Photo of the Day: Kids Playing with Giant Zucchini
These two munchkins don't know how lucky they have it. When their mom planted a seemingly normal zucchini seed in their Santa Clarita, California, garden, she wasn't expecting this monster to appear. Good thing the children aren't actually the size of normal zucchinis—that would be weird. This makes me wonder if my mom really loved me; my childhood lacked grossly giant vegetables.
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9 Comments:
Umm... I'm pretty sure that's a zucchini.
Cadence at 7:24PM on 07/29/08
The post has been updated!
Erin Zimmer at 7:30PM on 07/29/08
Mine are bigger:
http://prettybabies.blogspot.com/2008/07/attack-of-killer-zucchini.html
:)
Amy
amya413 at 10:07PM on 07/29/08
That's not even all that big for a California zucchini. I've seen much larger. They just get away from the daily harvest sometimes.
Calichef at 3:42AM on 07/30/08
I heard some gardeners on NPR talking about how, if you don't pick them early, summer squash like zucchini can get insanely big insanely fast.
Guess they weren't kidding! Apparently, the bigger, the tougher, so it's better to pick them early for several reasons...
MegB at 1:10PM on 07/30/08
That's hilarious. I especially like the first once.
CanadianFoodieGirl at 9:33PM on 07/30/08
Er, that should read, " first one", not "first once".
(SE needs an edit function.)
CanadianFoodieGirl at 9:34PM on 07/30/08
Check out this PDF file for the Alaska State Fair's giant vegetable record- these sound amazing!
www.alaskastatefair.org/exhibits/2007%20Large%20Veggies.pdf
nireih at 5:06AM on 07/31/08
So, she planted a cucumber seed and got a giant zucchini? How does that work?
lawandmusic at 8:47AM on 07/31/08