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Pumpkin Clean-up

Posted by Joseph / November 3, 2008

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Sorauren Pumpkin Clean-up
It took an entire day, but the Great Sorauren Pumpkin Patch is no more. Starting at 7:30 this morning, seven men loaded five trucks with pumpkins left in the park on Saturday night. The combined weight, equivalent to about eight tonnes, will be taken to a City of Toronto compost facility tomorrow morning. Pumpkins are heavy, slimy, and after at least a week left out in the air, kinda smelly, so I didn't envy the men as they threw jack-o'-lantern after jack-o'-lantern into the truck. And though it may be faint, I thank you for the long day of lifting and throwing... after all, those pumpkins made for one spectacular evening.

Sorauren Pumpkin Clean-up
Sorauren Pumpkin Clean-up
Sorauren Pumpkin Clean-up
Sorauren Pumpkin Clean-up

Photos by joseph.

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Joshua / November 3, 2008 at 04:13 pm
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We had heard the city would come get all the pumpkins, but seeing the background of one of those pics reminds me I never retrieved our oversize candle...
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joseph / November 3, 2008 at 04:18 pm
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The men were taking some of the larger candles out of the pumpkins, but most of the tea lights went into the truck. It's a totally different park without the pumpkins.
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The Grand Pumpkin / November 3, 2008 at 08:16 pm
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You put them in a mass grave?

REEVENNNGE!
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W. K. Lis / November 4, 2008 at 08:12 am
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I use parts of an old pumpkin to make pumpkin soup.

Why isn't the pumpkins recycled into soups, pies, etc.?
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DS / November 4, 2008 at 08:33 am
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@W.K. Lis: I always thought that sugar pumpkins (the small ones, sometimes labeled pie pumpkins) were best for cooking with and that the larger ones were not so good tasting.
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E / November 4, 2008 at 06:57 pm
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@W.K Lis: I wouldn't want to eat pumpkins that have had candles lit in them over-night with god knows who/what crawling over them / inside them / peeing on them when left in a park.
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Lindsay / November 6, 2008 at 01:28 am
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I put mine in my composte....I'm surprised not many others did as well?
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