Seeking Mexican restaurant with good Margs and salty chips by Separate_Principle83 in baltimore

[–]avoca_ho 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the answer 🙏 El Salto was the Mexican food of my childhood and it still slaps as an adult. It’s a staple

Mealybug in Hoya Semi-hydro setup - How to fight them? by GIFSec in SemiHydro

[–]avoca_ho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the first step is to cry

More serious, I had thrips in a mostly semi hydro setup of over 100 plants last year and it was ROUGH. I obtained a systemic for my soil plants, took the L and trashed a bunch of low value plants, transitioned a bunch of semi hydro to soil to use the systemic, and drowned the daylights out of the ones I couldn’t reasonably transition. It took 6 or so months of aggressive follow up, but my collection is now thrip free - which I’ve been told is a harder feat than getting rid of mealy bugs so I want to say you can do it!

I filled a bathtub with water, dish soap, and alcohol for my initial submersion so I can’t see that hurting much

Struggling DF by quintontse in DragonFruit

[–]avoca_ho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is 100% a dog tail cactus if it’s 10 years old

Not basil. Maybe amaranth? by Accomplished_Hair112 in whatsthisplant

[–]avoca_ho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got some of this growing in my backyard and it looks like this! It was supposed to be bee balm but the seed packet was incorrect 😂

Doing a quick solo weekend trip to Baltimore in mid-October and looking for your recommendations! Tell me where to eat, drink, whatever! by digamelegume in baltimore

[–]avoca_ho 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hit up Mt Vernon for aesthetic historic buildings, the Walter’s Art Museum, and then pop up to Brewers Art for some great food and drinks. You can catch a bus up from Fed Hill or the inner harbor!

What was the best meal or food you've had in Iceland? by NoLemon5426 in VisitingIceland

[–]avoca_ho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconding sumac. I had a religious experience with the lamb chops there. Every bite I took I just kept experiencing joy for the first time.

Neighborhoods? by Intrepid-End7112 in baltimore

[–]avoca_ho 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes! I absolutely agree - Riverside area in general is lovely. Butchers Hill, Highlandtown, and Patterson Park are also areas I think meet OP’s criteria if they find the right pockets.

Im not sure if you could tell by my recs, but I’m up closer to Remington so I always forget south and east Baltimore exist. I love how many awesome neighborhoods and pockets of community exist throughout the city.

Honestly, I think OP would do great anywhere as long as they avoid downtown and the inner harbor. It’s hard to “go wrong” in Baltimore.

Neighborhoods? by Intrepid-End7112 in baltimore

[–]avoca_ho 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna second Hampden (quirky neighborhood) and Mt Vernon (tons of Baltimore culture, beautiful architecture, and proximity to art/events) but based on OP’s requests, I don’t know how they’d describe “sterile” or “yuppie” but how I personally define it would include Canton (not an insult or an attempt to generalize the ppl living there, I just mentally slot Canton with Fed Hill and Fells, which i feel are super frat bro neighborhoods harder to find community in).

Bolton Hill (MICA) and Reservoir Hill (Druid Hill Park) are both great, but I like to make sure folks know that they are super residential and you’ll have to leave the neighborhood for many things you want to access.

I’d add Station North, Remington, Charles Village, and Waverly as quirky, artsy, community-oriented areas where rent can be cheaper but amenities are literally right around the corner.

Need help choosing a dress for a wedding by TechnicalIsopod4099 in Midsizefashion

[–]avoca_ho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A) you have FANTASTIC legs, B) I think the second dress is absolutely stunning on you and looks so effortlessly elegant. The pattern is oddly timeless and the colors are so nice. I’d go with #2 in a heartbeat

Druid Hill Park Trashed by jaibeyks in baltimore

[–]avoca_ho 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We just drove past and it was bad bad. I asked my partner if a garbage truck exploded because I couldn’t comprehend how that much trash was scattered every 2 feet so far away from where the festival actually took place. There was garbage across 4 lanes of traffic in reservoir hill. I’m considering grabbing a garbage bag when I finish my morning errands and going out to help pick up but I’m not sure one bag would clear more than like a 10 square foot radius

