Solar-powered Ripe Radish lamps liven up your gardening experience

There are some pretty ridiculous knick-knacks out there to show off your geeky side, but this one is too clever to ignore.

Designer Arthur Xin has fashioned these solar-powered Ripe Radish lamps to brighten up your garden - and maybe even help kick off a live-version game of Super Mario.

Basically, the Ripe Radish lamps gather solar power during the day, lighting up the bright red bulbs at night in order to provide you an illuminated and fun-looking path back to your front door at night. Owners can even grow a real plant in the center of the radish to give it a more lifelike effect.

If I had a front yard and these came with a reasonable price tag (perhaps in a set of six, for example), I'd consider planting these in my lawn. Sadly, they just won't look as cool in front of an apartment doorstep...just rather sad.