A Pumpkin Disposal Hack Every Texan Should Know

So what do you do with your pumpkin/Jack O' Lantern after Halloween? I have great news for lazy people.

Pumpkin Love

I guess my love of pumpkins comes from my love of Halloween. Right now in my brain I can conjure up that smell of a candle burning inside a pumpkin. The strange thing is, when I think about it, I'm seeing myself as a little kid smelling it. Talk about some serious nostalgia, right?

Plentiful Pumpkins

This year, at least in Texas pumpkins were priced so cheap that a lot of people picked one up. It was nothing to find good, Jack O' Lantern size pumpkins, bigger than a basketball in the $4.50 to $5.00 range. That's some good gourd pricing right there.

I'm Experienced

Two years ago I had a pumpkin in my front yard and I ended up stabbing one of those Halloween signs through it. I eventually put the sign up, but kind of forgot about the pumpkin. It took about two years for that pumpkin to fully decompose. Who knew my laziness was the right thing to do?

Be Lazy!

It's true, experts say you should just let your pumpkins decompose. Let's back up for just a second though; they actually say you should bury them. Personally I don't see myself conducting a pumpkin funeral, so throwing it to the back of the flowerbed is a pretty good solution.

It's Natures Way

Disposing of pumpkins by letting them decompose is actually good for the soil and for the wildlife that gets a bite or two out of it. Now there's a chance that you might sprout a pumpkin vine in that spot next year, but other than that, let 'em rot!