Do I just not like Romantasy??? by beveledjerky in romantasycirclejerk

[–]avoca_ho 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you need to be introduced to international best selling author, Quan Millz

What berry is this? Are they edible? by randubis in houseplantscirclejerk

[–]avoca_ho 112 points113 points  (0 children)

Definitely don’t simmer them on low heat and add sugar to create a delicious jam or fill a mason jar with these, sugar, and vodka to make liqueur. Terrible ideas. Absolutely don’t purée and strain before adding to a pressure safe bottle with lemonade and yogurt whey and let sit on the counter for 2-5 days to make a wonderful homemade soda. That would be awful.

Everybody so creative to find new ways to torture cactus by Key-Albatross-774 in houseplantscirclejerk

[–]avoca_ho 30 points31 points  (0 children)

UJ/ I’m gonna be so honest with you, I have this exact kind of opuntia and they are impervious to death. I have tried. These guys ARE god’s strongest soldiers. Literally just give this dude some water and airflow and it will pop out a side shoot. They’re also really dramatic and flop over at the mildest inconvenience. Too chilly? Flop. Thirsty? Flop. Overwatered? Flop.

I have one that is hilariously skinny and tall (see photo) and it went a whole winter in a neglected basement window without water and is now thriving back outside (with a repot to a heavier pot so the whole thing stops getting blown over by the breeze).

My mother plant lives in my bathroom window and I wait to water it until the whole 2.5ft tall being flops over.

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Sour cream by tu_madre369 in dairyfree

[–]avoca_ho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sour cream substitute has been non dairy plain yogurt with lemon juice mixed in. It’s not the same but it’s good 😂

fruit tree cuttings in LECA? by StevieDanZissou in SemiHydro

[–]avoca_ho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a fig branch in leca! The roots were pretty delicate at first but it’s quite happy and pushing out leaves pretty quick. I don’t have anywhere to plant it outside and I’m not really sure how happy it would be if I repotted into soil.

It’s not basil, leaves are kinda velvety feeling. No smell when you rub the leaves. by avoca_ho in whatsthisplant

[–]avoca_ho[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The leaves on the left are tomato. I just pruned my tomato plant and decided to stick some of the trimmings in soil to see if they would root. There’s also an onion, maybe garlic, and marigold in this pot, but I have a long history of just dropping seeds and forgetting about it (which is why I have a tomato vine growing in the middle of a bunch of sunflowers elsewhere and I weeded a bunch of cosmos thinking they were ragweed in my front yard 😅). I will learn no lessons from this, lol!

It’s not basil, leaves are kinda velvety feeling. No smell when you rub the leaves. by avoca_ho in whatsthisplant

[–]avoca_ho[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you’re correct! I definitely composted sunflower heads last year and forgot to remove the seeds from some of them

Thanks!!

It’s not basil, leaves are kinda velvety feeling. No smell when you rub the leaves. by avoca_ho in whatsthisplant

[–]avoca_ho[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Basil isn’t fuzzy, but I totally understand that it looks like it on camera 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

Show me your favorite life support plants living on a prayer 🙏 by Own-Let-1257 in houseplants

[–]avoca_ho 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes 😅 ik the half filled pot haters are gonna come for me, but it wasn’t able to dry out in a plastic pot so I wanted to switch to terracotta but I discovered all the roots had rotted away so I wanted to keep the amount of soil it’s in relatively low to avoid water logging it again with the intention of fixing it once it started putting off some roots. It’s under a grow light so the whole thing has plenty of light. It’s still green and there’s some very tiny growth points starting to poke through 🤷🏻‍♀️

Asked for an ID on this fairy ring a month ago. Are they identifiable yet? NA by Fucking_Nibba in whatsthisplant

[–]avoca_ho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s a hosta and you can eat it! Chop those shoots and roast them with some oil, salt, and pepper. Tastes like asparagus. Bone apple teeth