Porcupine Tomato

Solanum pyracanthum

Grown from seed starting in early May, by Halloween it should be 2 feet tall and covered in bright orange spines. Keep this one out of reach of trick-or-treaters, though. The prickles poke if handled roughly and the plant bears mildly poisonous fruits. 

Weird Tomato

I was looking forward to eating this tomato in a salad. When I cut it I was shocked to see the seeds inside this tomato had sprouted. Yes inside the tomato and as you can see the seedlings are green. I watered it for a couple of days feeling sorry for these sproutlings. I don't start my seeds until the first week of March so I wasn't going to bother trying to save them. I guess if seeds inside of a tomato can sprout Spring must be around the corner. In fact 22 more days!