Now that Halloween is over it’s time to think about what to do with your carved pumpkins. According to the US Census the US grows 998 million pounds of pumpkins each year. The thought of all those pumpkins ending up in the garbage could be the most frightening part of Halloween.
Our pumpkins, which look like old men without dentures, are starting to mold. So I’m going to toss them in my compost bin. If you don’t have a compost bin, find an out-of-the way outdoor spot to leave your pumpkin for animals to munch on. They will be happy for the extra beta-carotene and the landfills will be grateful not to have 998 million pounds of organic matter dumped in them.
