Well, it’s just about here… Merlefest, a Bluegrass Festival in Wilkesboro NC. Last year it drew 70,000 attendees, and this year promises more. At this event the air is filled with the sound of banjos, guitars, mandolins and singing. So what does this have to do with Survivaltek?? Well, until now, Survivaltek has been the [...]
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Most of the country is warming up now. In our area, April means that trees go from gray to green. Now, when I walk in the woods I’m on the look-out for snakes… especially when I’m crossing logs. Basically, snakes come in two important categories… venomous, and non-venomous, although, in the extreme South, there are [...]
I remember as a teenager reading about great escapes during WWII and how the ingenuity of prisoners was employed out of necessity in the prison camps. As supplies were low, they had to stretch their resources in different ways. One way of increasing their limited matches was to split them lengthwise and then ignite the [...]
Each Spring I enjoy the sight of the first Violas that appear within grassy areas. One reason is that it announces Spring, and the other, is that they are edible and tasty! Violets and violas are the same thing: “violet” is the common name, “viola” is the scientific name. There are three related plants in [...]
