Ten Ways to Use Your Leftover Pumpkins

Okay, Halloween is over, but what can you do with all of those leftover pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns? Actually, there is plenty you can do, from home schooling activities to feeding your family. Read on to find out ten different ways to use your leftover pumpkins. Feed them to the wildlife. Hunter routinely gather old Halloween pumpkins and use them to lure deer to hunting grounds. While we won’t be hunting in our backyard, we will be able to provide the native wildlife with a tasty snack. Donate them to a farmer. Farmers can use the leftover pumpkins to feed some … Continue reading

Home Week in Review: October 15 – 21

Halloween (or Harvest) is right around the corner. After that, we’ll be moving full steam ahead into the major holidays. So start with Some Simple Halloween Decorating Ideas and learn how to Protect Your Home from Pumpkins as we near the end of October. Then check out Early Bird Thanksgiving Tips. We will have more on Thanksgiving over the next few weeks. Some of the other ways you can begin ready for holidays, is getting your home in good shape. Whether it is just going to be your immediate family or you’re planning to have huge get-togethers, it feels good … Continue reading

Protecting Your Home from Pumpkins

Did you know that the pumpkins are just waiting to attack your home? It’s true. Just read on to find out how to protect your valuables. Fall is a wonderful time, but just look out for those pumpkins. No, not in a night-of-the-living-dead kind of way. That would be silly. I bet you had visions of crazy monster pumpkins with pointy teeth when you first started reading this article, didn’t you? What I am really talking about when I talk about protecting your home is all of those very real stains that pumpkins can cause when they start to mold … Continue reading