Hopefully, you haven’t curbed your Halloween pumpkin or thrown out the inner “gloop.” If you have, please consider the following to make less waste during next year’s holiday:
- Rinse and bake the pumpkin seeds for your family to enjoy eating.
- Scatter the pumpkin seeds for wildlife.
- Plant a few seeds and grow next year’s pumpkin on your own.
- Bake or boil the pumpkin flesh for other recipes, for soups, etc.
- You can freeze cooked or pureed pumpkin for later use.
- Chickens love pumpkin! (Porcupines too!) And we know that owning chickens is all the rage now. Donate your pumpkin to your neighborhood chicken owner.
- Compost your Jack o’lantern or find someone who’d welcome the pumpkin into their compost.
- Break down the pumpkin and leave it out for wildlife.
There are so many ways to enjoy every bit of your jack-o’-lantern!