Many of us are used to the convenience of picking up fresh fruit and vegetables at the store or strolling through a farmer’s market. Bright red tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, golden carrots—they’re always there when we need them. What we don’t often stop to think about, though, is the effort it takes to get them to our tables.
Gardening may be rewarding, yet it’s rarely simple. You can pour your heart into planting seeds, tending to the soil, and praying for the best, only to find that Mother Nature had other plans.
That’s exactly what you’ll find on the subreddit Mighty Harvest. It’s where gardeners share results that didn’t quite turn out the way they hoped. But instead of being disappointing, the crops are often so tiny and endearing that they make people smile, while still reminding us of how much work goes into the food we enjoy.
Scroll down for some of the funniest examples.
#1 What Is This, A Tomato For Ants?
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#2 The Carrot To Rule Them All
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#3 Dinner Is Served! Baked Potato Anyone?
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#4 These Watermelons Are Enough To Keep Me Full For Days
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#5 I'm Not Sure How It Will Fit In A Pickle Jar
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#6 Who Wants Strawberry Shortcake?
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#7 Gonna Have Lemonade For Days
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#8 The Perfect Potato
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#9 Mighty Pepper, Plantain For Scale
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#10 I Thought My Chamomile Harvest Might Belong Here
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#11 These Potatoes Will Keep Me Fed Until Next Years' Harvest
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#12 Bout To Go Into Business Jarring My Own Sauce
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#13 We Eating Good Tonight. My First Carrots Ever
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#14 My Cucumber Harvest, The Salad Is Ready 🤣
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#15 Seen On Facebook. The Tiny Leaves
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#16 I’m So Excited To Make Some Salsa
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#17 Baked Potatoes Anyone?
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#18 First Watermelon Of The Summer
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#19 Behold, My Pumpkin Harvest
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#20 Don’t Know How I’m Gonna Be Able To Eat All This!
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#21 Should I Make Salsa Or Marinara With My Tomato Bounty? 🤭
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#22 I Think It Might Hit Five Alarms On The Chilli I'm Cooking For Dinner Tonight With This Beast
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#23 Grandma Wanted Me To Tell You She's Making Stew Tonight!
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#24 Our Potato Harvest This Year Will Feed The Whole Neighborhood!
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#25 Gallons Of Lime Juice To Be Made
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#26 My Mulberry Cutting Is Trying So Hard
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#27 Found This Rather Cheeky Tomato Today
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#28 My Corn Grew Just One Good Kernel
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#29 There Shall Be Wine For All Of You!
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#30 Am I Running A Miniature Garden?
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#31 Imagine The Stuffed Peppers I Could Whip Up With These Bad Bois
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#32 Planted Some Peas About 2 Months Ago And One (1) Pea Emerged
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#33 Today’s Yellow Cherry Tomato Harvest
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#34 Eating Like Kings Tonight W This Wolf Peach
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#35 Might Have To Start A Salsa Business
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#36 First Mango Of The Season
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#37 I've Finally Done It, I've Grown Broccoli
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#38 Today’s Harvest Was Hardcore
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#39 Can’t Wait To Make Wine From This Year’s Harvest
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#40 Don't Mistake This Mighty Pepper For A Pomegranate Seed!
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#41 Behold! The Harvest Was Bountiful!
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#42 I’m Opening A Farm Stand, Guys
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#43 I'll Be Feeding My Family Through The Winter
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#44 Tonight, We Feast!
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#45 Are These Peppers And Tomatoes For Ants???!
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#46 I Am Hoping That All My Potatoes Will Be Of Great Quality Like The First
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#47 Eating Good Tonight
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#48 Our Bountiful Corn
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#49 I Don't Like To Brag But I Grew A Hill Of Beans
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#50 I Will Singlehandedly Introduced Gooseberry Preserves To America
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#51 The Famine Is Over!
