{"id":600220,"date":"2023-10-31T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=600220"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:43:27","slug":"halloween-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/halloween\/halloween-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Hiding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Safe and happy Halloween Earth Rangers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the perfect day to be spooky, scary, AND TOTALLY GOOEY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of you might decide to go out trick-or-treating, some of you might stay home watching scary movies, some might play spooky games, and some of you\u2026 might not celebrate Halloween at all?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Trick\u2026or treat?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The origins of Halloween go back more than 2,000 years to the Celtic New Year\u2019s Day of Samhain, when it was believed that spirits walked with the living. There was no trick-or-treating back then. So when did that start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two possibilities: the 16th century British All Souls\u2019 Day, or the German Christmas custom of Belsnickling from the 18th and 19th century. The candy-based celebration came after World War II, much later in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Today, you can see Halloween costumes and candy in stores before it\u2019s even October. With so much candy, some might decide to enjoy tasty treats before October 31st!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens after Halloween is over? Where do all the candy and old pumpkins go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why not compost it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Tired of all the sweets? Got sore teeth after Halloween? Don\u2019t have any place to donate the leftovers? Along with pumpkins, Halloween candy can be composted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT WAIT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t throw everything into your compost bins. Worms love pumpkins, and microorganisms will use the sugar in the candies to break down green and brown matter faster\u2026but let\u2019s not forget, so do other animals! This food isn\u2019t good for mice or rats, even though they will certainly want to eat it. You need to be sure your compost bin is well-built before throwing candy out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you SPOT THE FAKE?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now that you know that there are a lot of tricky things that don\u2019t belong in a compost bin, see if you can spot the fakes: the items that do NOT belong in the green bin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the items you think are the fakes!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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