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How to Save Pumpkin Seeds for Growing Your Own – A Step-by-Step Guide!

Here’s my step-by-step guide on how to save pumpkin seeds for growing your own!
1. Choose the pumpkins you want to grow and buy them! Check to see if they’re hybrid or heirloom varieties first (you want heirloom!)
2. Remove the seeds
3. Clean and dry your seeds
4. Store you seeds for next year
5. Plant your seeds in the spring
6. Grow your pumpkins!
7. Harvest your pumpkins!
Read it all here! Happy harvesting, my friends!

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The 12 Best Things to Do In and Around Acadia National Park!

Trying to figure out the best things to do in and around Acadia National Park? I’ve got you covered! With stunning coastlines, fun-to-traverse mountain terrain, gorgeous forests, and glorious lakes, Acadia and the surrounding area has it all. After doing enormous amounts of research and then spending eight days there myself, I’ve put together my very best recommendations for what to do (and what not to do) in and around Acadia National Park! National Parks travel | Visiting Acadia National Park | What to do in Acadia

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