Our Halloween pumpkins have reverted to vegetables.  Let me be the first to suggest what to do with them now that the holiday is over.

Did you carve the pumpkin?  It’ll rot soon.  You could throw it in a garbage bag for the landfill or …

• Compost it.
• Cut it up and feed it to wildlife. (Don’t litter, though.)
• Bury it in your garden to enrich the soil.

Is it uncarved?  Then it’ll last longer “as is” or you can open and eat it.

• Continue to use the pumpkin as a decoration until it begins to decay.
• Bake and puree the flesh to turn it into pumpkin pie, etc.
• Toast and eat the seeds.

For a really good list, see Jessica’s 2014 post at BrightNest:  7 things to do with your old pumpkin

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