Rez Zircon

Hmm. If it's latex, then latex paint remover... acetone (nail polish remover) gets a double recommend:

https://diygeeks.com/things-to-dissolve-latex-paint/

Nicole Alderman wrote:

Rez Zircon wrote:
Hmm.  It's probably a protein stain. Try one of the urine-odor removers.

Any idea how to make one? I don't have any urine odor removers on hand.

It makes me wonder: What is in a urine remover?

Mostly enzymes. A friend recommends "PET FORCE PET STAIN AND ODOR ELIMINATOR" (available on Amazon)

Another friend used it to rehabilitate her hallway carpet where her incontinent (old age) husband had dribbled for a year. It worked, and the carpet also looks much better.

I suppose you could make something similar from a pancreas, if you have a spare. :O

A little perspective: the historical price of eggs, used to be far higher than today:

https://www.cheapism.com/how-much-dozen-eggs-cost-year-you-were-born/

I can't find it again offhand but a while back I came across historical prices of eggs back to about 1910... adjusted for inflation, the price was then around $25/dozen. If you didn't have a place for chickens, eggs were a conspicuous luxury item.

Dang, And here the rest of us go out of our way trying to find unicorn poop!

Hmm.  It's probably a protein stain. Try one of the urine-odor removers.

I have a one-ton dually, and it saves me about 30 trips to town per year, because it'll haul that much more feed at a crack (once a month instead of once a week).

My little Ranger is more economical for other stuff, but sure not for big loads.

Daniel Andy wrote:The perfect homestead vehicle is the Slate EV truck.

Yeah, if you're going for an EV, this struck me as the practical choice. Jay Leno's Garage had a look at it recently. very interesting.

As one of the comments says, cutting dealerships out of the loop was a smart move.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6_9_HHLOSY

Dunno about dandelion staints, but liquid Cheer or Tide, applied straight, will take out underarm stains. It will also sometimes take out color, so test first.

Seeds are an It Depends. Some die when they dry out (I've heard this is the case with apples, and it's my experience with citrus), others have never heard of calendars and once dry, keep indefinitely.

Tomato seeds keep 10-20 years, and I have read 50 years for true potato seed.

Peas so old they've turned yellow still mostly come up. I've had 15 year old corn come up.

The problem with onion seeds isn't that they die. Rather, after a couple years the seed coat gets so hard that the embryo cannot break out of it. If you carefully peel back the iron-hard seed coat (or perhaps scarify it, I haven't tried that) here comes the baby onion.

I don't do anything special for storage. They're jars in the garage, mostly to keep the bugs from getting in and chewing on them. Some were in a hot warehouse for three years and proved none the worse for wear (those became my first garden here).

I've been here 11 years now and the horseradish patch is no bigger than before. It gets lots of water and seems very happy under the apple trees, but it's also surrounded by (and by late summer, overtopped by) long grass.

However, the rhubarb... I started with one plant. Canadian Red. It did not like where I first put it ... died back in June and I thought it had croaked. Next year there it was again, so I dug it up and moved it, but in the process broke the root into 3 pieces. Decided the next spot was in the way so I dug up them up to move again... one root was the size of your leg... and they broke again, and now I have 12. They haven't spread by root beyond where they are, but I sometimes let one bloom, and I get seedlings anywhere it's a bit shady and damp. The ground around its fence-shaded spot gets quite hot and dry, which probably discourages it from spreading further. (Definitely benefits from afternoon shade.)

I didn't pay any attention to root taper, I just made a ditch and dropped them in and covered them up. They seem to have paid no attention to where they started, and came up randomly kinda all over the designated area. And I moved them during June, and it was already hot. Apparently the sole required criterion is "piece of root, buried any which way".

If the roots have grown apace with after the first move, moving 'em again might need a backhoe. I'm afraid to dig down and look.

Side note: rhubarb sauce is wonderful on pork, chicken, and even beef!! (I add lemon pepper, too.) And you can mix it with chili sauce for a unique sweet-and-sour BBQ sauce.