Halloween and Thanksgiving are over, what are the best ideas on Earth for recycling pumpkins?
The Greatest list for Earth Saving Ideas to reduce and reuse pumpkins:
- Eat them! Pumpkins are high in Vitamin E and A and Fiber so make a healthy Pumpkin recipe...Yum.
- Eat the seeds, dry them. Another Yum!
- Compost them in your garden compost
- Give them away. Offer them to a neighbor or friend w a compost bin (if you don't have one).
Planet them. Kids can watch them grow! - Bring them to a farm that has animals that eat them. Did you know cows & cattle love pumpkins? Do call or ask first if they accept them.
- Plant Them. Cut each top off, so that the pumpkin looks like a plant pot. Fill it with dirt. Then watch the seeds grow into new pumpkin seedlings!
- Recycle them! Every town is different so double check the rules.
- Smash them! Bring them to a pumpkin smashing in your town
NOTE: Don't leave them to degrade outside if you don't want mice, moles, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits or woodchucks coming to your yard. They love them!
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