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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 create earthworks for preparing to build a structure!


(source: Allerton Abbey - Wofati 0.7)

Minimum Requirements:
  - flat where the structure goes
  - sloped away from the flat to provide drainage
  - possibly ditch on uphill side to move water away from structure

To get certified for this BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
  - equipment and materials at the build site
  - partway through the building of the flat, slope, uphill side drainage ditch, and other earthworks
  - completed earthworks to prepare a site for building a structure
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Edge case submission

Building an almost “passive” greenhouse.  Had to add footings, dig huge trench which was a pond for weeks after “mid season” in VT, set sono tubes and concrete, and graded


“equipment and materials at the build site
 - partway through the building the flat, slope, uphill side drainage ditch, and other earthworks
 - completed earthworks to prepare a site for building a structure”
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Materials for “almost passive” greenhouse
Materials for “almost passive” greenhouse
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Sono tubes for footings
Sono tubes for footings
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Snowstorm. Need to pour footings.
Snowstorm. Need to pour footings.
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Final grading.
Final grading.
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Note: Please add a picture clearly showing the slope for drainage.

 
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