The Pumpkin Loop (FREE PDF Guide): Turn Halloween Pumpkins Into Eggs, Fuel & Soil

Don't trash your jack-o'-lantern. Loop it. Every year, America throws away over a billion pounds of pumpkins, most of them the day after Halloween. This free, 17-page illustrated Alt Ordo guide shows you how to turn yours into eggs, cooking fuel and garden soil, then grow a pumpkin that actually thrives in the hot, humid South.

100% free, every page. No paid version, nothing held back. Download it, print it, and share it with your neighbors.

What's inside

• Pumpkin triage: a 10-second flowchart that tells you exactly where any pumpkin should go: carved, soft, moldy or painted
• Route 1, Eat it: roasted seeds and freezer puree, step by step, plus the food-safety line you shouldn't cross
• Route 2, Feed the chickens: how to serve it, how much (the 10% treat rule), and the truth about the "pumpkin seed dewormer" myth
• Route 3, Black soldier flies: a labeled bin cutaway, the moisture fix that stops larvae escaping, and a temperature chart for Southern timing
• Route 4, Biogas: how to feed sugary pumpkin to a home digester without souring it, with warning signs and safety notes
• Route 5, Back to the soil: layered compost and trench composting diagrams with real depths
• Route 6, Grow the right pumpkin: why carving pumpkins struggle in the South (the squash vine borer), meet the vine-borer-resistant Seminole pumpkin, and a Georgia planting calendar
• The Neighborhood Pumpkin Haul: a copy-and-paste post to collect your whole street's pumpkins on November 1st
• The One-Pumpkin Plan: a printable checklist, plus sources for every fact

Fact-checked against USDA, university Extension and published research. Richly illustrated with 20+ original 2D diagrams.

Instant PDF download. Letter size, printable.

Want to go deeper? Build the systems behind the loop with our Black Soldier Fly Homestead Guide, Backyard Biogas Digester Guide and DIY Worm Tower Plans.

For educational purposes. Never feed moldy or painted pumpkins to animals. Biogas is flammable; follow your digester maker's instructions and local codes.