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iN PHOTOS: Funky looking veggies from Kamloops, Okanagan gardens

This seductive radish grew in a Penticton garden.
This seductive radish grew in a Penticton garden.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Vicki Reeve

It's that time of year when hardworking gardeners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are seeing the fruits of their labour, harvesting a wide variety of homegrown vegetables, and some of the delicious produce is pretty weird looking or downright seductive.

Funny surprises are popping out of local gardens from carrots with legs, to Siamese twin zucchinis and curly snow peas. 

With later vegetable varieties still ripening there are sure to be some more unique finds before fall.

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Included in this vegetable photo collection is a horny tomato and a twisted carrot from last year’s dirtier finds.

If you see a strange looking vegetable in your garden and want to share, please submit a photo of it to news@infonews.ca.

These zucchinis in a Kelowna garden are conjoined.
These zucchinis in a Kelowna garden are conjoined.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Megan Burgera

Zucchinis in a Kelowna garden grew long skinny tails.
Zucchinis in a Kelowna garden grew long skinny tails.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Janet Gore Blofield

This cucumber in Kamloops has curve appeal.
This cucumber in Kamloops has curve appeal.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Scott Van Dyke

Twisted carrots from a garden in Kamloops.
Twisted carrots from a garden in Kamloops.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Jennifer Redfearn

A carrot with six legs crawled out of a Kamloops garden.
A carrot with six legs crawled out of a Kamloops garden.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Melissa Sue Williams

A tomato with a horn sticking out of it, grown in a garden in Kelowna.
A tomato with a horn sticking out of it, grown in a garden in Kelowna.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Tanner Friesen

This tomato grown in Penticton has bunny ears.
This tomato grown in Penticton has bunny ears.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Vicki Reeve

This pickling cucumber from a Kamloops garden grew a leaf.
This pickling cucumber from a Kamloops garden grew a leaf.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Scott Van Dyke

These snow peas in Penticton grew in curls.
These snow peas in Penticton grew in curls.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Vicki Reeve

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