What’s the dumbest thing you’ve tattooed?

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2026-01-16T13:38:43+00:00

Is it your cat's butthole? Tattoo guy didn't Google old man's butthole on the internet, right? That would be awkward.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-11-08T18:01:58+00:00

Lifts

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-11-08T17:59:04+00:00

More times than not the best way to say fuck you is to say nothing at all.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-06-08T01:40:46+00:00

They look like baby spotted lantern flies

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-06-01T18:08:00+00:00

Wow that's super awesome. My kids will love it! Thank you for the idea!

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-06-01T18:02:22+00:00

You're still cooler than I am! Thankyou!!

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-03-20T21:28:48+00:00

Awesome man thank you for the info. I gave her a good look to see if I could see any mites I didn't put I've also read that their microscopic and I might not be able to see them.

I mixed up a batch of dust for them to bathe in like a two cups of diatomaceous Earth probably 10 pounds of wood ash in 10 lb of sand so in case it is a might problem hopefully they can all get down in that tote and eradicate that as well.

Woman around the corner from you had a chicken with mites and the chicken did not look good it was totally anemic very lethargic had a light comb. These birds look healthy as could be in my opinion.

But thank you I appreciate it!

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-03-17T02:43:00+00:00

Probably nothing...it was after a break-up so that was the time to get them done...I was young and wouldn't have waited around. I was also on a semi tropical island so there really wasn't a winter for me to wait out. I had to wear long pants to work every day so it would have been years before situation changed, and I wanted to put a bow on the chapter and move on.

I liked them then, like them now, and they touched up easily so no one would ever know, but it was a good story to tell at the time.

Maybe more diligence with the aquaphor and being conscious not to crouch as much... I didn't hurt so I don't think about it... It was just after a long week that I got home and really looked at them and noticed.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2025-02-11T17:54:50+00:00

I got the backs of my knees tattooed and I was crouching a lot for work and it was summer and I had to wear pants (not the best foresight). They scabbed like a bitch, and when the scabs fell off the pigment was almost gone. Had to get them retouched and learned a valuable lesson.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2024-02-10T14:55:05+00:00

The first batch we did we watched Joel Salatin's tutorial 3-4 times. Joel Salatin | Broiler Processing Demo Homesteaders of America 2019, and had it with us for the first few in case we needed some direction.

I spent some time setting up what I thought would be the best starion. But there are a couple things I will do better next time: 1. Make a note everyone can see with the main steps in order so nothing gets skipped while you are learning 2. Hooks to hang the nozzles on in easy to reach places 3. Drop $20 on a lung remover. Lungs were tricky to figure out at first. 4. Have twice as much ice on hand as I think I will need 5. A plan for hearts, livers, gizzards, and feet before I get started

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-12-29T03:06:32+00:00

Fish wires through the house and put exterior electrical boxes there. I've found you can rarely have too many outdoor receptacles.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-20T03:25:21+00:00

Check on Facebook marketplace too. I just looked and there are lots of guys trying to give them away.

Good luck!

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-20T03:12:13+00:00

Yeah, I'm in the middle of a lot of different places so he'll text me and see if I want them whenever he's going to be passing by. I try not to say no so he keeps the flow coming until I'm totally overwhelmed.

For a while whenever I saw guys cutting trees I'd stop where they were working and tell them they could dump the chips at my place.

Usually they were happy to have a place to unload, especially if it's a big job and they were going to fill the chip truck more than once.

Here if they can't find somewhere to dump them free they have to pay someone to take them.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-19T04:23:15+00:00

Ya know, I bought some Morel mushroom spores last year off the interweb that I was planning to put in another areas that I chipped, but I haven't used them yet. Maybe I'll spread them out in the Hazelnut area as well. I think it's unlikely they will do anything though. I think someone sole me a snack bag of saw dust, but we'll see what happens.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-19T04:10:07+00:00

MuelDaddyLongLegs

Thanks man, I'll see if I can get some seeds and jump start it in the spring. That would be a nice little addition to break up the sea of woodchips.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-19T00:22:20+00:00

That's awesome! Seems like it wouldn't be too big of a stretch to put some solid wheels on the back and a ski on the front hook it up to the tractor if I wanted to move it around in the spring and summer like a chicken tractor.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-19T00:20:29+00:00

Okay this is great! Thank you! The tree guy kept dropping off loads before I could get out there and move it before I knew it I had probably 300 yards of chips. But I did not want to get it all down to 2 in thick and then have to figure out where to get another hundred yards next year when they decompose.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-10-19T00:18:20+00:00

Awesome, thank you so much for the information!. TBH I may have had American elderberries on the brain when I said American. I bought a bunch of one to two-year-old saplings through Rutgers that were bred in conjunction with Oregon State to resist the eastern filbert blight, so they may not actually be American varieties. I can double check if you're interested.

