11/04/2024
Thank you! This pile of pumpkins has been diverted from our local landfill! ☺️ Instead of making potent methane gas at the dump, we will use them along with the piles of leaves that have been generously donated to make homemade compost.
Our farm store is now closed for the season, but we are happily accepting pumpkins 🎃 and leaves 🍁 until November 7th. If you haven’t already, please consider donating these items to MD Gardens and help reduce the strain on our local landfills.
If your pumpkin didn’t end up on your (or a farm animal’s) dinner plate, don’t let it become waste. In Canada, thousands of metric tonnes of pumpkins are produced every year just for this season. These pumpkins have faces drawn or carved into them for decoration and then they are often thrown away. Please don’t let this be the case. If your Halloween pumpkin 🎃 is paint and glitter-free, give it a second life with us as compost!
Microorganisms will be hard at work all winter and spring to magically transform these donated pumpkins and leaves into compost - the most valuable soil amendment known to gardeners. We will then use the finished compost next growing season to enhance the health of our soil so we can continue producing nutritious and delicious food for our community.
Unfortunately, we are not equipped to collect these donations directly from households. However, we are extremely grateful to folks that are dropping by with their pumpkins and leaves and adding them to the established piles in the driveway of our farm store at MD Gardens. We are located on the corner of Central Street and 8th Avenue North in Warman across from the Great Plains College / High School campus.
Thank you ♥️ to everyone that has helped spread the word and generously dropped off their pumpkins and leaves!
💚 MD Gardens