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onethatcares

(16,167 posts)
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:23 AM Oct 2021

what happens to all those left over pumpkins

that don't sell during the fall season?

do they stuff them in the automobiles and trucks that don't sell and send them to Brazil?

Same thing with boats and motor homes, I never see long lines going into the distributorships clamoring for new ones
every year.

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what happens to all those left over pumpkins (Original Post) onethatcares Oct 2021 OP
I'd guess fertilizer or pig farms. underpants Oct 2021 #1
Some go to zoos. sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #2
We collect them from our neighbors... ret5hd Oct 2021 #3
I was looking at them at Wal-Mart yesterday doc03 Oct 2021 #5
Just showed this to my spouse... ret5hd Oct 2021 #6
Hollow it out and make a tiny house? nt Wicked Blue Oct 2021 #8
Is there an elephant nearby? Nittersing Oct 2021 #10
Trebuchets. n/t Harker Oct 2021 #4
A lot in our area go to the national Zoo for the animals Wicked Blue Oct 2021 #7
Grind Them Up WHITT Oct 2021 #9
Not orange enough for him jmowreader Oct 2021 #12
... WHITT Oct 2021 #13
Around here they get drexelkathy Oct 2021 #11

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
3. We collect them from our neighbors...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:00 AM
Oct 2021

We get 10 - 15 or so, and make all kinds of pumpkin dishes…practically anything you make from squashes. We will have raw pumpkins sitting on our dining room floor in March. Prepared and frozen it will last all year. We toast the seeds for a tasty salty snack.

Free food. Every year. Yeah, I sometimes get tired of pumpkin in almost every dish we eat all year long, but then I remind myself that it’s free food.

doc03

(35,328 posts)
5. I was looking at them at Wal-Mart yesterday
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:38 AM
Oct 2021

they are labeled not for human consumption. One of my neighbors has one in his yard on a trailer 2100 pounds, he won first place at a pumpkin festival. What do you do with that?

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
12. Not orange enough for him
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 04:05 PM
Oct 2021

I suspect that where Donnie gets his makeup is by going to Home Depot stores after they touch up the awnings and stealing the leftover paint.

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