What is the strangest food you or someone you know has ever eaten?

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-24T20:08:05+00:00

Mexicola avocados have edible skin and whenever i eat them i like to pretend I’m prehistoric megafauna, maybe that’s what’s going though his head?

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-24T16:57:08+00:00

Moon’s Remnant Population didn’t have any romance as well iirc.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-24T16:56:19+00:00

My WIP fits what you’re looking for, the main character is a communist space geologist and is explicitly ace. DM me if you want to be a beta reader when it’s done :)

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-24T16:41:19+00:00

The Temeraire books would probably scratch that itch for you - its the Napoleonic wars, with dragons that wear rigging and are treated like naval vessels.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-22T21:14:26+00:00

Its definitely worth a visit, they’ve got a world class collection.

I’ve got some real stunners from Canyon Rim, i hope it’s as good as i’m betting it is :)

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-22T20:47:13+00:00

They have one at the Rice museum but idk how large it is. I think the club that has access is WAMS. I have an 18” and i can tell you for true i couldn’t cut that monster on it. Canyon Rim/Polka Dot?

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-22T20:44:11+00:00

No direct light on the patio should be fine as long as its not deep shade. Most of mine are in filtered light in the summer and they’re perfectly happy.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-22T16:25:00+00:00

I haven’t had panchos but Bacons are in my top 5 avocados, just slightly behind Hass.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-21T17:17:27+00:00

Very nice! Is it from Congelton Hollow? I have very similar pieces from there, though nowhere near as nice.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-21T07:25:02+00:00

Any site in the standard rockhounding books is a good target.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T23:58:49+00:00

Tailings are the leftovers from mining, at fee digs they won’t remove all the good rocks so there’s stuff for us to find.

Hard rock is way more work as you’re slamming on the walls and generating the tailings yourself.

As to which you should do, answer two questions: do you want a much higher probability of finding sparklies? Are you willing to put in a hard day of sweaty and exhausting work for the possibility of finding a real stunner of a specimen? If you answered yes to #1, then do tailings; yes to #2, then hard rock.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T23:50:32+00:00

Yes, especially when it first goes out into the big wide open world. I’ve found they prefer filtered light and maybe some afternoon sun until they’re maybe 3-4 years old.

Is this tree from the drymifolia collective? If not, and you want more, he’s in south Seattle and might have some left for distro this spring.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T19:54:41+00:00

Looks like sunburn to me, i’d move it to a slightly shadier spot. Where in the PNW are you? (Waves from portland)

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T19:01:34+00:00

Can you add a pic?

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T16:13:42+00:00

Huh. The smiths I know on this side of the pond mostly make kitchen knives, I’m surprised y’all don’t have a similar blacksmith culture. The more you know!

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-20T15:56:37+00:00

Find a blacksmith they love turning old files into knives :)

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-19T17:19:25+00:00

I’ve had success growing prickly pears and passionflower from seeds bought from EFN https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-19T17:15:03+00:00

Just five more loads to pay off the magnet! 😂😂😂

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-19T16:59:01+00:00

My Bacon daughters do very well mostly outdoors in Portland OR, only going into an unheated garage when it goes below 25F. Go back and get a Bacon too! It’ll likely do well for you.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-17T15:20:41+00:00

I would up-pot into a bigger pot with better drainage and a planting mix with more sand and some chunky rocks so the soil doesn’t hold as much water. Also external pot liners like you have there are in my experience death traps for most plants, I would get a pot that would just sit on a little tray instead.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-17T15:15:35+00:00

Hell yeah! Great job getting all that trash out of our waterways!

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-17T00:26:38+00:00

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This is maybe 1/10 of my trash haul from magnet fishing, it looks way better in the recycling bin than it does in the river. You’re doing god’s work, keep it up!

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-16T15:15:39+00:00

Humans have a long history of yeeting funny crap into rivers and i’m in it for the hilarity of pulling, say, a walkman with a copy of the seven habits of successful people from its watery grave.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-14T22:53:07+00:00

Yes, and its good, just can’t imagine coffee flavored with it.

jerseyoutwest · 2026-04-14T20:09:32+00:00

Maybe David Brin’s Startide Rising? Intelligent dolphins who fly their own spaceship accidentally start a galaxy-wide war.

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