STOP WAISTING PERFECTLY GOOD PUMPKINS!

[joshua. c.]

Today I was at the dump ofloading leaves and saw something that made me outright enraged! I saw dozens upon dozens of intact un broken un rotted pumpkins mixed into the yard waist piles, this is unbelevable! Pumpkins are a squash and are perfeclty eddible, Its one think to waist a few that serve a purpose like jackolanterns but to throw out perfectly good intact ones that could otherwise feed the homeles is outright a sin. These should be collected and given to needy familys that are having troble afording food not thrown in the garbidge! STOP WAISTING FOOD!

 

[sparkwizard]

WE have pigs and they LOVE pumpkins. They are low in calories, high in a whole bunch of vitamins and pigs just love rolling them and tearing them up. If you have extra pumpkins, look for an animal rescue or a local farm to donate them. they will probably pick them up. I know we would!

 

[EdwinOfSpangler]

Maybe not fit for human consumption. There are food grade pumpkins and there are decorative pumpkins that come out this time of year.

The decorative ones are full of crap and chemicals you shouldnt eat. Probably why they still look so fresh.

If theyre food grade, yes thats just terrible with the issues that exist.

...Back into the shadows I go

 

[sparkwizard]

Sometimes, pigs have a hard time breaking them open, so Will and I have a rule. WE always shoot them before we give them to our babies. My wife (his Mom) thinks they are human food. We think they are targets and the piggies can help us clean up the range. Win, Win!

 

[Augiedoggie]

I’ve seen Low class farmers around here hang a half assed misspelled plywood board sign for pick your own pumpkins on a roadside field. Once the season is done they simply abandon the unsold pumpkins to rot all winter. It’s a shame because the pig farmers would love to have them. The squirrels and rabbits will chew on them to keep from starving and deer will sometimes chew them a bit, but they mostly just rot away all winter.

 

[sparkwizard]

It's not only pigs, most farm animals will be glad to have pumpkins. Our neighbor has a couple of donkeys. They will play soccer with a pumpkin until they bust it open, then eat it. My son has a bunny rabbit. She is a spoiled fat diva, but she will eat thinly sliced pumpkin with her salads.

 

[cl350rr]

Thousands of them rotting in the fields around here this time of year

 

[massacre]

I’ve seen Low class farmers around here hang a half assed misspelled plywood board sign for pick your own pumpkins on a roadside field. Once the season is done they simply abandon the unsold pumpkins to rot all winter. It’s a shame because the pig farmers would love to have them. The squirrels and rabbits will chew on them to keep from starving and deer will sometimes chew them a bit, but they mostly just rot away all winter.

Isn't that how plants survive? They decompose and the seeds get into the soil and grow more pumpkins?

 

[sparkwizard]

Isn't that how plants survive? They decompose and the seeds get into the soil and grow more pumpkins?

If pigs eat the seeds, they will be planted for the next season wherever they decide to "replant " them.
Yes, if I allow the gardens to go wild, the watermelons and pumpkins would eventually take over.

 

[manchester1]

 

[manchester1]

I gather some pumpkins in the neighborhood and take them up the mountains for the deer. They love pumpkins.

 

[Strigoi]

My chickens and turkeys love pumpkins. I forgot to grab some after Halloween this year when they're cheap.