Pencil hardness test versus Brinell hardness of lead alloys

North Carolina Prepper — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:55:39 +0000

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Using a Pencil to find out the hardness of a lead alloy. This is useful in reloading. Buying a hardness tester is better and way more expensive.
But this will get you in the ball park.

Lee Precision Lead Hardness Test Kit. http://amzn.to/28RK1jT

Staedtler Lumograph Graphite Drawing and Sketching Pencils
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Get the chart here http://tinyurl.com/z6gmgxl
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The Chart can be gotten here.

Foraging for wild edibles

North Carolina Prepper — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:33:10 +0000

My recommendation is to find a good field guide for your region and/or take a course from a knowledgeable local expert.

Just remember, do note consume ANY plant material that you cannot identify with complete certainty. You only have to be wrong once in order to find yourself in a world of hurt.

I will add more links to online sources as I find them.

Online Resources – Edible Plants

Title of Web site/page	URL
“Wilderness Survival: Survival use of Plants – Edibility of Plants”	http://www.wilderness-survival.net/plants-1.php
“Wildcrafting.net: Foraging Database, Edible & Medicinal Plants”	http://www.wildcrafting.net/
“Wild Plants Used for Medicine and Food”	http://www.wildernesscollege.com/plants-used-for- medicine.html
‘The “Wild Edible Plants: Promoting Dietary Diversity in Poor Communities of Lebanon” project’	http://wildedibleplants.org/
“Montana Plant Life – Flora and Identification ofEdible, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants”	http://montana.plant-life.org/
“Edible wild plants”	http://gardeningfromthegroundup.us/Edible %20wild%20plants.htm
“Eat The Weeds by Green Deane, the most watched forager in the world”	http://www.eattheweeds.com/
“Edible Wild Food, Recipes \| Edible Weeds \| Identification, Pictures, Foraging”	http://www.ediblewildfood.com/
“Guide to Common Edible Wild Plants”	http://dsc.discovery.com/adventure/guide-to- common-edible-wild-plants.html
“Wild Food Adventurer Newsletter – Edible WildPlants, North America”	http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/newsletter.ht ml#Wild%20Concepts
“Wild Food Foragers – For those who delight in theCulinary and Medicinal Uses of Weeds”	http://www.wildfoodforagers.org/

Online Resources – Weeds

Title of Web site/page	URL
“Global Compendium of Weeds”	http://www.hear.org/gcw/index.html
“Weed Science at the University of Illinois: WeedIdentification”	http://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/weedid.htm
“Weed Science at the University of Illinois”	http://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/weedid.htm#Gras sPhotoGallery
“NCSU TurfFiles Decision Aids – Turf & Weed ID”	http://turfid.ncsu.edu/
“Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide: identification of common weeds and weed seedlings found throughout Virginia and the Southeastern U.S”	http://www.ppws.vt.edu/weedindex.htm
“Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide: Wildflowers”	http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/wildflowers .htm
“Early Spring Weeds of No-till Crop Production”	http://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/extension/Other/N CR614.pdf (PDF)
“Weeds of the North Central States”	http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/WEEDS/list.html
“Takinogawa Gobo; a Common Weed or ValuableEdible”	http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/takinogawa- gobo-a-common-weed-or-valuable-edible/
“Wonderful World of Weeds” By Lynn Smythe	http://oldfashionedliving.com/weeds.html

Online Resources – Wildflowers, Herbs, and Other Plants

Title of Web site/page	URL
“Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States”	http://2bnthewild.com/index2.shtml
“Wild Mountain Herbs of Tennessee, NorthCarolina and Georgia”	http://www.appalachia- adventures.com/wildherbs.htm
“Alternative Nature Online Herbal: Herbs, Medicinal Plants, Finding and using wild herbs”	http://www.altnature.com/
“Southeastern Flora: Southeastern US PlantIdentification Resource”	http://www.southeasternflora.com/
“Alderleaf Wilderness College Plant Identification: A Practical Approach”	http://www.wildernesscollege.com/plant- identification.html
“Plant Encyclopedia – Plant & Flower Names, Pictures, Plant Identification – BHG.com”	http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/
“PLANTS Database \| USDA PLANTS”	http://plants.usda.gov/
“PlantFiles: The Largest Plant IdentificationReference Guide – Dave’s Garden”	http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/
“Learn to Identify Plants”	http://www.nal.usda.gov/learn-identify-plants
“Ways to Identify Native American Plants”	http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ways-to-identify- native-american-plants.html

Online Resources – Wildflowers, Herbs, and Other Plants cont.’d

Title of Web site/page	URL
“What Makes Wild Plants Special?” (From The WildVegan Cookbook by “Wildman” Steve Brill)	http://wildmanstevebrill.com/Books.Folder/Wild %20Vegetarian%20Folder/Special.html
“International Rewilding Discussion Forum – Index”	http://www.rewildportland.com/Conversations/
“Wilderness Survival: Poisonous Plants”	http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp10.php
“Wilderness Survival: Poisonous Plants Pictures”	http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appc.php
“Mosquito Repellent Plants”	http://www.buzzle.com/articles/mosquito- repellent-plants.html

Online Resources – Wilderness and Pollinators

Title of Web site/page	URL
“Chicago Wilderness Magazine: Prairies, Woodlands, Wetlands”	http://chicagowildernessmag.org/issues/winter200 8/howtoenjoy.html
“Chicago Wilderness Magazine”	http://www.chicagowildernessmag.org/
“U.S. EPA Wetlands”	http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/
“U.S. EPA Wetlands Prairie Potholes”	http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/potholes.cfm
“U.S. EPA Great Lakes Greenacres: Landscaping with Native Plants”	http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/wildones/index.ht ml
“U.S. EPA Great Lakes Greenacres: Landscaping with Native Plants: Weedlaws: The John Marshall Law Review”	http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/weedlaws/index.ht ml
“Prairie: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie
“Grassland: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasslands
“The Nature Conservancy Grassland & PrairiesLand Conservation”	http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/grass lands/index.htm
“The Nature Conservancy Forest Conservation”	http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/fores ts/index.htm
“The North American Prairies”	http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEO G235/biomes/tempgrass/prairie
“EcoC2S Pollination & Pollinators”	http://www.ecoccs.com/resources_links.html#polli n
“EcoC2S Positive Agricultural Paradigms [Pollination & Pollinators; Native Vegetation Information & Plant Sources (Seeds and Plant Nurseries); Food Not Lawns; Edible Perennials; Edible & Medicinal Plants; Bio(logical)diversity; Agroforestry; Soil Ecology & Composting; etc.]”	http://www.ecoccs.com/resources_links.html#pos_ag

Silent rooftop wind turbines could generate half of a household’s energy needs

North Carolina Prepper — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:31:39 +0000

Please take a look at this.

http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/silent-wind-turbines-could-generate-half-household-energy.html

of – The Preppers Voice

Pencil hardness test versus Brinell hardness of lead alloys

Foraging for wild edibles

Silent rooftop wind turbines could generate half of a household’s energy needs