Bull thistle is a widespread biennial thistle orginally from Europe and Asia, but now introduced throughout North America. Although it is intimidating in appearance and can sometimes form large infestations, this thistle is not as challenging to control as many others and is mainly a problem in hay fields and pastures. Bull thistle is also commonly found along trails, roads and vacant fields.
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Growing up in SD I was always confronted with snow, extreme cold and ice in the winter time. It is important to have certain items in your car in case of an accident, problems with car or even getting stuck in the snow. It is always important to have your car taken care of with the right anti-freeze in the radiator, correctly inflated tires (check monthly), oil change, tune-up and maybe a new battery. Other items needed are a first aid kit, blankets, jack and tire iron, jumper cables, water, and food supply in case you are stranded for any length of time. Wild apple trees, also known as Pyrus malus, originated in Britain and are the foundation for all of our apples trees today. They were brought to North America by the early settlers, and since then the apple market has generated more than 2,000 different kinds of apples. they are medium-sized trees with coarse, oval leaves and familiar fruit; flowers pink to white, 5-petaled, radially-symmetrical, 3/4 inches across, fragrant, in early spring; fruit familiar apple or smaller crabapple; familiar brown apple seeds in sets of 5 around core’s circumference; leaves oval, pointed, slightly toothed,fuzzy underneath, 2 to 3-1/2 inches long; bark gray, scaly, cracked. Jungle Master 20 inch machete A machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically 32.5 to 60 centimetres (12.8 to 24 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres (0.12 in) thick. It is less commonly known. In the English-speaking Caribbean such as Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term "cutlass" is used for these agricultural tools. 1000f Spool of grey parachute cord Parachute cord known as paracord or 550 cord is a lightweight nylon rope that were originally used in the suspension lines of US parachutes during World War II. On the field, paratroopers found this cord useful for many other tasks. This versatile cord was even used by astronauts during STS-82, the second Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Wax myrtle is a member of the Myricaceae family. This tree is also known as candleberry, Southern bayberry, Southern wax myrtle or bayberry. Wax myrtle is grown from New Jersey south and west to Texas, Oklahoma, Mexico and Central America. This tree is also found in may parts of the Caribbean.Female Myrtle’s will bear fruit berries that grow in clusters, and are green with an attractive bluish-white wax coating that lends them a vaporous gray appearance. The fruit matures in the fall and remains throughout winter, attracting a multitude of birds. Vermicompost is the product or process of composting using various worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms to create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. Vermicast, also called worm castings, worm humus or worm manure, is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm.These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than do organic materials before vermicomposting. Containing water-soluble nutrients, vermicompost is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. This process of producing vermicompost is called vermicomposting. At Tennessee's capitol hill Thursday guns were a big topic, as some state lawmakers want to make sure new laws coming out of a presidential task force in Washington don't impact gun owners in Tennessee. The talk of gun control is making the lawmakers looking at a bit of a preemptive strike.A couple of Tennessee legislators have filed bills that try to block new federal gun laws before they even exist. As I was watching a prepping show on TV I noticed they were using bow and arrow. I thought to myself that using a bow and arrow would actually be more efficient in many ways than a gun. The arrows can be handmade along with the bow when out in the wilderness. Using a bow and arrow is actually more quiet and easy to handle. It is also very light weight. These mylar sleeping bags protect an individual much like mylar blankets by reflecting a persons body heat and trapping it inside. They are waterproof and windproof and retain 90% of your body heat. It doesn’t have the openings on the bottom which is where most of the heat is lost in the emergency blankets. It can be used for water collecting,shading,or a signal device just like the mylar blanket They are Actual: 84" x 36" x 36" weighs 4oz in the package and is 3" x 6.5" x 1" when folded up. At thesurvivalcache we sell them for $6.25 a piece or 3 for $18 |
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