Rats are eating pumpkins and just about everything in Boise Bench gardens, pushing neighbors to rethink their fall traditions and move their seasonal decor indoors.
Why Boise Bench neighbors are rethinking their Halloween decor this year — and how to keep yours off the menu for local rats:
Boise Bench neighbors rethink Halloween pumpkins amid rat problem
Kayla Groat usually puts pumpkins on her porch for Halloween. This year, she is trying to beat the rats by picking them green from her garden and letting them ripen inside.
After 16 years in her Boise Bench home, Groat said this is the first summer she has seen the rats…