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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 earthworks.

For this BB, you will build a full-sized berm!


(source: Pinterest.com)

Minimum Requirements:
  - at least 15 feet tall
  - 6 foot wide paths about halfway up on each side
  - 27 feet wide
  - at least 100 feet long
  - seed immediately

To get certified for this BB, provide proof of the following as pictures of a video (<2 mins):
  - equipment and materials at the build site
  - the site before construction begins
  - partway through the build
  - creating the 6 foot wide walking paths
  - list and show all of the seeds that will go on the berm
  - seeding the berm with seeds
  - mulching the berm with something
  - completed full size berm that that meets the above minimum requirements
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I wonder about the Minimum requirment 15 feet tall. Shouldn't this be 1.5m tall? That would be 5 feet.
 
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