Other kinds of seeds
I always save my melon and squash seeds and put them out for the birds and squirrels. The cardinals seem to especially enjoy cantelope seeds, which I always leave on the composter.
Something I've really enjoyed throughout November and December is putting pumpkins out for the squirrels. I gathered up all the intact, non-carved pumpkins people put out at the curb following Halloween and Thanksgiving, and we made a few "pumpkin runs" in the car. I cut in half two or three pumpkins a day and put them out in the backyard. The squirrels were thrilled! They eagerly ate some of the seeds and cached the rest all over the lawn and garden. I'm assuming we'll have many pumpkin plants growing come spring. I'm also assuming they'll be easy to pull up or we'll have one of the larger pumpkin farms in Syracuse! When they were done with the pumpkins, I put the shells in the compost bin.
We collected the uncarved pumpkins people put out to the curb in November. These are the pumpkin carcasses that were left after the squirrels had finished the seeds.
