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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 make 600 feet of proper road!


(source: Biek Forums)

For more information, please read the permies.com forum on A Good Road Lies Easy on the Land.

Minimum Requirements:
  - must have a crown or other form of drainage
  - must include side ditches where appropriate
  - seed disturbed soil

To get certified for this BB, post pictures or a video (2 minutes or shorter) that demonstrate the following:
  - site where the road will be made
  - partway through making the crown of the road
  - partway through making side ditches
  - show and list the seeds that will be planted in disturbed soil
  - partway through seeding disturbed soil
  - finished 600 feet of proper road that meets the above minimum requirements
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Edge case submission
I may have posted a previous BB incorrect and should have posted it here. Please refer to link below for this BB. (Can I move it? Or can one project be counted for 2 BB?)

https://permies.com/wiki/129218/pep-earthworks/PEP-BB-earthworks-straw-roadmaintenance
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Hans Quistorff flagged this submission as an edge case BB.
BBV price: 0
Note: Original post not edited in here which makes it seem incomplete. entrance picture would probably .complete

 
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Edge case submission
Here is me working on the crown/pitch.
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Creating pitch/crown
Creating pitch/crown
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Aerial of property 250 to the lone pine. (Just ran conduit for greenhouse power.)
Aerial of property 250 to the lone pine. (Just ran conduit for greenhouse power.)
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Perspective of pitch
Perspective of pitch
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Note: Please enough pictures of the completed road so the total length can be verified.

Staff note :

Typo. Please ADD enough pictures ...

 
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