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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 Homesteading.

For this BB, you will remove snow and sand ice for a winter (>8 times)!  Snowblowing or plowing is also allowed.


(source: Mother Earth News)

Minimum requirements:
 - at least a 1000 square foot area of snow removal

To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - before and after of removing snow, at least 9 times
 - before and after of adding sand onto ice, at least 9 times
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I thought this would be easy to get but I didn't take pics last winter and this year I just barely got enough winter precip.  Our ice is only generally a problem when it warms up in the spring...  The driveway is long, plus it's 25' wide up by the garage.  I'd say it's at least 4,000 square feet.

I think I'm limited to 30 images so I'll do the sand-on-ice pictures in the next post...
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6 after - see how long the driveway is :)
6 after - see how long the driveway is :)
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And here's the sand on the ice pics
1-before.jpg
1 before
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1 after
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