You might be looking at your beautifully carved pumpkin and wondering how best to dispose of it.

Please do not just throw it in your garden or compost heap. Did you know that pumpkins are actually really bad for the opportunistic hedgehogs that stumble across them and decide to tuck in?

Much bettter to get them into your brown bin on this occasion, even if your compost heap normally takes your kitchen leftovers!

For more details have a read of this BBC Countryfile article!