Yours or observed carnage in the neighborhood? Ours are untouched so far, but sometimes they get even. Often the critters are considerate enough to wait until after Halloween. We did spray the insides with vinegar and rub the cut surfaces with un-petroleum jelly.
Ours. At first we thought, oh hell, let him eat the pumpkin. Then it started getting gross and attracting flies. If I ever try again, I will spray it with vinegar, but maybe I don’t need a real pumpkin anymore since buying the metal one?
And here I was, ready to buy a porch pumpkin expressly for the local wildlife to eat! I never thought about flies, though. Maybe our lower temps would keep them away? We haven’t been out of the low 50s in weeks.
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AC
The pum[kin and the skeleton.
J
We put the skeleton on top, hoping that might keep the squirrel away, but nope. It just knocked the skeleton down.
StephLove
Yours or observed carnage in the neighborhood? Ours are untouched so far, but sometimes they get even. Often the critters are considerate enough to wait until after Halloween. We did spray the insides with vinegar and rub the cut surfaces with un-petroleum jelly.
J
Ours. At first we thought, oh hell, let him eat the pumpkin. Then it started getting gross and attracting flies. If I ever try again, I will spray it with vinegar, but maybe I don’t need a real pumpkin anymore since buying the metal one?
nance
Oh, my.
And here I was, ready to buy a porch pumpkin expressly for the local wildlife to eat! I never thought about flies, though. Maybe our lower temps would keep them away? We haven’t been out of the low 50s in weeks.