Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Body Modification For Veggies!


I am trying something a little back strange in the garden this summer! Vegetable body modification! The idea is that around mid june-july if you are growing pumpkins or gourds or anything similar then you give the vegetables a tattoo ready for Hallowe'en come October 31st! I suppose it is actually a bit more like scarification than it is tattooing, but anyway. It's super easy and hopefully, come October I will have something to show you!

You take a pin or even a thumbtack and a template of your design or message. Use the pin to etch out the details on the surface of your pumpkin, but be sure not to dig out any skin in case it gets infected or some bugs move it! Just scratch it on the surface – the pumpkin will 'bleed' a watery substance! As the pumpkin grows and turns orange the etching will grow into a raised scar and your pumpkin will be hardcore with it's own body modification!

Here are some examples I found online!




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