Here's what not to do with your pumpkin after Halloween — according to a garden expert

Pumpkins on green porch step.

There are plenty of young children living on my street, and over Halloween, the evidence is right before my eyes. It warrants a street name change to Pumpkin Lane.

And I know that there are plenty of other neighborhoods where pumpkins dominate front yards at this time of year. All are beautifully carved with striking designs, and there is often more than one outside each household.