Pest Patrol

Backyard Badgers – Good or Bad?

With an abundance of ground squirrels comes the predators that eat them, and in our area this means badgers. Last year there was a prolific number of these tough and tenacious creatures in the fields surrounding us, and this year looks to be about the same, if not more. And we weren’t the only ones ...

Glacier Park Lodge: A Frequent Stop for “Garden Visitors”

I’ve had elk munch my hops in the garden, and a grizzly and black bear wander through. I have to say, the gardeners at the Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier undoubtedly win the “Weirdest Garden Visitor” award. Yesterday I had the privilege of sitting down with Stacie, their head gardener. We talked about what ...