What happens to the unadopted pumpkins after Halloween?
Do they all have a vacation in the country where they can romp and play with each other?
Are they all rounded up, segregated and fenced in? Is it all a matter of perspective?
A slave to the Goddess Flora shares his garden adventures.
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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.
Oh wow!! What a sight! Somehow I always thought they got composted somewhere, but it looks like only the foliage vines have been removed. Maybe it's the farmer's way of re-seeding the fields for next year? But then, why bother removing the foliage? You'd think some pig farmer somewhere would be interesting in taking the surplus...
ReplyDeleteThis was a pumpkin patch before Halloween so the pumpkins were still sitting around. One farmer I talked to leaves them and tills them into the soil. Right now, the crows seem quite interested in them.
ReplyDeleteWe pass a big field in Sumner on our way to the train station every morning that is covered in pumpkins. I don't know if the vines have actually been removed so much as they have just deteriorated. We've been wondering what will happen to them too.
ReplyDeleteWe've got a couple of lovely pumpkins that have been hanging out inside the house, lending to the atmosphere. Problem is after Thanksgiving they're yesterday's news. What to do with them? They're so heavy I don't really want to toss them in the yard waste bin. You've just given me an idea, I'll take them over to the empty field a couple blocks away and let mother nature have her way with them.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I can send my raccoons and squirrels up that way to assist with pumpkin demolition!
ReplyDeleteI don't know about these fields but, at least on Sauvie Island, the pumpkins and various other gourds are just left in the fields to rot. It reeks if there's a warm day in early spring before they've totally decomposed or been tilled under.
ReplyDeleteI leave my pumpkins out for the critters. Maybe they have a huge feast in those fields when no one is looking.
ReplyDeleteAshes to ashes, mush to mush.
ReplyDeleteIf we leave our pumpkin out front, the squirrels eventually chew through the rind and eat all the leaves. Then it rots. Good reminder to take the pumpkin to the compost. Happy Thanksgiving.
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