Writing about a neighbor's 70-odd yellow pumpkins the other day (which are still there ...), it did strike me that I have no idea what we'll do with our own, decidedly more demure collection. Looking on line, the best solutions seem to be compost (since pumpkins are 90% water, they break down quickly); maybe scoop out the seeds first, and dry them, and plant them next year - and who knows quite what one will get, with hybrid pumpkins, apparently; or feed them to birds and critters. A squirrel has already chewed a lump out of the bottom one - not visible here, since he also carried it off to our mini-waterfall. Apparently one should cut off the tops, which will make them even more gastronomically attractive. I suspect, alas, that grey foxes don't especially care for them - one of our security cameras caught a bit of footage of one of these rarities the other night, and I'd love to entice it back...
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