - three cord of firewood stacked properly
  +photos for dimensional perspective and dimensions

My space is 20-ft wide with a drop hammer in the middle.  I do stack behind and around it but it is likely less dense than the rest of the stack so I'm using 9.5' wide (as seen in photos) for the width instead of 10-ft for each storage area (east and west).

The dimensions for the west area are 9.5-ft wide x 7-ft tall x 4-ft deep
9.5*7*4=266 cubic feet of firewood
266/128=2.07 cords of firewood

The dimensions for the east area are 9.5-ft wide x 7-ft tall x 4-ft deep
9.5*7*4=266 cubic feet of firewood
266/128=2.07 cords of firewood

I submitted one cord of stacked firewood from the east side for the Straw level Firewood BB and would like to submit the second cord from the east section for the Wood Level Firewood BB.

East + West - Straw Level BB = Wood Level BB
2.07 + 2.07 - 1.0 = 3.1 cords




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My firewood storage area is 20-ft wide and covered with greenhouse bows and greenhouse plastic
My firewood storage area is 20-ft wide and covered with greenhouse bows and greenhouse plastic
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Fell and Buck
Fell and Buck
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Split
Split
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and Stack
and Stack
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West half of firewood storage with me (standing on a next row of firewood) holding tape measures
West half of firewood storage with me (standing on a next row of firewood) holding tape measures
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Dimensions: 7-ft tall by 4-ft deep
Dimensions: 7-ft tall by 4-ft deep
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East half of firewood storage with me (standing on a round) holding tape measures
East half of firewood storage with me (standing on a round) holding tape measures
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Dimensions: 7-ft tall by 4-ft deep
Dimensions: 7-ft tall by 4-ft deep
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Width Dimensional Perspective
Width Dimensional Perspective
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Width: 9.5-ft
Width: 9.5-ft
Staff note (Rob Lineberger) :

Thank you for re-submitting this, I think it is cleaner from a record-keeping perspective.  Approved!

Staff note (gir bot) :

Nicole Alderman approved this submission.
Note: I certified this again, since it was certified before our current system.

 
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Edge case submission
I'll be posting this up along with the one cord BB also, so please excuse me for posting some repeat pictures.

The measurements for one cord (in non-freedom units) is:
5m x 1.9m x 0.4m = 3.7 cubic meters.

With three back to back cords the depth changes to 1.2m now so now I have a total of 11.4 cubic meters.

11.4 cubic meters converted to freedom units = 390 cubic feet
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Getting the wood
Getting the wood
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Processing time
Processing time
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Some splitting
Some splitting
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Cord one
Cord one
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Cord two (starting third)
Cord two (starting third)
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Cord three (starting fourth)
Cord three (starting fourth)
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And me stacking it all
And me stacking it all
Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl flagged this submission as an edge case BB.
BBV price: 0
Note: Could you show the measurement of the depth of the finished pile of wood?  Also, this 3 cord can't include the 1 cord from the other BB.  To get both BBs requires 4 total cords

 
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Yep, that's understood. A misunderstanding I suppose haha! A new submission will be soon to come showing the depth of four cords for simplicity sake. Thanks for the clarification
 
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Edge case submission
Sorry that it took so long to get back around to this. The new cord was actually done a while ago but just never got around to submitting.
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Stacking the new third cord
Stacking the new third cord
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Completed
Completed
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What it measures. Just a tiny tiny bit short of the actual .ark but hopefully gets me across the line
What it measures. Just a tiny tiny bit short of the actual .ark but hopefully gets me across the line
Staff note (gir bot) :

Someone flagged this submission as an edge case BB.
BBV price: 0
Note: Please show pix of the length, width, & height.

 
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I'm actually not even living where the stack is anymore. I was doing the job for my mother-in-law in a different country and have since flown back home. Any chance I could get a passing grade since my single cord BB got a pass? Pleeeeeeeeease?
 
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Approved submission
After much patience the farm owners were nice enough to send the rest of the pictures through to me. They say they'd hate to see all my work not be recognised!
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Building on from the previous post (depth of four cords)
Building on from the previous post (depth of four cords)
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Height (piece on top to hold the tape measure in place)
Height (piece on top to hold the tape measure in place)
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Up close (1.85m - 1.9m)
Up close (1.85m - 1.9m)
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Width (5.16m)
Width (5.16m)
Staff note (gir bot) :

Someone approved this submission.
Note: Congratulations!

 
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