Here's How To Donate/Use Your Pumpkins from Halloween

Have a pumpkin that you didn't carve or paint this past weekend?

If you're not great at making nom noms out of pumpkin seeds (which I am admittedly NOT good at), there are a bunch of local places that you can donate your pumpkin(s) to.

There are a lot of animals right in your backyard who LOVE pumpkins. Birds, butterflies, deer, foxes, and more are all fans of the big orange snack; here's what you can do with it:

You can share the seeds with birds - bigger birds like Blue Jays LOVE them. Here's the info for roasting them (unsalted, of course).
You can turn your pumpkin into a bird feeder itself - here are the instructions.
You can feed your pumpkins to chickens by cutting them up
You can also put the pumpkins in your butterfly garden

Of course, there are recipes for pumpkin puree, pumpkin butter, or pumpkin biscuits.

If you're not a good cook, did you know that you can make a floating candle out of a pumpkin?

Remove the pumpkin’s stem. Place a tea candle on top of the small pumpkin and trace its outline. Carefully cut out the tracing to a depth that will fit the depth of the candle. You can then place the candle snuggly in the pumpkin and then float them in a bowl of water as a fun Thanksgiving decoration.

If none of these options suit your fancy, local farmers are asking for your pumpkins to feed their pigs and other animals - you can drop off your unpainted pumpkins in the driveway at 7190 E. Baldwin Road.

Melissa King-Daggett via Facebook