What to do with your rotting pumpkin after Halloween from planting to eating the seeds

Forestry England has warned people against dumping pumpkins in the woods

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Pumpkins are ubiquitous Halloween decorations, but eventually they collapse and rot.

Their flesh does not need to be discarded as rubbish, however, as there are numerous great ways to recycle rotten pumpkins.