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Three Scoops with an Excavator - PEP BB earthworks.sand.threescoops

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Bella May
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Just curious if this would count towards the BB even though it was taken years ago?

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Penny McLoughlin
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Here is my excavator 3 scoops.



Me in the excavator.    
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Opalyn Rose
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Here is my submission for the Earthworks - Sand - Three Scoops with an Excavator BB.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
  - Your untouched soil and you in the excavator
  - Action pic of you dumping scoop #1
  - Action pic of you dumping scoop #2
  - Action pic of you dumping scoop #3

Penny, myself, Beau, and Mike teamed up to get our Hugelkulture and Earthworks BB at Allerton Abbey at Wheaton Labs during BB20 2020.  
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The ground before excavation with markers for the location of the 30' long Hugelkulture
The ground before excavation with markers for the location of the 30' long Hugelkulture
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Dumping Scoop #1
Dumping Scoop #1
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Dumping Scoop #2
Dumping Scoop #2
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Dumping Scoop #3
Dumping Scoop #3
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Dumping Scoop #4
Dumping Scoop #4

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Beau M. Davidson
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Scoops.

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jordan barton
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Hopefully sawdust counts

i needed to clean the mill out. here it is before i cleaned it out


Scooping


Picture of me in the machine


First dump


Second dump


Third dump


The next log to go on


The log on the mill

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R Parian
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Digging out a stump.
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Untouched soil and me in the backhoe.
Untouched soil and me in the backhoe.
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Scoop #1.
Scoop #1.
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Scoop #2.
Scoop #2.
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Scoop #3.
Scoop #3.
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Stump out.
Stump out.

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Robin Swindle
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Finally reached one of the most anticipated parts of the PTJ, running the excavator. Josiah was an excellent teacher and got more than three scoops in the process of creating a hugelkultur bed.
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Before
Before
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Scoop 1
Scoop 1
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Scoop 2
Scoop 2
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Scoop 3
Scoop 3
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Three excavator scoops! So much fun.
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Scoop 1
Scoop 1
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Scoop 1 dump
Scoop 1 dump
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Scoop 2
Scoop 2
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Scoop 2 dump
Scoop 2 dump
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Scoop 3
Scoop 3
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Scoop 3 dump
Scoop 3 dump
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daniel thomas allen
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Used WL's excavator to move earth for hugel beds. It has tiny buttons!
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Dan operating
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Scoop 3
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Scoop 2
Scoop 2
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Scoop 1
Scoop 1
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Unmoved earth
Unmoved earth
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Had fun at PTJ and got to play with the excavator!
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Scoop 1
Scoop 1
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Hugel before building
Hugel before building
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Scoop 2
Scoop 2
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Scoop 3
Scoop 3
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Large pile with definitely more than 3 scoops with Farmer Josiah on top
Large pile with definitely more than 3 scoops with Farmer Josiah on top
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