[KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween

[Punkin3.14]

Pumpkin innards we are going to collect and compost. 

If we can't get a refund on unused pumpkins, I like the idea of finding somebody else who might be able to use them.

On 2011-09-22, at 10:30 AM, Robert Gissing wrote:

> What do we do with all the pumpkin gouk?  200 pumpkins makes a very large mess.  If the pumpkin supplier does not take tje rest back for refund we can take the unused ones to tje composyers at the dump.  I don't think it's right to take pumpkins back to supplier Without a refund so that he can resell them the next day.  Or we give the umused onrs to foodbank Who can give them away topeka want to carve them.
> Gus
> 
> On Sep 22, 2011 10:21 AM, "Jeff Schmidt" <digitalfalcon at rogers.com> wrote:
> > So just to clarify, this is for the people who don't bring their own pumpkin?  Or for everyone?
> > 
> > Also, regarding the saws - I wasn't able to come out on Tuesday so I don't know what was discussed.  But I suggest one blade per pumpkin plus about 20% extra to account for breakage.  People could then take the blades home with them.  It's definitely best to buy them online.  I can get one gross (144 blades) for $50.  That is for big, thick blades that are unlikely to break.
> > 
> > 
> > There's also no need to use patterns - people could draw their own patterns and then "trace" the lines with the saw.
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > 
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> > 
> >>________________________________
> >>From: doug moen <doug at moens.org>
> >>To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List <discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
> >>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:10:01 AM
> >>Subject: [KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween
> >>
> >>I talked to the guy at Nauman's farm.  Their best offer is this:
> >>* Early on Saturday Oct 29: get a pickup truck from a rental agency.
> >>* 9am on Saturday, we show up at the farm with the truck, they load
> >>us up with pumpkins.  We pay for all the pumpkins (half price).
> >>* After the event, before they close, we bring back any pumpkins we
> >>didn't use, and they dispose of them.  No refunds, but they don't
> >>charge us for accepting waste, either, and they help us unload.
> >>
> >>They charge for pumpkins based on size. The smallest pumpkin that is
> >>easy to carve is $4.  The $5 pumpkin looks like a reasonable size (not
> >>too small or large).  So 100 $5 pumpkins will cost $250.  We let them
> >>know in advance how many pumpkins of what size we will need, and they
> >>ensure that those pumpkins are available and waiting for us when we
> >>show up.
> >>
> >>That's a completely workable plan. It requires $250 for pumpkins
> >>(unless we get < 100), plus truck rental, plus it's a full day's work
> >>for at least one volunteer.
> >>
> >>I'm not sure that we'll find a pumpkin farm desperate enough to
> >>dedicate a truck and a worker to spend a day at our event in exchange
> >>for the opportunity to sell 100 pumpkins, on what is probably a very
> >>busy day for pumpkin sales.  (The dynamics change if we hold the event
> >>at a pumpkin farm, but I'm not pursuing that idea.)
> >>
> >>However, I will continue talking to pumpkin farms to see if there is a
> >>better deal out there.
> >>
> >>Doug.
> >>
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