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Ideas for what to do with your pumpkins after Halloween

IF THOSE PUMPKINS YOU CARVED ARE LOOKING A LITTLE ROUGH, DON’T JUST DUMP THEM IN THE TRASH SAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION OFFICE. 

 

THAT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET RID OF THEM, BUT U OF I EXTENSION HORTICULTURE EDUCATOR CHRIS ENROTH SAYS THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

 

 

IF YOUR JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM OUT TO FEED LOCAL WILDLIFE SAYS U OF I EXTENSION HORTICULTURE EDUCATOR CHRIS ENROTH.

 

 

ENROTH CAUTIONS THAT IF THE PUMPKIN IS ROTTING AND MOLDY, THAT SHOULDN’T BE LEFT OUT TO FEED WILDLIFE. HE SAYS YOU CAN ADD THE PUMPKINS TO YOUR COMPOST PILE IF YOU HAVE ONE OR SOME COMMUNITIES ARE NOW OFFERING “PUMPKIN SMASHES” FOR PEOPLE TO ADD TO A MUNICIPAL COMPOST.

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