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Fast Fact: Don’t throw them out!

November 1, 2009 · 3 Comments

RecyclaNow that Halloween is over, don’t throw away your jack o’ lanterns!  Compost them instead.  You can chop them up a bit or you can just toss them in.  Either way, they’ll break down quickly and help nourish your garden next spring.

Categories: eco holidays · fast facts · gardening

3 responses so far ↓

  • Daisy // November 1, 2009 at 2:21 pm | Reply

    Of COURSE I’ll compost my pumpkin!!

  • melissawest // November 1, 2009 at 10:14 pm | Reply

    Easiest thing to do–and I have had pumpkins with stray seeds germinate and grow new pumpkins in the compost pile!

  • class factotum // November 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm | Reply

    I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile. My friend Lauren – another PCV – made a jack o’lantern from a huge orange squash while she was living with her Chilean host family during training. After Halloween, she saw her Chilean mom sneaking out every afternoon, looking around furtively and hacking a piece of the jack o’lantern off to put in the evening soup.

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