Mutant Cucumber

So here’s the deal: I hate cucumbers. Hate them like no other food on earth. Given the choice of starving to death or eating a cucumber, starving might win.

However, I looooove pickles and I want to make my own. So I planted cucumber seeds this spring. My plant has so far produced exactly ONE cucumber, and this is it. It’s about two inches in diameter, and one end has turned orange and swelled to enormous proportions.

Now I don’t claim to know everything about how plants work, but I’m pretty sure cucumbers are not supposed to mutate like this while growing. Needless to say, I will not be pickling and eating this little alien fruit.

Oh, by the way, this is part of my Modified Project 365. For the next six weeks or so I’ll be taking photos and uploading as I have the time and energy. Hopefully around mid-September I’ll be able to return to doing this daily.