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Make a Brush Pile - PEP BB animal.sand.pile

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update: I re-read the requirements, and read them wrong in the first place. sorry about that. :)
Here is my large brush pile I've been building up for the last few years as large branches are collected this is where they go. 50 feet on the back side of the brush pile is where one of my gardens are located. The width of this pile is 30 or so feed wide. The pile was started from an old tree falling and I've just been adding to it.
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Brush Pile
Brush Pile
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Slowly but surely going after the unkempt trees in our suburban lot. Happy we have a good number of them compared to many others :)

Also happy to learn that brush piles have a positive use for our garden! My spot I picked was a bit inconvenient to add brush to, but I have to keep the other inhabitants of the house and neighborhood happy so it's best kept in the back.
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Empty spot
Empty spot
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This was my finished picture before I realized I forgot my in progress photo....
This was my finished picture before I realized I forgot my in progress photo....
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Added some limbs to show progress!
Added some limbs to show progress!
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finished height
finished height

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Here's my brush pile.
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Area for a brush pile
Area for a brush pile
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Under construction
Under construction
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Finished pile
Finished pile
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Finished height
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This afternoon I made a brush pile. I chose this location because on the other side of the fence brace posts, we just replanted one of our forest garden hedgerows. Both the adjacent pasture and this wooded area are pretty open, so I want to make sure little critters have shelter.

Location before brush pile.

To help me with height, I tied a tape measure to a tree.

The branches for the pile came from several trees that had been blown down on top of the back fence.

Making progress.

Finished pile reached the 5-foot mark on the tape measure.

Tape measure still at 5 feet to measure finished width.

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I had to add one photo for the BB: showing it's five feet high.
It took some time, so now it's too late to edit my post with the other photos. That one you can find here: https://permies.com/wiki/21/108150/pep-animal-care/Brush-Pile-PEP-BB-animal#1130340

And here's the photo showing the height now:


The tape measurer is 150 cm long. One foot equals 30.48 centimeters (cm). So 5 feet is  about 152,5 cm. It's very difficult to measure such a pile exactly, I hope it's OK now.


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Brush pile.
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Before brush pile.
Before brush pile.
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Making brush pile.
Making brush pile.
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Brush pile with vertical tape measuring 5ft.
Brush pile with vertical tape measuring 5ft.
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Brush pile with horizontal tape measuring 5ft.
Brush pile with horizontal tape measuring 5ft.

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Here’s my brush pile for little critters.
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New brush pile near my future garden area

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Just down the end of the veggie patches is this wonderful pile for critters. Trying to get rid of the thicket for the crops to get more sunlight throughout the day
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Just starting the pile
Just starting the pile
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A little more progress made
A little more progress made
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Showing the density of the completed stack
Showing the density of the completed stack
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Can you see my 5'5" lady in this picture?
Can you see my 5'5" lady in this picture?
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Or maybe the 5'9" gentleman in this one?
Or maybe the 5'9" gentleman in this one?

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Several trees and shrubs needed a trim, so I collected all of the branches to make up a brush pile.It ended up being right around 5 ft tall, and 6-7 feet wide.
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The spot before building the brush pile.
The spot before building the brush pile.
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Strarting to build up the brush pile.
Strarting to build up the brush pile.
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My measuring stick (48" long)
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All done, measuring the height.
All done, measuring the height.
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All done, measuring the width.
All done, measuring the width.

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