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St. Louis

Hi Everyone. I'm a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and am working on a story about giant pumpkins and growers. (It will run on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.) I'd like to know what you do with your pumpkins after the growing season? Do you make pies? (I know this probably sounds stupid, but....) Thanks for any help you can provide. Please feel free to call me, or e-mail our number so I can call you. 618.624.2438. -Georgina Gustin

11/19/2007 2:01:15 PM

Farmerville, Louisiana

i gave mine to the homeless for midgets as shelter

11/19/2007 2:13:39 PM

Midwest

My church youth group tossed it from the gymnasium roof. The village squashed our plans to blow it up this year. :(

11/19/2007 2:18:32 PM

[email protected]

Carved mine for a large pumpkin display at my house for the season.

11/19/2007 2:32:11 PM

Indiana

We smash them, blow them up, carve them into boats, drop them 100 feet onto cars, carve them for halloween, turn them into cinderella's coach....what else guys?

Tom

11/19/2007 2:54:58 PM

We carved ours for Halloween and then, we took them out to Bear Country USA and they fed them to the bears.

11/19/2007 3:09:05 PM

caro mi.

deer feed

11/19/2007 3:33:33 PM

Georgia

My buddies use them for deer feed but I also like to cut them up and throw them in the garden during fall..good comost

11/19/2007 3:44:42 PM

Westford, MA

I left mine on the vine to get a jump on next year.

11/19/2007 3:50:53 PM

Ohio

Compost

11/19/2007 3:55:11 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Let the elephants at the ZOO smash them and eat them......

Sold a few this year for a carving and sculpture extravaganza......

11/19/2007 4:10:41 PM

Cincinnati,OH

Some crazy people run naked with a pumpkin on their head.

11/19/2007 6:16:48 PM

Carrollton, Ga.

Feed them to my cows.

Doug

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Jn. 3:16

11/19/2007 6:45:47 PM

Minnesota

My 100pd pumpkin got stolen.

11/19/2007 6:47:38 PM

Western NY

this year: 2 sold for display, 1 left at the show, 1 turned into a pumpkin boat, 1 fed to the deer, and 3 sent to be carved by the guy at grumpkins.com

11/19/2007 7:19:56 PM

Santa Rosa California

i give mine to farmers for feed for cattle and they crave those pumpkins lol

11/19/2007 7:53:17 PM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Boats, sometimes submarines (not good ones), and jack-o-lanterns here.

11/19/2007 8:15:12 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Georgina, in diary section on this site, from someone from Cornwall, UK...are photos of elephants at the Poighnton(sp) zoo with a 936 # pkn...they seem to find them rather tasty!!! Peace, Wayne

11/19/2007 9:15:02 PM

South Dakota

Made a swimming pool for the kids last year. This year I have a couple saved to make into sleds for the local Christmas parade.

11/19/2007 10:57:43 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Dang! I wish I could grow one big enough for a swimming pool.....or maybe a bass pond. My pumpkins are displayed in the front yard, then I cut them up and put them back on the garden before winter. By spring there isn't much left of them.

11/20/2007 12:33:43 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

A few awesome growers give them to zoos for the animals to eat and have fun with;

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=5478

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=76510

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=77390

11/20/2007 1:04:21 AM

Hobbiton New Zealand

Feed them to the sheep and then eat the sheep. best way to eat pumpkin LOL

11/20/2007 4:25:11 AM

Wood River, IL ([email protected])

Wow a swimming pool for the kids, I'm having trouble getting past the bird bath stage. LOL Maybe next year.

Kenny

11/20/2007 5:48:49 AM

Parts Unknown

My daughter got married next to mine! Go to growers dairies and type in "Carts" to see the pictures.

11/20/2007 7:44:30 AM

Paradise Mountain, New York

I gave one pumpkin and one squash this year to the Hardings Nursing Home here in Waterville. The residents (people who stay at a nursing home) had there own great little guessing game at the weights. I did this two years ago also. They have a great day of fun on Halloween.

11/20/2007 12:05:30 PM

Massillon, Ohio

OH MY GOSH CARTS !!!!!!!! love love love love love love those pictures. i am majorly jealous of your daughter. way to pull of a great event; i can easily say that is the coolest wedding i've ever seen and would have loved to have had one similar for myself.

and to answer the thread, boating all the way !!!!!!! YEEEAH. we went boating twice this yr :)

11/20/2007 12:07:33 PM

addison Il

We carve ours then when Halloween is over Sister dearest always runs them over with her lifted truck. She enjoys smashing them, then puts the video on youtube for all to enjoy and laugh at.

11/21/2007 4:17:23 PM

[email protected]

Some were displayed whole at various locations (Town Hall, private homes & businesses, etc). One came home here to be carved. The three smallest ones went to food pantries & were baked into pies. This year not a single one (other than early culls) went to waste or animal feed.

I never did hear how the needy & homeless liked their pies...we can only hope for the best but I recommended a 10% increase in sugar. YIKES!

11/21/2007 7:09:14 PM