2007 June « Love Carrots and Other Vegetables

Peter Peppers… again!

June 13, 2007 at 8:45 am | In Aesoteric Blogs, Because I can., Humorous Vegetables, Love Vegetables, Odd plants, Vegetables | 3 Comments

Yes, I couldn’t resist it, after a comment from David asking about Peter Peppers I have enclosed another picture which is splendidly obscene.

If you would like to find some seeds and grow your own willies er… eh hem, I mean “peppers” you can purchase them from Debs Happy Store on eBay by clicking here…

I must confess to being tempted…

Pepper Frogs…

June 9, 2007 at 2:23 pm | In Aesoteric Blogs, Because I can., Humorous Vegetables, Is it Art?, Love Vegetables, Odd plants, Reader Submissions, Vegetables, Your Pictures | 1 Comment

A second offering from Little Miss Risky.

Another arty vegetable rendering Rene Magritte would have been proud, I’m sure.

While I’m writing, did you know that recently an ig-Nobel award was given to a group conducting a phd into the smells made by frogs? Apparently frogs give off a smell when frightened. Some smell of curry, some of freshly cut grass, others fruity while there are still further varieties who smell a bit rank.

The results have enabled scientists to make a chemical which will stop pigeons from sitting on girders, pediments and the like in major cities, therefore rendering them unable to shit on the people below. Apparently it’s already in use in London* and other major metropolises across the UK. A true service to humanity, surely! I’d have thought a pukka Nobel would be in order for that one.

Well, well, well. You learn something new every day!

Never let it be said that this site is not educational…

* Not much evidence of that when I visited, last week, though. [Ed 22 June, 2007]

Angry Vegetables…

June 8, 2007 at 10:35 am | In Aesoteric Blogs, Because I can., Humorous Vegetables, Is it Art?, Odd plants, Reader Submissions, Vegetables, Why?, Your Pictures | 1 Comment

Another for the is it art category… Thank you to Little Miss Risky for submitting this one. I wouldn’t fancy meeting this lot down a dark alley, thank heavens they haven’t got any arms or legs otherwise they’d be trouble, I’m sure.

Enjoy!

Jiggy Jalopeno

June 7, 2007 at 1:50 pm | In Aesoteric Blogs, Because I can., Humorous Vegetables, Love Vegetables, Odd plants, Reader Submissions, Vegetables, Your Pictures | Leave a Comment

Thank you Pat Cedillo for this smashing picture of a Jalapeno which is clearly ready to get jiggy.

Pat says.

“I’ve lived in the Southwest US all my life and I had never seen a jalapeno quite like this!”

Thank you Pat, so far, neither have we… There are quite a lot of jalapenos in the Southwest US so I suspect this alarmingly tumescent version is rare… Unless somebody else out there has access to a jalapeno with a similarly willy-like excrescence and would like to submit photographic evidence..!

Enjoy…