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#52 I Think I’m Going To Need To Slice This Tomato Up And Save Some For Later
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#53 Should I Make A Pie?
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#54 Our First Year Gardening And This Is How It Turned Out (Banana For Scale)
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#55 Better Get A Movie Ready, We're Making Popcorn!
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#56 They Are Really Coming In Now
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#57 Going To Be Full After This
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#58 Everything Reminds Me Of Him
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#59 "My Mom Grew Braided Carrots"
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#60 A Fine Harvest Of Carrot And Wheat
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#61 This Will Feed Me For Days
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#62 Who Else Loves Green Beans And Steak?
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#63 Someone Told Me To Post My Cantaloupe Here
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#64 An Absolute Abundance Of Lavender
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#65 Is There A Such Thing As A Carrot King
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#66 We Will Feast For Months!
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#67 Cucumber Salad For Days
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#68 What Can I Do If I Have Too Much Pineapple To Spare?
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#69 I Don't Know How We're Going To Fit All Of The Preserves In Our Pantry!
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#70 Who Wants To Come Over For Some Salad? I Have Plenty To Share!
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#71 Yes I’m Going To Eat Them😆
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#72 Behold The Mighty Egg My Chickens Laid!
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#73 Anyone For Some Nice Corn On The Cob?
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#74 Beans To Feed A Whole Batallion
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#75 Glad My Gardening Habit Can Support My Family
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#76 My Very First Mighty Mulberry Harvest! Maybe I Should Share Some With My Neighbor's 🤔
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#77 Never Buying Canned Pineapple Again
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#78 My First Onion Ever!
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#79 Think I’ll Be Opening A Booth At The Farmers Market Now! So Much To Go Around! 🥕
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#80 I Shouldn’t Have Eaten It All In One Sitting
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#81 Three Whole Kernels?! Tonight We Feast !
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#82 I'll Be Able To See In The Dark With This Many Carrots, Right?
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#83 My Mom's Friend Grew This Squash
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#84 Many Village Saved By 10s Of Lentil
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#85 Told My Husband To Retire Since I’m Singlehandedly Harvesting So Much
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#86 Gunna Be The Best Jack-O'-Lantern Ever
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#87 My Only “Big Rainbow” Tomato This Year. They Can Get Up To 2 Pounds Each!
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#88 We'll Be Speaking Of This Bountiful Harvest For Years
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#89 I Grew Tater Tots
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#90 Better Start Jarring My Heirloom Tomato Haul For The Winter
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#91 A Raspberry Harvest Meant For Generations Of Song
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#92 At What Point Should I Give Up?
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#93 Let’s Gooooo
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#94 An Entire Bowl Of Blueberries. Can’t Decide Whether To Bake A Pie Or Make Jam, Maybe Both 🤔
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#95 The Village Will Have Food For Minutes!!
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#96 My First Cuke Harvest
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#97 When Do You Know Its Time To Harvest A Watermelon
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#98 My Husband And I Have Waited All Summer For This Bad Boy
It was the single fruit our vine produced.
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#99 First Year Garden
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#100 Most Expensive Cherry Tomatoes In The World
So proud of my first bounty. Made exactly one salad with them. 😌
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#101 Anyone Have A Good Stuffed Pepper Recipe?
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#102 I Waited Seven Months For This From The Time This Fruit Started To Grow
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#103 Nearly Ready To Batch Cook Some Soup
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#104 I Grew Tomatoes So Big, They're The Size Of Eggplants
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#105 Great With Salt
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#106 My Family Will Snack Lightly
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#107 Blueberry Pie For The Village Tonight Lads
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#108 Enough To Feed The Whole Neighborhood
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#109 Watermelon Harvest
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#110 Behold! My Pea Harvest! Send Pea Soup Recipes!
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#111 I Planted 10 Cloves Last Year
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#112 This Carrot May Win The State Fair
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#113 Entering A Pumpkin Competition. Wish Me Luck
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#114 Watermelon For Days!
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