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Summary
Paul Wheaton continues his discussion with Mike Haasl and Ash Jackson about the
Badge Bits for the sand badge in animal care.
When you attempt a BB, it’s better to surpass the listed requirements rather than only just meet them. Only just passing the requirements can make the people verifying the BBs unsure if it’s a pass or fail, and can result in weeks of waiting. Make sure you read the BB’s requirements – if you don’t send all the required pictures/videos, you don’t get the BB. And if one person is allowed to get a BB without meeting all the requirements, everyone gets a BB without them. Paul wants suggestions on how to improve BBs, but a lot of it will have to wait a year or so to get version 1.0 out.
Difference between
hay and straw is timing – hay is cut when green, straw is cut when dry. Even goats barely eat straw. Both can have seeds, persistent herbicides, and be used as mulch. Don’t build with hay – it’ll just rot.
BBs:
Make 1 bale of hay
- scythe and dry green grass
- make at least one bale of hay
Make 1 bale of straw
- scythe or gather dry straw (pine straw works)
- make at least one bale of straw
Create a brush pile near a garden for animal/insect diversity habitat
- at least 5ft tall, 5ft wide
Create 6 toad habitats
- make six different toad habitats
Plant 60 mulberry tree seeds
- plant at least 60 mulberry seeds
- each mulberry seed must be at least 3 feet apart
- accelerate video to last no longer than 2 minutes
Make snake and lizard habitat
- make snake or lizard habitat
- no cardboard or man-made materials involved
Live mouse trap
- make a live rodent trap
- show that it works
Relevant Threads
PEP Badge: Animal Care - main thread
scythe and bale one bale of hay
scythe and bale one bale of straw
create a brush pile near a garden for animal/insect diversity habitat
create six different toad habitats
plant 60 mulberry tree seeds
create snake/lizard habitat
create a live rodent trap
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