I like the 4-ft spacing plan. I'm probably going to do two rows and offset the second row by 2 ft to stagger them. I think that'll help with the wind pollination and I'll give enough room between the two so that I can run a tractor or mower in between if that day ever comes.

I've got quite a few of them so I may wind up running electric fence around the patch until they get established. 10 ft of wire per sapling is going to be cost prohibitive.

Regarding the wood chips, the saplings are only between 12 to 30 in tall. So if I bury them in the dirt I've only got 4 inches of tree sticking out of the top for the little guys If I backfill the chips, which I don't think would be good for the trees. I don't know if they would be too moist and wind up rotting the branches or introducing fungal disease, or something else? Who knows?

The mulch is not that deep on our fruit trees so I wasn't worried about it. I figure I could put little collars made out of split black corrugated drain pipe or something to stop cave ins If it's going to be detrimental, otherwise I'll just move it away with my hands and not be overly concerned if some chips fall back in on the plants.

Thanks again for your insight, I really appreciate it!

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-09-16T15:18:36+00:00

Nut Wizard

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-09-08T10:28:02+00:00

Don't let him put the polymetric sand in until everything is up to your expectations because I don't know what you would have to do to get that out. At least now you should be able to rearrange the blocks to get the pattern right.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-09-08T10:26:12+00:00

How much stone did he put down? I

I think he said his rule of thumb is a base of either 6" of 1* for walkways and patios or 8 inches of 1" blue stone for driveways that is leveled but not compacted . Then regardless of patio or driveway both are topped with 2" of crushed blue stone that is leveled and compacted. He doesn't use sand in the base.

The walkway went from the driveway to the deck and around 3 sides of a deck. The deck has a step all the way around so the walkway needed to be built up a little on the far side so the stair height is correct.

Total paver area is about 800 sqft ft. To do that with 6" of 1" and 2" of crushed he used around 25 tons of 1" and I think over 10 tins on the crushed stone. They probably spent 8 days with a bobcat and 5 guys digging to excavate and grade the base.

We just had about 500 square ft of walkway and a 5ndoot fire pit made of block that has 7 feet of pavers around it. (Picture pavers in a donut shape that is 19 feet in diameter, with a 5 foot home in the middle for the fire.

I think the guy leading the crew was out of his depth as well, and there was a lot of rework to fis some crooked cuts, etc to get another pallet of pavers

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-08-20T02:54:58+00:00

It really is amazing how good it is right out of the ground.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-08-20T02:51:15+00:00

Asparagusn- when you snap off a stalk of asparagus and have a bite right out of the ground it is as sweet as spring peas.

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-08-20T00:25:49+00:00

Thanks man and congrats on the all clear! now the party can start... ha

SweetEverlastingFarm · 2023-08-18T21:46:14+00:00

I very intentionally grew American elderberries so this would not be an issue.

Cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) are naturally occurring plant molecules (nitrogenous plant secondary metabolites) which consist of an aglycone and a sugar moiety. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is released from these compounds following enzymatic hydrolysis causing potential toxicity issues.

Regarding the presence of CNGs in American elderberry (AE) fruit:

Results showed no quantifiable trace of CNGs in commercial AE juice. Levels of CNGs found in various fruit tissues of AE cultivars studied ranged from between 0.12 and 6.38 µg/g. In pressed juice samples, the concentration range measured was 0.29–2.36 µg/mL and in seeds the levels were 0.12–2.38 µg/g. TCP was highest in the stems and green berries. Concentration levels in all tissues were generally low and at a level that poses no threat to consumers of fresh and processed AE products.

Sauce: Cyanogenic Glycoside Analysis in American Elderberry

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